The Aether realm is a realm that is ever expanding and taking in new worlds but also building new ones using beings of the world as focal points, but it is also an extremely violent realm that sees most planets fighting each other for resources and talents.
Like most planets in the Aether realm the planet Sear had people with innate born physiques that when they come of age are graded by the universe and once you are graded can see you sent to different planets depending on if your home planet allows you to and if the planet you wish to transfer to accepts you meaning few if any ever leave their home planet unless they have extreme talent and their planet can’t keep them without offending higher grade ones.
Lefu is born on this planet to a set of high-ranking officials who hold incredible power and influence on the predominantly farming based talents of the planet, our planet is a subsidy planet of a higher grade one giving us protection in exchange for food and talents.
My parents sat with me as my 21st birthday came, and my physique was set to present itself and present it did as a set of golden letters appeared in front of me.
{Congratulations on having a divine grade physique, you can be sent to a higher world or become a world yourself.}
I froze as I stared at the message which made my parents worried, but I couldn’t be bothered at this point as the words Divine grade stood out to me, this was the highest grade of physique I have ever heard of and only in fairy tales and folk lore.
Taking a deep breath, I look at the physique I have.
{Energy purification -Divine grade- You will absorb the excess energy of others including the negative and unstable energy and naturally integrate that energy without any negative or harsh effects and release pure energy.}
I stared at the description and knew I would never choose to join another planet as it would be no different than stifling my growth as they often minimalize negative or excess energy as much as possible, looking at the option to become a planet I felt a rush of adrenaline as I knew this was basically a perfect combination with my own physique.
I look at my parents who look scared and break out grinning as I know my future is now near limitless, and seeing my look they change from scared to overjoyed as although they don’t know the full extent of what I have they know it must be something incredible.
I take a deep breath once more and decide immediately to become a planet and with a massive tug at my navel I am brought away from the home I knew to an empty blank space with only a small moon sized planet sitting in space and a screen showing me the current situation.
[Status]
-Micro planet-
Population;0
Ecosystem;0
Energy level;0
Planet trait: energy stability (No matter what type of energy is produced it will never cause negative effects)
It was a basic start, but my trait was a perfect reflection of my own talent that would allow those who practice forbidden techniques to ignore the side effects of their own cultivation, my planet was best for taking in the unwanted which was perfect for me as it means I can get plenty of excess and negative energy for my own use.
Now all I can do is look through the store available for the new planets like me to begin but as I look at the store the prices need one to pay a high amount of energy for even decent starting items like plants and bugs but if one is willing to take the population they don’t want like blood grass or war bugs the people selling will even give you some small energy for taking them off their hands.
I look through and realize even other new planets like me seem to have energy and wonder how, but no one seems to talk about it and speaking up would be no different than waving a flag of me being weak.
So, I take some of the negative excess bugs and plants that they want to be rid of to begin gathering my own energy as soon as possible.
I watch as these creatures appear on my small planet with little fanfare and except for the few that died due to the sudden change in environment the animals and plants hold no problem with easily shifting to the less gravity and energy.
I gained 20 energies from taking all these different pains in the rear species off the hands of new planets and know this would be very lucrative once me and the other new people get far enough along, but for now I need to let the starting creatures cover the planet to begin introducing larger creatures and more complex plants like the hanging trees.
Of course, one only needs to be a micro planet to count as a new planet but even those who appeared at the same time as I appear to already have a good small planet se up the normal way rather than the backwards way like me.
Soon time passes and the energy I gather reaches just shy of 100 when the whole planet is completely covered by the creatures and plants I got.
Now with the whole planet is covered in the most basic life-giving things the next is to begin building a small ecosystem, I look through the shop to see who is offering negative energy species and find many animals like hungry boars and blood seeking wolves but the one that stopes me is the white rabbits that look innocent but are the opposite.
The rabbits are pure white in color and have blood red eyes while they are highly prolific making it so they produce large amounts of lust filled energy along with large amounts of laziness making it seem like they are just something innocent but reality says these are often the killers of young planets as most fail to catch them before they procreate to the point of out of control destroying energy balance and the world.
