Listen While Reading: 花舞う都の空

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After admiring the endless ocean and the endless sky of this resting area, I slowly calmed down and decided to take a warm shower to relax. After that, I moved and changed clothes. The room was full of new clothes, so I decided to get into something more comfortable. We were staying for another day and a half, so might as well, right?

I was a pink shirt, some easy-to-use sport shorts, and sandals, nothing else. I just wanted to not wear huge pieces of armor over my body; it’s very tiring and gets my body all sweaty and sticky. I would rather not have that at all times.

I checked on everyone else, and they were still sleeping; only Fang Shuan was awake, mostly cultivating in his room, so I didn’t want to disturb him.

In fact, I was going to do some cultivation too… or well, more like eating a bunch of cultivation materials and getting stronger, typical cultivation method. Based on all cultivation novels that do the same.

Now that I am in a cultivation world similar to those, why wouldn’t that logic apply here too? I find it perfectly logical!

Now, onto the meat and potatoes of everything, the items. Aside from what I got, I discovered I had several Golden Ki Pearls I had yet to use saved from the Murim Dungeon back home, so I decided to eat this right away to get at least a bit more maximum Ki Stat.

Anyway, this was the list of items:

[Golden Ki Pearl (A Rank)] x30

[Divine Hope KI Pill (S Rank)] x30

[Divine Body Refinement Pill (S Rank)] x30

[Divine Martial Core Refinement Pill (S Rank)] x30

[Martial Arts Enhancing Scroll: Heart of Hope (S+ Rank)] x10

[Martial Arts Enhancing Scroll: Blank (S+ Rank)] x10

[Spirit Body Refinement Pill (S Rank)] x10

[Golden Heaven Pearl (S++ Rank)] x3

The only non-consumable item was the Necklace, which was pretty good equipment I was going to check alter. I think it has some relation with Hope Ki, so it could help in that regard.

The pills are all consumable items to boost something in particular; most likely, then there’s the scrolls, the heart of hope scrolls… Can I use them to boost martial arts comprehension directly?

I think that’s what they are for! Only Master, the creator of these martial arts, could even create these magical scrolls anyway.

Then there’s the blank one…? What are those even for? Maybe they work with any?

Lastly, more pills, but for the whole Spirit Body, now that will be quite the experience.

Oh, right, and the Golden Heaven Pearl, which is most likely a part of master’s martial arts, so she’s giving me these to enhance Heart of Hope.

“Looks like you’ve got quite the buffet of drugs here,” Sepa appeared by my side, shining brightly with golden and cosmic light; her new appearance was sure flashy. “Good morning, sleepyhead.”

“Hey, I was just wondering where the annoying girl who lived inside my heart went to!” I greet her.

“Rude… I was just tired and went to sleep. I did help you yesterday after all! Although you were adamant about not using cosmic transformations, I did help you regulate your Ki all the time,” she said. “Also I added sprinkles of cosmic energy. So it had that oomph to it!”

“I knew you did something to it! When I told you to just let me use my powers, I mean it… Don’t add cosmic energy for everything!” I facepalmed.

“Well, does it even matter anyway? You won, and that’s good,” she said. “Is the talking sword still asleep?”

[“I am in fact not asleep, just contemplating life as a sword…”]

“You are?!”

[“Yes, for example, I’ve begun to wonder why am I even a sword? Don’t you think my entire personality is strange for just a tool that can think and talk? Why did they even make me capable of doing that? Not many other relics even do this!”]

“Right…”

In the original story, Gram’s whole deal was never assessed; my brother never got the other half, and the one he has cannot talk at all; it is just a vessel of darkness for Fenrir.

Ultimately, his Gram ended up being power creeped, and my brother replaced it for a better sword midway through the story.

And then it was just eternally forgotten.

But yeah, he’s not wrong; why is he the way he is?

It almost feels like… his soul wasn’t originally just a sword.

“Maybe you’re the soul of some unfortunate loser or something; I bet that’s why you’re so damn annoying sometimes, Gram,” said Sepa.

[“Excuse me?! You’re the only one that’s annoying here! I cut and eat dragons; what do YOU do? You’re an ugly space bug! That’s the only special thing about you!”]

“Hah, you want me to break you with these space bug mandibles now?!”

She started clicking her mandibles as Gram’s body started quivering a bit…

“Anyways, you’re not wrong; there’s something iffy about your whole being; good thing you finally started questioning it, Grammy,” I said.

[“Grammy?! I am Gram!”]

[“Unfortunately I have no memories before being a sword, so there’s no clues at all about anything. The only thing we could do is ask those involved with my creation or my wielder… Sigurd or the Asgardians…”]

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“Could Fenrir know something too?” I wondered.

