Pick and choose

Grayson took his rinkaku kagune back into his body, since the book was gone, and they were no longer necessary to keep him stabilised.

While still standing in the now tranquil desolate grey plains of god's waiting room, he made use of his Great-Wings to open mirrors into other multiverses.

Staring at dozens of the first mirrors to be created, he spotted things and people he noticed, like a moustache man wearing a white and red suit, with a penchant for conquering planets and beating his son.

A childish martial artist standing next to a purple humanoid cat, wearing an orange outfit.

A red clothed true vampire being blown to pieces, and walking away without a scratch.

An immortal thing living in the premodern ages, when knockers still run free, he was being trapped inside of a container, while some church people filled it with molten iron.

The former lord of hell, taking a vacation on earth, indulging in a life of pleasure, carnal desire, sin and debauchery.

A black winged king soaring through the sky, with weapons for limbs.

An alien wearing blue and red, dragging a very large marine vehicle through the frozen ocean.

"So many options, Goku seems to be having fun, though getting my ass kicked by him doesn't seem like fun too me, plus I'm still not sure what will happen to me if Beerus uses Hakai!"

'I remember reading somewhere that he can't erase immortal's, not sure if that applies to me, I just can't see the original's brushing of a purple blast from him, no matter, at worst I would only need to reforge my body.'

Grayson spent a few minutes analysing the various multiverses, trying to find which one suits him best.

"The dragon ball multiverse is off the table, Ki would be cool, but honestly, if cultivation was what I were looking for, I'd rather go to a certain world, get a treasure that allowed me to have multiple dantian's, and then cultivate to the emperor realm, divine sea realm, and heavenly realm."

'Ahh who am I kidding, too much to keep track of, the heavenly realm cultivation comes from [I'm an evil emperor] multiverse, the cultivation style is simple, and their are only three known realms, to achieve them you just cultivate techniques, the rank of techniques will increase your realm... like pseudo powers, now that's the best of them.'

"Off topic, no cultivation for me!"

Grayson mentally cut the link between him and any world that has a cultivation system based around having a dantian and requiring meditation.

In an instant, about a dozen or so mirrors had vanished before his eyes, closing the gateway that allowed him to crossover.

"Soo little, honestly thought there'd be more, I've read many such novels and manga, perhaps only one's I like were even considered."

'That explains why only the world's that I've got a decent understanding of are even considered.'

Browsing others...

'The world where Immo or Fushi and the knockers are at war with each other, set in a time period where modern conveniences have yet to exist.'

"Hahahaha, no thanks!"

Without needing to do anything, the link with any world that has yet to hit the modern era, was cut.

'Less than I thought disappeared, none on my shortlist failed to survive the culling either, that's good, so what's left?'

Grayson looked at the world's he felt most familiar with, wondering what one resonates with him the most.

He watched as flying battle ships dodged energy beams from...

"Godzilla, hell no, why is this even still here... oh, this world went past the modern era, into the apocalyptic doomsday era, well, bye, bye lizard."

Apocalyptic world's disappeared... he looked at superman, casually dragging over 100,000-Tons connected too a large metal chain only used by the largest of ships.

'DC, not my cup of tea!' He thought as the gate to this world collapsed, the feint pressure he felt, probably from someone in that world dissipated...

The mirrors for, Steins-Gate, Elven Lied, Hanma Baki, Kengan Ashura, Overlord, Jojo's Bizzare Adventures, and a dozen more had shut instantly, he just didn't want to deal with them.

Grayson was left with only a few, one's that he would actually enjoy living in...

'Toriko, a world where taste is king, sumptuous meals are practically mandatory for the upper echelons of society, damn, my mouth just won't stop producing saliva, the memory of the food alone is just... Mmm, but then again, I don't want to live their, maybe this could be my vacation world, with all of the creatures, I could only eat what others have captured for me, the only meal's worth eating I mean.'