The blood seeking wolves are blood thirsty with large amounts of rage and greed never full or satisfied always seeking their next fill, it is so bad they won’t even live in packs unless there is a much higher level being in the area.
Hungry boars like the wolves eat but also destroy the ecosystem of not just animals but plants, they are too unstable so even for me they are a no go.
Blood seeking wolves and the rabbits will be good starts along with some three eyed crows, cursed cats, and regenerative bats are the species that are chosen for this start up for larger animals while plants are a variety of poisonous and meat-eating ones that are given away along with some energy.
This round of taking gives me nearly 100 energies, one will be able to evolve the planet once they reach 1,000 energies to increase the variety and talent of the species.
Most don’t make enough to advance till they grow to a mini world and have an already basic life with intelligence so although it is early he will have the energy, and the world and current population is small so although it should have an even greater effect despite the lacking intelligent species.
Soon the amount of energy reaches 500 and he uses 100 to make a small lake to begin a marine life ecosystem, just some plants and animals thrown away by others are placed within making it a gain over a lost as all together he makes 200 energies by taking the negative energy creatures off of other hands and so time passed where he went dormant simply letting the time pass as his world moved forward.
He wondered how his family was doing but knew even if he chose to go to a better world, he would have never seen his parents again, everyone knows this, so his parents probably moved on knowing he was living a life full of opportunities.
Time seemed to pass differently now that he is a planet and what would seem like a crawl normally passed rapidly and soon a small ecosystem was born.
Watching it hit 1,000 energy was nice, but he let the ecosystem stabilize before he began evolution, and by the time he decided to begin it he was only 100 shy of reaching 2,000 which he decided he would wait for.
As the 2.000 energy drained from him, he felt weak and tired suddenly but the energy of the creatures on the planet began to alter rapidly, even the fish had their strength increased.
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He watched as all the creatures seem to change ever so slightly making him wonder if beyond the energy amount in them, they had no change but all he could do is shake his head and hope his act of doing the evolution so soon wouldn’t backfire.
Soon another 1,000 was saved and spent and he waited with this micro planet slowly increasing the energy of all the species until finally after many generations and increases a shock came as one of the white rabbits suddenly transformed into a semi-human shape though they remain mostly animal it was the first sign of a demon beast being born.
As time passed the other creatures all experienced the evolution of human shaped species and soon if the planet isn’t expanded, they may not be able to keep up with the need, and so he began to save the excess energy these beasts provided which was a much greater amount of energy then the world without demon beasts.
10,000 energy is needed to advance to a minute world which is also when most planets begin to evolve their first signs of intelligent species as that is when you can choose a favored species to focus evolution energy on.
With several potentially intelligent species it was a great start, others would see many species as a downside as it means war and excess energy but for me it is all I could hope for and more.
With the energy here and the species stable he looks at the energy bar that only just got to 10,000 and chooses to advance the world.
[Status]
-Minute planet-
Population;1,000
Ecosystem;100
Energy level;0
Planet trait: energy stability (No matter what type of energy is produced it will never cause negative effects)
Looking at my status as a minute planet as well as the ever-increasing population I felt elated as it means I can now officially call myself a planet rather than a starting planet, but it also means I could be invaded by other planets for resources however although others may fear this for me it is useless as it would only ruining themselves not me to start a war.
Looking at my plant that doubles in size as well as gained the start of a small ocean from the lake I made as a micro planet, it was small and stable planet from outside looking in but if anyone entered here they would be surrounded by negative energy, demon beasts, deadly plants from either meat eating to poison and finally the water which due to the fish in it had evolved to be like a strong acid.
My planet was a dead one in the eyes of anyone else but for me it was perfect, I began to collect energy once more to continue the evolution of things on my planet.
Time passed slowly and no other planet even tried to attack me despite none being aware of my negative energy status making me curious, I went to the forums and eventually found out why.
A post talking about me buying so many negative species was up with many speaking about it and most deciding it would be a waste to even bother attacking me which is fine by me.
So, I saved energy and spent it again and again with little to no interference except to buy a few more species to add to the diversity of the ecosystem, and so time passed once more as I saved energy and spent it advancing the species of the planet consistently.