[“Hardly! That stupid dog only broke me into two pieces; he doesn’t know a single thing about my origins.”]

“Oh well… Let’s move on; we can find out about this more in detail later. There’ll be plenty of opportunities, especially once the Floating Continent of Midgard appears,” I said.

[“The what?!”]

“Spoilers for future developments, let’s leave it at just that… Now.”

As I chatted with the two of them while I saw my familiar still sleeping over the bed, I consumed the pills one after another. Thankfully, I didn’t get any stomachaches from eating many at the same time.

So as if they were snacks, I started eating them while drinking some tea alongside it; each pill gave me a nice boost of power, a tiny sparkle of light that intensified as I ate them all.

Then I absorbed the pearls, and I was done.

FLUOSH!

My Aura shifted between gold, blue, and green constantly; I felt so strong, my Martial Core, my Physique, and even my Spirit Body, all having developed more.

Even my Heart of Hope too, which, as a result, also gave me more Cosmic Energy!

[You have consumed [Divine Hope KI Pill (S Rank)] x30!]

[You have absorbed a large quantity of Hope Ki Essence; your Heart of Hope is resonating with it!]

[Your Maximum Hope Essence Storage has increased from 5.000 to 8.000!]

[Your Comprehension over the [Heavenly Golden Flames of Hope Arts: Tier 2] has increased by 30%!]

[You gained +3.000 Ki Stat.]

[You have consumed [Divine Body Refinement Pill (S Rank)] x30!]

[You have assimilated a large quantity of Ki Essence into your Body, further refining and improving your Physique!]

[Your Physique has reached the threshold! It has evolved from [Nine Colored Nova Physique (Tier 3: Rank 10)] to [Ten Colored Stars Physique (Tier 4: Rank 1)]!]

[You gained +2.000 Physical Stats.]

[You gained +5.000 Ki Stat.]

[Your Physique has reached Tier 4! You have unlocked a new Physique Ability: {Multicolored Radiant Star Aura}!]

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Tier 4: {Multicolored Radiant Star Aura}: Combine the colors and starlight essence of twelve different, beautiful colors together to unleash a radiant light from your Physique, becoming as bright as a Radiant Star.

Any foe that perceives your light will not only receive severe burning damage but will have their vision reduced by 50% and their Martial Arts and Magic Spell Power decreased by 40%.

By harnessing enough Ki, you can conjure Radiant Star Shields of Protection with a Durability of 100.000 Health Points at most, that can protect allies from damage and explode upon their durability reaching zero, dealing 300% damage based on your Ki Stat.

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Oh damn, this is not bad at all! Yet another useful Physique ability; I have three others, and they’re just as good.

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Tier 1: {Sunlight’s Blessing}: Increases Affinity to the Sunlight Element by 100% -> 200%. Grants the ability to conjure, manipulate, and summon Sunlight to fight, defend, or even heal wounds. When bathing in the Sunlight, increases All Stats by 25%. (New Effect!)

Tier 2: {Starlight}: Your body shines as bright as starlight. You can unleash Starlight as you fight, explosions of light will come as you clash against foes, dealing up to 400% -> 500% damage based on your Ki Stat. Foes that receive damage have a 10% chance to be [Paralyzed], [Burned] or [Blinded] for 30 Seconds. (New Effect!)

Tier 3: {Brilliant Nova}: Harness large quantities of Ki into your Physique and become as bright and fiery as a Brilliant, Radiant Nova. Anybody that touches you will receive severe burning damage, and even enemies that are close will have their stats reduced by 20% -> 30%. You can release Nova Beams against foes that can deal up to 500% -> 550% damage based on your Ki Stat. You regain 10% of the damage dealt as Ki. (New Effect!)

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And yeah, even their effects were boosted after the Tier Up; actually, they’re even stronger now, not bad. I constantly use all these abilities as I fight; they come out naturally from my body and combine seamlessly with my techniques, especially my swordsmanship, all the time.

[You have consumed [Divine Martial Core Refinement Pill (S Rank)] x30!]

[Your Martial Core has absorbed a large quantity of Divine Martial Ki, growing exponentially stronger!]

[Your [Martial Core]: [Umbral Black Star Core (Tier 2: Rank 4)] has Ranked Up to Tier 2: Rank 9!]

[You gained +1.500 Physical Stats.]

[You gained +2.500 Ki Stat!]

[You gained +1.250 Cosmic Energy.]

My Martial Core also greatly developed, almost reaching the maximum Rank, just a little more…

[You have consumed [Spirit Body Refinement Pill (S Rank)] x10!]

[You absorbed a large quantity of Spiritual Ki Essence, boosting, strengthening, and refining your Spirit Body and all things connected to it!]

