The First Store System

by Stayrr

A strange store which sells everything suddenly appears in the town. The Owner of the store is a young man and anyone who tried to mess with him %#@. The products of the store are expensive, yet the queue outside the store never stops. "So what, If you're an emperor. I'll fight to the death with you if you try to break the queue."

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First Store System

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A strange store which sells everything suddenly appears in the town. The Owner of the store is a young man and anyone who tried to mess with him %$#@.

The products of the store are expensive, yet the queue outside the store never stops.

"So what, If you're an emperor. I'll fight to the death with you if you try to break the queue."

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"Not again, Lily,"

A man looking in his early twenties complained, seeing the scene in front of him. The view was a mess. Several small containers containing different colors of liquids were lying on the ground. The bottles didn't break, but still, he has to clean up this mess.

"It's not my fault. It's all due to you not playing with me," A childlike voice came from the man's head. A cat, the size of the man's palm, sat atop his head, looking down at the mess like it had nothing to do with her. Lily was the name of the cat. She had a covering of white fur all over her body. Her ears were standing, and orange eyes with a black slit.

"I saw you doing this," The man scoffed.

"I did this because you didn't play with me. So you see, it's your fault, Aakesh," Lily argued.

The man known to be Aakesh went speechless. There was nothing left to do but sigh because she was too cute to get yelled at. "Where did my innocent and cute Lily go?" He cried jokingly.

"Hmph," Lily scoffed. She vanished from his head, appeared the next moment in front of him, and slapped him on his head. "Ouch," He cried out in pain.

"Now, you've done it," Aakesh groaned and started a fight with her.

After a few minutes, they both sat down, panting. The mess only increased after their fight. Aakesh begrudgingly stood up and started cleaning what looked like a rundown store. There were shelves after shelves containing strange materials in the room. The store looked rundown, but most of the items in the store were even brighter than the sun. Any of the riches, medicines, or supplies in the shop have the potential to start the most lethal conflicts.

This store is known as 'The First Store'. Aakesh was more than six feet tall, had dark blue skin even bluer than poison; wavy black hairs coming down to his waist; black eyes that could suck light like the abyss. He had the perfect looks any being could have. After cleaning the mess, he sat on a chair waiting for the customer, with Lily lazing on his shoulder.

Universe Rainbow, Galaxy Door, Planet Redstar,

Universe Rainbow was only worth a drop in the ocean known as the Multiverse. Rainbow was one of the Universes solely born for the cultivators.

"Why?" A young pale-skinned man on his last breath and asked while clutching his chest.

"You shouldn't have done this," The old man said without turning back.

"But, I am your most loyal soldier before a son, emperor," The young man complained.

"You shouldn't have killed the young master of the undead sect," The old man turned around and said while looking down at the dying young man.

"I had to. That beast would have defiled an innocent girl otherwise," the young man yelled, clutching his chest. A hole made by a sword was present on his chest.

"I know. You aren't at the wrong. But if I don't kill you, the undead sect has threatened to wage war with us," The old man said, his voice trembling with unwillingness.

"Forgive me, son. You would've made a great emperor. But, this world is very cruel to good people like you. If I don't kill you, we would've to go to war with the sect. My royal duty is more important than my son's life. Only civilians suffer in the war, my child," The old man couldn't contain his expressions anymore. Tears started leaking out of his eyes as he has to kill his son to save his nation from war.

The young man could only sigh, seeing his father cry. "Forgive me for being a weak father. If there is a next life, I hope you are born to a brave father unlike me," The old man said, took out his sword from the sheath, and run it through his chest wound.

"I don't want to die. I still have so many things to do. If there is a god, please give me a chance," These were the last thoughts young man had before falling into oblivion.

The old man slumped down, seeing his son dying. He started wailing. "You did the right thing," Suddenly, a cloak-wearing man appeared out of nowhere and commented in a hoarse voice.

The old man glared at the skeleton with a killing hint. The man laughed seeing, the old man's glare.

"Get out of here. Don't think I am afraid of you," The old man yelled while holding his son's dead body. "Hehehehe," The skeleton disappeared, but his ominous laugh still echoed in the surroundings.

"Didn't I die?" The young man, who thought he had died, exclaimed as he suddenly found himself standing in the space in front of a rundown hut. He looked up and saw three enormous golden words shining above the cottage 'The First Store'.

Suddenly, the door of the cottage opened. A man came out of the door while a tiny white cat followed him. "Oh, a soul form," The cat commented, seeing him.

"Perfect looks," He suddenly had this thought in his heart when he looked at the stranger.

"Um, hello, where is this?" The young man timidly asked, looking down. He didn't dare to look at the man, as he mistakenly looked at the young man's eye when he came out of the door. He felt his soul was getting sucked. He didn't even dare to ask how a cat could speak due to fear.

"Wait, Let me see your life," The man ignored his question and commented expressionlessly. "So, your name was George before dying," The man then suddenly spoke to him.

He subconsciously nodded and then felt shocked by his body's acting on its own.

"Welcome, dear customer," The man then suddenly welcomed him. He then turned around and returned to the shop, the cat following him. George subconsciously followed the man into the shop.. He wanted to stop walking, but his legs didn't listen and kept following the man as if there was something precious to him in the shop.

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George followed the man into the cabin. The cottage appeared to be tiny from the outside as well as the inside, but he got a sensation that even if he could put the entire Universe inside, it would still look the same. George then glanced around timidly and felt shocked to see so many strange kinds of things. He didn't know any of the materials stored on the shelves, but he wanted to snatch everything and run.

All his thoughts vanished when the man turned around and looked at him. George put his eyes down due to fear.

"You don't have to be afraid," The man commented. George's soul relaxed on its own as if it had heard a command. He became even more fearful of the stranger.

"I am Aakesh. She is Lily," The man, known as Aakesh, then introduced himself and the cat. He then snapped his hand, and a chair presented itself out of thin air. Aakesh then gestured for George to sit down. George nodded and sat down on the newly created chair.

"So, what do you want to buy?" Aakesh asked George.

"I don't want anything. How did you know my name, and how did I come here?" George fearfully asked a barrage of questions.

"You asked God for help, so he brought you to my store," Aakesh replied, turned around, and started taking things out of the shelves that George could need.

George became dumbfounded by the reply. "Are you God, then," George asked him.

"No, I am just a store owner," Aakesh replied without even looking back at him.

"Um, how could this cat speak?" George asked as the shopkeeper appeared unconcerned by his questions.

"Like, You and I can," Aakesh replied straightforwardly.

The next question got stuck in George's throat. "If cats could speak, then why haven't I seen one in my whole life?" he yelled in his heart, but he didn't speak out loud. Then suddenly all his hairs stood, as he felt a sudden danger of life. He looked around and saw Lily glaring at him.

"Lily, don't," Aakesh ordered. Lily scoffed and stopped staring at him. George took a deep breath after that.

"Thank you, senior," George thanked Aakesh. Aakesh didn't show any response to his thanks.

"How can you survive in outer space, senior?" George then asked another question, as he had never heard of anyone surviving in space, let alone living in a hut suspended in space.

"Just like you could survive in your world," Aakesh replied. George felt like coughing blood by the straightforward reply.

"Am I dead, senior?" George asked after staying silent for some time. "If your race has more than one life, then you aren't dead yet," Aakesh responded without turning back.

George smiled wryly. "Let me leave, then. What would a dead man want?" He said, sighingly.

"Okay, these are the things that may help you," Aakesh ignored his statement, turned around, waved his hands, and strange things started floating in front of George.

The sudden floating of strange things astonished George. He felt snatching everything in front of him, but he kept his hands to himself. Confused, he asked, "Are these things for me, senior?"

"Yes, these things are my store products. You can buy these things if you can afford them," Aakesh answered and snapped his fingers.

Suddenly a bottle having a golden pill stepped out from all the contents as if it was sentient. "This is a Genius Reincarnation pill. If you eat this pill, you'll reincarnate into one of the higher worlds, and you'll have a body talent, even greater than heavenly chosen," Aakesh pointed at the pill and explained its characteristics.

George's jaw dropped listening to the characteristic of the pill. His breathing became rough seeing the pellet, he wanted to snatch the medicine and eat it, but he didn't have the guts to extend his finger. He even forgot to ask about the payment method.

Aakesh didn't wait for his answer. He snapped his fingers, and another bottle having a green pill with a red circle on it stepped out. "This is a revival powerup pill. If you eat this pill, you'll get revived on the spot you died, and your cultivation will increase by one level without any limit," Aakesh explained. George nodded. He didn't care too much for this pill, as he'll still be too weak for the undead sect even if his level increased by one.

"This is a Revival Genius pill. If you eat this pill, you will revive and have the best of that universe talent," Aakesh explained while pointing at the next pill having the same color but with a golden circle instead of a red one.

Aakesh continued explaining different kinds of pills after that. The more George heard about the pills, the dumbfounded he became. One of the pills described by Aakesh was especially horrifying. That pill was named the Strongest pill. Anyone could become the strongest in the Universe they belong to if they used it.

After the pills, it was time for treasures. An opaque sphere stepped out from the group of strange things this time. "This is an embryo of a hellfire mage. If you combine your soul with this embryo, you'll have a new body, and this body will have complete control over hellfire: the fire that once starts burning never stops burning," Aakesh explained the characteristics of the sphere.

The sphere was likewise a unique treasure, but after hearing about the pills, the embryo didn't look impressive to George at all.

Aakesh snapped his fingers again, and this time a black sword stepped out. "This is the Bloodhorn sword, made up of the mixture of the blood and horn of the Chaos Lion. This sword can devour blood as you fight, and it will also make you stronger without any side effects until you reach the level of the Chaos Lion," He explained the characteristics of the sword.

"What was the level of the Chaos Lion, senior?" George asked as he got curious about the level of the lion.

"In cultivation level," Aakesh asked as there were multiple power systems in the Multiverse. George nodded.

"Heavenly Monarch," Aakesh answered.

"I have never heard of this level, senior," George asked.

"Because you and your Universe are very weak," Aakesh responded straightforwardly. "Heavenly monarch is the highest known level in your cultivation system," Aakesh added.

George's jaw dropped hearing this.. The value of the sword in his eyes suddenly rocketed.

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Time passed, Aakesh continued explaining the characteristics of different treasures. Only the last thing was left now. A golden disc the size of George's palm stepped out. He covered his eyes right away. The disc was so bright that it almost blinded his eyes, even though he was in his soul form.

"This device is called the Energy System. This system will transmigrate with your soul in a new world, and it will let you grow stronger without any limit, as long as you have enough energy to absorb. You can even become the strongest of the Multiverse. It's the best treasure of this lot," He explained the shocking characteristics of the golden disk.

George took a deep breath after hearing about the Energy System. He couldn't believe that this kind of treasure exists. The most shocking thing was that it wasn't even the best treasure Aakesh had. It was just the best treasure presented to him.

"So, what do you want to buy?" Aakesh then asked George and stared at him, waiting for his answer.

Suddenly, George woke out of his stupor. He forgot during the introductions that he was to buy things. It wasn't a gift. He looked at Aakesh and then at the valuable treasures in front of him. A disappointed sigh escaped his mouth.

"I don't have any money, senior," George told Aakesh, embarrassingly.

Aakesh stared at George like he was looking at an idiot. George's face became red due to the stare. "You've been asking stupid questions since you arrived. Now, you even started thinking of me as an idiot. Of Course, I know you don't have money. How can a dead man have money?" Aakesh responded with a stern look on his face.

George didn't know what to say in response. "Just because your cat can speak and you live in space doesn't make my questions stupid," He thought in his heart.

"You think money can buy these things. You need to sign agreements for the treasures you buy in this store," Aakesh ridiculed George and then explained the requirement for buying things.

George ignored the ridicule. "What is the requirement to buy the cheapest thing in this lot, senior?" George then asked after hearing about the way to purchase.

Aakesh pointed at the embryo and explained, "This is the cheapest. You only need to pay a supercluster core in thirty years to pay for this."

"FUCK!" George couldn't help but yell out loud. "I'm sorry for losing my calm," He noticed his mistake and apologized the next moment, not to anger Aakesh.

"It's ok. You're not the first to do this. I don't understand how someone can think these treasures are inexpensive," Aakesh commented, as every single customer lost their composure after hearing even the lowest price.

"But a supercluster core-," George wanted to still complain about the prices, but his words got stuck in his throat when Lily glared at him.

"I thought the revival powerup pill would be the cheapest," George then asked another question, as he didn't want to face the ire of Lily.

"I told you, he's an idiot. I still don't understand why he was even brought here," Lily scoffed at George in her childish voice. George wanted nothing more than to squish Lily's face due to her voice. As if Lily understood his thoughts, she hissed at him and revealed her shiny and sharp claws.

"Stop it. We are doing business, Lily," Aakesh ordered. Lily scoffed and left the hall.

"I won't even try to answer this question of yours," Aakesh then told George.

George smiled wryly at the response. "It seems this senior is very moody," He thought in his heart.

"How much does this golden disc cost, senior?" He then asked, pointing at the golden disk.

"Are you sure you want to know this?" Aakesh asked as if he knew the future response of George.

George nodded at Aakesh's question. "Fine, it costs one hundred and eight universal cores every day for one hundred and eight days," Aakesh answered expressionlessly.

George didn't even listen to the whole statement, as he stopped hearing everything after universal core. He didn't speak anything for some time after that.

"So, do you want to know other treasures/pills prices?" Aakesh asked and broke the silence.

George shook his head. He couldn't hear outrageous prices anymore.

"Senior, what if I am unable to pay?" George asked the most critical question.

"You don't want to hear that," Aakesh replied expressionlessly, but the air around George suddenly turned murderous. He shrank his neck due to fear. He only took a breath when the murderous aura vanished.

"But, you don't have to worry about not paying or the expensive cost. Whenever you buy something from this store, you always earn more than what you paid," Aakesh explained.

George fell silent. After thinking for hours, George finally made his decision. Aakesh also didn't disturb him, as the decision was too significant for George.

He pointed at the embryo with shaking fingers and told Aakesh, "I'll take this, senior."

Aakesh nodded and snapped his fingers, then suddenly, a piece of brown animal skin appeared in front of him. The blood-colored flourishing words started appearing on the paper as if someone was writing. After a few seconds, the document was complete.

Aakesh handed out the animal skin to George. He took it respectfully and read the whole document. The contract wasn't too harsh, but the starting point confused him. Confused, he looked up at Aakesh and asked, "Um, senior, the document says, I'll get transferred to hell and start from there."

"Hellfire is the fire of hell, so where else would you go to train for it," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.

"You don't have to worry. Your living in hell isn't permanent. After training and becoming powerful, you can leave hell anytime you want," He added.

"But, senior, I've heard that there is no return from hell," George expressed his doubts.

"The born inhabitants who are weak like you can't leave, so that weak Universes like yours can survive. You are just going there, and if you're powerful enough, then anyone can leave. It all comes down to power in the end. Hell is just one of the clusters of Universes in the Multiverse," Aakesh explained.

"It's just one of the clusters for you, but not for most of the people," George complained in his heart, but he smiled to show his acceptance of the answer.

"Do you think that I can't hear your thoughts?" Aakesh suddenly asked.

Suddenly, the smile on George's face froze. "I am sorry, senior. I didn't mean to disrespect you," George apologized while his back was sweating due to fear.

"If you're ready, sign the contract," Aakesh ignored his apology and ordered him.

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George wasn't aware; how to sign the contract. So, he asked, "How do I sign the contract? I am a soul. I don't have blood."

"Signing the contract isn't that complex. You only have to think about signing the contract in your mind, and your name would appear on the contract," Aakesh answered. George nodded and thought about signing the contract in his mind.

"Arghh," George groaned due to the sudden pain. The pain was short-lived, but it was intense. He felt as if someone was cutting his soul. In the contract, the dark red color of his soul form below his name appeared after the pain faded.

Aakesh took back the contract. Suddenly, an enormous vertical eye appeared in the sky. The mysterious eye monster had white pupils on the black sclera. The beast had Sixteen tiny single wings on both the left and right.

The vertical eye peered directly at George and the contract. George felt his whole body chilled when the eye looked at him. He felt standing naked in a snowstorm. The contract started dissipating after few seconds. The monster also disappeared after the agreement entirely dissipated. After the vertical eye disappeared, a black timer with a red hue appeared inside George's mind.

"What was that, senior?" George tremblingly asked Aakesh, as he still shuddered from the fear thinking about the feeling he felt.

"Oh, it was the Cosmos Contract beast. This beast overviews the contracts around the Multiverse," Aakesh explained about the beast. "A timer must have appeared in your mind," He then asked George.

George nodded "Don't exceed the timer. Otherwise, you'll have to face the wrath of the beast," Aakesh then sternly warned him. George nodded, his head like a pecking chicken to show his understanding.

"Want to know a way to break the contract?" Aakesh then suddenly asked George.

It was an unexpected question that left George dumbfounded. He shook his head, imagining the owner of the store might be testing him.

"Don't worry. It's not a test," Aakesh explained, seeing George's thoughts.

George still shook his head. He genuinely doesn't want to know. The moment he signed the contract, he was committed to paying the fee.

Aakesh couldn't help but smile, seeing George's firm refusal. "You ask idiotic questions, but you're a man of integrity, " He complimented George.

"Senior, you too smile like a normal person," George exclaimed on the spur of the moment. He noticed he spoke over his limit, so he started feeling awkward.

Aakesh didn't respond to his apology and handed out the embryo to him. A serious look appeared on George's face as he gently took the sphere.

"Thirty years is the deadline to pay and remember there is no interest. Either pay on time or face the consequences," Aakesh warned George sternly.

Before George could thank, Aakesh waved his hands. George and the embryo both suddenly disappeared from the store.

"Do you think he'll be able to pay?" A childish voice asked as Lily returned to Aakesh shoulder after George left.

"He had to," Aakesh expressionlessly responded while waving his hands. All the contents lying out returned to their respective shelves on their own after that.

"You smiled?" Lily jumped on his head and asked.

"Yes, He is naive and good-hearted, but the world needs people like him," Aakesh responded.

"He is an idiot too," Lily added. Aakesh only smiled in response.

"Let's read Pursuit of Eternal's latest chapter," Aakesh announced.

"We can read the whole story if you let me see the future," Lily grumbled.