Although they had transformed into demon beasts during the previous baptism the growth from energy was drastically slowed as even after 15 evolutions they seem to only be slightly smarter but their physiques and negative energy production increased rapidly, soon he was making the amount needed for evolution nearly weekly as it requires 10,000 energy to evolve all the species on his planet at once instead of simply one at a time like others.
He had already spent more than needed to advance from minute to tiny planet though it only needs 100,000 for the advancement for others it would take years he however could simply wait a bit and do it quickly but he spent all of it on trying to grow an intelligent life form out of the beasts but none seem to be ready for that step so he waited and spent.
One day during an evolution time a small number of deaths occurred within many species, although it was only a dozen out of each, they all died at the same time and same way of their blood leaking out of them.
Checking them over he discovered they couldn’t handle the energy of the evolution and died due to too much energy, although the energy can’t cause negative effects, but it is like shoving water in a balloon it will eventually pop.
So he would need to actively absorb excess energy of them in order to prevent tis but that mean dual cultivating with every creature on the planet a physically impossible task, he pondered on how to fix this but realized that maybe this is what needs to be done for them to finally evolve into intelligent beings and so more died as time passed popping due to excess energy them being unable to condense the energy.
Until one day during an evolution a set of rabbits who were enjoying themselves underwent the evolution during this and where able to use each other as grind stones forming energy cores and completing the evolution from demon beasts to demons though low-grade ones.
He looked at them uncertain of how to feel about this being how the first demons were born but he knew he couldn’t undo this and so continued with the evolutions, and soon many more followed sleeping with each other to survive and refine themselves during the evolution process.
The other species seem to take longer to figure out how to evolve into demons unlike the rabbits as they didn’t use sexual acts to do it but instead used their physiques to handle the burden until the amount of energy either condensed on its own or killed them.
As such most of the other demons where smaller in number but much stronger than the rabbits, however the rabbits like always used their rapid reproduction to survive the hunting of themselves as demons usually grew through consuming others cores rather than absorbing the energy of the planet.
Soon the species that succeeded showed themselves with the rabbits being first, followed by the blood wolves, the boars, piranhas, the bats, a few of the bird and insects along with a few plants being the ones most prominent though the small fox clan seemed stable as well.
With this he had many starting intelligent beings, but the space of the planet was to small and so he stopped evolving them and began to prepare to advance once more.
And advance he does a mere 2 months later.
[Status]
-tiny planet-
Population;10,000
Ecosystem;1,000
Energy level;0
Planet trait: energy stability (No matter what type of energy is produced it will never cause negative effects)
Although it may not seem like it but the difference between a tiny planet and a minute planet was as distinct as it went from a small moon to a medium sized one, and the increased space meant more diversity could be put in place.
The ocean now showed the might it would have in the future and the land and vegetation, though now sparse would soon overtake the new open land quickly.
He looked on feeling pleased but also worried as he knew his rapid growth would catch others attention soon as many probably passed his first growth off as due to him taking negative creatures but now that assumption would not pass as he bought almost no species during his time as a minute planet.
However, he also knew most wouldn’t want his planet after they saw its state and would leave after satisfying their curiosity, so he let the planet adjust to its new size and slight change in ecosystem due to beings now have extra space and room to develop without being right next to each other.
Two visitors popped up during this time as he also saved energy from the planet, he would now need 100,000 energies to evolve everything on his planet due to the increase in size and his lack of specifying one species.
The two visitors saw the demons and promptly left and soon the fact he was a demon cultivator planet spread like wildfire with many feelings uneasy with him, but he knew they wouldn’t attack as all that would do was infect their planet with his planets negative energy leading to a drastic decrease in their own potential.
He saw his planet full of life and fully adjusted to the change he began the evolution once more as he wanted to see if any more new demons would pop up with the change and although some more species evolved and the already existing demons received slight boosts it didn’t seem to really do much but he didn’t care as he had plenty of energy to spare and it would take a while before they would become cramped on this new planet size.
