Swoosh!
Zeke was meandering around the flea market, looking for cheap vegetables and meat for his birthday.
He wasn't planning on buying much, just enough for himself.
Zeke didn't have anyone he considered family.
He cut off his blood relatives long ago.
What about friends? Nah
Zeke was the ultimate loner.
He would wake up, go to work, play video games at home, sleep, and rinse and repeat.
Although he does have some major achievements in gaming, reaching the highest tier, radiant or challenger, in the competitive scene, it doesn't put food on the table nor does it pay rent.
"Tsk so expensive! You should be ashamed of yourself! Trying to take advantage of the poor!" Zeke argued with the seller.
"You little shit! Look around! My price is lower than most!" The old woman argued.
Zeke merely wanted her to lower the price but…
"Ahahah…" *Runs off*
"Let's try this place!" Zeke set his eyes on another store.
This store was a little bit run-down.
"Hmm? Are those swords?" Zeke was surprised.
At this age, no one used swords anymore except for wealthy people who treated them as a sport.
Curious, he approached one of the swords. It was locked with a metal wire to prevent it from being stolen.
Looking at its bright sheen. He fell in love with the design.
He subconsciously picked it up and held it.
[Ding! Absorbing spiritual energy from Emperor sword: Dragon's Bane]
"Huh? What the fuck?"
Zeke stared at the floating screen in front of him.
Zeke watched in shock as the sword in his hand slowly deteriorated as if time was quickly eating it.
In less than a few seconds, the sword was no more.
[Ding! You have gained 1,000,000,000 SP!]
"What is this?" Zeke was more confused than when he took this girl to a love hotel and found out she had a bulge.
[Hint: Find more spiritual artifacts!]
"Spiritual artifacts? What are those? Did I get chosen by a god or something?" Zeke's thought process was going awry.
Zeke grabbed the next weapon. This sword was slim and super lightweight. It felt like holding a stick.
[Ding! Absorbing spiritual energy from King sword: Demon's Gaze]
[Ding! You have gained 100,000,000 SP!]
The whole process barely took 10 seconds.
"Another one?" Zeke thought. "Are spirit artifacts that common?"
He moved on to the next sword.
[Ding! Absorbing spiritual energy from the Emperor sword: Immortal Finger]
[Ding! You have gained 1,000,000,000 SP!]
"Another emperor sword?"
5 minutes later, he absorbed over a hundred swords.
His SP totals over 45 billion.
The area that was filled with swords was now filled only with pedestals.
*Creak*
Zeke heard a door open. He turned around and saw a middle-aged man walk out from the back room.
"Heh?" The man looked around to see that all the swords were gone.
"HEH?"
'Uh oh…' Zeke thought.
'Wait! He can't prove it was me!'
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SWORDS?!" The man asked in anger pointing at Zeke.
Zeke held his hands up. "Wasn't me bro, I just got here!" His expression was full of innocence.
The man was thinking. 'I was only gone for 10 minutes… The locks don't seem to be destroyed, How did they get stolen then? It didn't make sense!'
He stared at Zeke's innocent face.
He felt that his luck was shitty today.
When he noticed his camera networks went down, he went to the back to fix it and when he came out, all of his displays were gone.
'Those were all the swords I bought from that auction!' He was crying inside.
"Uhhh I should go…" Zeke slowly walked towards the exit.
"Wai-"
Zeke didn't let the man finish before booking it.
The man watched Zeke run away.
"Sigh, and it's almost time for that as well. Hey system! How long before that being takes it away?"
[Approximately 3 minutes!]
"And what about our stolen goods?"
[Better luck next time!]
"Let's hope this calamity won't kill me this time…"
This man came from the future.
After coming back to the past, he discovered his system that helped him appraise the value of things.
Though he lived humbly, his net worth was as vast as the sea, all thanks to his system.
"Still though, how will I utilize this system in the new world?" He was speculating.
Through the use of the system, he has discovered ancient treasures that have elevated his abilities beyond those of a normal human.
Punching through thick metal was currently his max strength.
"No matter, with my knowledge of the future, I shall make it to the top this time!"
He started laughing like an evil villain.
Back to Zeke.
Zeke was panting hard.
'I haven't run in years!' He almost collapsed to the ground.
"I still need to buy ingredients!"
Just as he got up.
[DANGER!]
[DANGER!]
[DANGER!
"Huh? What's going on?" Zeke was scared shitless as the system started going crazy. The sound of alarms going off in his head.
All of a sudden, everyone was covered in a bright pillar of light.
"Is this the end?" Zeke was panicking like crazy trying to run away from the light yet no matter what he did, he couldn't get out of it.
Suddenly he disappeared.
Back to the weapons shop.
"Ahh, it's here… I remember this very light that took me away." Silver sighed.
[The system will undergo a sleep process to avoid detection]
Zeke took out a bottle of wine and chugged it quickly.
Halfway through the bottle, he disappeared.
Beyond the skies, two creatures stood on nothingness.
"Oh finally! Those wretched humans are finally gone. They have done nothing but ruin my beautiful outer shell!"
"Well Earth, thanks to your humans, we have finally fulfilled the remaining quota for the lord's next game."