"And, what fun would be that?" Aakesh gently hit the tiny head of Lily and responded.

One of the minor worlds in hell,

It was barren land, with no traces of life to be seen.

"Huh, what happened?"

George exclaimed as he suddenly found himself in a different environment.

"Senior didn't even warn me," George murmured with a wry smile. He didn't see the embryo with him, so he searched left and right for it. He found the embryo lying down on the ground next to him.

The knowledge of how to use the embryo suddenly appeared in his mind. "When did senior do that?" He muttered horrifyingly. The fear he had for Aakesh increased even more.

He tapped the embryo seven times in seven different areas on the sphere. The embryo then started shining Dark red. The embryo suddenly engulfed George's soul.

"Arghhh," George screamed due to the pain he was feeling right now. The pain was too sudden and too intense. He felt like ants were biting his soul slowly. His whole body was getting created, so the process continued for hours. The pain only got worse as time passed. He even tried to quit the process midway due to the pain, but the process continued despite him not wanting it.

The pain finally subsided when his whole body was created. "Is it done?" He groaned after the pain didn't appear for minutes.

"Eh, why is my hand red? And why is my hand so big?" He suddenly exclaimed when he saw his hand had turned enormous and red.

He stood up hurriedly. He then noticed every part of his body was red. He then felt his face with his hands and got stunned. "What beast did I become?" He exclaimed as he could feel the roughness of his face, and there were two small horns right above both his eyebrows.

"Did I grow taller too?" He looked taller to himself when he stood up. "WHERE IS MY PENIS?" He yelled with a horrified look on his face as he found only a plane area there. He tried to poke there in the hope something comes out, but nothing happened.

"I should first check out the area rather than looking at me," He murmured after staying disappointed for some time, as he was in an unknown open area and that too in hell. He could find about his body and power anytime in a safe place. He wouldn't even know how he died in this open area if some powerful being were to arrive here.

He was very uncomfortable while walking, as it was an entirely different body and even different features than his previous human body. He walked for what felt like hours to him, but he didn't find anything. It was dark all over the area, as the sun never shines in hell.

After several hours, he stopped and sat down on the barren ground due to tiredness. His eyelids suddenly started becoming heavy. He desperately wanted to stay awake, but he couldn't.. As a result, after a futile attempt to stay awake, he slumped to the ground.

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The night was omnipresent in hell, so there was no way to differentiate between day and night. So when George woke up, he had no idea for how long he had slept. He then remembered the timer that appeared after signing the contract. He thought about the timer, then suddenly, it appeared in his mind. The timer showed 29:11:19, with the timer representing years:months:day.

"Damn, I slept for twelve days straight. Thank heavens, I am still alive," He shockingly exclaimed.

He took a deep breath, just because he was alive despite staying in the open for so long. Suddenly, an urgent thought appeared in his mind to check hellfire. He went with his thoughts and thought about hellfire; a tiny fire darker than the night emerged in his hand. That fire sent chills down George's spine. He suddenly had an illusion of burning in hellfire. He took back hellfire due to fear.

George didn't even calm down when suddenly a pain attacked his head. "Arghhh," He clutched his head and screamed.

After the pain calmed down, new memories about control of hellfire started emerging in his mind. The memories also contained information of a different power system than cultivation, Mage-System.

The memory explained that there are eleven levels in the Mage-System in this Multiverse. Level 11 mage being equivalent to Heavenly Monarch. Only very few beings have reached the level of Level 11 mage. Level 11 was the level of immortality in the Mage - System.

George, in his current body, was a primary Level 4 mage, according to the Mage-System. "I have been born equivalent to the early Soul formation cultivator," He exclaimed when he compared Cultivation-System with Mage-System. The leader of the undead sect was only a late Soul formation cultivator.

The memory contained the complete knowledge of reaching Level 11 hellfire mage. "Only a supercluster core for this knowledge," He murmured, as the price he thought to be expensive turned out to be dirt compared to the product.

He also learned many things about hell from his memory. He had the info about the world he was currently in, fortunately, or coincidentally. This world is called the Sukha world. This world looked barren from the outside, but it wasn't a worthless world, as the inhabitants of this world lived underground. The inhabitants of this world were called Hellants. They had the same body structure as tiny black ants on Redstar, but Hellants are bigger and powerful. Sukha is a lesser world where the highest level of being could be equivalent to Level 3 mage.

Additionally, he learned what race his current body belongs to. He belonged to the Infernals: one of the medium races of hell. He was currently a commoner Infernal, as he had only two horns. As his horns increase, his standing in the infernal clan will also increase.

As he was already the strongest, he need not fear anybody as long as he is on this planet. He decided to conquer this world to get materials to promote himself to Level 5 and then leave for the world of Infernals.

It only took him three days to conquer Sukha. He then meditated in Sukha for a year and successfully reached peak Level 4. There weren't enough materials in Sukha for him to reach Level 5. He left after that. Hellants all over Sukha cried when George left, as he was a good king and belonged to a higher race.

Twenty years have passed since then, George has entirely changed. He has grown to ten times the size of his past. The number of horns on his head has grown to sixteen. He was now a royal Infernal and had control over one enormous galaxy with a size of more than a million Light-year. His penis also has returned because only royal infernals had the capability to reproduce.

He has also improved exponentially during these 20 years, as he was currently a peak Level 8 mage.

George's personality has also drastically changed. Even his aura contained cruelty since hell is cruel.

This year George decided to leave hell and get his revenge. He was already the strongest when it came to his original Universe. His Universe was solely for cultivators, and the highest level anyone can cultivate in his Universe is Void Forging, which is only equivalent to a Level 7 mage.

He couldn't return to his planet as an Infernal, as hell creatures are feared all over. But, he didn't have to worry, as there was an art in his memory that he could use to turn himself into a human.

The time flew by. Redstar welcomed George back; Redstar has changed dramatically from the past. He returned to his kingdom, Empyrion's capital, only to find a ghost city.

As he has already grown more powerful than the Universe limit, he could interfere with the laws of the Universe. He manipulated time to find out the reason for this ghost city.

Time returned to ten days after George died. The king couldn't handle killing his son, so he fell ill. The undead sect spread the information of the king's health to various factions located in the kingdom.

Various factions waged war against the kingdom. As the king was already on his death bed, and his youngest son was young for war, the kingdom soldiers weren't able to stop the onslaught of the combined attack of the factions. The kingdom fell in no time.

It didn't take long for conflict to arise between the factions. The war between factions continued for years; at last, only one party remained. All the other parties escaped to other kingdoms.

The winning faction tried to build a new kingdom, but an unexpected attack of the Undead sect resulted in the death of every person belonging to that faction.

George, in anger, destroyed the Undead sect after seeing the past events. The undead sect wasn't an insignificant sect. The undead sect in Redstar was only one of the branches of the headquarter situated in the center of the Universe.

George's sudden attack on one of the undead sect's branches unexpectedly turned into a full-fledged war between the headquarter and George. More and more sects started involving themselves in this war due to the undead sect's rewards. It didn't take long for it to turn into a full-fledged war.

George was too powerful for the war. He destroyed every warring sect in less than a week.

George became the ruler of the Rainbow Universe, but he has a different plan for this Universe.

He had to pay a supercluster core in return for the embryo, as he was satisfied with the hellfire mage embryo and felt the store was at a loss, so he paid the universal core for the embryo.

Taking the universal core resulted in the death of every living creature in the Universe, but George didn't care. His worldview has entirely changed in these past few years.

"Damn, I lost on this deal," Aakesh complained after receiving the universal core.. As he expected a supercluster core from a high-rank Universe, instead, he got a universal core of a low-rank Universe.

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Thousands of years have passed since George started his journey as a hellfire mage.

The situation around George has radically changed. Millennia ago, he was a weak human with a sense of justice, he wanted to be a good and a kind ruler, but now he was only a being famous for his cruelty in hell.

Even Infernals shuddered in front of him due to fear. A century ago, George successfully became a Level 11 mage and gained immortality. Level 11 mages were also known as demigods, as only Gods were above a Level 11 mage. His becoming Level 11 brought a radical change in hell. The addition of one more Level 11 in the clan of Infernals made the clan rise to become a higher clan.

George still had bigger ambitions as he found out a way to become even stronger. He wanted to rule the Infernals, not just one of the leaders.

Infernals had a total of seven demigods. The current leader of the Infernals was the first Infernal to become a demigod, and he became one about several million years ago.

There were no sub-levels in Level 11. The power only depended upon the control of the element, and as one spent longer time meditating in their level, the stronger the being is.

The hellfire embryo turned out even better than he expected for George. When he reached the level of demigod, a new knowledge opened in his mind. The data contained information about attaining Godhood. He started meditation according to the newly emerged knowledge.

He has been in closed meditation for a century now. All the demigods belonging to the Infernal clan have been waiting for him to come out, so they can celebrate his reaching immortality.

While the high-level Infernals were busy plundering, ruling, slaughtering, etc., an announcement popped up in every Infernal's mind. The sudden notification was a summon to their main world for every high-ranked Infernal currently staying in hell. The sudden summon confused everybody, but they still returned without asking any questions; through the portals.

Even the demigods had no idea of the reason for the summon. They only came because it was a request by George. It took only a few breaths of time for everyone to arrive at the main world of Infernals.

There were only seven seats available for the leaders, so every other Infernal stood waiting.

"Welcome everyone," A sudden hoarse voice echoed in the surroundings. George appeared in the last empty seat.

Even the six demigods sitting next to him didn't notice when he appeared. All of the six had a look of shock in their eyes.

George glanced at them and smiled. It sent ominous signals to their hearts when they saw that smile.

He stood up from his seat and smilingly waved at the lines of Infernals waiting for the reason of summoning. Everyone who saw that wave was stunned as George was famous for his lack of communication with anybody.

"I know you've been waiting for the reason for your summoning. I can see some of you are anxious, thinking, what if we are going to war. You don't have to worry. The issue is minor," George announced, looking at the Infernals. The leader of the Infernals and the other five demigods had solemn expressions, as they hadn't lived for so long in vain. They knew the motive of George after that smile.

Many Infernals breathed a sigh of relief, but their jaws dropped the next moment.

"I want to be the leader of this clan, so I've called you here to see the challenge between the leader and me," George added.

The venue became so silent that even a breath would be considered loud.

"No need for challenge," The silence was broken by the sudden announcement of the leader.

George didn't expect this response from the leader. He turned, stared at the leader, and stated, "But, I want the leadership."

"I Know."

"Then why no need for the challenge?" George argued.

"You can become the leader straight away. There is no need for a challenge. I would only hurt myself in a fight with you," The leader explained.

George didn't expect the leader to give up his place this easily. After being silent for some time, he laughed out loud.

He then turned around to look at the Infernals and announced, "All of you've heard the leader. As of this moment, I'm the leader of Infernals. I'll make Infernals a top clan one day."

He then disappeared after that, all the other demigods following him. Other Infernals only stayed there shell-shocked. It only took a few breaths of time to change the leadership of a race.

Time flew. It has been several millennia since George took the leadership of the Infernal clan. The Infernal clan has also changed radically like George. They waged wars in this millennia to conquer and plunder, resulting in the death of countless species in hell as well as Universes outside of hell.

He waged wars aggressively because his goal of making Infernal a top clan failed, as all the top races had at least tens of Gods. He wanted to rule as much land as he could.

The main world of Infernals was currently in ruins. George was lying naked and injured in the center of the ruins. There were cracks all over his body. Lightning was running in between the external fissures in his body. A smile appeared on his face as he looked at the clearing sky.

After a few breaths, his injury started healing on its own. In only a few breaths of time, his body got entirely restored. Suddenly, cracks began to appear throughout the space. As time passed, the fissures in the void only grew wider.

George stood up. Hellfire engulfed him and turned into a cloak. "Finally," He said, as he has become a God now.

The six demigods of the clan appeared and surrounded him, "What are your instructions before leaving, Honourable God?" The previous leader asked with an awed expression on their face.

Gods had their own world, and the Multiverse didn't allow any God to stay in the lower world after having a breakthrough because of the fragile fabric of the void.

"You're the leader from now on. It's up to you what to do?" George told the previous leader and disappeared. He couldn't wait to enter the world of Gods.

The impatience of George dumbfounded the other six demigods. "Let's announce it to the other races," The leader shook his head and said to the other demigods.

George's life in the lower world ended with that.

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Somewhere in the void,

In a rundown cottage still in the space, Aakesh was playing with Lily. They laughed as they played. There hasn't been a single customer in his store since George.

Despite several millennia passing, Aakesh looked the same, just like he did in the past, without even a hint of aging.

Aakesh was playing when he suddenly came to a halt. The sudden stop confused Lily. She vanished and appeared on his shoulder the next moment. "What happened?" She asked while lightly hitting his head.

"That Human has just become a God," Aakesh answered while picking Lily up from his shoulder.

"What a waste of that hellfire embryo," Lily ridiculed.

If George heard Lily right now, he would fight her to death in anger. He worked so hard for thousands of years to reach this level. Attaining Godhood in only a few millennia put him in top-tier talents, but it didn't even take Lily a nanosecond to rubbish his talent and hard work.

"What has it got to do with us? He bought it and paid for it," Aakesh responded smilingly. He then scratched Lily's chin. She responded with a cute meow forgetting about George.

[Ding]

Suddenly, Aakesh heard a mechanical tone in his head.

"Oh System, you are back," Aakesh spoke, as he clearly knew about the system.

[Hello! Host.]

[You have successfully completed your mission.]

[Mission objective: To create one hundred Gods by your store product.]

[Result: Successfully created one hundred Gods in eighty-one thousand years.]

[Bonus result: Seventeen of the created Gods became Godking.]

[Mission reward calculating…..]

A mechanical voice echoed in Aakesh's head, informing him of the completion of the mission.

Aakesh looked no more than twenty years old, yet the system announced that he completed the last mission objective in more than eighty thousand years.

Eighty-one thousand years ago,

A rundown closed cottage appeared out of nowhere in the void. The hut looked empty from inside, with only a blue-skinned man wearing a red cloak lying unconscious on the ground.

After a few breaths of time, the unconscious man's hands moved lightly. His eyelids then shook slightly.

The man opened his eyes after that. He glanced right and left confusedly. He then rubbed his eyes as everything around looked blurry to him. He then sat up.

As everything around him became clear, he curiously looked at his surroundings. There was nothing to see but only a blue wall in a locked space, yet there was a look of unfamiliarity toward the wall in the man's eye.

"Whe...re is thi...s?" He spoke in a slurred speech.

"Wh..o am I?" He asked himself, as he couldn't remember his identity too.

"Wh...ats my name?" He added another question. His speech also got better with more speaking.

He stood up, clutching his head, trying to remember anything about himself. He didn't even know; Why does he only remember the language he speaks and nothing else? He went up to the wall in his front and touched it. It sent a cooling feeling. All the stress he had due to not remembering anything of the past started disappearing slowly.

[Ding.]

[Binding to the Host.]

[Binding rate..1%, 2%, 3%, 4%...]

A sudden voice broke the man out of his stupor. The voice sounded different than his. He looked around to see the source of the sound, but there was no one. "Hello, who is talking to me?" He spoke loudly.

There was no response from the weird-sounding voice. "HELLO," The man yelled to get an answer from the weird voice, but unfortunately, there was no response.

He tried two or three times again after that, but he had to stop after getting no response at all.

He then searched the whole room to see any way to get out of this locked space, but there wasn't even a window, let alone a door. He then sat down on the ground, giving up at last.

"What is happening to me?" He muttered in irritation.

"WHO IS DOING THIS TO ME?" He screamed to vent his frustration. He yelled for some more time but fell silent because he got irritated by it in the end. As he had nothing to do, he stared blankly at the wall. As time passed, he found himself calming down the more he looked at the blue wall.

[Ding.]

[Successfully bound to the Host.]

"Hello!" The man exclaimed right away as the weird voice returned. He didn't want to stay in silence even if he feels good looking at the wall.

[Hello, Host. I am your system 'The First Store System'.]

The weird voice responded and introduced itself.

A relieved smile appeared on the man's face when he heard the response. There was someone to talk to him. He then remembered what the voice replied.

He curiously looked at the top and excitedly asked questions, "Is my name Host, and What is a system?"

[No, your name isn't Host. A Host is someone who owns the system, and a system is a device created solely to help its Host.]

The man's excitement dimmed down hearing that the Host wasn't his name, but then the next moment, hearing about the system, he got excited again.

"Since you call me Host, that means you will help me?" He asked excitingly with a hint of little nervousness.

[Yes, Host.]

The system responded affirmatively. "Then tell me about my past, and why can't I remember anything about it?" The man asked nervously.

[Sorry, Host. I'm not allowed to tell you about your past.]

The system threw cold water on all of the man's excitement. "But, you just said you'll help me," He argued.

[Affirmative, Host. You need to have a sufficient permission level before asking about your past. Since I've recently bound to you, you don't have any authority.]

The system responded in an expressionless mechanical voice. The man's face turned ugly hearing this.

"Can you at least tell me my name?" The man asked. His tone almost turned into begging.

[Yes, Host. Your name is Aakesh. It means 'Lord of the Sky'.]

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"Aakesh, lord of the sky," The man mumbled after hearing his name.

A smile appeared on his face, mumbling his name for some time as he liked the name.

"System, why aren't you appearing in front of me?" Aakesh asked smilingly as he couldn't see the system.

[Host, I don't have a body. I live inside your head.]

"Huh!" He exclaimed in response to the system's answer. Somehow, he didn't feel weird about it. He then remembered the name of the system.

"System, why are you called 'The First Store System'?" Aakesh asked the system curiously.

[Host, it is my duty to help you in creating the Multiverse's most reputable, dependable, stable, and steady store so that it is called the first store.]

The system responded. Aakesh couldn't hear even a single emotion in the mechanical voice.

"How will you make me the greatest store owner? I don't even have a store," Aakesh asked confusingly.

[Host, you can make this place my store.]

The system replied. "Eh," Aakesh exclaimed.

"I may not have my past memory, but somehow I remember the language and meanings of words. For a store, you need people to come to the store and buy your products. How can a closed space be a store?" Aakesh expressed his doubts while pointing at the closed walls.

Right after he spoke, his jaw dropped as a white door with blue handles appeared out of thin air in the center of the southern wall facing him.