[Your Physique has grown stronger! It has Ranked Up from Tier 4: Rank 1 to Tier 4: Rank 3!]

[You gained +1.000 Physical Stats.]

[You gained +2.000 Ki Stat.]

[Your Martial Core has been refined even further! It has Ranked Up from Tier 2: Rank 9 to Tier 3: Rank 1 evolving into the [Eclipsing Umbral Star Core]!]

[You gained +1.000 Physical Stats.]

[You gained +1.250 Ki Stat!]

[You gained +1.000 Cosmic Energy.]

[Your Heart of Hope has grown stronger! The Maximum Hope Essence Storage has increased from 8.000 to 9.000!]

[Your Comprehension over the [Heavenly Golden Flames of Hope Arts: Tier 2] has increased by 10%!]

FLAAASH!

I felt my Aura surge with tremendous power; my stats went higher and higher, and I felt like I could probably fare much better than before against the Heavenly Demon now.

So much Ki, and even Cosmic Energy, and my physical stats kept rising too!

“Hohh…”

I sighed in relief, as I felt a powerful starlight energy surge from my hands. My physique was slowly turning me into a living, breathing human-shaped star at this point.

And I was totally fine with that!

But that wasn’t everything yet.

Ding!

[You have absorbed the [Golden Ki Pearl (A Rank)] x30!]

[You have absorbed and assimilated a large quantity of Ki, which has increased your complete pool permanently.]

[You gained +3.750 Ki Stat.]

Even more Ki, and you can’t never have enough Ki because of how expensive techniques are, and even more when I replace Mana with Ki when using Skills and Spells, whose cost doubles as a result.

Not even hundreds of thousands of Mana would be enough; to feel relaxed, I would need millions… But I don’t think anybody other than the Venerables even has such large quantities.

“Nice, finally done!” I nodded.

I looked at my Status to see my growth so far.

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[Player Name]: [Anna]

[Titles]: [Protagonist’s Little Sister] [Huntress] [Transcendent] [Half-Angel] [Half-Demon] [Hero] [Constellation Slayer] [Demon King Slayer] [World Architect] [Disciple of the Heavenly Golden Dragon] [Bane of Artificial Intelligence]

[Traits]: [Reader (??? Grade)] [Princess (Epic Grade)] [Tail-Eating Snake (Epic Grade)] [Beacon of Justice and Hope (Epic Grade)]

[Sealed Traits]: [Devouring Gaze (Mythic Grade)] [Cunning Viper (Mythic Grade)]

[Physique]: [Ten Colored Stars Physique (Tier 4: Rank 1)]

[Martial Core]: [Eclipsing Umbral Star Core (Tier 3: Rank 1)]

[Cosmic Heart]: [Rank 1: Novice Star (Middle Stage)]

[Class]: [Nephilim: ★]

[Subclass]: [Cambion: ★]

[Level]: [80/80]

[EXP]: [–/–]

[HP]: [18.110/18.110]

[MP]: [9.820/9.820] {+30.000}

[KI]: [74.225/74.225]

[CE]: [12.280/12.280]

[STR]: [14.530]

[VIT]: [16.070]

[DEX]: [14.878]

[AGI]: [15.454]

[INT]: [6.597]

[WIS]: [6.100]

[LUC]: [-19.500]

[CHM]: [36.650]

[DOM]: [5.500]

[Plot Points]: [245.500]

[Skill Points: 1.510]

[Stat Points: 2.650]

{Main Specialization}: [Legendary Herculean Holy Necromancer (S)]

Available Holy Nether Essence: 0

Until Next Rank Up: 927.284/1.000.000

{Martial Arts}

[Celestial Golden Dragon Divine Fist: Tier 3 (Core Martial Arts)] [Seven Demonic Cursed Seals Arts (5/7): Tier 3] [Heavenly Golden Flames of Hope Arts: Tier 2] [Cloud Step: Tier 4] [???]

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Yeah, everything increased smoothly, even without leveling up; all of these items have helped me grow stronger, thankfully.

And my Ki Stat is already over 70k?! That’s more than my own Mana now.

I should definitely cultivate my Mana next, once I finish this trial.

And… Huh?

What’s that [???] in the Martial Arts?

I click on it, but it shows nothing but question marks.

Is this my Myriad Self Arts?

Maybe this means it is developing…

“Now, this is the only thing left.”

And I think there might be something that could work at developing it even further.

Three beautiful spherical golden crystals rested over my hands, emanating heavenly ki of yellow color.

“They’re really beautiful…” Sepa commented.

“Indeed.”

The Golden Heaven Pearls—I got three of them.

Time to see what these will do for me.

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