Planet Elara
Dirus Empire, Tulon Region
Near Zara Village
A boy lay in the shade of a tree on a hill near Zara Village. He opened his eyes and looked around. At first, he felt confused, then shocked. As he began to calm down, it happened. With the grace of a brick, a wave of memories hit him. After two painful minutes, he regained his composure and looked around again. He walked over to a nearby body of water and saw an unfamiliar face staring back at him.
"So, I really did transmigrate to another world," he muttered. "Sigh... the last thing I remember is crossing the road and getting hit by a truck."
As John was speaking, a light screen popped up before him:
(Analyzing host...)
(Analysis complete)
Host Name: John Green
Race: Celestial Human
Seed of Power: None
Talent: Karmic Instinct
Remarks: Unremarkable. Karma is a bitch; I got a terrible host. Host, please finish the tutorial and complete your first mission.
"What is this, an illusion?" he wondered.
(Host, would you like to start the tutorial?)
"What are you?"
John waited for a response, but none came. After calming down a bit, he analyzed the message and finally responded, "Yes."
(Beginning tutorial in 3... 2... 1...)
At that moment, John lost his consciousness. When he came to, he found himself in a white room filled with six lights. He heard the system's voice once more:
(Host, please choose from 1-6 for your seed of power.)
"What is a seed of power?"
(Seeds of Power is one of many paths you can choose. The path you choose will determine how you achieve your goals, whatever they may be.
"So, what are the names of the powers?"
1. Yellow: Magic
Harness the arcane power, learn to use mana, and explore both the light and dark aspects of magic.
2. Red: Divine
Let the worlds and realms know your divine name. Mortals will worship you and fight for your faith. Your name shall be a bane to demons and evildoers alike; your will shall be supreme.
3. Green: Cultivation
From chaos came the Dao, from the Dao came Yin and Yang, and from Yin and Yang came one. Comprehend the Dao and become unyielding; stand above all and achieve immortality.
4. Blue: Technological
Make bold guesses and confirm them with caution. Analyze how the world works, build marvels of technology, and explore the boundaries between life and death. Your knowledge of materials and technology will know no limits.
5. Black: Layered Void
Is the void truly the absence of time? No, for you shall explore the layered void, where layers of reality exist. In the outer layer, you can never be attacked; may reality unravel before your eyes.
6. White: Origin Creation
Energy is merely a mold; you can create worlds and bend reality to your will. Form laws from nothing and transform existing laws into your chaotic rules.
John contemplated his choices as the possibilities opened up before him.
"System, if I choose one power, does it mean I lose everything else?"
(No)
(The host will be able to access most of the other seeds of power, however.). host will not get any core ability or knowledge of these seeds of power)
"So I can use other powers as well, not that many drawbacks, John muttered.
What John didn't know was that without the core knowledge or core elements of the seeds of power, it would take decades, if not centuries, for
Any normal being to learn.
John started thinking about what to choose.
From the options. after racking his brain for a while. He started taking out powers he didn't want, like divine power. Although John felt it would be fun to play God, he didn't want to be responsible for a group of people who worshiped him.
He also didn't like magic because of researching and long chants and whatnot for that reason, and magic was out. That being said, John didn't know a thing about magic and how it worked; he came to that conclusion from movies he watched on his home planet.
After some more time of contemplating, he crossed out technological power as well.
Now only three seeds of power remained: cultivation, origin creation, and layered void.
John decided to use cultivation as his main form of power and the other two powers as secondary powers.
"System, I choose cultivation as my seed of power."
(Commencing integration with seed of power in 3..2..1..)
"Ahhh!!"
John dropped to the ground and screamed as his body was slightly glowing with green light, as seeds of power need a body that could contain them, and so John's body was being reconstructed for its optimum capacity.
"Haah," "haah."
After a full 4 hours, a deep breathing sound could be heard from John's mouth. As he lay on the ground.
John got up and checked his body, and he felt light as a feather, and his rough skin and malnutrition were gone; the body was full of vitality.
"Hehehe, I am now an immortal that can turn mountains and rivers."
"System interface"
(Host Name: John Green
Race: Celestial Human
Seed of Power: Cultivation
Talent: Karmic Instinct
Remarks: Unremarkable. Not even in the Qi condensation realm. Truly a frog in a well.**
"Hah, what's with these remarks?"
John angrily snorted.
"Sigh."
After some time he sighed, knowing he would not get a response.
He looked around and saw it was getting dark. He picked himself up and hurried towards Zara Village.
As he was nearing the village. He saw an old
guard near the gate. He remembered this guard from this body's memories. As John was a few steps from the village gate. The guard looked at John up and down and said,.
"What, what happened to you!"
"What do you mean?" What happened to me?
Old man Lee, are you going senile?"
John feigned ignorance.
At those words, old Lee's face darkened, and he snorted at John. And said
"Little brat, you're looking for a beating. You're 100 years too young to trick me. If I didn't know better, looking at you, I would have assumed. You were some young master from a city."
"Now out with it, what happened to you?"
John thought for a second. And with a cocky smile, he answered.
"Nothing much; I just washed up a bit. It's not my fault for being good-looking."
At John's answer, Old Lee's eyes twitched.
"Fine, don't say it if you don't want to." After that
He gestured to John to go away with his hand.
After passing the gate, John went straight towards his rented small courtyard. He sat down cross-legged on the bed and opened the system interface.
As soon as he opened the panel, a new notification popped out.
(System tutorial complete…)
(Host, please choose a life goal to unlock the mission panel.)
John was silent for a moment and said,
"My goal is freedom."
(Confirming life goal readjusting parameters)
(Unlocking mission panel…)
(Beginner mission: sense the spirit power of the world through meditation)
(Reward: basic breathing techniques and knowledge of the cultivation and secondary powers.). information about the world )
(Remarks: basics of how to get started in main and secondary seeds of power and common knowledge of the world, such as reading, writing, language, etc.)
(Novice Mission: Break through to Qi condensation.).
(Rewards: Wondering Willow.). [sword technique novice].
**(Remarks: a sword technique that is inspired by the wandering willow plant that bends and sways with the harsh winds but never breaks.)
(Novice Mission: Find the door of the first void layer of reality.)
(Reward: basic knowledge of void travel)
(Remarks: void traveling, a high realm traversing technique that can be hidden from most prying eyes)
(Novice Mission: Transform an inanimate object into your first origin creation.)
(Reward: book [Breath of Myriad Energy, v. 1])
**(Remarks: basics on how to control and use
one hundred most commonly used energies)**
after finishing skimming through the missions. John decided to meditate and to try if he could sense the spirit energy. After 2 hours of meditation, he finally sensed something and concentrated on it to find small dots of light.
Is this it?. John inwardly thought, and no sooner did the notification come.
(Mission complete: Beginner mission: sense spirit power of the world through meditation)
(Reward: basic breathing techniques and knowledge of the cultivation and secondary powers.). information about the world)
John was overjoyed and couldn't wait for the rewards, and as he was waiting, a book fell out of nowhere. John looked down and saw the title Yin Yang Breathing Method. Just as he was about to pick the book up. Streams of information, from languages and different etiquettes to basic geography, poetry, etc., started bombarding his head.
John not wanting another painful incident. sat down immediately and started meditating to calm down and sort all the information.