At the East Sea, an old man wearing green clothing came to a small fishing village and stopped outside. The old man was only carrying a flute on his waist and a jar of wine in his hand.
Looking at some of the dilapidated villages, the old man's eyes filled with emotion, nostalgia, and also memories of the fleeting years.
In the twinkling of an eye, so many years had passed by.
"I'm afraid that in a few years, this village will no longer exist."
The old man stood outside the village for a long time before turning towards a small grove nearby. But, he stopped after taking a few steps.
"Come out!" The old man called in a deep voice.
As his voice died away, two men wearing clothes made of rough material came out of the grove in front. They had the same look, same height, were physically strong, bald, had rustic expressions, and gave the impression of being down-to-earth people from the mountainside.
However, the long knives resting on their shoulders gave them an air of menace.
"Eighth most powerful expert in the world, Lu Pinghai, we have been waiting for you for a long time." They both said in a low, muffled voice at the same time.
Lu Pinghai looked at the two and his facial expression was motionless.
The aboriginals seldom appeared in other nations, and these two specifically came here under someone's order.
"Her Majesty told us to get a Spirit Yuan Pill from you at whatever price or condition you want," the two continued.
As expected.
Lu Pinghai suddenly realized that the order was from Qi Zixiao.
"Tell Qi Zixiao this old fellow doesn't want anything, please go back," Lu Pinghai shook his head and said.
"Her Majesty said that if you do not agree, she will come personally to find you," the two said in response. Actually, what the empress said was to kill him if he refused to give her what she required.
But if they phrased it this way, Lu Pinghai would turn hostile on the spot.
No matter what, he was the eighth most powerful expert in the world and was not easily threatened.
"Then let Qi Zixiao come and find me." Lu Pinghai laughed loudly. He passed through the two men without even looking at them.
Although Qi Zixiao was the fifth most powerful expert in the world and, furthermore, had Hong Wu, the ninth most powerful expert with her, he was still not afraid of them.
Being the eighth most powerful expert in the world, he was definitely confident of himself. They hadn't fought before, who knew what would the outcome be?
Qi Zixiao was originally the seventh most powerful expert in the world, and didn't she kill Hua Sanliu, who was ranked the fifth in the world?
What's more, it's not as if he did not have any trump cards.
"Lu Pinghai, you really want to offend Her Majesty because of one Spirit Yuan Pill?" The two turned around their hands already on their swords.
"Although Qi Zixiao is powerful, I will not let her have my stuff just because she says so. Today, as a sign of respect to Qi Zixiao, I will let the two of you go if you do not act recklessly." Lu Pinghai grunted, swung his sleeve behind him and immediately the sleeve extended like a snake for a few meters. It directly wrapped around the sword hilts of the two men.
"Clang!" The two knives slashed at the sleeves but could not overcome the force exerted by the sleeve on the knives. Instead, their two swords were directed towards their own necks.
"Roar!" The two men bowed their heads at the same time. The two swords crisscrossed and slashed towards the sleeves which were on the hilts of their swords. But, they slashed their swords in vain.
That sleeve was like a living thing and loosened from the hilts. It then hit the two men heavily on the chests, causing them to move backward involuntarily. They went backwards for seven to eight steps before stopping and vomiting fresh blood.
"Eh?" Lu Pinghai snorted. These experts who had just attained the Spirit Wheel level could not even resist one strike from him, let alone being hit directly on the chest. But to his surprise, they were still standing over there.
These two that were sent here were already quite powerful, the aboriginals must have a lot of experts.
"To cultivate oneself is not easy, so today, I will let the both of you go," Lu Ping Hai said and disappeared into the woods.
The two glanced at each other and turned around to leave.
Since neither of them was a match for their opponent, they had to go back and report Lu Pinghai's rejection of their offer to the general.
Lu Pinghai entered the woods and finally sat down in an open space.
His old friend had lived here for several decades, and now he could not even find his grave.
But, this was also fine as nobody would disturb him.
By closing his eyes, he could visualize where he used to live.
"I am back to see you…" Lu Pinghai opened the wine jar, took a mouthful, and poured some on the ground.
…
Ren Baqian looked at the silver mirror in his hand and then at the smug looking craftsmen and Jiao Zuo. "How many days does it take for you to make a mirror? How stupid are you? Even the black-faced guy is smarter than you!"
Black-faced guy is another term for the wild boar.
"Two days!"
Ren Baqian looked askance at the craftsman who answered him.
"Even one black-faced guy could do the job given in two days."
The few men shrugged their heads and quietly listened to the lecture. The row of big and strong men bowed their heads and stood like walls.
Ren Baqian rambled on for a long time before he finally said, "Everyone gets a reward of ten taels of silver and the monthly salary will be increased by one level."
Although these people were stupid to the point where it was beyond cure, they still managed to produce the silver mirror anyway. Scolding and rewards should be dispensed as warranted.
"Thank you, Sir!" Everyone beamed happily.
Ten taels of silver was equivalent to more than two months of their salary. Furthermore, their monthly salaries were increased by one level and that was also quite a handsome sum.
"Everyone, please take your leave." Ren Baqian let the craftsmen leave first before instructing Jiao Zuo on the important works to be done.
The most important were the concave and flat mirrors that would be used to make the solar furnace. After these tasks were completed, the iron ore mining problem at Mount Damo would be solved. Only then could the iron ore be sent via trade caravans to other countries and sold for cash.
In the following period of time, Ren Baqian would go to the glass factory in the morning, the palace at noon, and practice his martial arts in the afternoon.
After the glass making and silver-plating issues were resolved, things went more smoothly. Although the speed of glass production was not fast, it was better than it was at the start. The proportioning of the materials was also affirmed, there were less problems and one week later, there were enough completed concave and silver mirrors to fill two rooms.
Following this, Ren Baqian brought people to the glass factory every day to make a shelf with square frames made of wood, the center of the square frames was made of rattan cane and was concave in shape to fit the mirrors.
After which, the mirror would be affixed on it.
A few days later, during the afternoon, a group of about a hundred over people came bustling out of Lan City and went straight to the glass factory outside the city.
However, they didn't enter the newly built brick house but went to an open space by the side of the glass factory.
There was a big wooden platform with a shelf on it, measuring six meters high and twelve meters wide. A row of concave mirrors was fixed on it and a dazzling white light could be seen from afar. It was difficult to open one's eyes, and many people used their hands to block the white light from their eyes.
The empress came down from her carriage, followed by six high ranking officials: Shi Qing, Zhe Kouhai, Tu Wan, Tong Zhengye, and Qin Chuan. As long as they were available, they were pulled along by the empress.
Everyone wondered why the empress asked so many people to come and what exactly they were going to see.
At this moment, they saw the shelf and the concave mirror which displayed distorted images. Shi Qing, Zhe Kouhai, Tong Zhenye, and some others immediately knew what it was. It had actually been produced now, but they didn't know whether it would be the same as described by Sir Ren. If it was, it would be a happy occasion.
The rest of the people were looking curiously at that big piece of mirror.
"Isn't that a mirror?'
"I wonder what it's made of, it doesn't look like a bronze mirror and yet is so bright."
"But the reflections are not moving and don't look right. Look at the stones in the mirror, the images are distorted."
"Hey, the images make people look short. What a joke."
The empress looked at the big mirror in front and sized it up for a moment. Afterwards, she told Ren Baqian, "You can begin." 
Ren Baqian was very relaxed, he had spent a lot of time building this. Now, it was the time for him to showcase it.
He hoped those idiots didn't mess things up.
After greeting him, thirty guards who normally served him ran to the side to carry thirty mirrors that measured two meters high by one meter wide. Then, they placed the mirrors on the ground, facing the direction of the shelf.
Following which, some people carried a four-meter-long iron bar which was as thick as the circumference of a bowl, and placed it standing upright on the ground.
Ren Baqian walked in front of the row of thirty flat mirrors. He adjusted the angle of one of them, reflecting the sun rays to the concave mirror on the shelf and then the focused beam of light from the concave mirror-reflected to the top of the iron bar.
As he adjusted the angle, the rest of the people followed suit and started to adjust the mirrors. From time to time, he helped everyone adjust the mirrors.
Initially, many people looked at him, but with the empress, Shi Qing, and company fixing their eyes at the top of the iron bar, more of them directed their eyes there and wondered what they would see.
But at once, they got the shock of their lives.
The top of the iron bar suddenly burst into flames without any cause.
One had to know that this was an iron bar. No one was blind, and they were certain that it was an iron bar from the heavy footsteps of the guards that had carried it over as well from the effort it to erect. But, how could an iron bar catch fire?
Even more surprising things were happening, the top of the iron bar not only caught fire but was also melting, and the red-hot liquid iron flowed down the bar.
Very soon, the tip of the iron bar was missing a portion.
Not only was it shocking for those who saw it for the first time, even Shi Qing and company were also surprised.
The previous time, it was just a disk of light which burnt a hole in a steel knife.
This time, it was the melting of an iron bar as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and the difficulty was ten to one hundred times more.
Therefore, several people who witnessed this personally were astonished.
"Your humble servant congratulates the empress and Dayao. This is a great contribution from Sir Ren, and Dayao shall not need to worry about the lack of iron for the next one hundred years," Shi Qing happily announced loudly.
After he opened his mouth, everyone reacted and one after another, and they congratulated the empress.
Although they didn't know what was happening, they could see for themselves the melting of the iron bar, which was as thick as the girth of a bowl.
In that case, Mount Damo could continuously be mined for fine iron, and they would no longer face the problem of a shortage in supply for the army. This was definitely a joyous occasion and very good news.
Ren Baqian contributed the most to this project, and in the eyes of many people, his status was elevated by a few levels.
Earlier, the empress did mention something about letting him run a school and ordinary disciples without innate talent from each family could be sent in. Nobody took it seriously, and many people didn't even consider it.
When the empress asked later on, they would say even though their disciples were not talented enough, putting their heart into martial arts training was enough.
However, based on what they saw at present, this guy really possessed some abilities.
Those families might as well send the ordinary disciples to the educational institution to try it out and see what they could learn.