"How did you do this!" Aakesh yelled in an astonished tone. He excitedly ran toward the door, like when a little child runs when he sees a new toy.

[Host, It's nothing. I can do even more.]

The system responded. Aakesh would've thought that the system was boasting if the voice didn't sound emotionless.

He reached the door. The door was plain white and had plain blue handles. He grabbed the door handle and pushed it outwards in the hope of seeing the outside world, but the door didn't budge.

Somehow he had the knowledge that doors can be opened in many ways like push and pull. This time he pulled the door inward, but still, the door didn't budge.

"Hey system, why isn't the door opening?" He asked, irritated, as he was excited to see the outside world.

[Host, the doors of the store will only open when a customer arrives.]

The system responded emotionlessly. Aakesh got angry hearing this. "Is it a store or a prison?" He asked the system angrily.

[Host, It is a store. That's why my name is 'The First Store System'.]

The system replied emotionlessly. Aakesh almost stumbled, hearing this. "I meant, why can't I open the door and go outside?" He asked.

[Host, it's for your safety. You aren't strong enough to currently go outside.]

The system responded in a mechanical voice. "Why wouldn't I be safe if I go outside? What monsters are there outside? How will I be safe in this store then if someone from outside tries to attack me?" He asked a barrage of questions. He still hasn't left the handle of the door.

[Host, this store is located in the emptiness of the void. You won't be safe because your body is currently weak, and it won't be able to handle the pressure of it.]

[There are no monsters outside, as only a few beings can handle pressure here.]

[No one can harm you or even come close to you in this store.]

The system answered his questions one by one.

"If no one can harm me in the store, then why can't I go outside and handle the pressure?" Aakesh asked confusingly. If the system can keep him away from any kind of harm in the store, then it's easy for the system to keep him safe from the pressure of the void.

[Host, I am only bound to help you in the store. If you went away from the area of the store, you've to handle the pressure on your own.]

The system responded bluntly. "How am I supposed to get stronger then if I'm to sit in this store all day?" Aakesh asked curiously.

[Host, you don't have to worry. As you sell materials, you'll grow stronger.]

Aakesh got surprised at first and then excited hearing this. Isn't it too easy for him to grow stronger if many customers begin showing up in the future? But then he remembered the location of the shop. It poured cold water on his excitement. Only a few beings can handle the pressure of the void here, so rarely will customers come in the store.

"How would I get stronger if rarely any customer arrives in the store, and what does this store even sell?" He asked.

[Host, customers of this store can be anyone. Even the weakest can get a chance to buy the products in the store.]

[Host, this store sells everything.]

The system answered Aakesh's question.

Everything the system said was too complex for Aakesh to understand. He didn't even try to understand the things this time.

"Hey system, can you give me something to sit upon?" Aakesh requested as he finally let the handle of the door go.

The system didn't speak anything, but a white wooden chair with a cushion appeared in front of him.

"It's so comfortable. Thank you, system!" Aakesh thanked the system as he sat upon the comfortable chair.

"System, if you sell everything, where are the products?" Aakesh asked, pointing at the empty room.

[Host, the products will appear on their own when the time comes.]

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[Host, the store products will arrive after you're ready to start a store.]

Aakesh got confused hearing this. It was unclear to him what the system meant by suitability criteria.

"And, how can I be suitable to start the store?" He asked the system.

[Host, I will give you some quests to complete. These quests will help you learn more about this Multiverse. As you successfully complete the quests, you'll become more and more suitable for becoming the store owner of the Multiverse's most reputable store.]

The system replied to Aakesh's question without even a hint of emotion.

"When will you send me my first quest, system?" Aakesh curiously asked the system, as he was curious about the contents of the quest and how it would make him a great store owner.

[Whenever you're ready, Host.]

"Really!" Aakesh exclaimed in amazement. Is there anyone who does not wish to work according to their own schedule? He also wanted it.

[Yes, Host.]

The system replied emotionlessly to Aakesh, even though he was exclaiming to himself. Suddenly a suspicion arose in his heart.

"Hey, system," He called out.

[Yes, Host.]

"Why are you so nice to me?"

[Because you're my Host.]

"That can't be it. You'll give me your land, products, and safety for the store. I only have to sell the product. That makes me an employee and you an employer. So why are you acting like I'm the employer?"

"Why are you acting so nice with me and doing or answering everything I want or ask?" Aakesh expressed his suspicions.

[Insufficient permission to answer this question.]

[Host, it's my duty to help you and fulfill your demands as long as it doesn't exceed your permission.]

The system answered both of his questions respectively in an emotionless voice. Aakesh wasn't happy with the answer as the system didn't give any new information. His knowledge was the same as before expressing his suspicions.

Currently, he was not allowed to ask for any answers, so he might have to wait until he got more authority in the future to ask for them.

His eyes started getting drowsy as he found himself more comfortable on the chair.

"Hey, system. Can you give me a bed made with this same cushion," Aakesh requested the system, as he wanted to sleep comfortably on the bed, not the chair.

[Yes, Host.]

Within moments, there appeared in the middle of the room a bed created only of cushions. Everything was already set up. Aakesh just needed to sleep on the bed.

After the bed appeared, he noticed a weird thing. He still felt that the space was still as empty as before the bed arrived.

"Hey, system. What is happening here; even though you have placed a huge bed in the center of the room, it still looks empty as before?" He asked the system.

[Host, it's due to a space skill. What you're seeing is nothing; even if you place multiple universes in this room, this place will still look as empty as right now.]

The system responded in its own strange voice. "Wow!" Akash said in surprise. He would have been convinced that the system was boasting if he could hear any emotion, but the voice was as emotionless as it could be.

Having the same empty space even after filling universes sounded too astonishing to be real, but Aakesh saw the mini version of the skill himself, so it must be true. The skill excited him, as he could also learn this skill himself. As he lay in bed, he lost himself in dreams of possessing the mysterious space ability.

Since the store cottage was located in the emptiness of the void, there was no day and night here. Time flew. After unknown hours of sleep, Aakesh woke up.

He saw a blurry plain blue roof above him. He sat up and stretched both of his hands. His eyes were still blurry, so he rubbed them.

As he felt rejuvenated, he mumbled, "So refreshing." He then got down from the bed and walked in the room for few rounds to exercise his body.

"Hey, system," Aakesh called out to the system.

[Yes, Host.]

"I am ready for my first quest. Give me one," Aakesh asked the system.

[Host, please see the mission.]

A sudden blue screen appeared out of nowhere in front of Aakesh. The screen followed his eyes as he moved his head. Golden fonts started emerging on the blue screen.

[Mission: Knowledge of countless races

Description: You need to have knowledge of the countless races residing in this Multiverse. Your goal is to make your store 'The First Store', so you'll have customers from every species in the future.

Requirement: Learn about the features, characteristics, and rare traits of every race.

Reward: Unlock the Status menu.]

Aakesh read the entire text on the screen. He didn't judge the mission as difficult or easy. "Okay, how am I going to learn about the races?" He asked the system since he was ready to start the mission.

The blue screen in front of him turned into a black screen while the fonts on it disappeared.

A strange being with a similar body shape as him appeared on the black screen. White fonts started appearing above the creature. It said 'Human'.

The first race Aakesh learned about was Humans. Humanity is a species that originated on planet Earth around a quadrillion years ago. They have the same ancestor as apes; that's why they look similar to apes in body shape. They went on to conquer many planets, then galaxies, and then universes. They are still one of the weakest races in this Multiverse.

Humans have a rare trait of excessive greed. The greed of power has made them come to this point. They have a high reproducing rate and are one of the most intelligent races in this Multiverse. Their intelligence is the reason they've been able to avoid wars with stronger races than them.

"Interesting race," Aakesh commented after reading about Humans. He read about it again to remember everything written about the Humans on the black screen.

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The next race Aakesh learned about was called Elf. They were of different skin color, hair, and eyes, but one thing that was common in Elves was their sharp and pointy ears.

Elves originated on planet Dorothiml around several septillion years ago. They aren't a natural-born race. A primordial tree called the World tree is the creator of this race. Elves have conquered many universes to establish them as a medium-level force in the Multiverse.

Elves have a rare trait of pride. This pride of them stems from their creator. Their pride is also the reason that they don't have friendly relations with many races. They are one of the most talented races in using magic. The screen showed many more things about them.

Aakesh read the information about the Elves one more time to remember it. He didn't find anything special about them, unlike Humans. Humans are greedy, but they are smart, whereas Elves are prideful but simple-headed. The information of the races continued on the screen after that. The screen also showed major wars that race faced. The more Aakesh knew about the races, the more eager he became to open the store and have contacts with them.

Time flew. There was no way for Aakesh to find out how much time has passed, but the system knew. When he asked the system the time, he got the answer he never expected. More than ten years have passed until now, but it felt like an instant to Aakesh. He hasn't even learned about one-quarter of the races in this Multiverse.

He read about various interesting races in these past ten years. He liked one particular race, Peacock.

Peacocks are blue-skinned creatures and have a blue crest on top of their head like a crown. Their tail feathers make them distinct from any other species. Their tail feather has the design of eyes on them.

The species originated on the planet Elmar. A long time ago, peacocks were considered a race of beasts. They were well known for their stunning appearance. Due to their overly beautiful features, they were used as pets by high-ranking members of the beast clan. Their treatment as pets was not a problem, but when a peafowl was forcefully taken away from his father, a problem arose.

That man turned out to be an unrivaled genius of the beast race. Peacocks were a peaceful race before that, but that man changed everything. His name was Kartikeya. He alone made Peacock's overlord of this Multiverse. He has waged more than a million wars since he started, but he has never lost even a single battle. He is currently known as the God of war. The beast race has to ask for forgiveness, at last, to stop the war with Kartikeya.

These things didn't make Aakesh like Peacocks. What Aakesh liked about Peacocks is that they never conquered another planet. After winning the war, Kartikeya always returned the star to their rulers, or if he killed everybody, he would donate it to the weaker races. These acts of Kartikeya made Peacocks loved and respected all around the Multiverse.

After studying about different races for over a decade, he still maintained an interest in learning about them. Time flew. Several decades passed in a blink of an eye.

Aakesh was reading about a race called Deva from the screen. A Deva is an immortal race from birth. Amorphous, neither male nor female, they had no distinct appearance, size, or distinguishing characteristics. They were also the true rulers of the Multiverse. Even the greatest of beings, Kartikeya, never dared to fight any Deva.

Deva is a race that originates from the Multiverse itself. Every septillion years, the Multiverse gives birth to a Deva. They only lose to everybody when it comes to population.

The difference between the power of Deva and the power of other races is so huge that the youngest Deva can defeat the second powerful known race, Asura, on their own.

They were the most powerful yet most loved race in this Multiverse because of their kind and peace-loving nature. They have only fought once since times immemorial. It took them only eleven seconds to win the war. The only reason they involved themselves in the war was due to being responsible for the maintenance of the Multiverse.

Aakesh couldn't close his mouth even once due to shock after he started reading about Deva. Devas are so good that even a perfect race might be a wrong description for them. They didn't have any weaknesses.

After already being born the strongest, they had one more advantage. Anyone who dared fight against Deva loses two-third of their power automatically at the start of the battle. Multiverse made sure that no being could challenge the rulership of Devas.

[Ding.]

[The quest: Knowledge of countless races successfully completed.]

[Misssion reward: Status unlock successfully rewarded.]

"Eh, already done," Aakesh murmured disappointedly after hearing the notification of successfully completing the mission.

"How many races did I learn about, system?"

"Hou much time did it take me to complete the mission?" Aakesh asked the system, as he wasn't counting the number of races.

[Host, You learned about 1,666,199,719,971,997 races. You took 67 years to learn the knowledge about these races.]

The system answered his question. His mouth flew wide open after listening to the number of races present in the Multiverse.

"There are this many races present in this Multiverse?" Aakesh asked again as he couldn't believe the number.

[Negative, Host. We have 1,666,199,719,971,934 races. Sixty-three races just became extinct due to different years.]

Aakesh didn't know what to speak. He was amazed about the number of races, but he also felt wrong about the sixty-three races dying out. He could only wish for their reincarnation in a good place.

"Hey, system. Is our Multiverse crowded due to having so many races?" He asked as a doubt suddenly emerged in his mind.

[No, Host. You think too little of the Multiverse. The number of universes in this Multiverse surpasses the number of races.]

The system replied in an emotionless voice. Aakesh also suspected this since he had read about many races even bigger in size than an entire universe. He then remembered the reward the system gave him for completing the quest.

"System, how do I see this status?" He curiously asked the system.

[Host, you only have to think about the status in your mind, and it will appear in front of you.]

The system responded. Aakesh nodded and thought of the status. The next moment, a screen containing his details appeared in front of him.

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A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.

Personal Status:

Name: Aakesh,

Race: ,

Profession: [Locked,

Level: [Locked,

Physical attributes,

Strength: 1,

Agility: 1,

Intelligence: -0-,

Stamina: -0-,

No. of quests completed: 1,

Skills: [Locked].

The status first showed his name. When Aakesh saw the next appearing word, race, he became excited. He still didn't know anything about him even after spending decades here. But the next moment, his excitement vanished. He could only see gibberish in front of his race section.

"Hey, system. Why can't I read or see my race? With a hint of irritation, he asked the system.

[Host, you don't have sufficient authority.]

The system responded in a mechanical voice. Aakesh also finally knew why he couldn't hear any emotion in the system's voice.

The system belonged to a race called Yantra. What blew Aakesh expectation was that Yantras are a natural-born race, not artificially created. Yantra is a race that is incapable of feeling or showing emotions. So, only his origins were now unknown to him. Furthermore, he questioned the system as to how it knew so much about the Multiverse as Yantra isn't even a top 100 race. But he didn't get any answer from the system.

Aakesh fell silent after the system responded that he did not have enough authority. In the end, he decided to focus on the status. On the screen, there are now two more sections, profession, and level. The state in both segments was locked, however.

Aakesh didn't care much as he knew the reason why it showed locked. More golden fonts appeared on the screen. The newly emerged section showed physical attributes, which had four attributes: strength, agility, intelligence, and stamina.

Aakesh understood 1 in strength and agility, but he couldn't understand what intelligence and stamina showed.

"Hey, system. I don't understand the attribute section," Aakesh asked the system to explain.

[Host, your strength and agility are at 1. It tells that you are very weak in comparison with others. The -0- in stamina and intelligence shows that you don't need improvement in them anymore. You have infinite stamina and intelligence.]

The system answered. "Infinite stamina and intelligence!" Aakesh exclaimed after hearing the response.

He understood the meaning of infinite stamina, as he had been sitting for decades learning about different races, and he still isn't tired. But he didn't understand what infinite intelligence signified. It cannot simply mean Aakesh is the smartest.

"Hey, system. What does infinite intelligence signify?"

[Host, it means that you can learn any knowledge, no matter its complexity or restriction upon it.]

Aakesh became confused by the system answer. Even an ordinary creature can learn anything if he works on it. It's a different matter whether he'll be able to remember it in the future or not. So, he asked the system about it.

[Host, you misunderstood. Some pieces of knowledge in the Multiverse are taboo for everybody, and the Multiverse punishes those who try to read or learn about it. But those who have limitless intelligence, she doesn't stop or punish. If you didn't have infinite intelligence, you would've never been capable of learning about Deva. You'll also be like the majority of the creatures, who only know Devas exist, but don't know anything about them.]

This piece of information astonished him. He was one of the weakest in this unending Multiverse, but he was also one of the few creatures to learn any knowledge. The mysteries surrounding his past became more mysterious.

Aakesh then returned his focus to the status screen. The screen was entirely filled. Only two sections after physical attributes appeared, no. of quests completed, and skills.

Aakesh knew the meaning of both the sections, so he didn't ask the system about it. Since there was nothing new to see on the status, he thought of the screen disappearing. The dark blue screen with golden fonts vanished after his order.

"System, I'm ready for the second quest," He asked the system for the second quest. He has enough stamina, so he'll never get tired physically or mentally.

[Host, please see the screen for the quest.]

[Mission: Knowledge of Languages

Description: You need to have knowledge of the language of the countless races residing in this Multiverse. Your goal is to make your store 'The First Store', so you'll have customers from every species in the future. You need to make them feel familiar, so you need to have knowledge of their language.

Requirement: Learn about the language spoken by every race.

Reward: Unlock the skills section and a Title.]

"Hey, system, why do I need to learn the language of other races?" Aakesh confusedly asked. He couldn't see the point of this quest because the system surely can give him a skill where he can understand and speak every language.

[Host, only by doing so can you learn the language. Language is not always about communication. It's something more than that. Some languages are so superior and divine that it's almost impossible to create skills using them.]

"Okay, start the quest," Aakesh had no words to answer the system, so he told it to start the mission.

The system didn't respond, but a black screen like in the previous quest appeared, then golden fonts started appearing on it.

It explained, there are various ways in which different races converse. Some people communicate through oral speech, some through gestures, some through visuals, or some through audio-visuals, etc. Language may have different ways of conversing, but most have one primary purpose: to make communication easier.

There are countless races in the Multiverse. Every race to exist until now has created multiple languages, so there are also infinite languages in this Multiverse.

New fonts started appearing on the screen. It was titled 'Human spoken languages'. After that, the languages spoken by Humans began appearing on the screen one by one.

Only when humanity was still on planet Earth, it spoke more than 7000 languages, and as they grew in power, they created more languages. Currently, humankind has more than a million languages with billions of dialects.

Time flew. Decades after decades passed, but Aakesh still sat at the same position and stared at the screen. He hasn't even learned about one-tenth of the spoken languages, let alone forgotten language present in the Multiverse.

Aakesh interest increased in learning about the languages the more he read about. Language can also show the history of a species, so he was learning the history of the various races as well as their language. For example, he found out how humanity discovered fire through visual language.

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After Humans using languages, it was the turn of the languages used by the Elves. Since Elves were artificially created, they had a perfect set of languages since their birth.

Elves only had one way of communication, oral, since their birth. They also have only one language, elvish, but since there were multiple types of Elves, they differentiated the language through their color, like Dark Elf spoke dark-elvish, and Moon Elf spoke moonlight-elvish, etc.