Grayson watched as a humanoid creature stalked Toriko, observing, learning how to attain the giant unpeeled corn... this beast was called nitro, and it was enough to deter Grayson from going there!

"So not this, what about the next one?"

Though he decided not to call that world home, a gateway to the Toriko Multiverse had been erected inside of his Knowledge Sea.

"That leaves me with, The Vampire Diaries, Lucifer, and Tokyo Ghoul... okay, I expected this, just didn't want to rush into it and make a regrettable choice, but I knew what I wanted."

Grayson prepares himself, for a certain choice!

Sigh* "For better or for worse."

Grayson focused his thoughts on his desire, having the gateways vanish, and another, large gate appear.

'Tokyo Ghoul, an agreement between the ancient one eyed king, and the originals was made, which prevented Ghoul's from leaving japan, any information of these monsters will be classified as a top secret, only certain high rank government officials are aware outside of Japan, they are mere creatures of myth to the outside world.'

'TVD, The Original Vampires forgotten to time, hiding from the world since the angels and demons alike both hunted these predators to near extinction... with only the first vampires along with their respective clans and tribes barely surviving, on the surface anyway, but underground, it was another story, they had their hands wrapped around almost all aspects of the world, their fingers feeling the pulsating beat of the world's heart.'

'Lucifer, a multiverse where the biblical god is real, he created angels with the goddess. Demons were born unto Lilith and gifted as an army to Lucifer. Humans... they were a pet project of god, for whatever reason, he spent much of his time on them, along with everything else mundane... much to the dismay of his wife, whom felt neglected.'

Grayson stared at the greenish red gateway, he could feel divinity oozing from the precipice, clearly the Lucifer multiverse was prioritised, it was more established.

"I'm actually making this my main world, thought I wanted peace and pleasure, now with the originals in the world, it means white oak exists, so I can be killed, and their are C.C.G weapons called quinque, which are capable of piercing my ghoul skin... vampires were also made by magic, so I can expect a few witches running around... what the hell am I thinking? I don't need the unnecessary burden, the damn vampire in me, magnifying my emotions, even my battle instinct wasn't spared."

'I've been trying to extinguish that side of me, ever since my recklessness caused the death of my master and fellow disciples!'

Grayson's face scrunched at the thought of his past, though quickly reverting back to himself.

He took a moment, standing next to the space corridor that led to a complicated crossover version of the multiverse Lucifer.

Staring from behind his mask, Grayson reassured himself, he was not afraid of death, with his new change, this man had become a walking dormant disaster just awaiting eruption, the former lazy & lustful peace fanatic, had been affected by his transition into a monster... which is to be expected!

Yawn* "Screw it, whatever happens... will happen."

Grayson lost interest in self preservation, I mean, what were the use of those wishes if not for a leisurely messed up life, he had a way to deal with even god if needs be!

'Ohh... right, before I go, should probably alter my appearance and prepare, a white haired goth person with a cosplay fetish doesn't exactly blend into normal society!'

Yes, he acknowledges his quirks, dressing like some post apocalyptic warlord, but he likes it, so whatever.

With mere intention, his skin shimmered light blue, sending ripples down his outer body, visibly changing every detail, the next second, the person standing there was a curled dirty blonde haired, green-blue eyed, well built & broad shouldered, like a viking warrior, wearing the clothes of a fifteenth century nobleman, with delicate but sturdy facial features.

Grayson then looked down at his arm, willing a leather strapped vortex manipulator to appear on his wrist, then he created a very detailed evil looking dagger, deciding not to include the ring.

Forged from the metals and flames that reside in hell, making the appearance quite suitable.

He then focused on the blade, infusing it with overwhelming power, the magic was extremely pure, even materialising into semi-visible translucent energy waves, due to it's high concentration in a single item.

In less than three seconds, the dagger was refined.

'So this is what it feels like to have a fully functional detached limb...' Raising his hand, the dagger floated out of his open palm, he then guided it with finger motions, causing it to loop circles in the air, before finally disappearing, taking residence inside his knowledge sea.