In a world where its inhabitants can destroy a city wall single-handedly, the empress has a kirin as her pet, and the imperial palace of Great Xia has a pool containing a dragon. There is also a Sword Mountain where spirit swords occasionally leave in search of a master .

Bootlicking the empress, Ren Baqian ascended to the apex of life.　　

I look in the concave mirror as I observe the giant's cells nucleus where the DNA resides.



I have been studying gene editing for 40 years.

Among all the techniques for adding traits from different organism to another CRISPR was the best method to use.

But unfortunately, it can't be used for the fusing as the triple helix structure of the dragonic gene is incompatible with the double helix structure of the giant DNA. 



But studying Erzas DNA gave me the solution. Have two sets of DNA one as the dominant one and the other in a dormant state.


Suddenly a realization appeared to me.


"Why does Erza's red blood cell have a mitochondrial!? Normally red blood cell after they mature will loose there mitochondria. How could I miss that!!



That only means one thing she has Rett Syndrome. Although the effects of Rett Syndrome is still unknown and she looks normal it also might be that her red blood cells mitochondria are in a dormant state.  

I should probably stop her from eating the adamantite intent as that could awaken some unknown dangers."



"Anyway, I'm sorry dragonic genes as I'm gonna have to dismantle you all."


I aimed the concave mirror toward the nucleus of the adamantite dragon white blood cell.


"The dragonic DNA itself is quite similar to a lizards DNA but the additional adenine. (the reason it's a triple helix)

codes for the elemental properties, for example, code for a scales plus adamantite equals an adamantite scale.

Haha! What a coincidence the first ten years of my quest to cure cancer was me trying to use the regeneration ability of lizards to help the success of people who have undergone chemotherapy to be healthy again."


With a wave of my finger, an adamantite handle appeared on my hands. 



Suddenly two black horns appeared on my head as the control Rune lit up on both horns.


"This should give me absolute control of my fingers."



I moved it closer to the cell as it revealed a 3-nanometer thick blade appeared in the mirror near the DNA attached to the handle. Invisible to the naked eye.


"I want the adamantite bone, scales, nails, and teeth."



After a few hours of careful cutting of the DNA I had all the DNA, I needed from the adamantite dragon on a petri dish.


"Next to the fire dragon."


I aimed the concave mirror toward the fire dragon white blood cell. 


"Similar again! Let's see I want the Wings the lungs and lastly the tail as they can innately be augmented with flames making them a deadly weapon."



I had all the traits that I want on a little petri dish. 


"Now the last one the giant gene."


I aimed the concave mirror toward the giant white blood cell. I used armaments as an adamantite syringe appeared on my hand.


I used the syringe to store the traits as I moved the giant's cell closer.


I gently injected the traits towards the nucleus of the giant cell. 


"Now I hope it also replicates during cell division."


I took the complimentary apple on the bedside. I attached two adamantite rods to both sides of the apple.


On the two rods, I wrapped an adamantite coiled wires.

I grabbed both ends of the wire as I aimed it directly to the Giants cell that has been injected with the dormant dragonic traits. 


Suddenly a small shock of electricity traveled from the apple towards the cell.



In a matter of seconds, the cell started to perform rapid cell division. 

From 1 to 2 and from 2 to 4 and so on


"Great the dragonic traits also duplicated."


After a few seconds, it started to slow down.


"No, it needs more nutrients to perform cell division."


Suddenly an idea came towards me as I put the two dragons white blood on the petri dish. 



Instantly I saw the giant white blood cell devour the two dragonic cell and proceeded to divide like crazy. In a matter of second there was no longer a dragonic cell on the Petri dish.



I grabbed the syringe as I injected the blood into my arm.


Instantly like an electric shock as if all the giant cell in my body found its long-lost leader. 



The normal equilibrium of the three types of blood was immediately disturbed. As command from the modified giant cell came to them.

Devour the enemy and divide like crazy.


For every dragon cell they devour they replace it with a giant ones.




Suddenly pain assaulted me from every part of my body from my toes to the top of my head. Every cell on my body was alerted.


"Aghhhhh!!"



Black blood flowed out of my eyes as I saw my world turned black.


"Shit! I can't alarm people."



I wiped my eyes as I looked into the window I saw an old tree in the middle of Magnolia.


"Boom!"

With all my strength I jumped from my hotel room towards the giant tree.


Destroying the room in the process.


I felt my consciousness fading as I arrived in front of the tree. 


"Boom!"



"Haaaa! It's a monster!"

The huge crater appeared where I landed as people nearby were quickly alerted.


"Run!"



"Help!! There is a bloody monster here!"

I held the tree as I struggled to speak.



"Faðer our som a....st I himlüm, h.....algað warðe þit name. þit ....rookie. Skie þin u.....ilie so som I him alan so .....oh bo Giordana. ... dahlia ... gif os IIdah.... Oh forla....t os uora skuldar so som oh ui f

Atlas.
Are you willing to give up what you are for power?

Me.
Yes

Atlas.
From this day forward you will be my heir. Let my Hellfire burn within you.



"My name is Demise Builder" the man in front of us introduced himself .. 

His voice was so cold, even colder than the way he looked at me earlier. 

"What do you want us to call you?" Mr. Pangilinan asked him. 

"You can call me Demi." he replied then put his two hands back in his pocket. 

"What do you like?" Mr. Pangilinan asked him again. 

I do not take my eyes off him but I can hear the whispers of my classmates. 

As usual, they are attracted to the appearance of this newcomer. 

 Even Ahyeza, I can hear her saying that he is handsome, well I am not denying that he is attractive especially his blue eyes, but I really don't like his aura. I am not comfortable with him especially the way he looked at me. 

There’s something wrong… 

"Is it important?" he asked back 

"Well, that's part of what we called INTRODUCE YOURSELF" Mr. Pangilinan said. 

"Psh. My name is Demise Builder, I am 16 years old. My hobby? nothing." he repeated the introduction as if it was very difficult for him to speak. 

"You speak so sparingly, you may take your seat now."Mr. Pangilinan said, 

He bowed to all of us before going to the vacant seat in the back. 

I followed his gaze until he sat down. When we looked at each other again, I immediately averted my eyes and just prepared to listen to Mr. Pangilinan. 

"You don't need to do that Demi" Mr. Pangilinan said that's why we all looked at Demi. 

"Do what?" 

"That bow thing," 

"I'm used to it." 

"Okay if you say so, Class open your book on page 15, let's start our discussion." 

We obeyed his command, we took our science book and opened it to the page he said. 

Page 15, our topic today is about Light. It's easy but it's hard to do, especially those convex and concave mirrors. 

Somehow the class went smoothly, except when Mr. Pangilinan have a hard time in waking Demi up bacause he is sleeping. 

Come and think of it, it is the first day in here and then he will just sleep in Mr. Pangilinan's class? 

"Mr. Builder, who told you that you can sleep during my class time?" 

Mr. Pangilinan said when Demi woke up. 

"It was your first day in my class and then you will sleep right away? Who do you think you are?" 

He is just obviously controlling his anger. 

Instead of answering politely, Demi just plant a bored look to Mr. Pangilinan. 

"STAND UP!" Mr. Pangilinan shouted. 

Demi sigh before standing up without looking at Mr. Pangilinan 

"Why are you here at this school?" Mr. Pangilinan asked Demi. 

I looked at the fist of Demi, it looks like he's also controlling his temper. 

"ANSWER ME!" 

Mr. Pangilinan shouted as he dropped the book at the table, creating a loud sound. 

Me and my classmates are shocked because in my past years in this school, I didn't saw Mr. Pangilinan shouted and became angry like this. 

To be honest, Mr. pangilinan is not affected before when some of my classmates are not listening or just sleeping in his class. 

He knows that my classmates will not take school seriously, but know, he act like he didn't know a thing. 

he must know that Demi, will also not going to study seriously, that's why he is in this section. 