It took Aakesh the least amount of time to learn different kinds of elvish since there were only minor changes between them. When he was learning elvish, he saw the perfect use of magic. He learned many things about magic from elvish. Now he knew why were the Elves so talented when it comes to magic?

Time flew. More than three centuries have passed since he started learning the languages. Only one race was left, now. His excitement knew no bounds currently. He'll learn more about mysterious Deva using their language.

Aakesh's knowledge of magic has become perfect during this quest. It was all due to the language of Dragons. Dragons are the creator of magic in the Multiverse.

The black screen changed, huge golden fonts showing Deva appeared on it. Below that, only one strange letter started appearing.

When he was looking at the incomplete letter, Aakesh got a severe headache and almost blanked out. He right away closed his eyes. His back was sweating. For the first time since he opened his eyes, he felt the fear of death. He saw the illusion of him dying and taking rebirth again and again when looking at the word.

[Host, please don't try to look at the whole letter. It is the most divine character in the Multiverse. You may not be able to handle the pressure.]

In an emotionless voice, the system warned Aakesh. "You could've warned me before the letter appeared," He complained.

The system didn't speak anything in response. Aakesh stopped complaining after getting no response from the system.

[Host, you can open your eyes. Only the first stroke of the letter is currently present on the screen.]

The system informed Aakesh. He believed the system after spending several centuries with it, so he opened his eyes. After opening his eyes, he saw a tiny downward curved line. As he stared at the curve, he could not take his eyes off it. He felt himself getting sucked into it.

Despite wanting to move his eyes away from the screen, he had an intuition that moving his eyes away would be his biggest mistake, so he believed his hunch and continued looking at it.

Just as Aakesh looked at the curve, it started moving into creating the strange letter, but he wasn't aware of it. He lost himself into an illusion.

He saw how uncountable years ago, there was nothing. In that nothingness, a sound echoed. That sound gave birth to a spark. As time passed, the spark got bigger.

As the spark expanded, it gave birth to eleven beings whom Aakesh couldn't see. The only thing he could see was a dot in place of those beings. That spark was none other than the Multiverse. After giving birth, the speed at which the Multiverse expanded slowed down.

The first being, the Multiverse gave birth to, became the leader of the newborn beings. The leader then ordered their subordinates to create worlds and new species since their mother has become weak after giving birth to them.

As per the order of their leader, other beings started creating new worlds by using the energy of the sound that gave birth to the Multiverse. As these individuals created new worlds, these newly created worlds sent some of their energy to the Multiverse. It gave a boost to the Multiverse.

The Multiverse regained the speed at which it was expanding. It was how the Multiverse came into creation. It created a perfect cycle as the newly created world, galaxy, or universe gave birth to new species. The leaders called back all the ten beings after the creation of the perfect cycle.

It is still growing at the same rate, despite the passage of inestimable years. There are countless races in this Multiverse, but new races are born or disappear with every breath.

The illusion ended after that. The complete letter appeared on the screen. Aakesh took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart after the end of the illusion, but the pounding didn't stop.

What he saw was too majestic to take in. He only saw a dot in place of the eleven beings, but he still felt the pressure of that dot. He only forgot one thing from the illusion, and that was the sound.

[Ding.]

[The quest: Knowledge of Languages, successfully completed.]

[Mission reward: Skills and Title unlocked, successfully rewarded.]

Aakesh ignored the system notification, as his mind was still fixated on the illusion.

"Hey, system, who was those eleven beings, and why did I forget what was the sound?" He asked the system, as only it could answer him.

[Host, those eleven beings are the first Devas. The leader of the group is the ruler of the Multiverse, the strongest of all, and the only being allowed to have direct contact with the Multiverse.]

[Host, even Devas can't remember or recognize the sound. Only the first eleven beings remember the sound.]

The system answered both questions. Aakesh jaw dropped listening that someone can contact the Multiverse.

"Hey, system, why is that only the leader can contact the Multiverse? All the other ten are also her child, and the leader didn't even do anything," He curiously asked the system.

[Host, some things are beyond everything.]

The system responded emotionlessly. Aakesh understood the meaning of what the system was implying, so he shut up. There was an awkward silence after that.

[Host, would you like to see your title and skill.]

The silence broke when the system reinformed him of the reward of the successful completion of the quest.

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[Host, you can check your title in the status screen.]

The system informed Aakesh, breaking the awkward silence present in the room. He also remembered the reward, the system gave him. He then thought of the system,

A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.

Personal Status:

Name: Aakesh,

Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),

Race: ,

Profession: [Locked,

Level: [Locked,

Physical attributes,

Strength: 1,

Agility: 1,

Intelligence: -0-,

Stamina: -0-,

No. of quests completed: 2,

Skills: None.

There were only two changes in the status screen. First, a new title section appeared, and second, none appeared on the skill section in place of [Locked].

He got the title 'Myrioglot' as a reward from the system. Think to expand was written next to it, so he did the same.

Another screen appeared on top of the status screen. New golden fonts started to appear on the new screen.

[Title: Myrioglot

Description: This title is reserved for people who can speak languages used by at least one-quarter of all races.

Benefit: If you spoke their spoken language with the race, they would feel close to you.]

The title's description disappointed Aakesh, as he didn't see any benefit in the title. The reward didn't matter much for him, as he felt learning the knowledge of creation was already generous enough. He then thought of the screen disappearing, and both the screen disappeared after that.

"Hey, system, what's the benefit of this title?" He asked the system, as something the system gave him can't be a wasteful thing.

[Host, this title will protect you from other races unless you do something to anger them or you have something they could fight to the death for.]

The system answered in its mechanical voice. Aakesh wasn't surprised by the answer as he also expected the same.

"What's even the point if I can't go outside?" He muttered, as the moment he can go outside, he'll become one of the strongest in the Multiverse.

But he stopped worrying about the use since he'll come in contact with many races when he starts his store.

"Hey, system. How many quests do I need to complete before starting the store?" He then asked the system as it would be good to know about the no. of quests he needs to complete.

[Host, only two more quests are left.]

The system responded, making him excited. "Then, start the third quest," He informed the system. He enjoyed doing missions because he learned new things and was getting closer to opening the store.

[Host, see the screen for the quest.]

The system informed him, and a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him.

[Mission: Knowledge of levels of Treasures

Description: To become the most prominent store owner, you need to have perfect knowledge of the types of treasures and their differences, whether in terms of use or value. How can a store owner be legendary if he doesn't even know the worth of his products?

Requirements: Learn about differences in every kind of treasure.

Reward: Unlock of the last quest to become a store owner.]

Afterward, the screen disappeared as Aakesh read the mission objective. The reward of the quest was different this time, unlike the last two missions. He also noticed 'store owner' in the description of the mission. It wasn't like it was being used for the first time. However, Aakesh did not emphasize this before.

The

"Hey, system. Why is it that you use store owner in the description of the quests?"

"I neither supply the store products nor do I own the land. You will supply me with the products I need to sell on the land that you provide me. How can I be considered a store owner? Why am I not a store manager or a salesperson?" Aakesh curiously asked the system.

[Host, it is true that I'll provide everything the store will sell or the land, and you'll only act as the salesperson. But there is another truth, the moment I bound with you, you became my owner.]

A mechanical, emotionless voice straight away answered. Aakesh was intrigued by the system's response.

"Don't you feel dishonor acting as someone lackey despite providing everything?" He curiously asked. Yantra was one of the top races in the Multiverse, but still, to select some weakling as owners, and act on their whims, must be a dishonor.

[Host, we Yantras are born without any emotion.]

The system replied emotionlessly. Aakesh only smiled in response since he had no words to retort.

Since Aakesh stopped asking questions, the system decided to start the quest. A black screen appeared in front of him, and fonts started appearing on it.

Aakesh forgot everything and focused on the screen to learn new things. It said there are many kinds of treasures like weapons, pills, or potions, etc. every kind of treasure can be divided into many levels based on the materials used to make them or their value after creation.

The words disappeared after that and the weapon word appeared in their places.

Weapons determine people's fate, regardless of their civilization. So it is the most common treasure in the Multiverse.

The Multiverse is divided into four dimensions: (i) the dimension of creatures without divinity, (ii) the dimension of beings who attained divinity (Gods), (iii) the dimension of Asuras, Yakshas, and Primordial beings, and (iv) the dimension of Devas.

Weapons are divided into levels according to their dimension, except fourth. For fourth dimension weapons, there is no level since every Deva is born with a weapon, and they have an unlimited growth rate like their owner.

The first dimension where the beings without divinity live is called 'The Primal dimension'. It doesn't mean that there are no beings who can live forever in the primal dimension. It's called such because even the weakest god has the capability to destroy it.

In the primal dimension, weapons are divided into ten categories:

(i) Common: The weapon even the weakest can use,

(ii) Rare: These weapons are rare in a star,

(iii) Epic: Strongest weapon of a world,

(iv) Legendary: Weapons famous in more than ten worlds,

(v) Mythical: A weapon famous in a galaxy,

(vi) King: Weapon used by Kings (ruler of more than ten galaxies),

(vii) Emperor: Weapon used by Emperors (ruler of one or more superclusters),

(viii) Overlord: Weapon used by the Overlord of a Universe,

(ix) Immortal: Weapon used by the Immortals,

(x) Growth weapons: Weapons that can grow stronger.

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There were ten levels in which weapons were categorized in the primal dimensions. It didn't have much information about them written on it.

The next moment, all the fonts disappeared, and new golden fonts started appearing on the screen. The details about the level of the weapons appeared on the screen one by one.

Common weapons, as their names say they are the most ordinary weapons. They can be anything used to attack or defend. The most striking feature about these weapons is that they do not require energy and do not have any energy source.

Rare weapons are more durable and potent than ordinary weapons. Because they possess the ability to use energy and they are able to cause harm to others, beginners use them.

Epic weapons are the known most potent weapon in a world. Epic weapons have the ability to destroy mountains and seas. Any large faction to survive in any world needs to have an epic weapon.

Legendary weapons are weapons that have the power only heard in legends. They have the ability to destroy a world in one attack. These weapons have their own energy source.

The Mythical weapon is a weapon that has the ability to inspire mythology. These weapons may not be the most powerful, but they cannot be created by anyone. These weapons can only be developed by the galaxy and utilized exclusively in the galaxy. It merely becomes a more potent ordinary weapon in other universes.

The King's weapon is the weapon that the ruler of ten or more galaxies creates for themselves using their blood. The most ordinary material used in these weapons is a world core.

Time flew. Aakesh read about every level of weapon in more detail. He was most interested in mythical weapons and growth weapons after reading about them. The growth weapon stood out from the list because it is the only weapon that could transcend with the immortal when they achieve divinity.

The fonts on the screen disappeared after that. It then started explaining the second dimension.

The 'Sacred Dimension' is the second dimension in which beings who attained or were born with divinity reside. As only immortals can attain divinity, this is also the dimension of beings who live forever. The time difference between the first and second dimensions is 1000:1. When only 1 second passes in the sacred dimension, 1000 seconds advance in the first dimension.

The screen then revealed the details about the level of weapons and their descriptions. Time flew. After explaining the details about the weaponry in the sacred dimension, it started showing details about the third dimension and then the fourth. Since there were no levels in Devas dimension, it only showed that weapon and its descriptions.

Aakesh's mouth didn't close since he started reading about the power of weapons in the third dimension. The screen disappeared after he read about all the details of weapons in all four dimensions.

After the details about the weapon disappeared, details about the pills started appearing.

In the primal dimension, pills were divided into six categories:

(i) Inferior pill: The pill with common use for injury, meditation, and diseases, etc.,

(ii) Medium pill: The pill used for serious injury, level up for beginners, etc.,

(iii) Top pill: The pill used by kings,

(iv) Superior pill: The pill used by emperors and overlords,

(v) Immortal pill: The pill that has the ability to revive, cure any disease or toxin, and breakthrough to immortal level,

(vi) Ascendance pill: The pill used by Immortals (these are the only pills that work for immortals).

It then explained that these six levels are also divided into three grades; first, second, and third. The third grade being the worst, and the first grade is the best.

Time flew. It explained the details of every level of treasures in every dimension. It took six weeks for Aakesh to completely learn about the different kinds and levels of treasure.

[Ding.]

[The quest: Knowledge of Treasures, successfully completed.]

[Mission Reward: The fourth quest has been successfully activated.]

[Host, See the screen for the details of the mission.]

The system informed Aakesh after the completion of the quest. Something unusual happened this time as the system activated the mission on its own, unlike previous times.

A blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him. Aakesh didn't straight away read the quest. He has just read about treasures so he needed some time to settle the knowledge.

The knowledge of treasures used in the fourth dimension still stayed in his mind. An arrow that was only an ordinary weapon for Devas could destroy all the three dimensions together in a single attack and would still have enough energy to do it ten more times.

Aakesh took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart and try to imagine the scene of the destruction. After calming down, he focused on the quest.

[Mission: Knowledge of the Power system and Levels

Description: Creatures of every level will come to your store in the future. As a great store owner, every customer will be equal to you, but every customer has needs according to their power level. So you need to show the best product according to the power of the customer, even before they ask for it.

Requirement: Learn about different power systems and their levels.

Reward: Unlock the profession and few skills.]

Aakesh read the quest, and the quest window disappeared after that. It was still a mission related to knowledge, so he was excited about completing it.

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The black screen appeared after the quest window disappeared. The title 'Power System' in golden fonts appeared on it. It explained,

There are countless races in the Multiverse; some are born immortal like Deva, some are born physically strong but mentally weak, or some are born weak physically as well as mentally, etc. So every race can not become powerful using a single power system.

Many unrivaled characters of the races made a new power system suitable for their races with the help of Primordial beings or Devas, so there are many power systems in the primal dimension.

Yet only a few power systems can aid creatures in becoming immortal and thus become gods. These power systems are:

(i) Qi cultivation system: In cultivation, beings attain immortality using Tao,

(ii) Prana cultivation: Using Prana to cultivate,

(iii) Tamer system: Becoming stronger using the help of different races,

(iv) Warrior system: Cultivating body or weapon,

(v) Faith system: Using the faith of the creatures to attain Godhood,

(vi) Soul system: Here, beings cultivate their soul

(vii) Mage system: Here, beings study magic...

Aakesh read many of the power systems on the screen. It disappeared after introducing the names of the power system. As soon as the screen lit up, the Qi cultivation system appeared.

Laozi, a Deva, created the Qi cultivation system and gave it to humans during their stay on Earth. People in the Qi cultivation system cultivate using Qi and then strive toward Tao; as they become closer to Tao, they become stronger. As humans grew influential and powerful, the influence of Tao reached other races too, so it's currently the most used power system in the primal dimension.

Then Prana cultivation system appeared on the screen. No one knew who founded this cultivation system, as Kartikeya from the Peacock race found a cultivation art in ruin during one of his travels. Using that one cultivation art, he reached the peak in the three dimensions; only Devas are more powerful than him.

Kartikeya created many cultivation arts using that one cultivation art and gave it to many races. Due to this, the influence of Prana cultivation increased in the primal dimension. It's the second most used power system after Qi cultivation. There are many similarities between Qi and Prana, but one tries to attain Tao in the Qi cultivation system, whereas there is nothing to attain in the Prana cultivation system.

Time flew. In the blink of an eye, a week has passed. There was a detailed description of every power system displayed on the screen. Aakesh learned many things about the Primal dimension from this.

The screen then started showing the levels in the power system. First was the Qi cultivation system.

The Qi cultivation system was divided into Eleven Levels:

(i) Qi condensation,

(ii) Houtian,

(iii) Xiantian,

(iv) Soul Formation,

(v) Nascent Soul,

(vi) Void Condensation,

(vii) Void Forging,

(viii) Tao seed,

(ix) Tao Manifestation,

(x) Tao Palace,

(xi) Heavenly Monarch.

There were 4 sub-levels for every main level. There followed a description of every power level on the screen. The time flew by. It displayed every detail about different divisions in different systems.

Every power system had more than eight levels. Only the warrior system was the exception as it had only three levels, (i) Rathi, (ii) Atirathi, and (iii) Maharathi. There were more levels, but they were in higher dimensions, not in primal.

After the primal dimension, the screen explained the power system in the other three dimensions. As in the fourth dimension, only Deva lives; they were born with their own power systems except for the first eleven Devas. The Qi cultivation system was only a minuscule part of the cultivation system Laozi had from birth.

[Ding.]

[The fourth quest: Knowledge of Power System, successfully completed.]

[Mission reward: Unlock of the profession, and few skills, successfully rewarded.]

[Host, check the status for your reward.]

The system informed Aakesh about the completion of the fourth quest in a mechanical voice.

He didn't wait for long and excitedly called out the status, as he'll be a store owner from now on.

A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.

Personal Status:

Name: Aakesh,

Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),

Race: ,

Profession: Store-owner,

Level: [Locked,

Physical attributes,

Strength: 1,

Agility: 1,

Intelligence: -0-,

Stamina: -0-,

No. of quests completed: 4,

Skills: Energy Overseer, Omniscient Eye.

There were three changes in his Personal status. First, his profession changed into store owner from locked. He was a store owner from this moment. He only had to wait for the system to provide him with the products.

Secondly, the number of quests completed turned into four, and Thirdly, he got two skills from the system called: 'Energy Overseer' and 'Omniscient Eye'.

He then thought about the details of the skill, so two new blue windows appeared in front of him, explaining both the skills.

Energy Overseer: This skill will help you identify the value of a product based on its energy signature. No energy in the world can be hidden from your eyes.

Aakesh nodded after reading about Energy Overseer. It wasn't an offensive skill but a support skill. He learned about different types of skills when he was doing the second quest: Knowledge of Treasures in the Multiverse.

Taking this skill with him will be advantageous when he leaves the store in the future. As for the second skill, it was Omniscient Eyes. It gave him the ability to see every detail about the customer coming to his store. This skill was only applicable to his customers. Using this ability, he couldn't see the past information of everyone around him. It was also a support skill like the previous one.

"Hey system, why are both the reward skills, support skills?" Aakesh asked the system.

[Host, you'll get the rewards according to the situation. Currently, there is no need for you to get an offensive or defensive skill.]

The system replied emotionlessly. Aakesh didn't know what to say in response.

[Host, the store is now active since you have successfully completed the quest required for activation.]

The system suddenly responded, and a blue light engulfed the whole room.

