Li Wei could not help but rub his eyes in disbelief while a floating screen hovered before him. It then vanished and two more notifications appeared, one after the other.
{[Above Average] Achievement Earned! You've been awarded 10,000 Creation Tokens for being the youngest 1st Step Mortal in over a thousand years of your clan's history.}
{Average] Achievement Earned! You've been awarded 1,000 Creation Tokens for becoming the clan leader of the Li Clan.}
'Creation Tokens? Ultimate Creator System? What?'
Scratching his head in a bit of shock and confusion, Li Wei decided there was nothing better to do but ask this System directly.
"Hey, Ultimate Creator System, what exactly is all this?'
{[Query Accepted!] The Ultimate Creator System is a construct forged outside your current reality. Approximately 44.5 years ago, there was a transfer of the host's consciousness to this reality that allowed this construct to follow through a previously impregnable barrier. As to not be detected by the construct known as the Heavenly System, this construct decided to enter hibernation within your soul for a limited amount of time. During this period, this construct reconfigured its core algorithm and features to be accepted by the Heavenly System and thereafter capable of affecting the laws of this reality. This construct has designated the individual Li Wei as the host and as such is the master of this construct for the foreseeable future unless the host is killed or dies of natural causes. My purpose is to facilitate the emergence of new creations through the input of hosts. By attaining notable achievements, you will gain a certain amount of Creation Tokens depending on the Achievement Grade. As long as the host has enough Creation Tokens, the host can request the creation of anything they can imagine. }
Li Wei's eyes widened at this explanation.
"Can you truly create anything? What if I requested the fountain of youth? Or Mjolnir?"
{[Request Denied] While this System does have records of items registered by those names, proper description is needed to create items. Titles alone will not result in any creation unless incredibly simple or unique. Currently, throughout the vast realities that this construct has been assimilated with, there are over a thousand variations of both items based on the title alone.}
Li Wei shook his head at how his golden finger responded so professionally. It was not the talkative or sarcastic kind, which was for the best honestly. He always found those types of system novels frustrating in how they would have these systems belittle the main character or drag out explanations to inflate the number of chapters unnecessarily.
Gathering his thoughts, Li Wei focused his mind on this development carefully. Especially since this could not have arrived at a better time. With powerful forces soon to be trying to overtake the clan, they must be prepared. A sudden thought appeared in his mind, and he decided to voice it just to see what would happen.
"Hey System, could I create a pill that would upgrade my skills to the E Rank?”
{[Query Accepted!] Yes. This is within the bounds of The Ultimate Creator System. Please specify the exact purpose of the consumable items you create to avoid possible unforeseen outcomes.}
Li Wei nodded at this as it did make sense. He would not want to get poisoned because he made a mistake in his specifications. He cleared his mind and thought carefully about his approach and then spoke.
“I request for the creation of a pill that will increase all my current skills except for the Star Lotus Cycling Method to E Rank. Furthermore, this pill will have no side effects and will not result in any other outcome than its intended purpose.”
{[Request Accepted!] The cost for this creation will be 9500 Creation Tokens. Do you wish to proceed? [Yes/No]}
He just had a sudden thought and voiced it before confirming his choice.
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“How are the prices for creations calculated?”
{[Query Accepted!] The Ultimate Creator System calculates the cost of creations based on the grading scale of skills & items originating from the Heavenly System.
Creation Token Value Calculation:
* SSS - 10 billion - 1 trillion Tokens
* SS: 2 billion - 10 billion Tokens
* S: 101 million - 1 billion Tokens
* A: 11 million - 100 million Tokens
* B: 1.1 million - 10 million Tokens
* C: 100,001 - 1 million Tokens
* D: 10,001 - 100,000 Tokens
* E: 1001 - 10,000 Tokens
* F: 101 - 1000 Tokens
* G :1 - 100 Tokens
It must be noted that once the host reaches the 9th Step of the Mortal Tier, Creation Tokens will be differentiated between Mortal & Divine. }
Now with a clearer understanding of the prices, Li Wei mentally clicked on ‘Yes’ and a rainbow of lights manifested in front of him and then dispersed a moment later, revealing a pill that he quickly caught before it could fall. He looked closely at the pill in his hand and at how it changed color with every angle he moved it at. He used the Identify Skill on the pill.
[Item Name: N/A
Item Type: Pill
Item Grade: E
Description: A pill created through unorthodox means that grants the uplift of skills to the E Rank. This pill will avoid uplifting Qi Cycling Methods when consumed.]
Without another moment of hesitation, he popped the pill into his mouth.
Instantly a flood of information was bulldozing into his mind, body, and soul as if he had known this new knowledge for lifetimes. Images & sensations of battles he had never been to flashed through his consciousness and faded into short quick bursts. Throughout this ordeal, multiple notifications from the Heavenly System were appearing but his focus had been completely absorbed, and did not notice. After what felt like hours but was a mere five seconds, Li Wei regained self-awareness and clarity. Finally, his eyes could make out the alerts that the Heavenly System conjured.
[Skills related to your class have undergone a Rank Up! XP Earned!]
[You have reached Level 153!]
[You have Free Attribute Points to distribute!]
Li Wei’s mouth was agape in utter disbelief. He could not comprehend how he had jumped over 40 levels in a matter of seconds! While it was widespread knowledge that skill progression grants XP if the skills are related to their class, this was beyond anything he could ever have hoped for. Of course, this was only possible because typically those that have most of their skills at E Rank are already within the late levels of the 2nd Step. Truthfully, Li Wei had never heard of someone having an E Rank Skill while in the 1st Step as it was equivalent to having certain aspects of a 2nd Step’s prowess. Another notification gave further indication that he had done something extraordinary.
{[Fantastic] Achievement Earned! You’ve been awarded 1,530,000 Creation Tokens for being one of the few individuals on the Eternal Realm with skills of a higher caliber than what is typically displayed within your Step.}
A wry grin morphed on his face as he could not believe that gaining achievements would be this simple. Did he spend Creation Tokens to get more Creation Tokens? Isn’t this just cosmic capitalism? He shook his head and tabled that thought for later. Right now, he could be considered a powerful 1st Step mortal, capable of contending with experienced 2nd Step mortals to some extent as there was still a wide difference in attributes with each race evolution. Regarding that, Li Wei made a query to his golden finger.
{[Query Accepted!] Creations that directly influence Attributes, Classes, and Leveling will always be SSS Grade. The reason for this is due to the strong link these fields have with the core aspects of existence. The reason skills are hardly as difficult to affect with creations is that the Heavenly System already has two features regarding skill removal & skill sharing. Concerning creations affecting attributes, these are linked with the class in either a class-specific progression path or through leveling. Leveling is linked to the overall progression of an entity in the way in which these actions affect future class evolutions. As such, breaking a process that is one of the building blocks of this reality would be detrimental and highly advised against unless parameters are deemed suitable.}
A cold chill ran down his spine as Li Wei made a silent vow to himself that he would avoid affecting those three areas with creations. Though in his eyes, everything else was fair game. At least, he hoped so.