"You, why are you here?" Demi asked back. 

Can't he just answer politely? He's just making Mr. Pangilinan angrier. 

"I'm here becuase I'm teaching, I'm here to help the students." Mr. Pangilinan answer proudly. 

"Hmmm, I see. You're teaching a student." he answered like he didn't care at all. 

"You, why are you here at school?" Mr. pangilinan asked him again. 

"I thought you're here at this school to teach the students." Demi didn't asked. He stated. 

"Yes" 

"Then why are you asking me?" Demi speak again 

"If you are here to teach students, you should know what they need. And that is to learn, of course I am also a student so I need the same. Learning is the reason why I am here at school." 

that was probably the longest word I heard from Demi, because earlier he seemed to be very frugal in speaking so I was surprised when he spoke that long. 

"So your saying that you are here in school because you want to learn. Then why are you sleeping in time of my class?" seriously? when will they stop? 

"Because I want to" he's back in being bored. 

"You want to, hmmm. I see, maybe you know our lesson now so you prefer to sleep." Mr. Pangilinan stated 

"I'm not going to sleep if not." 

I can feel the tension between them, and I'm starting to think that this will lead to fight. 

"So, Mr. Builder... since you already know our lesson, why don't you come here in front and start discussing." it's Mr. Pangilinan again 

"It's your duty, why don't you do it." this time, it's Demi who stated 

"Well, it is also my duty to see if the student is really learning. Once you have proven that you really know the lesson, it is up to you to decide what we will do next." 

Mr. Pangilinan give way when Demi reach the black board and face us. His both hands are still in his pockets and sigh before he start talking. 

"Light is the only electromagnetic energy that we can see." he said. 

"tha's all? you don't know anything else?" Mr. Pangilinan interfer. 

"I'm not even starting, shut up" 

My classmates reacted at what he said. 

Looks like Demi doesn't even care if Mr. Pangilinan is mad at him. He just sigh before talking again. 

"Do you ever wonder why and how the mirror forms image?" he asked us. 

No one try to answer, even if I know the answer, I didn't answer, I just want to watch him. I'm not in the modd to talk or even speak. 

"Mirrors are not the one who actually form images, it's because of the light. Do you think, why do we see nothing when it's dark?" he asked again. 

"Because there's no light" Janssen asnwered 

"Exactly. Mirrors only forms image because of the light, no light no image. When the incoming light or what we called the angle of incidence and the reflected light or what we called the angle of reflection are equal, an image can be formed. That is what indicated to the law of releflection." he cleared his throat before proceeding again. 

"Now let's talk about the Concave and Convex mirrors, any ideas?" 

"Convex curved outward while concave curves inward." this time it's Liander who answered. 

"Correct, Convex scattered light while Concave gathers light that's the reason why the image in Convex mirrors appears smaller and the image in concave mirrors appears upside down. Our lesson for today is just easy" 

He cut off what he was supposed to say and looked at Mr. Pangilinan before speaking again. 

"I guess I have proven that I really know your lesson, better that you know." he smirked not removing his gaze to Mr. Pangilinan. 

"Class... dismiss." he said and he went out first. 

My classmates also left while me, Ahyeza, Janssen, Amos, Liander, Lancer and Mr. Pangilinan,we were left speechless inside the classroom. 

What did just Demi did?

"Hurt me all you can..
Laugh at me all you can..
Make bad things to me all you can..
Don't let me stand up, cause once I stand up.

I'm GONNA RISE LIKE A SKYSCRAPER"

Amidst white ethereal clouds, vitality condensed like morning dew while crowned cranes danced in the breeze and white deer flocked together. 
This was where the Celestial Court of the Upper Realm was — the Immortal God World. 
It was hard to imagine when a large portion of Lower Realm's associated worlds were facing destruction when vitality in the primary world was exhausted and the path to cultivation was cut off, where their leaders dwelled still looked so prosperous. 
At a single glance, how could this world appear like it was lacking vitality? Obviously, it was another flourishing immortal world. 
An odd phenomenon was that during the last years of every dynasty, when signs of destruction were apparent, high-level ministers and squires would remain greedy and selfish as before, the ones who were willing to split their wealth to remedy disasters were so rare, there were only so many Wen Tianxiangs[1] during the past few hundred years. 
It was hard to say that they were foolish. For one, they were each elite among many and they were able to attain the highest posts amid cruel feuds over land and various difficulties, so their intelligence and emotional intelligence were definitely above average. 
However, it was hard to say that they were smart too when they thought that their households would survive when the dynasty perished as if they were just switching masters. 
They did not know that a change of sovereignty brought a change of ministers and for new leaders who would want to reward their loyal statesmen, where else would they find the money for that if not from these glutted squires of the last dynasty? 
Although there were rare cases of successful transference of allegiances, most of them still ended up being liquidated. 
Zheng Zhilong[2] was the greatest example of falling victim to his own cleverness, in comparison to his son, Zheng Damu who brooded over Ming's sunken ship and fantasized about reviving the past dynasty, one could say that Zheng Zhilong knew how to ride the tides too well, that he ended up losing all his fortune and even his life. Conversely, it was his son who managed to establish his own country and left a name for himself in history as a national hero which no one can erase. 
When there were too many clever people in a group, the combat power of the group would not be too strong. 
Gods and immortals were then a gathering of the smartest people in all heavens. 
It was a surprise to have such a shocking similarity between mortals and gods, one could only marvel at such fantastic things in the world. 
On a celestial mountain was a pavilion made out of white jade and in it, sat three people. 
One of them was Fang Ning's familiar acquaintance, the Moon Goddess. 
At this moment, she was clad in a long flowy robe, sitting at the right side of the three. 
One of the other two on the left was a white-bearded old man in a green Taoist robe and the other was a sorrow-faced bald monk. 
 "The God of Plagues has fallen…" The Taoist robed elder drawled out. 
 "Expected, but still beyond reason." The bald monk said wittily. 
The Moon Goddess remained silent and merely continued to refill their tea. 
 "You all should understand the thoughts of the one above by now…" The Taoist robed elder pointed upwards. 
 "I've understood since the start, it's just that he could not bear the evils that he brought upon himself." The bald monk looked calm. 
As the Moon Goddess listened, she was secretly guessing the thoughts of the supreme masters' avatars. 
Out of these two, one was an incarnation of a Tao Master and the other was an incarnation of an ancestral god. 
The meeting of these two supreme deities was enough to determine the future of the Immortal God World. 
It was hard to imagine that the Child of Destiny who was still unremarkable a few decades ago, could already kill a god's real body and even require them to step up to the situation. 
With a saint's mind, how could one not predict this person's future? Why not kill him beforehand, why would they rear a tiger and suffer for it later on? 
Before this, the Moon Goddess found no answer to these questions, but after the conversation between those two, she was hit with an epiphany. 
These two were just going with the Heavenly Oracle, conforming to it meant that there was still room for maneuver but going against it would bring destruction to both good and bad alike. 
 "Ah, when it comes to it, if we don't cut off our own flesh to remedy the situation, it won't be a sacrifice with the knife in someone else's hands, it would be a slaughter." The Taoist robe-clad elder said, shaking his head. 
 "Too bad some immortals and gods can't understand our methods, they would say that saints are too harsh on gods but they don't know that if it was not for us limiting the gods' lifespan, this place would've collapsed in no time." The bald monk raised his cup and gulped a mouthful of tea. 
 "For those who can't understand, we'll just send them on their way, it would make the one above feel better too." The Taoist robed elder gulped down his tea in the same way. 
 "Moon Goddess, do you understand the Taoist Master's orders?" There was a trace of glee on the bald monk's face as he turned and asked the Moon Goddess on his right. 
 "I understand." The Moon Goddess filled up their teacups as she said, nodding. 
 "That's good, go then, and don't miss the auspicious timing." The bald monk waved. 
The Taoist robe-clad elder did not comment. Since he was a saint, he should have the heart of a saint. 
All those beneath the saints were merely pawns. 
If they lost this round, they could just start over but the chessboard should never be destroyed, or else, everyone would have no chance to play…
After the Moon Goddess excused herself, she floated out of the pavilion and left the celestial mountain. 
She looked around and after nipping her fingers, she flew off to the west. 
After a short flight, she was in luck — or rather, it was like there was help from the Heavens. 
There was a giant silhouette shining in gold in front of her, walking mid-air. 
 "Golden Deity, please wait…"
　　......
Earth's Universe, the First Mansion of the Horn. 
 "Mr. Rich Boss, get out and get some real things done, program a piece of Vitality Transformation Equipment for me, I want one that's high-powered, my activation after training in isolation has consumed quite a lot." Sir System ordered bluntly. 
 "I have no time for that, go and post this mission on the platform yourself…" Fang Ning was lying on the couch reading the novels that he accumulated. 
Although the environment was horrible, there were still people working on making food for the mind, in the past, immortals and heroes were just fantasy, but now that it was a reality, authors' writings had also improved a lot. 
Sir System cried angrily, "Do you have a death wish? How dare you loaf on the job so publicly. If others could do it, why would I ask for you? How can the Vitality Transformation Equipment they make compare to yours? Within the confines of this System Boundary, outsiders have no right to program things.;Plus, equipment delivered from the outside is far less perfect."
With no way out, Fang Ning stood up and said with distaste, "I think you're just jealous, you can't stand watching me rest for a few days."
Sir System replied earnestly, "You can't think like that, you must know that there are many who without opportunities to work as you can, they can only struggle arduously, this must be a blessing you have accumulated from your past life." 
 "You sure learn quick…" Fang Ning was momentarily stunned. 
After that, he exited the System Space and came to the empty planet. 
 "What was the theory behind the Vitality Transformation Equipment again?" He tried hard to recall, his mind was occupied his novels, he could only reload new information after clearing out its contents. 
A while later, he finally remembered. 
Vitality Transformation Equipment transformed natural energy into vitality through some sort of catalyst effect and with the support of the Mysterious Maxim, turn energy contained within physical substances into the mysterious side's vitality. 
This was the product formed by merging the two worlds. 
Hybrid vigor was not a joke. 
Purebreds had no upper hand in evolution, because besides having a better-sounding name, they were rather susceptible to more diseases. 
Fang Ning floated mid-air, looking for the highest peak. 
Then, he started moving his fingers around in the air, as if he was tapping on a keyboard or like he was clicking away on his mouse. 
An entire mountain peak was flattened and then two equally tall peaks turned up nearby. 
In a short while, a huge concave mirror showed up on top of the three summits, the size of its surface area went up to more than ten thousand square kilometers, comparable to the area of a small country. 
This was the entrance that would receive energy. 
Under the concave mirror was a long, thick pipe, it was the passage to bring in energy. 
Beneath it, was an enormous energy conversion machine. 
It was like an array, it would absorb every trace of energy and release it in the form of vitality. 
At the lowest layer, there were countless vents that emitted the transformed vitality. 
After finishing everything, Fang Ning shouted at the massive dragon, "It's all done, Sir System, do something, make a big cover and get all the heat energy from the First Mansion of the Horn here." 
 "How troublesome, you humans are too slow at developing technology, it's been so long and nuclear fusion is an unsolved issue, while the Dyson Sphere is still unaccomplished too, what a bunch of idiots…" Sir System said loathingly, "You even need me, Sir System to step in." 
After that, the Azure Dragon blew out a puff of white gas that quickly moved to shroud the sun in the sky.
Between heavens and earth appeared a colossal cylindrical pillar. 
However, the surface of the ground quickly darkened, leaving the area with the concave mirror brighter than ever, one could get blinded at a single glance in that direction. 
Seeing this, Fang Ning shook his head and said, "This place is a few hundred lightyears away from Earth, I'm just worried that after a few hundred years, humans would find out that the First Mansion of the Horn is no longer bright and affect our formation, we still need to let some light out."
 "What a nag, why don't you say it earlier." The Azure Dragon sucked back a breath and a trace of white gas went back.
Some light returned to the ground, though it was still dimmer than before. 
　　
[1] A Song Dynasty politician who is known for his loyalty and efforts during the last years of the dynasty to save his country
[2] A Ming-dynasty official who surrendered to the invading Qing-dynasty to keep his fortune and post but ended up jailed and killed. His son, Zheng Damu a.k.a. Zheng Chenggong was a Ming loyalist and had established his own kingdom