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Blue light engulfed the entire room after the system's response. Aakash was intrigued by the sudden blue light and eagerly waited for the result.

In a few seconds, the light faded, and new black shelves and some chairs appeared in the room. The bed that had appeared for Aakesh also disappeared.

Three black shelves were combining all four sides of the wall. Aakesh went up to the shelf in his front direction. He carefully studied them and noticed different designs on the shelf edges. There were several powerful creatures represented in the patterns, either extinct or still existing.

There was a design of a white three-eyed Lion with white wings. When he focused on the design, he suddenly heard a roar that threw him off-guard. He then found himself in an illusion. He was in an empty space looking at a giant lion rushing at him. He wanted to move out of the way of the creature, but his legs couldn't move.

As the lion came closer, his heartbeat started rising fast. The next second, the lion appeared in front of him. He closed his eyes in fear of seeing him ripped apart, but the attack never came.

He opened his eyes and saw the lion curiously looking at him. He couldn't see any intention of attacking the creature. He tried to smile, but the next moment, the lion waved his paws, and Aakesh reappeared in the store.

He looked around twice to make sure that he was in the store. He then took a deep breath to calm himself after making sure that it's not another illusion.

"Hey system, what was that?" He asked the system, losing all his interest in the newly emerged shelves.

[What was what, Host?]

The system puzzledly asked him. "Eh!" Aakesh exclaimed. Did the system not know that he was in an illusion with the three-eyed white lion?

"Did you not see the lion?" He confusedly asked.

[No, Host.]

[Host, you must've fallen in an illusion looking at the shelves. The design you see on the shelves are the signature created by the real being themselves.]

The system explained emotionlessly to Aakesh.

"But, it was nothing like an illusion. The lion threw me out. If it was an illusion, how can this be possible?" He asked.

[Host, the designs you see are of the most powerful entities in the three dimensions, so even their signature is sentient.]

The system explained. Aakesh nodded, after listening to the explanation, as it made sense. He then became curious about the power of the system. To have the living signatures of many of the powerful entities besides Deva in the multiverse was astonishing.

"What are you even?" He curiously asked the system.

[I am the 'The First Store System'.]

The system replied. The system's reply dumbfounded Aakesh. He didn't ask another question related to this because he knew the system knowingly diverted the topic. The day he gets high authority, he'll have all his answers.

"Would I fall into another illusion if I focus on other designs on the edge of the shelves?" He asked.

[Yes, Host.]

The system answered. As there was nothing to do, and the creatures weren't harming Aakesh, he decided to meet every living signature.

The subsequent design he focused on was an eyeball with vertical slits. He felt disgusted looking at the creature, but all his disgust disappeared when he looked at them in reality.

There was a golden hue covering the eyeballs all around it. The creature also introduced themselves. It was a female, and her race was Bles-eye.

Aakesh continued looking at other living signatures after that. The more he saw, the broader his worldview became. Half of the living signatures were of the unique Primordial entities.

For the first time, Aakesh felt mentally taxed since opening his eyes. He wanted to sleep desperately. He didn't even ask the system for the bed and fell asleep on the ground.

He opened his eyes after several hours of sleep. He found himself on the bed when he woke up. He was in a different environment currently. There were no shelves to be seen in the room he was sleeping in. There was only a bed in the entire room.

[Host, the store products have arrived.]

The system informed Aakesh, breaking him out of his sleepiness. He disappeared the next moment from the bed and appeared in the store.

"Eh!" He exclaimed in amazement, seeing the shining shelves all around him. He even forgot to ask the system what that room was.

He rushed to the closest shelf and saw a glass bottle containing a golden pill. He activated his skill 'Energy Overseer' and saw a blinding light in place of it. According to the energy signature, it was a very high-level product.

He looked below the bottle to see the information about the pill, but nothing was written below it. The next moment, a blue window containing the pill information appeared in front of him.

{Pill: Ascension Pill,

Use: Help peak Heavenly Monarch, Demigod, Maharathi, etc., to face tribulation to attain Divinity,

Requirement: Peak of Immortality,

Warning: Anyone below the peak of Immortality will burst due to the energy of the pill.}

After Aakesh read the information about the pill, the window disappeared. Aakesh looked at more products after that. The majority of the products were high-level treasures. Rarely any product was for anyone below Level 9 in all the treasures.

[Host, please see the screen for the quest.]

The system suddenly activated a quest and informed him, breaking him out of his trance.

A blue window with golden fonts appeared in front of him. He put the bow he held to its place and focused on the screen.

[Mission: First Sale

Description: Your journey as a store owner will only start when you start selling the products,

Requirement: Sell the first product to the first customer of the store,

Reward: A random reward,

Failure: The resting room will disappear.]

"Where would I get a cust-"

[Host, the first customer, has arrived.]

The system suddenly informed Aakesh, stopping his speech.

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The sudden quest confused Aakesh. Not even an hour has passed since the products arrived, and already a mission has appeared.

"Hey, system, didn't you say that you'll only activate a quest when I ask?" He asked the system as this was the second time when the system forced a quest on him. This time there was a punishment for failing the mission, unlike the previous times.

[Host, it was before you unlocked your profession. Before, it was possible to control quests. But now that they have become situational, so they're out of my control too.]

The system explained emotionlessly. Aakesh nodded, understanding the explanation made by the system. Only finding a customer was difficult because of the location of the store, but since there was no time limit to complete the mission, he had time. The only issue was he had to sell the product to the first buyer.

[Host, the first customer, has arrived.]

The system suddenly announced in its mechanical voice, breaking his thought process.

"Already!" Aakesh exclaimed, listening to the announcement.

The door of the store then opened for the first time. Aakesh turned around and only saw darkness at the door.

[Host, receive your customer.]

The system advised, breaking him out of his trance. Aakesh nodded and went out through the door.

He excitedly looked at his surroundings, but all he saw was darkness. His excitement dimmed down, seeing only darkness. A being was standing on the opposite end of him.

Aakesh then focused on the appearance of the being. A pair of pointy ears on the being led him to believe it was an Elf. His eyes first went to a captivating half-moon tattoo on the Elf's forehead. The Elf was tall, slender, had white skin with silvery hair and eyes. The half-moon tattoo signified them being a moonlight Elf. He believed the being to be a female Elf, but he wasn't sure as all the Elves are beautiful from birth. At this moment, he saw the being on the other side looking at him and his store with deep hope.

Aakesh also turned around as he has never seen the storefront. He saw an ordinary cottage with enormous golden fonts 'The First Store' lying above it. It wasn't captivating for him, so he turned around and focused on the Elf again.

He then used the skill 'Omniscient Eyes' on the Elf to know about their past details. Suddenly, a memory emerged in his eyes. the Elf on the other side was watching the sky, tears streaking through her cheeks.

"Vanya, you have to stay strong," Came a voice from behind. Vanya was the name of the moonlight Elf.

Vanya turned around and saw a female Elf, having the same appearance as her, concerningly looking at her. "Mother," Vanya spoke and rushed at the lady. She grabbed her mother and started crying.

"Your father will be alright. He has promised us," Her mother said as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"If I was dili...gent in trai...ning, I could've prot...ected father. It's all my fault," Vanya said with a slurred voice.

"It's not your fault. It's our fault for not being able to protect you," Her mother responded.

Vanya's father was a noble in the Ithaviel Kingdom. The current king had two sons, and the king spiled both his sons. The youngest prince was a philanderer, once he was walking with his friends when he saw Vanya enjoying shopping.

The prince tried to force himself on her, but Vanya was too strong for him, so she slapped him. The guards around the prince arrested Vanya and threw her into prison. When her father came to know about this, he publicly killed the guards that arrested his daughter and humiliated the prince.

Vanya's family became a criminal from a wealthy family in a span of a day. They had been running from the prince soldiers to save themselves. Unfortunately, they were found out, and his father got severely injured, trying to protect his family. He was on his deathbed currently and had no money for treatment.

Aakesh cut the memory short as he understood the story of Vanya. He went toward Vanya and extended his hands forward. He then announced, "Welcome to 'The First Store', where you can buy your dreams."

Vanya also extended her hand and did a handshake with Aakesh. "Hello, I am Vanya," She introduced herself in a hoarse voice.

Aakesh smiled and responded, "Hello, I am Aakesh, the store owner."

"Follow me!" He told Vanya, turned around, and returned inside the store. Vanya followed him, as the store was her last hope to save her father.

After entering the store, Aakesh sat down on a chair and gestured for Vanya to sit down on the other chair. She nodded and sat down.

"So, what do you want?" Aakesh asked. The system has taught him to show the products to the customer before they ask for them, but Aakesh decided against it. He wanted Vanya to choose her products as per her desire, not the other way.

"I want my father to get healed," Vanya straightly responded.

"Any healer can heal your father," Aakesh responded.

"But, I don't have money. Even if I get money somehow, no one will try to treat my father due to the king," Vanya answered while tears started pouring out of her eyes.

"But you'll have to pay here too," Aakesh argued.

"I know, I'll pay with my body," Vanya hoarsely replied, clenching her fist.

The response dumbfounded Aakesh. He decided to show her the suitable products himself, to avoid talking with her.

He went up to the shelf on the north-eastern side of him. From the third shelf, he took out two things and returned back to the chair.

"Here, these two are the products suitable for you," He told her.

He then explained the description of both the products to her. The first was a spell that could heal even immortals, and the other was a device in the shape of a chip. The chip contained the knowledge of the Holy Knight.

Holy Knight was a class in Mage-system. One could use healing as well as offensive skills in this class. The healing spell cost ten world cores, whereas the chip cost one-hundred-and-eight supercluster cores. The payment duration for both the product was the same, eleven years.

"So, what is your decision?" Aakesh asked Vanya.

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Chapter 18

Vanya's eyes shined, seeing both the Holy Knight's knowledge and Healing skill. Currently, both treasures had value to her.

One treasure gave Vanya the ability to heal her father right away, and the other gave her the ability to heal her father as well as get revenge on the people behind this. She would've chosen the chip straight away if not for the exorbitant price of one hundred and eight supercluster cores. She can comfortably pay ten world cores in eleven years by asking the payment in return for acting as healers for higher-level beings.

"What would happen if I can't clear the bill of the products?" Vanya asked.

Aakesh also didn't know the answer, so he asked the system about it.

"The products you bought will be taken back, then time will be reversed back to the time when you purchased the product, and your soul will be the collateral price for wasting the time of the store," He informed Vanya, the exact words the system told him.

"You may think, giving your soul will be the end of the deal, but no your soul will become a slave of the store and will have to work for eternity. The work won't be physically torturing, but you'll still wish you would've paid the price due to the mental torture," Aakesh added more.

Vanya shuddered, even thinking about working for eternity. "See, firstly the product we sell is unique to this store, and secondly, you'll feel you paid less after you use the treasures bought from us. The only situation, you can't pay the price is when you get greedy," He explained, seeing the unsettled look on her face.

Vanya fell silent and started thinking about her choice. She had to buy one of these products if she wants to heal her father. After thinking for some time, she made her decision.

"I want to buy the chip," She told Aakesh. There were two reasons behind buying the chip instead of the healing skill. First, the healing skill only gives her the ability to heal others but not protect her family. Secondly, the chip will grant her the power to treat her father as well as guard her family, fight back and take revenge, and make herself known throughout the Multiverse.

"Good choice. To achieve something great, you need to take risks. If you use this chip to your advantage, you'll be able to pay the cost even before the deadline," Aakesh commented. He also tried to fill confidence in her, as he wanted the best for her. Vanya is the first living creature he has met face-to-face.

Vanya only nodded in response. "You've selected the product, so let's sign the contract," He announced.

The next moment, a silver-gilt animal's skin appeared in his hand. This animal skin was of the animal 'Silver Crow', a primordial creature. Their skins were willingly given, as they don't feel pain when losing their skin, and any kind of energy signature won't harm the skin. It was as if that was the sole purpose for which Devas created them.

Red fonts then started appearing on the contract. It was also the blood of Silver crow that was used as the ink for the contract.

After the entire contract appeared on the animal skin, Aakesh gave the contract to Vanya. She lightly took the contract and read it.

There were no conditions on the contract for any loophole. It was plainly written that Vanya had bought the chip containing Holy Knight's knowledge at the price of one hundred and eight supercluster cores. The duration in which she has to pay the entire cost is eleven years. The time starts right after signing the contract. Regardless of the situation or circumstance, she must clear the payment before the deadline expires. Then there was a column for her signature.

"Just think about signing the contract, and your figure will appear on the contract," Aakesh explained.

"Before you sign, there will be an intense pain due to cutting off a portion of your soul," He then warned her so that she doesn't face a sudden pain.

Vanya nodded and prepared herself for the pain. She then thought of signing the contract, and the next moment, a painful scream escaped from her mouth. Even after preparing for it, the pain was still intense.

A dark red figure of her appeared on the contract. After signing, the contract itself returned to Aakesh's hand.

The next moment, there was a movement in the space. A portal appeared, and an enormous vertical eye came out of it. It then peered at Vanya first and then the contract.

Vanya was so frightened by the eye's stare that she dared not even look at it. Standing there, her face was completely drained of blood. Even breathing right now was too terrifying for her.

After a few seconds, the contract dissipated with it, the eye too disappeared. Vanya finally dared to breathe. She took a deep breath to calm down her terrified heart.

"The contract is done, so you're the owner of this chip from now on," Aakesh announced.

"What was that, store owner?" Vanya ignored everything Aakesh said. She even forgot why did she had come here. Right now, only fear for the eye stayed in her mind.

"Oh, the eye, have you heard of Devas?" Aakesh casually asked.

Vanya nodded in response. "That eye is a Deva. They manage the contracts around the Multiverse," He casually said.

"De...va," Vanya responded slurringly.

"Did I just see a Deva?" She whispered in exclamation.

"The soul part of yours will be returned back to you when you clear the bill of the chip. You can leave now," Aakesh ignored her exclamation and explained.

"Hey, system, send her. We have already signed the deal," Aakesh requested to the system.

A white light then appeared and engulfed Vanya. The sudden light stunned her. Before she could ask anything, she returned back to her place.

"Hey, system, I completed my quest," Aakesh then excitedly told the system. There was excitement in his eyes as he waited for the random reward.

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Chapter 19

After Vanya signed the contract, Aakesh successfully completed the quest, selling the first product to the first customer. His mission reward was random, so he couldn't wait to see it.

As there is nothing more Aakesh can help Vanya with, he requested the system to return her back to her planet. After the system transferred her, he excitedly informed the system, "Hey, system, I've completed my quest. Where is my reward?"

[Ding.]

The next moment, a mechanical announcement appeared in his head.

[The quest: First Sale, successfully completed.]

[Mission reward: Random.]

[Mission reward calculating...reward calculated.]

[Mission reward: A Primordial egg,

Bonus reward: Unlock of Level section and a single powerup for selling a product worth one hundred and eight supercluster cores.]

Several announcements arrived after that. Aakesh got his reward as well as a bonus reward for selling an expensive product.

The next moment, a blue light engulfed Aakesh out of nowhere. He could clearly feel the internal change in his body. His bones turned harder, and his muscles got tighter. After a few seconds, he started shedding his blue skin.

The newly generated skin was darker in color than the previous. The shed skin turned into ash the moment it left Aakesh's skin.

After a few seconds, the blue light disappeared. With it, the progress stopped too. Aakesh still looked the same as he did before, but he was physically stronger now.

Then there was a movement in space. Suddenly, a dimensional portal appeared in the store, and something dropped out of it. It then flew at Aakesh at high speed.

The sudden situation stunned him, and he tried to move right away from the object, but its movement was too fast for him to dodge. It straightly hit his face, and he fell down due to the sudden attack. The portal closed after that.

Aakesh grabbed his face and groaned in pain on the ground of the store. He then checked his nose to see whether he was bleeding or not. He sighed in relief after feeling no blood on his face.

He then turned around and glared at the thing that came out of the portal and hit his face, but his anger soon turned into tension. Immediately, he rushed to the object.

It was the reward egg that the portal threw at him. He tensely rushed toward the egg to see whether it was fine or not.

He sighed in relief after seeing no cracks on the egg. He then carefully studied the egg.

The egg was oval in shape around the size of a tennis ball. Aakesh could hold the egg in his palm. The egg had a white shell covered with several orange patterns. To be precise, it had 11 orange patterns in the language of Primordials. He knew every language in the Multiverse, so he knew that every pattern signified a different element. Even the word {Divine} couldn't define the specialness of the egg.

"Hey, system, why did you throw the egg on me instead of giving it?"

"What if something happened to it?" He irritatingly asked the system while gently stroking the egg as if it was the most beautiful thing in the Multiverse.

[Host, this is the egg of a Primordial creature. Even Gods can't put a scratch on the egg, let alone cracking or destroying.]

The system answered emotionlessly in its mechanical voice.

"So what. It's still a life," Aakesh scoffed in response. The system stayed silent in response.

"How do I hatch the egg?" He asked the system.

[Host, you have to drop a liter of your blood every day on the egg for the next 108 years.]

"What!" He exclaimed in response to the system's outrageous requirement.

[Host, your blood will help the egg in creating its body.]

The system informed Aakesh. He didn't know what to speak in response. He sighed, and using his sharp nails, created a cut on his right hand's palm.

He then put his cut palm above the egg as dark blue blood poured out on it. The egg started absorbing his blood. As time passed, one of the eleven orange patterns started shining brighter.

[Host, stop. Giving excess blood will harm the growing life.]

The system advised him to stop as well as warn the consequences of giving excess blood. He had an idea to transfer as much blood as he could every day so that the life in the egg may hatch earlier, but after listening to the warning, he stopped.

Immediately after he stopped transferring his blood, the cut he had healed on its own. He then put the egg on the shelf where the chip once stayed.

After he put the egg down, he decided to see his status to see how much stronger has he got than before. He then thought of the system screen to appear.

A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.

Personal Status:

Name: Aakesh,

Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),

Race: --ervddvdddhfv--,

Profession: Store-owner,

Level: Level 1,

Physical attributes,

Strength: 10,

Agility: 10,

Intelligence: -0-,

Stamina: -0-,

No. of quests completed: 5,

Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher,

Pet Status:

Number of Pets: 1,

Current status: Unhatched.

