Chapter 000 - The Awakening of the Nethereal Cultivator

[Mortal Tier]

Ranks C -> B -> A -> S -> SS -> SSS

[Immortal Tier]

Ranks C -> B -> A -> S -> SS -> SSS -> X

[God Tier]

Ranks ???

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I groaned as I felt pain rack my body from virtually every side imaginable, I could here low growls and roars as demonic monsters fought each other in this infamous and famous dungeon. Feeling desperate I ignored the pain and started crawling somewhere.

Eventually I crawled into a small opening in the cavern walls. I relaxed my ravaged body and used what little energy I had to heal myself. While I could be considered weak both in terms of talent and resources, my hard working attitude changed that.

From years of study and access to the royal library, I had devised my own way to circulate ambient energy, increasing the proficiency of the pathetic amount of energy I kept in my soul to impossible heights.

I sighed as I remembered what had led to this climax.

I was born in a nice village with my parents both trying hard to keep the family safe and afoot. Sadly...slave raiders had attacked the village, killing both my parents and selling me and my sister into slavery.

I had no idea where my sister currently was, but I vow to the heavens that if I gain power...I shall set myself upon becoming an Immortal. I shall safe my sister from the immorality and dangers of this cold and cruel world and allow her to live a carefree life.

I shuffled my body a bit here and their in order to keep my blood circulating. The moment my blood slowly starts to dull itself and stop circulating, I'll have a few seconds at best before I die. Though with my small bouts of shuffling, my hand suddenly scraped against the hardcover of a book.

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Using my ambient energy to create a small ball of light, I looked and saw three items that were currently in the small space I was inhabiting.

An small ring, adorned with black racing runes and the very cosmos being displayed in the tips and openings between the runes.

An small golden card which surprised me. This golden card is what people call an

[Energy Measure]. It allowed the user to specifically know how powerful they are by displaying what realm they are in.

Also with each risen quality of the card, the card will melt into the body of first one who touches it, increasing the cultivation speed of the being who it melted with to impossible heights...though...the highest quality that I have heard of is black, there were no talks of a golden one?

As far as I know, once someone has used the [Energy Measure], they would gain access to the [World System], which allowed them to use the functions of the card, such as [Status] and [Identify] at all times.

The last and final item...was a conveniently place book.

I picked up the book, which seems to have a lock upon it, similar to the last two items, it has black runes racing across it with the very cosmos themselves showing between the cracks. I slowly lifted my hand and reached for it. Though once I grabbed it, the book flew open and I felt an immeasurable pressure.

"Who has chosen to become the Inheritor of the Nethereal Cosmos!" yelled out a old and wizened voice who seemed to have an infinite amount of power behind it.