"Ahh right, still have my knowledge sea, suppose I should create those other two treasures, I can store them inside of my soul..."

'Wonder if it's possible to even refine those treasures, both of them are highly coveted, and sought after, even the heaven devouring great emperor was no exception.'

Grayson flexed both hands, gathering large quantities of magical energy, the surrounding air then started swirling in his palms.

He had formed two raw orbs of magic, capable of levelling a few metres deep mountain surface... then he threw both orbs at the speed of sound, causing them to travel a large distance pretty quickly.

Meanwhile he used his power to compress space, instantly travelling about half a mile away, then turning around.

The concentrated magic bombs had taken of together, both being influenced by the others centre of gravity, the swirling winds around them, resulted in the orbs inching closer together, till finally, Grayson closed his fingertips.

In that moment, for a split second, it was as if the colour had drained from the grey plains, not that there was much to begin with.

*Kabooooom*

Grayson tilted his head sideways, clearly not prepared for the ear splitting sound, the explosion was from the collision of two volatile clumps of energy coming together, therefore there was no fiery cloud of toxic smoke, since it wasn't nuclear in nature, only power.

A shockwave had been sent for the resounding 30 to 40 square miles, the clouds had been blown away, the pebbles on the rocky ground flung into the vast sky.

He stared at the aftermath of this colossal explosion, awestruck. 'Okay, I admit it, the power of witches is far beyond any other species, especially since my bloodline enhances my magic, maybe even holding a thin strand of the causality law.'

With newfound confidence in his magic prowess, Grayson was willing to at least attempt refining the strongest treasures he could create.

"Guess I can at least try, Inadu is not one to doubt, and neither is her enhanced power, least of all when it's combined with magic capable of creating a dimension and virtually indestructible immortals."

With one hand hovering over the bottom, a bright light burst out of from within, gradually this light had changed into seven different colours... before materialising into a seven coloured soul warming rainbow lotus... radiating the purest, unsullied soul power in most multiverses.

Much to the surprise of Grayson, even before refining or taking the lotus into his knowledge sea, he could already feel his soul being purified, all of the flaws commonly found in the soul of mortals, were flushed out by the waves of energy being constantly emitted.

Looking at the rainbow lotus, he just instinctually pulled the soul treasure inside of him, Grayson felt a natural connection to it, perhaps because he created the damn thing, he did not feel like his divine soul was being overwhelmed by the overbearing intensity of the lotus.

Grayson closed his eyes, entering his knowledge sea for the first time, upon arrival, he was greeted with a golden sea, unlike the normal blue one of actual cultivators.

This was probably because the energy was formed entirely from a very potent magic, this power is capable of defying the heavens and earth, as it were.

With it's intrinsic nature tied to the law of causality, the usual cultivator can form an energy barrier to ward off attacks, however it can be broken by a person with enough physical strength, unlike a witch, who's barrier can only break by means of magic.

This explains the qualitative difference between his, and another persons knowledge sea.

Looking around, Grayson discovered that the lotus had submerged itself in the glistening water, rapidly infusing it with energy.

He could feel his soul realm breaking through many stages at once... also that the path of his soul realm, was unpaved, a road that no other had taken, realms and stages only meant for him.

'What is this, first my divine soul was radiating a pale white light, it gradually darkened, my soul got stronger, now I feel... like I'm a mother f***ing god, I've gained two neat tricks, Soul Oppression & Divine Sense, is that because I've broken through from the pale soul to the ash soul.'

Grayson had assigned titles to the realms of his soul, based upon the colour.

"Hahahaha... will I acquire new abilities with each breakthrough? Well, questions for another time I suppose, right now I want to try something."

Grayson condensed more rainbow light between his closely seperated palms, instantly dispersing them to the four corners of his consciousness.

'Great... now I have four strong pillars to support my soul, even if I'm in no real danger, I'd still rather not have my soul shatter into a million fragments!'