So, he continued like last time saving up and spending to evolve seeing only slow improvement, again and again until like last time the first to change were the rabbits giving him a sense of frustration as once more it was during mating that it happened.
He wondered if fate had something against him but waved it off as he looked at the changes caused by this evolution, before the things simply stood on two feet and seemed to have hand like appendages with their claws but they remained their original size if slightly larger while their intelligence was mediocre among the ones of his planet it was no different than a whale.
However, they seem to have far greater capabilities when it came to adaptation and changes making them quite useful, now they seem to have a slightly intelligent gleam, and its hands had fully taken form though it was still furred with pads five distinct fingers with claws on them like a human was clear.
They had grown to the height of a ten-year-old child, and they seem to gain more fur heavy on their head while the other spots remain even.
Their cores where slightly larger and their physiques seems to make their urge to mate die down for a bit slowly changing to seem more interested in exploring and running around, though that changed for one week each month where a mass frenzy of mating seems to overtake the entire species.
They seem to build nice burrows and even store some food though nothing more than not eating the food as soon as they catch it, it was a clear change in the direction of civilization.
He felt invigorated as he continued waiting for the others to evolve like them and soon some did but it didn’t seem to make them like living near each other or get over the solo survival some species held but it was a clear stark difference to the nearly purely animal actions of before.
Soon those that would evolve did and it seemed like even more demons were born through this time while few advanced to the same stage as the rabbits, the wolves, foxes, piranhas, boars and a few others having only recently succeeded in the evolution towards civilization.
But already the planet was starting to not be enough as although they hunted and ate each other to grow more powerful and enhance themselves their growth without his evolution seemed to stall as they could maintain their current strength but couldn’t really grow.
This isn’t due to a lack of energy in the air but rather because most demons appear to lose the talent to absorb energy from the planet when their core forms instead getting it from others.
However, the plants seem to distinctly hold onto this ability so the rabbits and the herbivores slowly grow while the predators can only hold on to their current strength, causing the entire system to stagnate until the prey advance allowing the predators to follow behind.
This is also the main reason demons don’t usually develop on most planets and if they do, they usually are rare only one every several thousand years, he wonders if once they reach fully human like appearances could they still produce children like now as he has never heard of a naturally born humanoid demon.
He watches them evolve with each wave of energy from him and the plants being in the front with the rabbits following right with them.
Soon they reach a critical point once more and seem to stop like last time however they seem to have trouble evolving now more than ever as even when mating they can’t seem to condense the energy before it kills them.
Until one day a female rabbit is out eating when it comes across a injured wolf, any other time it would eat it and be done but it could tell another energy evolution was coming and it was going to die so instead it began to mate the wolf mounting it as the energy came and to it’s and the wolfs shock they both survived and evolved growing in size and taking on more humanoid features.
The female rabbit grew long hair on its head while the fur on its body thinned only small patches in private spots, her skin was smooth and her face seem small and childish but pretty like a baby doll, it still had claws and fangs with white hair and red eyes.
It’s ears now stood proudly on top of her head and the core in her that had been expanding seemed to have suddenly condensed and spread out all over her body like an energy pathway, the wolf also changed like it with short black hair with red eyes and sharp features looking like a teen instead of a young child.
His claws and sharp teeth remained while his ears and tail stood out on him, although not visible the rabbit’s tail also remained though its long hair hid it.
Looking at each other it was clear that they both knew their tribes needed each other, so they walked back to each tribe together hand in hand and showed their changed state but their tribesmen though smart where not smart enough to understand their intent and so they could only slowly replicate their situation.
They knew this evolution was a major point and that they needed to remain on the forefront so although life was loss, they soon had a small stable tribe of themselves, and more joined as other species began to finally find what worked for them.
Time passes faster when one is excited, and this proved true here as Lefu watched them with rapt attention making sure to release the energy consistently.
Soon though a problem arose as they needed to eat but the mainly carnivorous beings had trouble eating normal creatures and so rules were put into place that unless they had a human look like them, they weren’t the same and therefore could be hunted and ate.
Soon evolution slowed and the main 9 tribes solidified, the rabbits, wolves, foxes, boars, piranhas, insects, birds, panthers, and bats were set.