Procrastinator extraordinaire, Fang Ning, had lost his consciousness after banging his head on a night of celebration. He woke up to a realization that he no longer had control of his body, as a System had taken it over. Will he eventually regain control of his body or will he be trapped in his body forever? How does he maneuver this situation? What's in store for Fang Ning?

Earth is too bland. This is the thought I have every morning when I wake up, in the afternoons when I'm in school, in the evening at dinner, and at night as the last thing in my mind before I go to sleep. If I ever leave earth and enter the world of the webnovels I read, I will have no regrets. This of course, is just a thought, it's something that can never happen, why? because the earth is too bland
*knock, knock, knock*
"Li Jun!!! Its time to go to school. Your sister is already ready!"
It was a bright and sunny day. In the bathroom mirror a 16 year old boy could be seen with all physical aspects slightly passing average with a height of 174cm (5 feet 7), his slightly childish face was oval with a smoothly tapered jaw, concave nose and a well defined cupids bow. Anyone could tell that with a little more refinement he would definitely reach society's standards of a handsome boy. He gargled a little and spat, completing the process of brushing his teeth. He smiled at the mirror satisfied and replied, "be right there mom!" He completed freshening up and went down to meet his family. On the table awaited his sister, Li Na, his mother, Wang Min, and his ever calm faced father Li Chang. They watched him as he approached the table, "good morning father, good morning mother, how did you sleep sister." Li jun completed his customary greetings and couldn't help but think 'Hah the dull ness of it all'. He definitely couldn't live like this anymore. They all said their pleasantries, began to eat and started another beautiful boring day. 
Actually, it wasn't all bad. Li Jun had quite a pleasing family. His parents loved each other and were caring and thoughtful towards him and his sister, they also worked hard to provide more for him and his sister. Their family had a stable income so they were neither rich nor poor. Everything was good, great even but everything was ordinary. Out there in the world there were millions of families with the same status as them. Sure there are families worse or better than them, but the fact of the matter is that they are nothing special. Everything on earth was identical too identical. He thought about this for the millionth time as he walked his sister to school. If you think about it no one on earth is special. There is someone out there living a life identical as yours, groomed in the same way as you and therefore you have the same character or personality traits, you may have met this person or you may have not. They might look like you or they might not, everything is so random yet the same. The only thing different was the person at the top. Whoever is at the top must be so unique that no one can stans side by side with him, he must achieved in a way that no one else had, but earth does not have such a person. Bland!

This is a mix of all worlds. A traveler who moves from time to time, from space to space, as long as his mission is achieved. The mission is to reach the top of any world he moves to. Be it in cultivation, wealth, or fame, he has to top these depending on which rules his world.
This is a story of wanting it all.

BBBBBBOOOOOOMMMMM

A loud explosion filled the sky, and the breathtaking happened

Kiri Reinforcement Arrives

RRRRRRRAAAAAGHHHHHHH

Kiri formation was like a precise machine and started transforming right away.

"Tap, tap, tap, tap!"

The formation transformed in the daunting uniformed stepping noise. Kiri's Shield formation didn't move too much. The sides moved forward a bit and the middle moved back a bit into a concave defense position. Right Side made Signs to Start protection Jutsu, and the Left side made Signs to start Offensive Jutsu.

"Tink, tink, tink -!"

The sound of heavy metal grinding on each other came from the formation. On top of the 3 yard high Shields, 5-yard long iron lances extended out. Under the bright sun, the shiny, dense lances looked like the teeth of the sneering Grim Reaper. 

The lances all pointed forward and the Kiri Forces in the formation were silent; the whole formation was like a huge mad steel hedgehog. If an elephant charged at the formation, it would be plunged into kebabs.

On the other side, the Konoha's soldiers charged as if they weren't afraid of death.

It was a disproportional battle.

Glancing from the sky, it looked like a couple of ants were boldly provoking an elephant. The ants would easily be squished into meat paste if the elephant stomped its foot.

The taste of death from the lances had darkened the bright sun.

No one questioned the effectiveness of the lances in terms of penetrating any type of armor...

However, the 'V' shaped wedge formation Konoha Scums charging didn't slow down at all. They sped up as if they wanted to break the lethal lances with their bodies.

No one made a noise. The air also froze. Everyone could hear their heartbeat.

No Shinobi in the field was taking another side lightly, Everyone was fighting to give them all that is there to give.

RRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH

Konoha Shinobis forward their charge without a single care in the world, every single shinobi in the Konoha Force was brightly burning with the will of fire.

At this moment, there was no Hyuuga, no Senju, no Uchiha... There is only Konoha and their Will of fire.

The distance between the 'ants' and the 'iron hedgehog' was decreasing faster and faster.

20 yards (m)...

16 yards (m)...

13 yards (m)...

10 yards (m)...

The ending was simple the concave Shield formation only needed to close and surround the enemies in the middle, just like stuffing a dumpling. These dumb Tree Huggers opponents would be 'kebab' by the lances after a couple of easy thrusts and pulls.

There were three layers of shields which were each 3 yards (m) tall. Each shield weighed more than 100 pounds (50 kg), and they were supported by elite soldiers and numerous additional iron rods. With this kind of defensive formation, it would take a miracle for Konoha to be able to charge through it

It was Perfect, Everything was perfect... Konoha's invasion was doom to be a failure.

But Kiri made a mistake, Ah!! what a grave mistake it was...

...This Strategy was devised by Nara Shin, the chief strategist of Konoha, and the current head of Nara Clan, He was also the father of another Genius the Genin Nara Shikaku

"GET THE F*K OUT THE WAY"

A roaring loud voice came--

Tsunade took a huge black ax from one of the dead bodies and threw it forcefully

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh -!"