"Mind if I watch?" Asked Earth.
"Of course not!" Feel free to come by God's Paradise.
The consciousness of Earth stood as he watched the Lord's envoy leave, an empty smile on his face.
'I have sacrificed 3 trillion years of my lifespan to produce 3 systems and gave them to 3 of the humans.
This never-ending game of slaughter will soon come to an end. All you who call yourselves gods, yet treat life as nothing but entertainment, will also come to an end.'
Earth was one of the lucky few out of the infinite planets to have awakened a consciousness.
Though the human leaders were destructive, that didn't mean all humans deserved to die. Therefore it sacrificed some of its life to give the humans a way out of this game of slaughter.
"Anyway, time to create a new cycle." Earth retreated to its core.
Of course, the Earth didn't know that Zeke was already absorbing that many points.
Zeke fell out of the sky and landed on what appeared to be mud.
"Bleh!"
"What the fuck!"
Zeke struggled to stand up.
*FLOP*
Zeke slid on the mud and kept falling.
"Fuck!!!"
He sat on the mud in silence, mud all over his face.
'This is worse than when I found out he was a ladyboy…'
Zeke was traumatized by that night.
Out of nowhere, a voice sounded in his head.
"Welcome to the new world. Trillions of beings from different planets have been transported to this ultimate world.
From now on, you are no longer ordinary beings. You are now all considered lords.
You have been given abilities outside of your beliefs. Each of you has been given your most loyal tool to reign supreme in this world.
Now, you must fight for glory and survival, for only the winner shall have the opportunity to go back home.
GLHF!"
"…"
"That was cringe!" Zeke shouted.
All of a sudden, lightning shot out of the sky.
"JUST JOKING!" Zeke cowered.
He waited a few minutes.
[Ding! The undying being is gone! The host can now use the system freely!]
Zeke crawled through the mud towards the river.
Right now he seemed to be in the vast plains with rivers all across.
Though he could see the silhouette of mountains far in the distance.
Looking around, he made sure no one else was there.
He took off his clothes and jumped into the river.
The clear river that has been contaminated with dirt but was quickly washed off downstream.
"This is awesome!" Zeke felt refreshed.
He also washed off his clothes before wringing and putting them back on.
The nice breeze helped with the drying as well.
[Please explore the features of the tool given by the undying being!]
He could feel as if he had been given a new limb. All he had to do was flex that invisible muscle to control it.
Seeing a new screen appear, he went through all the features.
It included a decent inventory and equipment slots, a shop, a trading tab, and a social tab.
Exploring the social tab, he could freely message anyone he friended and anyone within his region.
'There are a million people in my region alone. Each region must be very vast.'
He went to the regional messages and there are already several people messaging.
He saw that there was a one-minute delay after every message.
"Guys! We've been isekai'd!!!"
"GET ME BACK HOME!"
"HELP I'M BEING CHASED BY WEIRD LOOKING CREATURES
Zeke shook his head. He felt lucky that there weren't any monsters around him.
He then went to the shop.
He could buy various things with points.
Looking at the introduction, he learned that he can only earn points from completing missions given by the tool.
The missions were all basic like achieving a certain level threshold or killing a hundred of a certain species.
"The shop is pretty good as it offers most necessities and even weapons and armor."
[Now check out my store!]
"Ahh! You have your own store?"
Zeke explored the system's shop and it was indeed better. On top of that, it came with an even better storage system with way more slots.
"I'm quite rich thanks to that guy… if only I had time to go back and absorb more…"
[Your greed knows no bounds!]
"Hehehe"
With 45 billion points, he could almost buy anything in the store.
"Let's see uhh…" Zeke stared at the top items on the list.
With enough points, one could buy even a planet!
"Damn… let's just buy this for now…"
He first bought a small metal fortress with surrounding walls.
Within seconds, a fortress appeared where he wanted it.
He entered it and checked out the place.
"Thank god it came with a bathroom!" Zeke was happy. He was prepared to dig holes to shit in earlier.
10 minutes later.
That was a good shit! Speaking of, where does the water come from?
[The fortress has been automatically connected to a nearby water source. With its built-in filtration system, all water from the fortress is clean and drinkable.]
That's definitely worth the cost of ten thousand points! According to the system, this fortress could withstand attacks from
Zeke noticed the emptiness of the rooms. With over 25 bedrooms, Zeke spend 10 points to buy basic furnishings.
He also added a security system worth a thousand points along with a solar system to power it as well.
"Alright! Now I can sleep easy for now…"
He then went to the regional chat.
Everyone was sharing a bunch of helpful information that they've learned.
First off, there are inhabitants in this world. Some have found villages, while some found cities.
"So there's already a power structure huh?"
This world was nowhere near ordinary. With creatures being able to destroy hills and even mountains.
According to the person who found a city, one can only enter after reaching the qi refining realm.
"Y'all should thank me for this information, I got beat up by the guards for this!
The power structure from weakest to strongest is as follows:
Body tempering
Qi refining
Foundation establishment
Golden core
Nascent soul
Spirit forging
Saint
That's all I got, though they said that there were higher realms as well but I got kicked away when I asked more about it :("
"…"
"Thanks?"