The Level section in his status changed. Now he was a Level 1 being, which he had no idea in what cultivation system.

"Hey, system, what does my Level 1 mean?" Aakesh asked.

[Host, it means you've become a Level 1 being.]

Aakesh got stumped by the response of the system. He wasn't an idiot to know that he had become a Level 1 being.

"I meant, what cultivation system? Am I now equivalent to the first step of other cultivation systems?"

[Host, you don't follow other cultivation systems. I have created a specific route for you through which you'll grow. You require high authority for extra information.]

The system response excited him. Since he needed high authority for further information, he decided to wait to get more answers. Right now, he was content with the fact that he was following a unique cultivation system.

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Chapter 20

After getting no information about his level from the system, Aakesh decided to focus on the status screen again.

The next addition to his status was in his physical attributes. Both his strength and agility had equal growth. Both attributes showed 10.

"Hey, system, I need to test my strength," He asked the system.

The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the store and appeared in an empty space. The sudden movement stunned him for a moment, but he calmed down the next moment.

[Host, you can check your movement speed here.]

The system informed him. With a nod, he dashed off. He has unlimited endurance, so he can run for eternity and not feel tired at all.

He ran for hours, continuing his top speed. He only stopped when he felt bored by running continuously.

"Hey, system, show me the details," He asked the system for his running status after he stopped.

The next moment, a blue screen appeared with his running details.

{Running duration: 562 minutes,

Running distance: 3372 kilometers,

Top speed: 110 m/s,

Average speed: 100m/s.}

"Not bad," Aakesh commented after looking at his running details. Having a top speed of 110 m/s only at Level 1 made him faster than any initial power level he read about in the Primal dimension.

The screen then disappeared, and a drum appeared out of nowhere in the empty space.

[Host, this drum will check your strength. After you hit it, it'll show you an illusion of your damage.]

The system explained about the Drum. With a nod, he stepped forward and casually punched on the drum.

A moment later, an illusion appeared. After standing in front of a thick tree and punching it, Aakesh noticed nothing happened to it. The next moment, the tree disappeared, and bamboo appeared in place of it. When the illusionary him punched the bamboo with the same strength, it was smashed into smithereens.

After that, the bamboo disappeared, and a human appeared in place of it. The illusionary him punched the human on his chest. The next moment his hand came out of his body, crushing his heart in the way.

Aakesh only watched the illusion. He had no control over his body. Several simulations ran, showing his strength in comparison to other race's defense.

After the illusion ended, he increased his punch power by a little and tested it. The visions continued until Aakesh checked the power of his punch, kicks, slaps, elbow hits, etc.

After checking the strength and movement speed, he returned to the store. The result of the exercise excited him for his future powerups. He then happily refocused on the status screen.

When he came to the skill section, he noticed a new skill, 'Watcher' in it.

He thought about the explanation of the skill, and a new screen appeared in front of him.

Watcher: It allows the owner of the skill to observe every detail of the life of the customer from a third-person view. The only requirement for this skill is the customer must have signed the contract.

Aakesh was intrigued by the skill. But, there was a slight hint of disappointment in his eyes because he was getting yet another support skill. He already had a customer's life to watch. So he could use this skill at any time.

He then refocused on the status screen, as a new section had appeared on it. He lost interest after reading about it. It was about pets, but the egg was still unhatched, so there was no point currently wasting time on it. He then thought about the screen disappearing, and the next moment it disappeared.

"Hey, system. What is the estimated arrival time of the second customer?" He asked.

The more customers came, the more rewards and quests he'll receive, and the more missions he complete, the higher his authority will be, and the higher the permission level, the more information about him will be open to him. So, everything was dependent upon the customers.

[Host, there isn't an estimated time for the buyer's arrival. I select only those who can pay back the cost of the products in the future. And there are some other criteria for selecting customers, for which you need a higher permission level to know.]

The system explained. Aakesh could only sigh in response. He had no idea how long would this wait of customers last?

He had nothing to do, so he used the skill 'Watcher' to see what Vanya was doing.

Vanya was currently digesting the knowledge of the chip. Since the price she had to pay for it was outrageous, she couldn't waste even a single moment.

The time flew by. In the blink of an eye, several decades have passed. Aakesh didn't have a single customer in these past decades. He will let the egg drink 1 liter of his blood every day. Seven of the eleven orange patterns always shined brighter, while the eighth would shine whenever the egg would get blood.

The system seeing Aakesh wasting so much of his time made a combat room specifically for him. He would fight different creatures at the same level as him in their fighting style. He was improving every day and was slowly becoming a fighter of every fighting style. His physical attributes also increased, with his agility surpassing his strength. His strength was 17, while his agility was 23.

In the extra time, he would watch Vanya's actions. She had already paid the price of the Holy Knight's knowledge. In fact, she gave around twice the amount of the 108 supercluster cores.

She saved her father in the seventh month after getting the knowledge. She didn't straight away fight her enemies. The escaping from the prince still continued for her family. She wanted to destroy the Ithaviel Kingdom in a single swoop, so she bided her time.

She destroyed the Ithaviel Kingdom in the fourth year and made her father 'King'. In the next few years, she only meditated. She only came out of meditation when she reached Level 9. She then started the conquest of her original universe. In the next two years, she conquered several superclusters and made her father 'Emperor'.

As the deadline of the payment approached, she started collecting supercluster cores. Only a month away from the deadline, she completed the contract by paying 200 supercluster cores. After clearing the dues, she stopped involving herself in mundane affairs. She meditated all day to reach immortality and then attain divinity.

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Chapter 21

The time flew by. In a blink of an eye, several decades have passed. It was a big day today as the egg would hatch today.

The egg looked entirely different than before. There wasn't any change in the color of the egg, but all the eleven orange patterns shined brighter, and there was an addition of a new darker pattern.

Aakesh expected the egg to hatch when all the eleven orange patterns would start shining. But a few years ago, the egg suddenly had a change when all the patterns started shining, resulting in the emergence of a new pattern.

Compared to the darkness he saw in the emptiness, the newest pattern was darker. Today was the last day of the 108th year since he started transferring blood to the egg.

Aakesh firstly decided to do training today. Since he'll be getting a new companion today, he wouldn't train after the hatching of the egg.

"Hey, system, I'm ready for training," He informed the system.

He disappeared from the store and appeared in a familiar environment moments later. A variety of weapons were visible on his left side, while only a red circular switch was present on his right side.

The button was there to start the environment. He only needs to talk of the environment he wants to practice in and press the switch.

He has been practicing archery for the past few days, so he went on his left and selected the bow that didn't look anything more than ordinary, but in reality, it was made up of the wood of the World Tree: the same primordial who created the Elves.

"Moving archery arena," He said out loud and pressed the switch. The next moment, everything around him disappeared, and a strange scene happened.

Like a puzzle, several pieces of scenery appeared and started combining to create a scene. It wasn't the first time Aakesh witnessed such things, so he stood calm, waiting for the puzzles to complete.

After a few seconds, the pieces successfully combined to create a scene. A new ground appeared below Aakesh. He found himself on a wooden bridge that connected two mountains. Winds whipped through the bridge at high speeds, causing it to shake. He had to grab the rope to stand steady. He saw a bullseye floating in the air not far from him without any support. It looked as if it was tied to a string from the sky.

The wind moved in the opposite direction on the bullseye in comparison to the bridge. Above the bullseye, several numbers in red appeared. It said 3/10.

To pass this stage and move on to the next one, he needed to hit 3 out of 10 shots.

As Aakesh left the rope, he fell down the next moment. After standing up with the help of the rope, he then slowly let go of the rope as he tried to gain balance. Leaving it caused him to fall down again.

Having a few inches of space between his legs and putting all his weight on his feet, he eventually managed to stand steadily. In addition, his body also became accustomed to the wind speed.

He then thought about the bow, and it appeared in his hands. He held it in his left hand while he drew the bowstring using his right hand. As the bowstring got stretched, an arrow appeared on it.

After pointing his bow upward, he shot the arrow, but it seemed he used too much power, so the arrow crossed the bullseyes from above.

Time flew. He has been attempting to cross this stage for the last few hours. He must have tried the shot more than a thousand times, but he only hit the bullseye once. He knew the reason for his failure as body positions define the trajectory of the arrow, but he was barely standing steadily on the bridge.

He took another attempt, but he failed again, so he stopped. He decided to train again tomorrow since he was only wasting time.

He thought about exiting the training, and the next moment, he reappeared in the store.

"Hey, system, why would you design such a tough test for a beginner archer like me?" He complained to the system first after returning.

[Host, the stage was easy.]

The system plainly replied and fell silent.

"If this was easy, wouldn't there be only monsters in the Multiverse?" Aakesh scoffed to himself.

The next moment, his eyes fell on the shining egg. As he watched, the irritation he felt from failing to hit the bullseye twice disappeared, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Today, I'll finally get to see what creature are you?" He said as he went forward and lightly picked up the egg from the shelf.

As usual, he cut his palm with his nails, and the dark blue blood dripped onto the egg. The twelfth pattern didn't shine like others usually did. The moment the last drop of the 1-liter blood flowed, he took his hands away from the egg. The cut healed immediately. He eagerly focused on the egg, waiting for the creature to come out.

When the last drop of the blood flowed on the egg, a dark blue light the same color as his blood enveloped the egg. Seconds passed, the blue light still remained, he nervously tried to observe the egg through the light-screen, but he wasn't able to see anything.

With time passing, Aakesh's heartbeat rose with nothing changing for the egg. "Hey, system, why is it taking so much time to hatch?" He nervously asked the system.

Before the system could answer, there was a change in the egg. The light that engulfed the egg slowly started backing out.

"Meow!"

The next moment, an anxious voice echoed in the store. Aakesh rushed to the light and saw a tiny creature floating in the air where once its egg stayed.

[Host, gently hold it in your hand. The creature is anxious without its parent.]

The system informed him as he observed the creature with curiosity while the tiny creature was anxiously meowing.

Aakesh nodded and took the creature gently in his hands immediately. It also stopped meowing as it found the heat of the person that gave birth to it.

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Chapter 22

Aakesh took a careful look at the tiny creature in his hand.

The creature was a kitten, but it was smaller in size than the other kitten he had read about in the quests.

Closed eyes, hairless body with pale skin, and the size of a tennis ball gave the creature a cute appearance. The kitten was sleeping peacefully with all its claws stretched in Aakesh's hands.

"So, a kitten," Aakesh gently murmured. He then thought of his status to check the pet status.

The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of him containing all his details, but he only focused on the Last section.

Pet Status:

Number of Pets: 1(Think to expand),

Current status: Newborn.

The current status changed from unhatched to newborn. There was an option of thinking to expand, so Aakesh did that.

The next moment, a new blue window containing all the details of the kitten appeared.

Name: Not Named,

Gender: Female,

Race: Epochal Feline,

Owner: Aakesh,

Bloodline: Primordial(Purity: 100%)

Level: None,

Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time,

Skills: Time Shield.

Details about the kitten appeared in front of Aakesh. The details astounded him.

"Hey, system, didn't the Epochal Feline go extinct last epoch," He asked the system.

Epochal Feline was a race of Primordials from which every feline species originated. Due to their inability to preserve their bloodline, they went extinct at the end of the last Epoch.

Epoch begins with the birth of a Deva and ends with the birth of a new one which results in a new Epoch.

In the primal dimension, a decillion years signify an Epoch since the time flows differently in all the four dimensions, and Multiverse gives birth to a Deva considering the time flow of the fourth dimension.

[Yes, Host. They became extinct. Some Deva decided to give birth to some of the extinct primordial species, and it is one of them.]

The system told Aakesh. He wanted to ask more, but he didn't. He knew the issue of permission level would come, so he didn't waste his time.

He then refocused on the status screen and read other details about the kitten. Aakesh nodded after reading about the bloodline purity of the kitten since only those who have 100% pure bloodline can be called Primordial.

Since the kitten was just a newborn, it made sense that it didn't have any level. Aakesh's eyes went further below and read about the elements it can control. There was nothing new as he already knew the meaning of the patterns present on the egg due to the knowledge missions.

The kitten currently only had a single skill. The number of skills will grow as the kitten gets older. Reading about the skill in detail in the last section stupefied him and made him feel jealous of the kitten.

Time Shield: This skill allows the user to move the time backward on any attack coming toward them to the state where nothing exists.

"You got a defensive skill, while I only get support skills," Aakesh lamented while looking at the kitten.

"Meow," The kitten meowed the next moment as if it understood Aakesh.

Aakesh couldn't help but laugh, and the kitten also followed his laughing rhythm with its meow.

The time flew by, several centuries passed. The kitten had grown bigger by an inch in comparison to when it was born. A shiny and smooth white fur completely covered its hairless body. It had orange eyes the same as the color of the orange pattern and a dark vertical slit, the same as the last pattern. The eyes looked the same as the Dragon eyes. He named the kitten Lily.

It didn't meow anymore, as Aakesh taught her several languages used in the Multiverse since he was unoccupied all the time. He stopped watching Vanya's life when she attained Godhood.

"Aakesh, play with me," A childlike voice echoed in the store.

"No," Aakesh firmly refused.

"It's your lesson time," He said while picking up the kitten by the scruff of her neck to stop running away.

"Hiss!"

[Host, a new customer, has arrived.]

Aakesh ignored her fit as the system informed him of a new customer.

He's had three customers in the past few centuries, so today's customer will be his fifth. The last customer he had turned out to be a rebel. Despite Aakesh warning, the customer didn't clear the dues before the deadline. He thought he could fight the system or the cosmos contract beast, but alas, fighting it turned out tragic for him.

He has been in an illusion for the last century facing every kind of torture present in the Multiverse. Even Aakesh felt pity for him, but pity was the end. He didn't want to save him. He brought it on himself by refusing to pay.

"Behave, a new customer has arrived," Aakesh said. Lily stopped her fit, so he released her. She silently climbed up to his head and waited for the customer to leave.

Several minutes passed in the blink of an eye. He successfully sold the product to the customer. After the customer left, he was excited. He sold one of the most expensive products of the store at the cost of a leaf of the World Tree.

Time passed. He will train for few hours and then play with Lily for the whole day if he doesn't teach her anything. He already has gotten nine customers, and he was always able to compel the customer to buy the product.

His level has also grown from Level 1 to Level 4. Every time he grew in level, his stats will grow by ten times, so his current attributes were:

Strength: 24,785,

Agility: 25,674.

In the primal dimension, he was around the level of Level 8 mage or Tao seed Qi cultivator. He taught Lily around one-twelfth of the language spoken in the Multiverse and also taught about the races that use them.

Time passed. When his number of customers crossed 10, he got another mission by the system to create one hundred gods by the store product. It took him more than eighty thousand years to complete the quest.

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Chapter 23

When George attained Godhood, he became the 100th customer of 'The First Store' to become a God, resulting in the completion of the quest given to Aakesh by the system. He was playing with Lily when he got the alert from the system for completion of the mission.

[Ding.]

[The quest: Create One hundred Gods, successfully completed.]

[Mission Reward: Random.]

[Result: One hundred Gods, created in eighty-one thousand years.]

[Bonus Result: Seventeen of the customers attained the status of the Godking in the sacred dimension.]

[Reward: Calculating...]

The system informed Aakesh. He stopped playing with Lily and eagerly waited for the result since it was the grandest quest the system gave him in the last eighty-one thousand years.

Some time passed, the system was still calculating the rewards.

"Did the system still didn't give the reward?" Lily asked Aakesh as he was still in a trance.

Aakesh didn't respond as the system began telling him about his rewards.

[Main Reward: Increase of a level.]

[Bonus Reward: Increase of another level.]

The system informed him.

"Huh!" Aakesh exclaimed after hearing the rewards. Spending so long to decide the prize and then only giving an increase of a level at the end.

By raising two levels, his power would increase by outrageous amounts, but what is the point. He is just going to stay in the store.

"Hey, system. Why are you acting so cheapskate?" He complained to the system.

[Host, the rewards are random.]

The system responded to him in its mechanical, and emotionless voice like usual.

The next moment, a blue light engulfed Aakesh. He had already gotten used to this, so he stood there waiting for the breakthrough to end. After a few minutes, the blue light disappeared.

He looked the same as he did before having the first breakthrough.

He then checked his status to see his new attributes.

Level: Level 6(Initial),

Physical attributes:

Strength: 8,768,953,

Agility: 8,785,841,

Endurance: -0-,

Intelligence: -0-.

There was a sudden change in the level section. Before today, Aakesh only used to promote in levels, but now there was an initial added to it like other cultivation systems.

"Hey, system, why is there an initial with my Level 6?" He confusingly asked the system.

[Host, from now on, your level promotion will be the same as the other cultivation systems. Otherwise, after the subsequent two increases in your levels, your power will surpass the limit of the primal dimension.]

[So, I've decided to decrease the rate at which you grow since you still have many things to do in the primal dimension.]

The system informed the reason for nerfing him down. Aakesh only nodded after hearing the logic as it was the only thing he could do. He then returned his focus to his status screen.

The next moment, his jaws dropped, and his eyes flew wide open after seeing the exponential increase in his strength and agility.

His strength grew from 42,675 to 8,768,953, and agility grew from 48,758 to 8,785,841. His attributes grew by more than 150 times in place of 100 times due to an increase of two levels.

"Hey, system. Why did my attributes grow by so much if you want to nerf my growth?" He curiously asked the system.

[Host, it's due to your training. I had nothing to do with it.]

The system explained emotionlessly. "Oh!" Aakesh exclaimed.

[Ding.]

The next moment, Aakesh suddenly heard an alert, breaking him out of his trance.

[Congratulations, Host!]

[You have successfully reached Level 6(equivalent to Tao Palace in the Qi cultivation system or Dharma palace in the Prana cultivation system). You have completed the first phase of the store in the primal dimension.]

[The next phase of the store can begin from now on.]

There was a sudden announcement from the system in an unfamiliar voice. For the first time, Aakesh heard any hint of emotion in the system's voice. There was a hint of happiness in the voice of the system when it informed him of the completion of the first phase.

The sudden influx of announcements stunned Aakesh. Everything he heard was new to him, including the voice of the system.

"Hey, wake up," Lily slapped Aakesh's head, seeing him in a sudden trance.

Aakesh woke up from the trance and confusingly asked the system, "Hey, system, what was that sudden notification, and who was the owner of the voice?"