The ax turned into a grey shadow and spun insanely, tearing up the air and even the space around it.

"Boom!"

Many screamed could be heard and blood spurted to the sky and fell back down like a 'blood rain'. The huge black ax smashed into the refined iron shields.

Like a sharp knife that was cutting through a piece of well-done steak, and like a God's fist that came down from the sky and crushed a tree, the shields that could stop the blindly charging Konoha, deformed a little in the metal collision. However, after a brief moment of pause, the power that the ax was carrying exploded and more than ten huge shields were blown away, like dried leaves in a blizzard.

Unstoppable!

Absolutely Unstoppable!!!

This is the monstrous Strenght of one of the Sannin, Senju Tsunade

With the unstoppable momentum and devastating power, it would crush even the most majestic mountain if it was here.

The ax had blown a 2-yard wide bloody gap on the Shield formation that was as tight as a wall. Broken limbs and blood fell from the sky and 'decorated' the other shields. The formation went into chaos.

The elite soldiers behind the shields didn't expect that anyone in the world could break their defense like that, not even in their wildest dreams. The cruel reality took them by surprise; it was so astonishing that they forgot about the proper actions of a soldier and their harsh discipline. This lets their opponents break into their formation through the gap filled with blood.

RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH

-------

Sakumo turned to see General Karei charge at his clone first

Sakumo clone doges General Karei's claws and moved back, desperately avoiding his tails and limbs. 

Eventually, Sakumo clone was trapped, pressed up against the giant pillar of stone, with nowhere to run. General Karei smirked as he moved through hand seals, Sakumo used this second to move.

"Lightning Release: Raging Dragon"

By manipulating his lightning chakra into his hands, and expanding it to create a massive serpent-like dragon made from lightning. The dragon remains connected to Sakumo's hand, allowing him to control it. The dragon, as stated before, is enormous, and in addition to electrocuting his opponents, it could also cause a very powerful explosion on impact. Also, it is incredibly fast, nearly reaching speeds of natural lightning itself.

Lightning dragon moves at Lightning Speed, moving at General Karei. The man eye's gasped, he knew he couldn't dodge, he wasn't that fast, so instead his hand seals changed, moving through a new set faster than the naked eye. But not faster than Genius Sakumo, especially when Sakumo already moving faster than the normal jounin Commanders.

"Water Release: Water mirror"

General Karei creates a large, flat, circular pool of water in front of him. Its surface acts as a mirror, perfectly Copying the attacks. 

Sakumo Lightning Dragon was reflected in the mirror causing copies of them to emerge and clash against each other. Sakumo was not a Newbie, as he controlled the dragon as it changes the direction and charged towards General Karei, But the Reflection of Dragon did the same and they tackled each other.

BBBBBBBBOOOOMMMMMMMMM

Shilethoot of General Karei was seen in the Dust Cloud as he resumes his charge against Sakumo 

DDDDIIIEEEE

"Water Release: Water Fang bullet!" General Karei cried out sending a spiraling ball of water at Sakumo. Sakumo managed to leap over it and bring Sakumo Blade down on his bo staff.

They began to fight, Sakumo style was using his Blade against bo staff for defense while General tried to break Sakumo kneecaps open.

"I may know nothing else, But I know this, I want to live, I WILL LIVE"

-------

Renji was standing on the cliff watching down the fight...

As he closed his eyes in tears...

(Flashback)

Renji was leaning against the tree...

"Today I Killed 2 Infants, Sensei... I feel something deep within, just beneath my skin, I must confess that, I feel like a monster, you know what it's like when you're scared to see yourself in the mirror, what it's like when you wish you were someone else, Who didn't need your help to get by, what it's like... to wanna surrender"

!!!

"So you wanna surrender?", asked Sakumo

"I don't wanna feel like this tomorrow, I don't wanna live like this today", His eyes were pleading, "Please Make me feel better... I wanna feel better"

Standing on the Valley watching the War between 2 Villages... Renji started raising his hand

"You know I feel it too, Every time We complete a mission I feel the same way, No one was there with me, So I know how it feels like, But you won't be felling like this long because I'm with you, We will bend but we will never break, we can't lose Renji, this is how we Protect our Family", said Sakumo

On the Valley Renji's arm was above his head fully raised, as his eyes were still closed

"We Live in the Darkness to serve the light... One day everything will be over, there will be no war, It's my faith, it's my belief, THIS IS MY BATTLE CRY, THEY CAN'T TAKE US DOWN IF WE STAND ON OUR GROUND, PROTECT EVERY ONE TILL THE END, THIS IS MY NINJA WAY, THIS IS THE FIRE THAT BURNS INSIDE OF ME, THIS IS MY WILL, THIS IS MY WILL OF FIRE,  EVEN IF I DIE, EVEN IF THERE IS NO ME IN THIS WORLD, THERE WILL BE SOMEONE WHO WILL CHANGE THIS WORLD"

Renji looked at his teacher

"Can you hear it Renji, Can you feel it, our battle cry, our ninja way, Our Will of Fire"

On the Valley, Renji opened his eyes... His eyes carrying new determination

"Poseidon's Kingdom"

Rumble*Rumble

Black Clouds gather up, and the environment suddenly changed

Everyone stopped fighting and looked as an illusionary figure appeared in the air...

The figure was huge and was only appearing from chest to head, it was illusionary as the figure raised its trident and gently put on the ground

BBBBBOOOOOOMMMM

A Huge colossal wave appeared cracking and destroying the ground, utterly annihilating whatever lays in its path. This technique was extremely taxing on chakra reserves, so much so that it required a large chakra reserve and Incredible skill in chakra control... This technique is indiscriminate, smashing into foe, friend, and bystander alike.

!!!
!!!
!!!

Everyone was hit by the wave

Gllluuuu

Ggguuuuu

Gggllluuuppp

Soon everyone was above the water, standing above it...

A Huge Water Lotus Appeared above the Water field from the thin air, as the huge water Lotus Blossomed in the water field... and from the inside...

Uzumaki Renji Joined the Battle

A Child Blessed By Poseidon, fought to protect, to survive, and I got nothing more...This is my version

Hana suddenly turned around and seriously scrutinized Shiro as she suddenly realized about something. It made Shiro felt extremely restless with the penetrating gaze; he felt like his fur had been shaved off, leaving him bare and disgraced.

[Why did Mom look at me so seriously, this time? Is it because I smell bad? I've made sure I washed thoroughly just now..] 

Shiro turned to his own tail and consciously sniffed it again. Hana was the one who smeared smelly things on him before. 

[Or is it something I say which had offended Mom?]

"Oh yes, Shi-chan, you're saying you're a Glass Mirror fox? What sort of fox is that? I thought you're a giant overfed aardwolf. You know, the one who ate bugs and lived in the Savannah." Hana chuckled mirthfully. "And why did you have 'mirror' in your name?"

She had not known Shiro's species before. Even when she heard about it, she still had never come across the term. The name was quite cool sounding.

 Shiro nearly fell down from hearing what the Aunty was asking as three black lines appeared on his forehead. [Since when my name got any glass or mirror?! And what are glass and mirror?!]

With an exasperated expression, Shiro tried to calm himself and smiled awkwardly. He was still getting used to the aunty's trash talking and was trying to focus his thoughts. A faint mocking laughter can be heard at the side, coming from the little black snake, which added to Shiro's dismay.

[Ehem, it's Glacier Mirage Fox, Mom. Glacier mirage foxes had the ability to manipulate ice and ice-related vapors.] Shiro shook his fur slightly. They puffed up slightly as tiny whitish glittering particles emitted from each end. Upon closer inspection, the tiny particles were tiny ice crystals imbued with spiritual energy. 
 
[Mom, look up.] 
 
After he explained to Hana, he continuously emitted an intense chilly air from his body. The air moved upwards and enlarged into the shape of a translucent shiny concave. As the sun shone upon the chilly 'air', the concave undulated slightly. Suddenly, the bare sky had been covered with an image of a realistic tree canopy; a carbon copy of the rainforest nearby.
 
"Woahhhh! So OP! So cool! It's a camouflage technique!" To a plebeian like Hana, it was a grand magic show. With this, her worry was reduced greatly. The scenery in the sky was too open as their abode lay in the center without a single cover. What if some other strong animals came over? She had read enough novels about OP divine beasts wreaking havoc just simply because they didn't have better things to do and had found a conspicuous target to toy with.
 
[That was why, no outsiders ever seen us.] He talked animatedly before his voice in Hana's mind trailed off. Hana could sense his changing mood into a broody one with solemnness, sadness, anger, confusion; all mixed together.
 
Shiro wasn't willing to continue any further as he looked away with dispirited eyes.
 