"No one asked!"
"I did!"
"SYBAU"
Zeke exited the chat, remembering the power structures.
This place complete embraced the law of the jungle. A dog eat dog world. Strength was the law!
Zeke shuddered at the thought.
"I must gain strength! I don't want to end up like those I've read in novels. Their wives are getting kidnapped and their families destroyed."
[Ding! The host can level up by killing creatures! The stronger the creature, the higher the experience points earned!]
"That… is fucking awesome! System, you rock!" Zeke praised.
Zeke thought hard about his next course of action.
"Holy fuck! Why didn't I think of this? The shop actually sold slaves!"
Looking through it, he found he could buy a saint-level slave for a billion.
"That would make me feel really safe!"
But then see saw the next level.
"Immortal - A being that is not allowed in this world. Such strength can break the laws of this world… 10 billion points!"
"If it means that no one could hurt me in this world, that would be great."
Zeke decided to spend that amount.
"Oh? I could design it?"
Zeke could choose from any species.
He spent 10 minutes designing its features and soon, an enormous eastern dragon appeared.
With over a thousand meters in length from its head all the way to the tip of its tail and even longer wingspan wise.
It had shiny golden scales and was radiating a light aura.
"Holy shit…"
[Warning! A god has taken notice of its presence!]
"A god huh… Am I gonna die?" Zeke thought.
[Fear not, host! This world will never allow an existence stronger than a saint! The system has currently suppressed the slave's cultivation to peak Saint.]
A thunderous voice echoed from above along with a face made of clouds formed high above.
"YOU LOWLY WORLD! YOU DARE STOP ME?"
Clouds covered the sky, and lightning shot out everywhere
Wind hallowed while rivers changed flow.
The god was actually panicking inside. Just now it felt the aura of an immortal in this lower world. How did it appear here?
Although an ordinary immortal is nothing to a god, they're strong enough to make an impact on the current development. Almost all the candidates were still below qi refining!
'Could the Immortal Court know of our plan?! This is not good! I must let the lord know!'
"System! Unleash her aura for a bit!" Zeke commanded.
Without question, the dragon's aura returned. Its vast holy aura filled the entire plains.
"Hmm? The aura is back!" The god locked onto her aura and quickly tried to descend.
Unfortunately, the consciousness of the world blocked him from entering.
"You damn lowly world!" The god cursed.
"It seems I have no choice!"
The face slowly disappeared.
Soon, the aura of a saint appeared.
A man in a white robe flew down from the sky.
Upon seeing the dragon, his pupils dilated.
"Such a pure blooded ancient dragon! Why did it appear in this world? You'll be my mount from now on!"
He released his limiter to the peak of immortal.
"At this level, I should be able to stay in this world for a bit."
Even though their levels seemed to match, as a god, his techniques and skills outclassed the dragon's.
The god unleashed his skill. A giant claw bigger than the dragon appeared, seemingly wanting to grab it.
Zeke commanded her to stay still and to let him grab her.
ROAR!!!
The dragon roared as it was trapped within the claws.
"Hahaha! Looks like you know the right thing to do! Good dragon!" The god said laughing in glee.
Zeke then took out a scroll he had just bought from the system.
"Tsk! This thing cost me another 10 billion! This better be worth it!"
The scroll glowed but the world seemed to fall silent.
"Heh? Something's wrong!" The God's instinct was yelling at him to run!"
"N-"
Not even a second after the scroll glowed, the god disappeared.
The god's aggressive aura quietly dispersed, and the dragon's aura was also suppressed back to Saint.
"Immortal's Bane Scroll. At the price of 10 billion, it could kill anyone below the High Immortal realm with Immortal just below it."
[Ding! You have killed a God! Original rewards were 100 quadrillion SP. Due to his lowered strength, the reward has been adjusted to 1 quadrillion SP!]
"That was definitely worth it!" Zeke was dancing around.
'Bro it's only day one! Why am I encountering gods?!' Zeke complained.
"Though the only reason I could kill him was that he didn't have time to raise his cultivation higher before the silent attack."
The dragon has also transformed into its human form, a beautiful female in her early 20s.
Zeke couldn't help but stare at her. "Do you have a name?" He asked.
She bowed slightly before answering. "Master, I currently have no name."
Zeke thought hard.
"Then from now on, you shall be called Faith!"
"I am full of gratitude, master!"
"Can you hide your aura? You're making me scared!" Zeke said.
Right away, her suppressive aura disappeared.
The plains went back to their normal peaceful state.
Zeke stared at the current total SP he had.
"I am invincible!"
[Ding! Seeing that the host has completely surpassed his peers, the system recommends the host to move on to the next world!]
"The next world?" Zeke was confused once more.
[This is the lower world, the world of mortals. The next world is the Immortal Realm! The spiritual energy there is higher and the cultivation ceiling is higher as well!]
"Hmm it doesn't sound like a good plan but for now I'd like to enjoy my invincibility in this world. I'll ascend once I get bored!" Zeke said excitedly.
After learning about the next world, Zeke felt the need to experience what it's like to be invincible first before ascending!