In the Azure Lotus Hall, the personal courtyard of Shen Huai, Huai sat on a cultivation mat in the lotus position trying to meditate, but his mind was connecting to the System. Every day, the System gave him sign-in gifts, but he had some questions he wanted to ask the System, so he connected to the System today to ask those questions specifically.
"System! You gave me the reward of the cultivation level of Immortal Sovereign (Peak). But when I try to find cultivation techniques and martial techniques, there are so many in my head; even that alchemy knowledge—you didn't give me those, but how could I use those too?"
[Ding! Host, the moment I gave you the reward of Immortal Sovereign (Peak), it doesn't mean that you are a normal Immortal Sovereign. Even if you fought with a being at the same level, you could kill them just by breathing. You can fight those above your levels like you are at their level... The cultivation process has many ways; from them, the conventional ways have two roads: 1. Spirit Cultivation and 2. Body Cultivation. But there are more cultivation ways; those are known as side cultivation ways like 1. Alchemists, 2. Weapon Refiners, 3. Formation Masters, 4. Talisman Masters, and many more. But it's not the end, Host; there are even special ways to cultivate like 1. Beast Master, 2. Puppeteer, 3. Painter, 4. Scholar, 5. Calligraphy, 6. Musician, 7. Appraisers, 8. Physician, and many more... When I issued the reward of the level Immortal Sovereign (Peak), you had already reached the level of Peak Immortal Sovereign in each way.]
What the hell. It's like a bomb to Huai. You should know how miserable Huai's life was before. He endured those pains, insults, and betrayals for thirty-three long years; although his life here for two years was not that bad, he still couldn't cultivate at that time. For him to have this news is like a bomb.
Huai cooled his head and then sighed a deep breath. He knew what it meant for him to have this power; he decided in his head he'd help this world to be a better place for humanity...
Suddenly, his room felt as if countless digital programs were invading his room. He knew what was happening...
"Just come out already," Huai sighed.
Nexus came out in her virtual projection avatar, looked at Huai, and said, "Did you check that information you wanted to check?"
"Oh, I did. Although there were some interesting facts, the rest of them were just rubbish."
Nexus: "Did you check the part where you should know about your authority?"
Huai got confused, looked at Nexus, and asked, "What authority are you talking about? And just say it directly; I know you came here for a reason, right?"
Nexus looked at him and said with a nonchalant attitude, "Dear 7th-tier citizen of the Human Federation, you should know that as a citizen of the Federation, you also have some authorities.
7th-tier citizens are exempt from two mistakes they made without getting punished.
Any 7th-tier citizen can revoke the citizenship of lower-tier citizens if needed, if that citizen was not directly under another 7th-tier citizen.
In the same way, 7th-tier citizens can take any citizen, even those with no citizenship, under their wings and issue for them citizenship below themselves (by spending contribution points).
If a citizen is directly hired by the 14 Sovereigns, their citizenship can't be revoked by anyone except the joint meeting of the 14 Sovereigns.
Citizenship directly under the Federation can manage small jobs issued by the Federation."
When Huai saw these authorities, he felt numb. What the hell! What do you mean by needing to do odd jobs issued by the Federation... Huai complained about it to the face of Nexus, "What do you mean by doing small jobs? I'm not gonna do anything you tell me to do."
"(Dear 7th-tier citizen, with the power of 7th-tier citizenship you're also a 6th-grade alchemist, so you have alchemist special authorities too:
Any higher-grade alchemist can revoke the license of a lower-grade alchemist if they are not directly under someone of the same rank.
Any alchemist directly issued by the Federation can't be revoked by any alchemist, no matter what their rank is; they can only be revoked by the 14 Sovereigns' joint meeting.
An alchemist can reject any task issued by the Federation.)"
Just by hearing the second part of the authorities, Huai's mood got far better. He knew what it meant to him. If he wants, he can take those tasks, and if he doesn't want, then he can reject the task.
Huai looked at Nexus and said, "Just tell me directly, what task do you have for me?"
Nexus: "We have two tasks for the citizen Shen Huai. 1. Become the Federation Alchemy Inspector and tour the Pill Hall branches on this planet that you think have corruption. Then confirm those corrupted alchemists and revoke their licenses. 2. Sell me those 11 Golden Essence Nirvana Pills."
Huai thought for a moment then said, "It's okay to do the first task; I'm already annoyed at that damn Pill Hall branch manager that laced poison in my Eternal Sect's Sect Master's breakthrough pill. But what are you gonna do with those pills?"
"Dear citizen, thank you for accepting the first task. For the second task, citizen Huai may not know, but a pill that could at least bring 100 days to those below Star level, and for Star-level cultivators it can bring a whole day per pill, is a huge gain for people in need... So the Federation wants to buy any amount of the pill that you have for 2,000 mid-grade spirit stones each."
Huai thought to himself: a single mid-grade spirit stone equals 100,000 lower-grade spirit stones. That means he'd get 22,000 mid-grade spirit stones by selling those 11 7th-grade spirit medicines. Huai nodded his head and waved his hand; 11 golden pills appeared in the air. Nexus took all those pills and said:
"7th-tier citizen Shen Huai contributed to society by selling 11 7th-grade Golden Essence pills. Getting 22,000 mid-grade spirit stones and 1,100 contribution points. Total contribution points: 19,100."