Hana sighed internally as she rubbed Shiro's head. She immediately changed the topic as she walked forward and squatted down near a large crumply-like shriveled 'cloth', "Is this your molted skin, Ku-chan? Can I have it?" She held it with both hands and used all of her strength to flap it to check the real size and length. Being properly flapped, the skin was tens of meters longs, with burns and gashes at some parts. However, most of it was intact and in decent condition. It was really big and long! Just like a huge roll of unique-textured cloth!
 
Kuro was speechless for a second, but manage to answer, "Sure, Mommy."
 
The aunty took out the clawknife and tried to cut the shriveled skin a little. However, it only left a faint white trace. She deflated while sighing. She then tried to stretch the material with all she got. It was actually quite pliable. 

[A pity... If only I could cut it, I could even turn all this into a simple hammock with leftover materials to turn into swimsuits, innerwear or something...] The aunty sighed again dispiritedly.
 
Kuro chuckled amusingly while observing his mommy's antics. [Mommy, allow me. Kuro slithered towards Hana's arm which held the knife and spit his saliva over it. Smear it well before trying again.]

Hana hesitantly used two fingers and cautiously smeared Kuro's spit on both sides of the blade. The aunty then tried the same thing again on the shriveled skin and found that she managed to cut the material easily this time! Her eyes shone with delight in the midst of her pets' confusion. She then bundled up the shriveled skin happily and put them aside. She could already envision her next project!

A few moments later, the aunty started to twist her waist, bend down and touch her toes and twirl her arms seriously. She then cracked her neck left and right and stretched her hamstring in a most exaggerated manner. She did the series of motion trice in front of her pets, who were currently so confused, their mouths were agape, feeling speechless yet again. Once the aunty was done, she made a satisfied nod and started walking to a partially disintegrated uprooted timber as large as three adults holding hands together not too far away from her pets. She positioned herself well and pushed the large timber with all seriousness! 

"Urghh! Urghh!" The aunty's not-so-nice grunting voice resounded loudly.
 
Kuro and Shiro looked at each other in exasperation with a big question mark in their mind. 
 
[What are you doing this time, Mommy?] They asked together with synchronization; a tinge of helplessness in their telepathic-voices with their Mom's random antics.
 
[Nothing. You asked me to gauge my own strength before. Now, I'm just testing my strength while clearing the place a little. I want to make a nice straight path from our house to the river. Don't worry about it, leave everything to me!] Hana answered confidently in between her huffing and puffing. She planned earlier to show off a little to her pets. The big shattered tree trunk was not moving at all. Hana struggled with all her might until her face turned red. 

Two minutes later, her pets sweated as they saw she slipped and banged her forehead on the tree in front of her. The aunty stood up with a red swollen forehead, and an extra-aggrieved look. 

"You guys tricked me. You said Mommy should've gotten stronger." She rubbed her forehead while puffing her cheek. "I thought I've become as strong as Goku(1)." Her voice trailed off as it turned into embarrassment. 

Now her whole face had turned red like a melon when she thought about it. [To think that I finally had a chance for posturing in front of the kids…]
 
Both kids were speechless and nearly fell!
 
Their mommy had really overestimated her own progress. Although she felt very healthy and brimming with power, her previous sloth-like nature had made her actual strength to already hovered below average of a normal woman. At this moment, her constitution had only reached the condition and strength of slightly above a healthy male at his prime age. 

Instead, her soul had undergone a qualitative change altogether; becoming more tangible within her, with vestiges of soft multicolored light surrounding it. Her soul's strength had soared to five times more than a normal human being. It was even stronger than some of the average low-leveled spiritual beasts. However, only Kuro could directly see the progress of her soul. Even her other pets were unable to. Unfortunately, this level of soul strength was thousands of miles apart from Kuro's prowess, but Kuro could see their mommy's potential in this area.

She squatted down dejectedly while drawing circle after circle with her index finger, exhibiting an extremely pitiful sight...

...
 
After all the drama, the small family of three worked together until late into the evening. Since the shade of the arboreal trees were nonexistent on their work ground, they had ample amount of sunlight to complete their work on clearing the surrounding.
 
At the end of the day, just before the sun disappeared from the horizon, the aunty did achieve her goal; a cleared up location surrounding her naturally elevated dwelling, although not the way she imagined (Author: Not so soon Hana, you've just started, can't let you be so OP haha). 

She had even managed to lay down a tiny path paved with stones directly from her house to her favorite spot beside the stream. The stones were from the shattered boulders in the vicinity, carved by herself and Shiro into pretty flat grayish steps, arranged loosely like an aesthetically pleasing mosaic. The other large debris were segregated according to their type. Most of the tree barks were further cut into large stakes and were made into a loose 'fence', encircling the open area, just like Shiro's little garden beside the stream. The only difference was, it was much larger in space and were loosely placed at the boundary of the destruction as 'territory marks' rather than a barricade to keep animals away. The leftovers were placed at a corner of their 'land' to dry before they will be used as firewood perpetually. From today's work, she realized how big a difference her strength and stamina had been. It wasn't as exaggerated as her favorite Saiyan idol, but at least she felt that she was as strong as The Rock! Well, minus all the unsavory bulging abs. It was a pleasant surprise for her. At least she could carry a few boulders and a bundle of bamboo poles on her shoulder with ease now; more importantly, minus the back pain.
 
The trio returned to their cave dwelling with a light gait on their steps, with one lady posturing her awesomeness with carrying a bundle of bamboo poles on her shoulder!!!
 
.........Stats Update .......

Character = Hana (before)
Strength Level = 0.3
Overall Constitution = 0.5
Soul Level = 1.5
Spiritual Level = nil

Character = Hana (after)
Strength Level = 1.2
Overall Constitution = 1.2
Soul Level = 5.0
Spiritual Level = nil 

Note: Stats Compared with one Normal Healthy Male Adult Human (1.0)


Author Note: 

1. Goku = the protagonist of Dragonball by Akira Toriyama. Mr Mooncat asked Mrs Mooncat to add, incase got readers who didn't know (I seriously doubt that)

Meet Hana, a not-so young clumsy housewife, who got lost in a different world when she stepped out for a short grocery shopping session. How can this aunty survive without skills or even a 'golden finger'? What actually can a housewife do besides cooking and cleaning? There's nobody around at all, so she can't even scheme. Is she destined to die in a foreign place full of trees as a side character? Or will she step up and find her own 'edge' in order to survive? Follow her colorful journey and her struggles to carve up a humble abode (sojourn) which she could call her own while awaiting for the beloved of her life to rescue her from her nightmarish predicament.

Will her beloved even be able to rescue her?

Will she obtain benefits and unimaginable wonders as she struggles day to day to survive?

Will she one day obtain super powers as a transmigrator should?

Let us wait and see while rooting for this bumbling yet lovable housewife

Note: golden finger refers to special powers/systems provided as a rule of thumb to all transcenders to other worlds in webnovels

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Meet Hana, a not-so young clumsy housewife, who got lost in a different world when she stepped out for a short grocery shopping session. How can this clumsy aunty survive without skills or even a 'golden finger'? What actually can a housewife do besides cooking and cleaning? There's nobody around at all, so she can't even scheme. Is she destined to die in a foreign place full of trees as a side character? Or will she step up and find her own 'edge' in order to survive? Follow her colorful journey and her struggles to carve up a humble abode (sojourn) which she could call her own while waiting for the beloved of her life to rescue her from her nightmarish predicament. 

Will her beloved even be able to rescue her?

Will she obtain benefits and unimaginable wonders as she struggles day to day to survive? 

Will she one day obtain superpowers as a transmigrator should? 