The system belonged to the Yantra race, and he learned that Yantra's don't have any emotions, so how can the voice had a hint of happiness.

[Host, the store will expand its footwork throughout the Multiverse through a number of phases, the first phase was from the initiation of the store to reach Level 6. Your reaching Level 6 has initiated the second phase.]

[Insufficient permission.]

The system answered his first question, and he didn't have enough permission to get the second answer. Aakesh could only nod in response.

[Ding.]

[Host, since the first phase has successfully ended, it's time for the second phase to start.]

[How can a store or its store owner become legendary if the store only caters to a few beings?]

[For you to become the legendary store owner, it's the time for you to go outside and cater to every power level of every race.]

[Mission: Start your store in the world where anyone can see or enter your store.]

[Reward: A new journey with new people and stories.]

A/N: With this chapter, the prologue ends. From the next chapter, we'll start 'The First Store System' journey in new worlds filled with new people, new races, and many different situations.

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Chapter 24

The sudden announcement from the system stunned Aakesh. He couldn't help but feel excited after learning that he was finally going to leave this place. He would meet new people irrespective of their power, make new friends, and listen to their stories.

"Hey, system, when are you going to start the new store?" He excitedly asked the system.

[Host, everything is getting prepared for your entry into the world. Please wait.]

The system informed Aakesh. "Okay, I'll wait," He murmured in response, but his face said something else. He couldn't wait despite living for more than eighty millennials now.

"Hey, what is going on?" the next moment, Aakesh heard a childlike voice, breaking him out of his excitement. He could hear the irritation present in Lily's voice.

He gently picked up Lily, who was sitting on his head and brought her to his face. He couldn't help but smile, seeing the irritated look on her face.

"Hiss!"

Lily hissed in response to show her protest to Aakesh. He has been ignoring her for the last few minutes.

"Why are you smiling? Do you want to get beaten?" Lily irritatingly said, making Aakesh laugh out loud with her amusing voice.

Lily turned her entire body around in anger to ignore him. Now her butt was facing him. He stopped laughing and making fun of Lily. He knew he would be in big trouble if he continued making fun of her.

"I'm sorry," He then forcefully turned Lily around and apologized. Lily kept her eyes away to continue ignoring him.

"If you don't look at me, I won't tell you the good news," He tried to bribe Lily, but she showed no response and continued ignoring him.

"It seems you want to stay here alone. I'll go and live by myself outside then," Aakesh joked with a heartbroken face.

"Are we going outside?" Lily forgot her anger and blurted out. She eagerly looked at Aakesh for the answer.

"Yes, but I am the only one going. Oh, Lily, you've no idea how much I'm going to miss you?" He joked with an expression of sadness.

"Hmph, like you can leave without me," Lily scoffed in response and jumped back on his head, her favorite resting place.

"Eh!" Aakesh was simply dumbfounded by Lily's response for a while before he couldn't help but smile wryly.

"When I leave you here, then we'll see," He retorted. But after hearing no response from Lily, he shut up and waited for the system to complete the requirements.

[Ding.]

[Host, everything is ready for the store to start in the material world. The only thing that the store doesn't have is the store owner.]

[After five minutes, you'll be transferred to the store in the material world.]

The system suddenly announced. Aakesh's excitements knew no bounds after this. He took a deep breath to calm himself. After calming down, he looked at the store, and the memories of the first day he opened his eyes emerged inside his mind.

He was just like a child then who knew nothing about himself and the world, but now he knew more about the Multiverse than the majority of the people living in it. He still hadn't discovered anything about his past, but he was confident that he would eventually find out everything related to his past and the details of the system.

Although he was sad to leave, he was more excited to see the world than he was about leaving the store, so he smiled when he saw the details, items, and design of the shelves in the store for the last time.

Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

[Host, are you ready.]

"Yes, never been more than today," He answered the system when it asked him whether he was ready or not.

[Destination: Selected,

Store: Created,

Transfer: Ready to activate.]

[Transfer initiating..1%...5%...10%...]

The system sent continuous announcements. When the transfer initiation achieved 100%, a white light engulfed Aakesh and Lily.

The next moment, both he and Lily disappeared from the store. Immediately after Aakesh left the store, a sigh echoed in the store.

Then a blue light engulfed the store, and the light started slowly eating the store. In no time, the store also disappeared from that part of emptiness without any evidence that once a store that created 100 Gods existed here.

While Aakesh felt that he was in the transfer for eternity. He, and lily, both lost their consciousness midway due to the uncomfortable experience they were having.

In the Primal dimension, there was a planet named Visteerna.

Visteerna was the biggest planet in the primal dimension, with its size even larger than many universes combined. The legend has it that every so often, a Deva themself visits the planet and stays here. There were eleven continents on this planet, with even the smallest continent bigger than several superclusters combined.

One such continent in Visteerna was Anga. It was the smallest continent on Visteerna. There was a small kingdom on the far south side of the Anga continent named the Bisan Kingdom. It ruled over a vast region with a sum of land exceeding several millions of yojana (1 yojana= 8 miles/12 km). Still, it was only one of the small kingdoms in the southern part of the Anga continent, let alone the entire continent.

The capital of the Bisan Kingdom was Kakot. It's a city that includes almost half of the area ruled by the kingdom and inhabits more than a trillion people of every race combined.

In the busiest market of Kakot, out of nowhere, a building appeared in the darkness of the night. With only the words 'The First Store' written in golden letters on its front.

What impact will this new building have on Kakot, Bisan Kingdom, Anga, Visteerna, and the entire primal dimension is up to the future.

A/N: The story will mainly take place in Visteerna before moving to the second dimension in the future. In a few days, I'll add the names of the eleven continents in the auxiliary chapters.

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Chapter 25

Planet Visteerna, Anga continent, Bisan Kingdom, Kakot

In the dark of the night, an entire building appeared out of nowhere. Nobody was present to see what happened in the area.

"Ugh!" Aakesh stood up groaningly, clutching his head. The experience while transfer felt too painful and uncomfortable for him. He felt the expanding of his body and then contraction right after continuous times during the transfer.

He then hastily looked to his left and right to find whether Lily was alright or not. He found her unconscious on his right. He gently picked her up and put her on her favorite spot for rest, his head.

After that, he finally checked out his surroundings. The environment around him was opposite to the atmosphere in the past store.

He was standing on the floor made up of hardwood that looked expensive. He didn't have to activate the skill Energy Oversee to check whether the material had the energy or not. He could feel the energy from the hardwood. He couldn't identify the wood straight away, so he tried hard to remember what tree the wood belonged to? When he finally remembered, his mouth turned into an O shape.

The hardwood was made up of the bark of the 'Ashamba'. Ashamba was a primordial tree on the same level as the World Tree. It only had one ability: It can negate every energy type except for those used by the Devas or the Asuras and the Yakshas(The top three races of the Multiverse). Ashamba, on a regular interval, discards it barks. Even a single cm of its bark costs more than a universe core since it has many practical uses.

But in Aakesh's store, it was only used as hardwood. Now no matter who rampages in the store, the floor will never become damaged.

As he looked up, he found himself in a vast hall with several closed rooms in front of him. The walls around him were painted white with a shade of blue on them. Every room door was made up of the Ashamba's bark as well.

Since there was nothing more to see, he went up to the closest door and tried to open it. He didn't have to try hard as, with only a slight push, the door completely opened.

Before he could think of doing something, he was suddenly pushed back, and the door disappeared, and a sudden change took place in the entire hall.

A new door lock appeared on every other room, indicating that it was currently not possible to open it. The door and room that Aakesh had opened earlier disappeared and dissolved into the hall.

He suddenly heard a sound from his back, so he turned around and saw a glass door appearing on the other side. He knew that this was the entry door of the store. The glass was opaque. So he couldn't see anything outside. When the entire door emerged, not far from it, a counter made up of Ashamba and the same glass that made the entry door appeared.

Two cushy chairs appeared behind the counter, one for him and one for Lily. the chair for Lily was different than the one for the Aakesh. It was smaller in size, and it was made up of fur in comparison to the feathers of Hansa(a divine bird).

A table with empty shelves then appeared next to the counter. The shelf was painted brown and was covered with glass. All the changes in the store ended with that.

While Aakesh fascinatedly looked at the changes in the store, he suddenly heard a groan from his head.

He gently picked up Lily from his head and brought her near his chest. She was rubbing her head as she slowly opened her eyes.

"Are you alright?" He concerningly asked.

"Ugh, Yes. Where are we?" She groaningly responded.

"Eh!" Aakesh was stumped by the sudden question from Lily. He smiled wryly as he still hadn't asked the system about the world where he was because of the fascinating changes in the store.

He didn't wait for long as he asked, "Hey, system, where are we?"

[Host, we're in Kakot, the capital city of the Bisan Kingdom, a small Kingdom in Anga continent, the smallest continent of the planet Visteerna.]

"Wow!" Aakesh exclaimed in response to the information given by the system.

"Hey, system, you didn't find anything smaller than the Bisan Kingdom for my store," He sarcastically asked the system.

[No, Host. there is no Kingdom weaker or smaller than the Bisan Kingdom.]

The system replied in its emotionless, mechanical voice. Aakesh could only smile wryly at the system's response.

"Leave it! Tell me about the world," He responded with a sigh since the system didn't joke around. He had no idea about the world. The system only taught him the knowledge of the languages and races.

The system then informed him about the world and the races living in it. Visteerna holds more than 90% of the races living in the primal dimension. The number of Immortals living in Visteerna is many times greater than the sum of immortals in other worlds of the primal dimension combined.

On this planet, everyone - from those with no power to those who are the strongest - lives. In addition, the system also told Aakesh something special about one of Visteerna's continents.

Kashi is the central continent in the Visteerna, with the other ten continents surrounding it like followers. That continent is a tiny part of the fourth dimension. From that continent, the entire world emerged. So Kashi can handle the pressure of every level in the Multiverse. It is the only part of the Multiverse other than the fourth dimension that can inhabit Deva. Since a Deva rests in Kashi, it is also a pilgrimage that every citizen from Visteerna desires to make.

The system also told him the information about the Bisan Kingdom. Every citizen living in the Kingdom follows the Qi cultivation system, with the previous king currently being the strongest in the entire Kingdom. The last king was currently a Void Forging expert, whereas the current king is a Void Condensation expert. The average level of expert in the entire Kingdom was Soul Formation.

A/N: The story will mainly take place in Visteerna before moving to the second dimension in the future. In a few days, I'll add the names of the eleven continents in the auxiliary chapters.

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Chapter 26

The system also told Aakesh the history of the Bisan Kingdom. It was founded a thousand years ago by the last king. The name of the last king was Punta Bisan. He belonged to the human race and was the bastard of the king of a medium-sized Kingdom.

He had no claim over his throne due to being a bastard, but his father loved him very much. So he gave him some of his best soldiers to help him conquer a territory. Punta conquered the Kingdom known as the Blue Phoenix Kingdom. He then renamed it to the Bisan Kingdom, the surname he got from his father.

Since he was a Void Forging expert, he had a lifespan of ten thousand years even without any medicine. So Punta still had many years of life left to rule. But around two hundred years ago, he suddenly made his only son the king, shocking the entire Kingdom. Punta was a kind and generous king, so almost every citizen in his rule loved him. Many sat on hunger strikes to show the Punta that they only wanted him as the king.

The reason behind Punta abdicating his throne was the threat he was facing from one of his brothers. Punta was more talented than his brother, but he was a Tao seed expert and older than him by many years, so there was an immense power gap between them.

If he told his father about this, his father would solve the problem, but he did not want to use his father to resolve some brotherly issues. To get some time, he challenged his brother to fight in two hundred years. He gave his only son the throne and started a cultivation session for him only to stop the day before the challenge.

The system also told him the details about the current thing and many other pieces of information about the Bisan Kingdom and its neighbor Kingdoms or dukedoms.

After listening to everything about the Bisan Kingdom from the system, he nodded and told Lily about this place since she asked him.

"A Void Forging expert is the strongest. We can rule this place with our power," Lily responded with a smirk while swiping her claws in the air. As Lily has gotten over her headache, now she had only playing left in her mind.

"What are you thinking?" Aakesh gently slapped her head and glared at her.

"Nothing, I was just joking," Lily apologized while a glint passed in her eyes.

Aakesh could only smile wryly. How could he not know what this tiny devil was thinking after living with her for so long?

"If you ever leave the store without my permission, I'll ignore you after that," He sternly said to her because he knew if he let Lily leave freely, she would destroy the peace of the Kingdom with her little antics here and there.

Lily showed her tongue in response to Aakesh's stern warning. He smiled, seeing it. Lily knew he would never ignore her, and he knew Lily would never listen to him when it came to her playtime.

Aakesh couldn't wait for the door to open and meet ordinary beings who are happy with the way life is going on for them. In the previous store, he only got customers who were either dead or near death or who had all the problems of the world on their shoulders.

"Hey, system, open the door and let me go outside to see the world," He enthusiastically requested the system. Lily also started jumping around when she heard Aakesh's words.

[Host, it's currently the night in Visteerna. The Bisan Kingdom doesn't work at night, so there's no point in going outside. The door of the store will open in the morning.]

The system poured cold water on all of the excitement he had. Lily also stopped jumping around after seeing the change of expressions on Aakesh's face.

"Damn it!" He couldn't help but curse looking at the glass door.

[Ding.]

[Host, congratulation for starting your second phase of 'The First Store' in the primal dimension.]

[The way you sell things will completely change from now on.]

[In the first phase of the store expansion, you sold treasures of all levels and all kinds according to the needs of the customer, but now you'll sell fixed products. The number of the products you would sell will grow with the completion of the quests. As time passes, this store will sell everything of every kind.]

[Host, I will no longer provide you any protection from now on, since you are free to leave the store, you would have to protect yourself from other creatures. Still, the system couldn't let any danger fall on you, so there will be costs if you want me to act.]

Suddenly, the system announced several things. Everything Aakesh learned about the race and language would come to use now since he has the title 'Myrioglot' that gave him an affinity with the other races if he spoke their language.

Aakesh would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous about the new way of selling, but he was more excited about it than worry. He also was more powerful than anyone in the Bisan Kingdom. He was equivalent to a Tao palace expert. A Void Forging expert couldn't even itch him, let alone fight.

Furthermore, it told him what his first product would be and how much would it cost him if he used the system's help to save himself? After hearing it, he wished never to get involved in any situation where he would need the help of the system. The system also gave him a skill like usual it was a support skill. It was named 'Chameleon-level'.

The newly obtained skill allowed him to change his level as he desired or wanted to. No one would find a difference irrespective of their level. Even the Heavenly Monarch will not know anything.

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Chapter 27

Time passed. Aakesh had nothing to do, so he requested the system for a bed for sleep.

The system, instead of giving him a bed, created an entire floor for him. The system gave the explanation that when the store grows popular, he'll have to hire several salespeople. The stairs for the upper level were on the opposite side of the counter.

Aakesh went up to his room and fell asleep with Lily sleeping on his forehead. Hours passed. The day on the Visteerna arrived when the first ray of light appeared on the planet.

Unlike other planets, Visteerna operated differently. It had eleven suns in total, each representing a continent. They rose at the same time and set at the same time. So there was no day and night difference between the entire planet.

The movement in Kakot started after the first ray of sunshine arrived on the planet. People started doing their work as their regular routines. At first, people ignored the emergence of a sudden building in the market since it was the largest market and everyone was busy with their work.

Everyone's focus on the building only arrived when a man exclaimed loudly in the busy market. The man was the owner of the store next to the newly emerged building.

"Oh my Deva! How can our market have a new building in a single night?"

"Who names their store 'The First Store'? What an arrogant store owner?"

"Isn't it the land that the prince warned everyone against buying?"

People started gathering in crowds and conversed with whispers with each other.

"Yes, you're right. It's the land that the youngest prince warned everyone not to buy."

People were more interested in the land on which the building emerged rather than the emergence of a new structure in a single night.

The land was controversial due to the past owner of the land offending the youngest prince of the Bisan Kingdom. There was a well-built store on this land, but when the store owner annoyed the prince, the soldiers destroyed the building and arrested the store owner. Since he's been in prison for the last three years, he's been tortured every day.

No one wanted to offend the prince, so the land remained vacant despite being in the largest and busiest market for more than a trillion people in Kakot. The market is so bustling that even an inch of the land costs gold.

In no time, people gathered to make a large crowd in front of the store. Many soldiers were also present in the group. Many of them wanted to see who had got so much courage to buy this land, so one of the soldiers went forward and lightly knocked on the glass door.

"Open up. We are the soldiers of the Kingdom," He announced loudly at the gate.

He would've kicked the door open if he knew the identity of the landowner. Since he didn't know, he didn't want to offend the new owner.

The soldier stood there for a few seconds, but no response came from inside. He knocked again, but still, there was no response. He stood there embarrassed for a while before he had no choice but to leave. After leaving, he went to report the situation to the prince.

While in the store, Aakesh was sleeping peacefully as the crowd continued gathering in large numbers at the front of his store.

Seeing no one coming out of the newly emerged building, the crowd around the store dispersed since the people had their own work to do. It was pointless for them to stare at the structure the whole day.

[Ding.]

Aakesh was sleeping peacefully when the sudden mechanical sound woke him up.

[Host, it's time for you to open the store. Please get ready and welcome the customers.]

The system informed him in its mechanical, emotionless voice. He rubbed his eyes as he stood up. He had unlimited endurance, so he didn't need to sleep. He only sleeps to pass some time.

He got off the bed and then looked at Lily. She was still sleeping, so he didn't disturb her and went to the bathroom to freshen himself.

The system has already prepared a wardrobe for him with red dhotis since they were his favorite clothes to wear. He didn't wear anything above his waist since he liked to be barechested.

He tied his black hair, which had come to his waist, in a bun after wearing the dhoti. He then went out of the room and then to the lower floor where the store was.

The shelves weren't empty like before. They were filled with the first product the store would sell. Below the product, there was the price and the description of the products written.

Yesterday, the system informed him that they would no longer be using planet cores as a price. Everything the store will sell from now on will be in the Primal stones.

These stones were created from the purest energy present in the first dimension. Since there were various power systems, these stones can be used by higher-level creatures for meditation. Primal stones were also the main currency of the power users.

