Two and a half years ago.
He wasn't struck by lightning.
He didn't win the lottery.
Nor did he die from overwork.
Lin was just heading home one day after working overtime. As he rounded a corner, his vision blurred, and he was transported to another world.
Other people meet love at the corner.
He met a transdimensional crossing at the corner.
A physical transmigration, with his body de-aged.
After crossing over, he smoothly integrated into this world.
It wasn't like merging with a counterpart from this world.
Instead, a life story was fabricated out of thin air, serving as his proof of identity in this world.
In this fabricated life story, he, Lin, was a reclusive super-achiever student.
With his mind focused solely on the books of sages.
And his ears deaf to the affairs of the outside world.
His only goal was to get into Todai, graduate, and become a member of society's elite.
And finally achieve financial freedom to enjoy a happy life.
Before getting into Todai, he didn't want to be distracted by anything else.
Like making friends.
If he had time to hang out with friends, he'd rather spend it reading a book.
Thus, to this day, 'he' didn't have a single friend.
After all, it's hard for a reclusive person to have friends, no matter where they are.
Although he had watched the thirteen years of 'Lin's' life from a third-person perspective, as if watching a movie...
...those memories were incredibly clear.
As if they had been etched into his brain.
Consequently, Lin successfully inherited all the knowledge 'he' had painstakingly acquired over many years of study.
Time flew by, bringing him to the present day.
Lin also came to understand more about this grand crossover anime world.
On the surface, it was peaceful and ordinary.
But beneath it all, crises lurked.
For example, the evil spirits he had encountered.
Perhaps because it was a crossover world, Lin discovered that the evil spirits weren't as numerous as he'd thought.
They weren't crawling all over the place like in *Mieruko-chan*.
So far, he had only encountered six of them.
Since evil spirits existed, could there be other supernatural creatures in this grand crossover anime world?
Such as yokai.
Until he could be certain, anything was possible.
After all, aliens really did exist.
Looking at the Codex of All Things, Lin chose to claim the codex reward.
A stream of pure energy merged into his body.
It quickly integrated with the seven different attributes of Aura within him.
Aura, the power wielded by ability users in the world of *K*.
All things possess a spirit.
Especially living beings.
Ability users can control their own Aura.
When Aura collides with the physical space of reality, it produces a peculiar phenomenon known as 'heat haze'.
It's similar to the distortion of air under high summer temperatures.
Different attributes of Aura produce different colors.
For example, when the Aura of the Red Kingship is released...
...the 'heat haze' phenomenon it produces is a crimson flame-like glow.
Possessing the characteristics of fire.
Possessing the authorities of the seven Kingships, Lin also had seven streams of Aura with different attributes in his body.
The fusion was complete in less than three seconds.
Lin sensed it.
He found that the total amount of Aura in his body had increased by one percent.
To double it, he would need many more portions of medium energy.
This was obviously going to be difficult.
After all, he had only encountered six evil spirits in the last two days.
Aside from the Clawed Evil Spirit, the other five must have been low-level evil spirits.
After all, they were easily eliminated by the former.
According to the codex's grade division based on 'value', low-level evil spirits were undoubtedly only White grade.
The codex grades, from lowest to highest, are:
White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold...
Thinking of this, Lin couldn't help but look at his own codex grade.
The grade was Transparent.
It wasn't among the conventional grades.
Only because his identity was special.
So, a unique one was created just for him.
A codex entry can only grant one random item based on its grade.
For example, the power of a Kingship's authority.
Normally, one could only randomly obtain one of these authorities.
But he had obtained all seven.
Regarding this, Lin was both satisfied and a little dissatisfied.
Because he was a special 'Transparent' grade, he could randomly obtain an item from any codex grade.
From White to above Gold.
And in his view, a single Kingship's authority should only be Blue grade, not quite reaching Purple.
Based on value, rewards of the same grade also varied.
For example, the Clawed Evil Spirit's codex grade was Green, but the reward was only ten portions of medium energy.
Clearly, its value wasn't considered high within the Green grade.
It was likely at a lower tier.
Thus, it was difficult to get high-value rewards from the Green grade.
The value of a single Kingship's authority should only be Blue.
While the total value of all seven authorities might reach the Purple grade.
It wasn't bad, but there was still a gap between this and what Lin wanted.
He would have been satisfied with a Gold-grade reward.
This was the source of his dissatisfaction.
As for his satisfaction, it came from the fact that the reward at least wasn't an item from the White or Green grades.
He didn't dwell on it for long.
Lin suddenly had a flash of inspiration and put away the Codex of All Things.
He leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.
His spiritual consciousness connected with the seven great authorities.
He could clearly 'see' the scene within his consciousness space.
The Swords of Damocles, symbolizing the seven Kings, hung high above.
A river of rainbow light flowed below.
The colors within it were distinct and separate.
This was the Aura of the seven great authorities.
Lin began to experiment according to his own idea.
Namely: Kingship Fusion.
Although the powers of the seven authorities had distinct and even opposing attributes...
...they essentially originated from a single source.
If he could successfully merge the powers of the seven authorities into one, it might produce an unexpected and pleasant surprise.
Relying on the powerful mental strength granted by the Colorless authority, Lin carefully proceeded with the fusion of the Kingship powers.
Unlike other Kings...
The ability of each successive Colorless King is different.
Miwa Ichigen's was 'Precognition'.
The White Fox Shadow's was 'Interference'.
And Lin's was 'Divine Control'.
Divine Control, meaning manipulation and resistance.
His mental strength was exceptionally powerful, capable of affecting external matter.
Thus, he could manipulate physical objects.
As long as he didn't exceed the ability's limits.
And he was immune to the effects of all mental and spiritual abilities.
One failure, two failures, three, four...
After an unknown number of failures...
Lin suddenly opened his eyes.
A look of excitement appeared in them.
It worked. He had finally succeeded.
He raised his right hand and extended his index finger.
A wisp of seven-colored light coiled around his fingertip.
This was a special Aura, a mixture of the seven attributes of Aura.
One Aura is stronger than seven.
In the feedback from his spiritual perception, the qualitative strength of this special Aura was at least ten times that of a single Aura.
After the first wisp of special Aura was successfully fused...
...the remaining Aura had already entered an automatic fusion mode.
Now, all he had to do was leave it to time.
It would probably take half a month.
Lin could afford to wait that long.
Once all the Aura completed its fusion, the powers of the seven authorities would also undergo a metamorphosis, sublimating into a new ability.
Lin was already looking forward to it.
Meanwhile, in his consciousness space...
...the river of rainbow light scattered thousands of starlights.
A vortex of flowing light formed below.
Resembling a galaxy in the cosmos.
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