Let us wait and see while rooting for this bumbling yet lovable housewife 

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Adi's POV,
Bhisma says, "Finally, I would like to award Rahaas the title of the first New Maharathi. Prove yourself to us once more and we shall reward you with the position of AtiMaharathi." 
Whaaattt?!?!!
Rahaas rises from the shadows. The sun right above him shines brightly. The sun rays falling on Rahaas' dark black armor which absorbs all light makes him stand or among the others.
He walks up to Bhishma and kneels down in front of him. Bhishma says, "Vijayiibhava!" meaning 'May you be victorious!'
Rahaas rises up. He walks towards me. He taps my shoulder and says, "You can be the next one, don't worry"
I grunt in annoyance as Charles comes and says, "Ignore him. You will always be the first Maharathi who doesn't have an unfair advantage twelve and a half hours a day."
Dharmendra says, "So basically, the first normal one" 
Charles chuckles and says, "Yeah."
Rahaas looks at us in mock horror and asks, "I'm abnormal?! Why doesn't anyone tell me such dumb stuff?!! How am I supposed to know such things!??"
Bhishma says, "You wanted to leave for Indraprastha no? Why don't you get going?"
I tell him, "I guess you are right. We have to get going. I have some friends there who might listen to me if I asked without trying to kill me. I thank you for believing us and not killing or imprisoning us right upon entering the city."
Bhishma says, "What kind of a human would I be if I did that? Besides, you were always loyal to us. I do have some doubts about your decision to go against the Gods. But considering that you didn't side with the demons either puts me at rest. Give me no reason to kill you and I won't. I look forward for you to grow more powerful. You have almost reached the level of Maharathi. Put a little more work into this and you might become the first New AtiMaharathi."
I thank Bhishma for his hospitality and the four of us- me, Charles, Dharmendra and Rahaas move back into Hastinapura. We need to get to the airport after all. Indraprastha is 155km or aprroximately 96.3 miles away from Hastinapura by road, in the real world, so it is 310 km here. While we may be able to travel that distance within a few hours by car, we can reach there within half an hour by plane and it probably costs the same as we have privileges by being in our positions. 
The airport is a fairly dull sight compared to the Hastinapura palace but still incredible in it's own right. The airport has a giant silver structure. The entire structure is made up of silver plated aluminium. It has a high roof that stretches 60 metres from the rest of the building. This roof is held up by many pillars, each depicting some incident of the Mahabharatha. Everything here is silver on the outside unlike the pace which is gold. Though the structure itself is all silver on the outside, that is only true for that part of the structure which provides structural integrity to the airport and keeps it up. There are many white marble and polished bronze statues on the ground.
FYI, the Hastinapura in the real world does not have an airport as it is just a small township without much significance in the real world. But in this world, Hastinapura is not a town but a budding city. It has a large strategic importance as it holds a lot of the country's military. The number of soldiers of Hastinapura that are always stationed here is almost equal to the total number of forces that work in the Indian military in the real world. [Indian military active forces- 1.5 Million; reserve forces-2.1 Million; paramilitary 1.5M, total 5M ] It is greater than the Russian, American and Chineese militaries, not together, obviously. [Russia military-0.9M active, 2M reserve, 0.554M paramilitary, total 3.454M ;US total military-1.3M active, 0.85 M reserve, 0 paramilitary, total 2.2M; Chinese Military- 2M active, 0.51M reserve, 0.66M paramilitary, total 3.2M; Courtesy- Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia] 
Due to this and the fact that Hastinapura became a major hub for players nationwide and worldwide due to its events and powerful members residing in there, it became a major tourist destination and a military headquarters. It was a necessity to build airports and railway stations here so that travel would become easier. 
Since the airport was built quite recently, it was a mixture of modern architecture and ancient art. The airport itself is spread over 6125 acres and is in the southwest portion of the city. The area mostly has very low lying buildings as the highest they allowed buildings nearby the airport to rise was 3 floors. The airport would be a theme park if not for all the planes arriving and departing from there. As soon as we entered the airport we were practically assaulted by bright lights that blinded us for moments. Since we had just come at noon, it is quite the achievement. But it is not so intesnse as to cause any permanent harm. Just the equivalent of looking at the sun wherever you look. 
This effect is caused by the innumerable mirrors before the entrance into the lobby. All the walls are in the form of concave mirrors. This happens at only one plain of light- the focal plane of all these mirrors. [The focus of a concave mirror is the point where lines parallel to the principal axis intersect after reflection. The focal plane is the plane perpendicular to the principal axis running through the focus. It is the plane where parallel lines intersect after reflection from the mirror] 
We buy tickets to the earliest flight to Indraprastha in the Yuga airlines and enter the lobby. While the airport is bland on the outside, it is comparable to the palace on the inside! Each wall is basically a glimpse into Indian history and culture. There are 72 check in counters. We move to one of them and check ourselves into our flight to Indraprastha.
We move towards Security cheking and go to the terminal T1. We wait there patiently for a few minutes as our plane arrives. We soon start boarding it and in a few more minutes, we are in the plane waiting for the runway to clear. Around 30 minutes later, we take off. I lean back into my plane feeling quite sad that I had to wait 30 minutes to take off for a 35 minute flight. Regardless, I try to rest for a while.
25 minutes into the flight we are about to move above the Ganga. The pilot tells us through his speaker, "Dear passengers, you can all look down at the mighty Ganga flowing majestically-"
He is interrupted by a coarse sound, "You have amongst you, supporters of heaven. You are all fated to die"
There is a huge blast near the nose of the plane. The two engines of the plane light up into a fire. I look at Dharmendra, Charles and Rahaas. We need to do something, but what?!!
[Mythological titbits: Last time, Bhima got married to Hidimbi and had a son named Ghatotkacha. After that, the Pandavas disguised themselves as Brahmanas and travelled until they reached Ekachakranaga. Over there, a Brahman family offered to let them stay in their house. The Pandavas survived by begging for alms. (In India, it was customary for a Brahmin to go begging for alms as they weren't to do anything for personal gain and it was tradition.) One day when Kunti and Bhima were alone the Bhrahman offering them refuge was crying. When they asked the reason, he told that on the hill outside their city there was a giant demon named Bakasura with whom they had an agreement that they offer him food and a human as a sacrifice on a daily basis and he would not attack them and protect them from invasion. Tomorrow was the chance of the Brahman's family to sacrifice someone. Upon hearing this Bhima and Kunti felt that they should help the family that gave them refuge. Kunti told the Brahman that she would offer up her son Bhima to the demon as she was sure he would defeat the demon. The Brahmans were skeptical and didn't want to offer their guests as sacrifices but after a lot of convincing, they agreed. The next day, Bhima took a cart of food upto Bakasura. When he saw that Bakasura was still asleep, he ate all the food himself. When Bakasura woke up, he was very angry to see that someone else had eaten his food. He then attacked Bhima claiming that he would eat him to satisfy his hunger as Bhima would be more than enough. Bhima fought and defeated Bakasura after a long and tiring battle. He had freed the city from a very dangerous demon. Even after this, the Pandavas continued living in the same house with the Brahmanas until one day, a traveller who claimed to be a classmate of Drona and Drupada and a student of Sage Bharadwaja came with the news that Drupada was hosting a swayamvara for his daughter Panchali(Draupadi) in Kampilya. Hearing this, the Pandavas made their way to Kampilya as they figured it would be easier for them to secure alms in a crowded place. Little did they know that within a few days, they would all be married!]

[The Gods have seen enough. They are tired of being quoted for henious purposes. They are tired of watching from the sidelines. They have now chosen to intervene. What will happen when the Gods and Demons collide with one another, power which humans can't even dream of surface from the Gods as their playtime? Will the humans succumb and surrender to the Gods or shall they stand up to the tyranny of the gods? Will the humans cease to exist or will they grow beyond the physical realm?Will they transcend beyond their limits or shall they meet the universal Filter? This is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced.]
This is the synopsis for the world famous MMORPG, Gods vs Demons. A game where the Gods are sick of humans and each other. In this game The players can choose which region they want to follow into war or instead, they can go against all the Gods and Demons and join the neutral faction. But one day, all of a sudden, those playing the game are sucked into it. What will they do now? Will they continue to serve? Or will they fight against all the odds?