Huai nodded at Nexus. Nexus gave him a token of the Federation where "Alchemy" was written on one side and the word "6th" was written on the other. Huai knew clearly what this was: this is the ultimate card for him in this galaxy. This is the only galaxy with humans in this plane; he can use this thing anywhere in this galaxy and he'd be revered everywhere.
After giving Huai everything, Nexus nodded at Huai and then disappeared into thin air. Huai looked at the direction where Nexus disappeared and asked the System in his head:
"System, you are also technology and Nexus is also made by technology. She can't sense you, can she?"
[Ding! Host, how can you compare me to that trash? Let me tell you clearly, she is trash, a genuine trash, a trash among trash... I was created by the greatest... Oh, sorry, you don't have the authority yet to know the details. Just remember, she is the trashest trash of all.]
Huai was dumbfounded. What did the System just say? Did he just get jealous over Nexus? Huai smiled a mocking smile at himself...
Huai stopped thinking about that and suddenly thought about a huge problem... cultivation resources for his sect. Although they got everything from the Li family, he still stopped everyone from using those treasures. The treasures from the Li family are real trash. Except for the spirit stones that they had, other things like those weapons, medicine, and even cultivation techniques—all of them are trash, real trash. Those medicines were all lower 9th-grade medicine. Those weapons were lower Huang rank. They are also trash to Huai. And those talismans—can those even be called talismans? He disliked those shitty trashes to the core.
Huai: "System, what do I need to do to gain some cultivation resources for The Eternal Sect?"
[Ding! Host, you don't need to do anything. Just get a sign-in reward in the Main Hall. You'd get everything the sect needs to develop.]
It was this easy? He always signed in in his room, so he got everything he needed, but he never thought about signing in in the Main Hall. If this is so easy, then this System is really powerful and reliable.
Next day morning, in the Main Hall of The Eternal Sect, Huai sat upon the Sect Leader's throne. Below him was a single chair where Gu Xuan sat. On both sides of the hall, there were eight chairs on each side. Four big chairs on each side, and beside each big chair was a small chair accompanying the big chair.
On those big chairs sat Han Mujie, Ba Tian, Su Yun, Yan Ruyu, Shi Yan, Shui Miao, Feng Wuji, and Mu Qing. Beside their masters sat eight direct disciples: Lin Feng, Zhao Tie, Mu Chen, Huo Ling'er, Da Zhuang, Lan Ruo, Xiao Yun, and Bai Wei. Everyone was looking at Huai to ask what important thing he wanted to discuss, because today Huai suddenly called them over for a meeting and said it was an important meeting for every Peak Master and personal disciple to join...
Huai said in his mind, "System, sign in!"
**[Ding! Congratulations Host for signing in the Main Hall of The Eternal Sect. Rewards:
9th-tier spirit medicine all types - each 10,000 pcs
8th-tier spirit medicine all types - each 10,000 pcs
7th-tier spirit medicine all types - each 10,000 pcs
Huang rank top-grade weapons all types - each 10,000 pcs
Xuan rank top-grade weapons all types - each 10,000 pcs
Earth rank top-grade weapons all types - each 10,000 pcs
9th-grade talisman all types - 10,000 pcs
8th-grade talisman all types - 10,000 pcs
7th-grade talisman all types - 10,000 pcs
Nascent Soul puppets - 10,000 pcs
Spirit/Soul Transformation puppets - 10,000 pcs
Void Refinement puppets - 10,000 pcs
A Sovereign-grade formation for the sect (even Galaxy Sovereigns can't see through this formation or break it or enter it if not given permission).
Low-grade spirit stones - 1 trillion
Mid-grade spirit stones - 1 trillion
High-grade spirit stones - 1 trillion
Top-grade spirit stones - 1 trillion
Cultivation technique: THE ETERNAL SUTRA (can be cultivated by only Eternal Sect members; for each and everyone, this sutra works differently and makes miracles) (GRADE CAN'T BE DETECTED)
Martial technique: ETERNITY DIVINE TECHNIQUE (can be practiced by only Eternal Sect members; for each and everyone, this technique yields different teachings) (GRADE CAN'T BE DETECTED)
CULTIVATION TOWER (has 11 floors; on each floor, the time ratio is going to increase by 10 times. Now only the 1st floor is available. The time ratio of the first floor is 1:100, meaning 1 day outside is equal to 100 days inside).]**
Huai took a deep breath. He didn't even think that the System would give him a package this big; he almost fell off of his chair in front of so many people. Didn't the System act too generous? Huai asked the System mockingly inside, "System, aren't you being extra generous today?"
[Ding! Host, System is always generous, but you didn't notice it yet. Host can ask anything if needed; by just signing in the Main Hall, Host unlocked a new feature called: "Ask your dear System!" Host, if you ask me for anything, System will give to Host according to System's mood.]
Huai almost vomited blood. What the hell is this feature, "Ask your dear System"? Ask your daddy! Ask your ancestor! Ptui! Ptui! Tell me that you made that feature up because you were jealous of Nexus...
Huai just thought all of this in his head but didn't say anything aloud to the System; if the System gets angry, he'd have to bear the consequences. What if the System unbounds from him and finds a new host? He'd be doomed. He looked back at his elders and disciples, a strange glint in his eyes as he prepared to reveal the wealth that would change their lives forever.