A superior entity, huh.
In the heart of the battlefield, Joshua withdrew both sword and axe to stare at the behemoth before his eyes, as well as the faintly discernible translucent gravity shielding, his eyes flashing as information streamed like a waterfall.
It was five thousand six hundred and thirty meters long—three times the average size of ships within the Midgardian fleet and twice the size of the Central Midgardian Fleet flagship, the Pioneer. Regardless of any extraordinary powers or psionic abilities it wielded, it only needed to crash down to destroy the surface of a prefecture, or an entire prefecture if it went any faster.
While its ability was truly powerful, it remained a Supreme tier. Joshua withdrew his gaze—he had analyzed much about the monster through the energy ripples, margins of dimensional distortion and gravity shift around it. Clearly, the superior entity possessed a massive unrivaled energy source even when it came to typical battleships. Still, though its stalwart gravity shielding could parry Joshua's blade of Steel it was not proof that its power has arrived Legendary—instead, the superior entity did not refine its life essence and was simply 'big'.
When it came to tiers, perhaps the threshold of the being's level was at most Supreme.
It was the truth despite being an unimaginable fact in itself. Just as the largest creature on land had been the forty-ton Seismosaurus while the largest creature in the sea was the blue whale which was upwards of a hundred and seventy tons, the weakest Void Behemoth that inhabits the Multiverse was a leviathan comparable to a small plane. Different ecosystems determine the sizes of species, and if these dark creatures lived in the Mycroft Continent, they would at most have the size of creatures ranging from Silver to Supreme. In the world of Stellaris, however, they could mutate to such terrifying form, with the endless resources of the stars multiplying them by the millions.
"Come to think of it, with the strict hierarchy of Evil God minions, then the Void Mother should possess Legendary ability."
In that instant, Joshua was not too mindful about what the superior entity which was seemingly brewing something with the intent to unleash an attack. His vision bypassed the endless swarm, looking towards the faraway stellar region several light-seconds away at the giant green psionic vortex that swirled slowly. Like a cold and callous eye lackadaisically imbued in the middle of the universe, it was precisely at the other end of that psionic vortex that the million-meter long Void Mother was watching the world on the other end with its equally callous, cold and malevolent gaze.
So, a Legend could wield such ability as well? Almost a million meter in length and could still apparently grow without stopping—and if it did keep its uninhibited growth, would it grow from a small planet to a satellite, before becoming a planet or a gaseous star? If so, then what about nebulas? And if indeed could, where do Legend and Divine differ?
Hence, Joshua could not help remembering some words obscurely shared to him by Zinsen, the God of Might, as he viewed the Path of Light alongside Him of the Seven.
—Don't become us.
Us. Them. Seven Gods. Deity. A simple line of logic that could be described as a hint too expressly stated. The God of Might's meaning was simple—He had not hoped that Joshua would become some deity and would instead continue the path of Legendary and the Path of Light, the latter of which was once the road the Sage trod upon. The God of Fortune and Despair, Father Nature, and the many gods of old had shared the same opinion as well—they all used their lives and actedproveroof that the road of gods was a consecrated yet shackled one, a power that came with a lock, hardly an ascension for one who was free.
Legendary was boundless. If the Legendary-tier Void Mother had become such a feared being as it wandered the stars, then what of the true forms of Evil Gods that patrol the worlds? The warrior nodded slowly as he realized the fact, and thoughtfully closed his eyes as if meditating.
—As expected. It truly inspires when one becomes aware of the endless possibilities in the future.
"Watch out, Master!"
"Attack!"
Ying and Ling's sudden warnings echoed in the depths of the spiritual sea, although Joshua was not too concerned—he still had a little strength to react towards the enemy's assault even as he became distracted in the middle of a battlefield to ponder a much more profound issue. Against the tremendous psionic luminous sphere attack that was over three hundred meters in energy signature, the warrior focused a little once more, opening his eyes.
Click.
With a ring of scraping metals, the Steel giant who stood over the corpse of a Void creature finally moved differently and no longer folded his arms before his chest and stretched out all four arms. At that moment, a whirling Steel halo appeared over Joshua's back, while the warrior raised his right hand, his palm slightly opened. Formless crimson radiance thus combined with silver Steel Strength, forming a concave translucent shield that was approximately two kilometers long and held unwaveringly before the warrior.
At the very next second, the massive luminous sphere struck the concave shielding like a jet stream of water into the polished concave bowl. Shapeless light shot on the refined concave mirror and was deflected with no delay. Soon, luminous spheres followed-up incessantly one after another, while Joshua merely shifted his arm and parried it all, shoving every blow black to its owner.
With a slight use of intelligence, these pure energy blows were of no significance.
Boom! Every returned sphere struck the body of the superior entity and exploded. Dark green flesh and blood, as well as fluorescent psionic particles thus wafted across the universe and took the form of a fog over several kilometers. Even so, for the monster, such an attack was merely akin to accidentally biting the flesh around its own mouth—though painful, it was far from the threshold of dying. However, precisely because it was enduring a pain never experienced since its birth, the superior entity which clearly acted as the commander of the Void swarm swiftly unleash streaks of psionic ripples towards the many Void creatures that were in slight disarray under the bombardment of the Third Fleet.
Kill that dangerous creature together!
Once the psionic ripples reached its recipients, every Void aberrant including those that were going to encircle Nostradamus portal shifted their heading at once and reassembled their formations. Then, with an orderly stance, all of them followed their commander and swarmed towards Joshua with an unstoppable might!
"Don't just stay on defense. We shall attack too, and support our reinforcement!"
Having seen that the swarm was changing targets, the Third Commander promptly barked an order with a voice filled with vigor unlike before. Without sparing anything, all four-hundred and fifty ships of the fleet strafed the swarm, even overloading their psionic engines and assuming a formation of zero defense without any hint of self-preservation. Every dual and triple cannon assembled energies without stopping, spraying materialized psionic energies condensed as psionic lances.
It was hence a pity that the lances were only effective against the Main Force-class and Scout-class Void creatures despite its power. The projectiles could swiftly cull dozen-meter class up to dozen hundred-meter class monsters, but could not harm the thousand-meter class behemoths—much less the superior entity that came deliberately to where the fleet was and used its thick gravity shield to block most of the psionic lances.
Although the fleet could penetrate the gravity shielding if they timed their shots simultaneously, it could not deal lethal damage. Every crewmember could even see that the blood and flesh on the surface of the entity's body had been turned to ash by the searing heat of a million degrees, before regenerating in the very next second as if it virtually ignoring the principle of energy constant. Their attacks could at most slay thousands of normal beasts outside the superior entity's protection, which did not do much to change the state of affairs.
Meanwhile, Joshua did nothing against swarm onslaught that numbered up to millions.
Or perhaps not—with a powerful light that gradually grew in power by every second, every being that was watching him could see that a blinding light was unleashed out of the vortex on the warrior's chest.
The Nuclear Heart Furnace was the most vital extraordinary organ within the warrior's Steel body, something that even surpassed the importance of the dense shell and bones of degenerate matter shaped by Steel Strength. The heart that burns like a sun supplied Joshua with virtually endless energy—without it, the invincible body would lose all power and become a deathly statue. When he warped consecutively and directly from the Midgardian homeworld to the distant Garden of Flowers colony a few light years away, the furnace had virtually extinguished but was now brimming with energy once more.
Unbelievable? Not quite, for everything happened for a reason—be it the urgent energy decline or the current brimming of energy. The current inconceivable sight only happened because Joshua had suddenly figured out a critical phase, which was why everything was different now.
"Having abandoned the Azurite, I no longer convert Chaos beast as energy for my body. That was why I designed the Nuclear Furnace Heart—to replace it as an eternal propelling core to fight."
Still standing over the corpse of the colossal beast, Joshua spread all four arms, with golden circuit patterns appearing over its silver shell. They came from the warrior's heart and spread all over his body, the golden burning light replacing the original cool silver, turning the Steel giant into a human-shaped sun that emits heat that could melt anything.
"However, the Nuclear Heart has limits—what it burns is my mass, which is why I am at a tremendous disadvantage in attritional battles, a clear reverse from my previous form."
"That would not do. It is completely different from my initial conception. I have to change my thinking."
Incredible energy ripples and sensational gravity shift started to crumple the giant corpse beneath the warrior's feet, which then turned into huge sheets of pale-green smoke and metallic steam. In the beginning, the Void monster's residual mass had intended to spread across all directions and become inconspicuous particles in the vacuum of the Void, but under the influence of tremendous gravity all of it turned into a swirling hurricane, seeping into the vortex before Joshua's chest that was turning from gold into white.
Why should he be inflexible in regards to the source of his energy fuel? Anything could be fuel for the Furnace, be it the soul of monsters, or flesh.
As apparent skewing and distortion appeared over space, every corpse and clouds of fragments left after the onslaught of Scout-class and Main Force-class aberrations within several kilometers turned into hundreds of streams under the incredible power of mass-shifting ripples and endless energy cyclones. All of them soon converged into Joshua's chest vortex and entered his body, supplying a never-before-had energy as the Nuclear Heart burned and whirled!
The King of Searing Soul, Chaos as His fuel.
"All of you are my fuel."
The massive Steel giant raised his head as he stood now amidst the Void, his eyes glinting with a radiance that was combusting to an illustrious whiteness. Then, he rose up directly and transformed into a golden star, charging forward against the imposing Void swarm as if a star was crashing down upon them!
Raging flow borne of millions of monsters shaped into a celestial cone, and with the few superior entities as their core surged simultaneously towards Joshua at the thousandth of one lightspeed. It was an attack sufficient to destroy the entire Midgardian Colony Fleet—a trump card yet to be played against them, and it appears from the instinctive behavior of the swarm that the Steel giant before then was far more threatening than a fully-equipped armada. It was a being that could deal total destruction upon them!
The besieging force of the massive swarm was almost apocalyptic. Their tremendous mass shift, along with psionic empowerment was even throwing the dimensions into turmoil. Translucent spatial tides almost visible to the naked eye tore every mass between the two sides into the most compact of dust clouds, and it was the same fearsome gravity shift that sealed against all possibility of warping, preventing any chance of reinforcement from Nostradamus who was warping here and the Third Fleet who was accelerating to engage the swarm.
Hence, in the next spectacle, the immeasurable black cone swarm struck the golden star that was Joshua with no deviance.
And would Joshua retreat? He had faced a direct gamma-ray strike, experience the falling star from the Evil God of Calamity—an onslaught of a million Void creatures was almost an insignificant challenge.
There was no need to evade.
Greatsword and greataxe appeared in the Steel giant's hands and he began to rotate like a spiral. In that second Joshua was about to crash into the Void swarm, he turned into a golden drill that turned ten thousand times per second and spread heat of over a million degrees. It caused space itself to shift in great waves which fused into one with the indestructible Steel shell, utterly unleashing his full power. The tip of the drill had already shown signs of shattered dimensions, with crimson psionic light illuminating half the stars—facing the oncoming swarm with a rivaling force.
And in the very next instant, the massive beast swarm crashed in the most inelegant fashion into the Steel giant that had now turned into a drill.
It was as if time froze.
Then, light similar to a supernova appeared by the edge of the Beam System.


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