Primal stones were classified into five categories: inferior, ordinary, top, superior, and supreme. To the top Primal stone, there was a 100:1 conversion between the categories. Neither the superior nor the supreme Primal stone has a conversion rate. It was up to the seller to decide the conversion rate.

Creatures also traded in coins: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, with the conversion rate of 100:1. One inferior Primal stone was equivalent to 1000 gold coins or 10 platinum coins.

When Aakesh read the price of the products, he was stunned.

"Hey, system, are you sure people will buy our products with this price in a poor kingdom like this?" He confusingly asked the system.

[Yes, Host. When they find out the benefits, they'll buy it.]

The system emotionlessly replied. Aakesh nodded and went up to the door to open it, but he stopped when he saw something.

Chapter 28

Aakesh stopped in his footsteps when he saw a blackboard next to the counter. The blackboard wasn't empty; there were some things written on it.

He read and nodded after reading the entire board. There were rules of the store for customers written on the blackboard.

The rules were:

(i) The store will open after the rising of the sun and will close when the sun sets down,

(ii) No bargaining allowed. What price the store says, you'll have to pay that if you want to buy/use the products,

(iii) No arguing with the store owner. Arguing can get you blacklisted from the store,

(iv) No damage to any store property. Otherwise, you'll be responsible for the consequences.

There was a written message at the end of the board that read: 'Shop without any tension. You're safe in here'.

"Hey, system, why am I feeling every kind of language spoken in the primal dimension from the board?" Aakesh asked since whatever language he thought, he got similar words and meanings.

[Host, it's to make sure every race can clearly understand the rules of the store irrespective of their language and their way of communication.]

Aakesh nodded after understanding the information. He then went forward to the door. He grabbed the doorknob and turned it right.

With a click, the glass door opened. Aakesh pushed the door open and went outside.

He stretched his arms as soon as he saw the sun since this was the first time he had seen it. For the last eighty millennia, he has been living in the darkness of the void.

His eyes shined, seeing the bright environment around him. He turned around and saw the words 'The First Store' in enormous golden fonts on the storefront. Some of the people that were moving around the market stopped when they noticed Aakesh. They curiously looked at him since he was different from them.

The Bisan Kingdom was a Kingdom predominantly belonging to humans. Many races lived in Bisan, but how can it be possible to have a happy relation with other races. The store owner had blue skin even darker than poison. Among the inhabitants of the Kingdom, he was unlike any other race. The bun and the barechested look gave him a wild look. His appearance piqued the interest of many but annoyed many too at the same time.

Aakesh also noticed the people curiously looking at him. He smiled at them in response. The crowd in front of the store started gathering again. Many people joined the group gathered around the store to see the pure drama that was about to occur, and many were intrigued by the strange features of the store owner.

Aakesh seeing the crowd gathering crowd became excited. He thought they were intrigued by the sudden appearance of the store.

His only exposure to people was those who came to his store, so he had no idea how emotions worked. He could understand people in his previous store since he could hear their thoughts, but here, the system took this ability away from him so he could grow in the real world.

"You're finally out."

Aakesh was smiling and looking at the gathering of the crowd in front of his store when he suddenly heard an angry voice.

He got confused and turned around to see a man glaring at him. He had no idea why would someone be angry at him?

The man glaring at Aakesh was none other than the soldier who tried to call him out sometime before, but he was embarrassed after getting no response twice from the store.

He would've thought twice about offending Aakesh before, but now after seeing the store owner wasn't a human, his fears disappeared. No matter how strong the freak is, the Kingdom will support him as they are human.

"Are you talking to me?" Aakesh lightly asked in the same language the man and the Kingdom spoke.

At first, the man was confused by the gentle voice of the store owner. Half of the anger he had for the store owner somehow vanished.

"Yes, why didn't you open the door before? I knocked twice," The man spoke. His voice was softer this time.

Aakesh knew the title 'Myrioglot' worked. "Oh, I'm sorry. I was asleep at that time," Aakesh apologized to the man for not opening the door.

The anger the man had for Aakesh entirely vanished after that. "Oh! Then it's fine," The man responded while a smile appeared on his face.

The crowd gathered was shocked by how the conversation was happening. The man was no ordinary guard; he was the guard of the youngest prince. How can he talk while smiling to the store owner whom he must have complained about to the prince?

"Did you need something?" Aakesh then asked the man for his reason for knocking twice.

The man then broke out of his stupor. The smile disappeared from his face. He then solemnly said, "The land you've built your store on is out of bounds for everyone. Don't you know the history of the land? Youngest prince has told me to leave the store; otherwise, the soldiers will destroy the store and arrest you."

After he went on to complain to the youngest prince about the new building, the prince ordered him to arrest the store owner and then torture him for the prison. He was a coward in his heart, so he decided to first find out enough about the store owner before deciding to act, but when the man learned that the owner wasn't human, he chose to execute the prince's order without any fear. But now, after talking with the owner, he had good feelings about the store, so he decided to give him a warning.

When everybody present in the crowd heard about the warning, at first they were shocked, how can a cruel bastard like the youngest prince give notice to anybody, but then they focused on the store owner to see his expressions, and what will he do. Who doesn't like to see chaos and drama?

While after hearing the warning, Aakesh's face turned weird.

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Chapter 29

Aakesh's face turned weird after hearing the warning of the soldier. Seeing Aakesh's strange looks, the soldier thought he had become afraid, so he tried to calm him down, "You don't need to be afraid. You must've not known that this land is strictly forbidden to buy by the prince. You only need to vacate the land; everything will be alright after that."

Seeing no change in Aakesh's face after speaking, he thought that Aakesh was worried about the money he invested in the land and the building. Creating a structure overnight must've cost a fortune, and seeing the building looking majestic and gave a sense of pressure, so it must've required more money. He added, "You don't need to worry about the money. I'll talk with the prince and convince him to compensate you for your loss."

While the gathered crowd in the front of the store had stupendous faces, they expected the store owner to be afraid after knowing about the prince, but they never expected the soldier to try to calm the owner down instead of forcing him to get out.

What the soldier and the crowd thought had nothing to do with Aakesh. He was talking with the system in his mind.

"Hey, system, you told me about everything, but you didn't tell me that the land I'm going to start my store upon is in conflict with the Kingdom's prince," He asked the system in his mind since he couldn't speak to air in front of a crowd. They'll take him for a fool.

[Host, it's just a minor conflict. In such cases, you should resolve the problem on your own. The system wouldn't help you and tell you about it. You'll only grow when you're able to handle the situations around the store.]

To Aakesh, the system explained what was going on and told him not to look for more information from the system in the future. To be able to solve future situations on his own, he must rely on the knowledge he has acquired up to this point.

"I understand that, but if you would've told me at first, I wouldn't have to talk to such an irritating fellow," He complained to the system. He would've never talked to the soldier if he knew the reason he would've beaten the shit out of the soldier for giving him a warning.

He saw the look of disgust on the face of the soldier when he glared at him. If he already knew the reason, he would've taught him the lesson.

He then came out of his thoughts and heard what the soldier was saying. While listening to the soldier, he also noticed the look of astonishment on almost every face in the crowd. He couldn't understand people's hidden emotions, but he could understand what the soldier said was astonishing for the people who lived here. It implied that the soldier isn't a good person; he's only acting such due to the influence of the title 'Myrioglot'.

The soldier after still getting no response from Aakesh thought that Aakesh must be still worried about the prince punishing him, so he once again tried to calm him down, "I know you're still worried, but you don't have to. I promise you I'll not let even a scratch oc-"

"Okay, stop!"

Aakesh cut the soldier's speech off in between. The more the soldier spoke, the irritated he became.

Hearing the sudden change in the tone of Aakesh stunned everyone present on the scene, including the soldier. The moment Aakesh changed his tone, the effect of the title on the soldier disappeared, and the look of disgust reappeared on his face.

The soldier was stunned by the sudden change in his mindset. He cautiously looked at Aakesh because he did this. "Leave the land if you don't want to die," said the soldier. He left straight away after that. All the courage he had before talking to Aakesh disappeared after the effect of the title disappeared.

Aakesh ignored the leaving soldier, even a flick of his finger was too much power for him to destroy the soldier. The crowd had too much surprise today, so they also started leaving after the soldier left.

Aakesh had no mood to continue staying outside, so he also returned inside. It was the first time he felt irritated with someone. It was only his first day, and he already had a conflict.

When he entered the store, he noticed Lily sitting on the counter, staring in the direction the soldier left. All the irritation he had disappeared after he saw Lily.

"When did you wake up?" He gently asked as he picked her up.

"Should I kill him?" Lily ignored his question and asked instead by waving his claws.

"Leave him. He's only a weakling," He responded as he squished the tiny face of her with his other hand.

"Let me go!" Lily irritatingly complained but didn't attempt to escape.

They both played for a while after that. "Why did you let the soldier leave safely? How dare he look at you that way?" asked Lily in her childlike voice. She still couldn't forget the look of disgust in the soldier's eye.

Aakesh only smiled in response to her. Lily wanted a reply, so she asked him again. She may call him by his name, but Aakesh was a parent of her. Her body is the creation of his blood. How can she let go if someone disgustingly looks at her parent?

"He's only a weakling. Why would I get angry with someone who I can kill with a flick of my finger?" Aakesh responded, seeing the anger in Lily's eyes.

"A weakling should act like one," Lily retorted.

He smiled in response. He squished Lily's face and laughingly joked, "Oh, are you angry that someone insulted your father?"

"Dream on, you and my father!" Lily scoffed in response.

"Oh, my daughter!" Aakesh continued joking and squishing her face. Lily tried to retort, but at last, she gave up and fell silent. She remembered the features of the soldier. She'll have her revenge when she goes outside.

The fun came to an end when they heard footsteps.. They turned around and saw a female human standing at the door.

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Chapter 30

Maria was trying to break through to Nascent Soul, but unfortunately, she failed, and in the process, she hurt her dantian. With this injury, her prospect of reaching Nascent soul vanished, but she didn't give up and tried to find ways to restore the dantian again. There were ways to heal her dantian, but Maria could never afford it. At last, she gave up after not being able to do anything.

Only a few days had passed when she noticed herself getting weaker day by day. When she finally found the reason for it, she lost hope for healing again since Qi was leaking from her dantian. It was returning to its state before creation. After a few days of stress, she finally accepted the fact that she was going to regress back to Xiantian. Otherwise, she would've burst due to stress.

After losing the ability to cultivate, she started traveling around the Bisan Kingdom. Today, her destination was the largest market in Kakot. She was traveling in the market when she noticed an unusual building in the market.

It was the tallest building as far as she could see in the market. It was made up of the most common materials in the Bisan Kingdom, but the structure gave her a sense of majesty which she didn't even get from the King's palace. When she read the name of the store, she couldn't help but smile. She murmured, "Someone even more narcissistic than the king, who even names their store 'The First Store'?"

The store interested her, so she decided to check out the products and meet the narcissistic owner of the store. The door of the store was open, so she went inside and saw a blue-skinned barechested person playing with a cat.

Her footsteps might've disturbed them, so they turned around and looked at her. "Oh, I am sorry, I didn't know it was your playtime," She apologized with an apologetic expression on her face.

"No worry, we were just passing the time," The strange-looking man stood up and responded.

"What a cute cat!" Maria then exclaimed. Her eyes shined when she looked at the white cat.

"Do you mind if I touch it?" She asked the stranger with an intense expression in her eyes.

"Yes, I do mind," The stranger responded bluntly.

The straight refusal stunned Maria. She never expected the store owner to refuse her so bluntly. The cat also meowed at the same time to show its agreement with the owner.

"Hello, I am Maria," She regained her calm after a few moments and introduced herself.

"I am Aakesh, and she is Lily," The stranger nodded and introduced himself and the cat.

"Hello, Lily," Maria then tried to talk to Lily. Lily ignored her in response and jumped on Aakesh's head.

Maria could only smile wryly at Lily's response. The owner and the cat were too straightforward for her. She regained her calm, "What do you sell in the store?" She saw the shelf next to the store counter, but she ignored it and asked Aakesh because he'll talk respectfully this time.

"We currently only have pills. The store's variety will increase in the future," Aakesh replied, moving toward the shelf.

"We only have three types of pills right now!"

"First-grade inferior healing pill: It can heal even severe external injuries without leaving any scars. The cost is 25 inferior Primal stones."

"First-grade inferior mental healing pill: It can heal mental injuries. The cost is the same a before, 25 Primal stones."

"First-grade inferior dantian healing pill: It can help in healing the injury in dantian. This pill costs 50 Primal stones."

Aakesh introduced the pills and explained their details.

Maria only stood there silently after hearing the outrageous price quoted by Aakesh. "25 Primal stones for an inferior pill!" She couldn't help but exclaim.

"25 Primal stones for a first-grade inferior pill," Aakesh corrected her as she forgot to add first-grade.

Maria was stunned by his response. She had an interest in two pills, one mental healing pill, and the second dantian healing pill. She didn't know why but she wanted to have the pill. It somehow gave her the hope of cultivating again.

"Can you please reduce the price of mental and dantian healing pills?" Maria nervously asked.

Aakesh didn't speak but pointed to her behind. She turned around and saw nothing, so she confusingly turned back and looked at Aakesh.

"Read the rules," He said and then pointed again. She turned around and noticed a board near the counter. She read the rules and then looked at Aakesh.

"No Bargaining," He then said.

"Owner, but the price truly is too outrageous," Maria argued.

"Read the third rule!" Aakesh responded expressionlessly.

After reading the rule, she wanted nothing more than to rush and beat up the store owner, but she controlled herself. Whenever she looked at the owner, she felt she was standing in front of a mountain.

She only begrudgingly looked at Aakesh. He ignored her look and said, "So what pill do you want to buy? And you can only buy three of the pill at most."

"Even affording one is too much for me, let alone three," She thought in her heart but didn't speak out loud.

She then used her Qi, and the next moment, a red pouch appeared in her hand. It was the pouch in which she carried the gold and Primal stones.

After calculating the last of Primal stones, she calculated 51 inferior stones. She also had around a hundred platinum coins and three thousand gold coins, but Aakesh refused to take coins in place of the stones.

She only had enough stones to buy a single dantian healing pill. She looked at Aakesh once again with a pleading expression but was disappointed when he looked expressionlessly at her. She also thought to use seduction to reduce the price, but she refused it the next moment. It was too much for her self pride, and she also believed that Aakesh wouldn't show any reaction toward her body.

"Give me one dantian healing pill," She told Aakesh as she begrudgingly pushed 50 Primal stones toward him.

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Since Maria had only 51 Primal stones, she could either buy a mental healing pill or a dantian healing pill. She thought for a long time about what to buy.

After a long thought process, she finally decided what to buy. "Owner, I want to buy the dantian healing pill," She told Aakesh and pushed the pouch containing the stones with a heartbroken look.

The dantian healing pill cost 50 Primal stones, which were almost all of her savings. If the pill didn't work, she would lose too much not to be worried about the consequence.

"First-grade inferior dantian healing pill," Aakesh, instead of taking the pouch, expressionlessly corrected her.

"Huh!" Maria couldn't help but exclaim in wonderment at his response.

Seeing Aakesh not taking the pouch, she begrudgingly said, "Owner, I want to buy a first-grade inferior dantian healing pill."

"Good!" Aakesh said and moved toward the shelf to take out the pill.

"Owner, I have a question before you sell the pill to me," Maria spoke, stopping Aakesh in his actions.

"Go ahead," Aakesh responded.

"What if the pill doesn't work?"

"You'll get the pill for free and a hundred times the price of the pill as compensation," Aakesh responded expressionlessly as the system had already told him about it. He then took out the pill and handed it to Maria.

Maria gently and slowly took the pill as if it was the most important thing for her. After she took the pill, Aakesh snapped his fingers, and the next moment, the pouch containing Primal stones disappeared from the store.

The sudden disappearance of the pouch stunned Maria. She looked at Aakesh with a horrified expression. Only those who have achieved Void Forging can manipulate space. A Void forging expert at the same level as their king and acting as a store owner, she felt like her head would explode.

"Senior, are you a Void Forging expert?" Maria respectfully asked Aakesh. Her tone, completely different from before.

Aakesh confusedly looked at her and asked, "Why would you think so?"

"Senior, you just manipulated space."

"Oh, is that something special?" Aakesh curiously asked.

Maria didn't know what to answer to this. Many people will die for having the ability to manipulate space, and here, senior is insulting it as if it isn't anything special.

"I am not a Void Forging expert. You have bought your product. You can leave now," Seeing Maria silent, Aakesh spoke and told her to leave.

After hearing Aakesh, Maria didn't wait for a moment. She bowed to him and left the store.

"What an irritating woman!" Lily complained after Maria left the store.

"She just wanted to touch you. You're so cute after all," Aakesh said as he picked her up from his head.

"Hmph, I could snap her head off in a single swipe," Lily scoffed. He only smiled in response to her statement.

[Ding.]

[Congratulation, Host, for selling your first product in the store. 1% of the selling cost of the product has been submitted to your inventory. You can use that money on anything.]

[Host, see your screen for the quest.]

[Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,

Requirement: You need to have multiple customers if you want to have a famous store. Sell ten products to your customers in a week,

Mission reward: A new product and addition in the pill varieties,

Failure punishment: Sales commission will be reduced to 0.5% of the product's price.]

Aakesh heard continuous announcements after that from the system. In the morning, the system told him that he would receive a commission of 1% for every product he sold. His commission will grow as he completes more quests in the future.

He then read the quests the system gave him. "10 customers in one week," After reading the mission objective, he mumbled.

Aakesh was able to accomplish the quest without much difficulty; the only problem was time. He still thought that it could take centuries for a newer customer to arrive in the store.

After leaving the store, Maria hurried to the hotel she stayed in. She wanted to eat the pill as soon as possible. After seeing Aakesh manipulating space, she had no doubts about the authenticity of the pill. Even though he refused that he wasn't a Void Forging expert, she believed he was just being modest.

After reaching the hotel, she rushed to the room she booked and closed the door after entering. She threw her clothes away and sat down naked in a meditative pose. There was no need to get naked, but she didn't want to ruin her clothes since she had become dirt poor now.

After taking out the pill from her space ring, she gazed at it intensely as if it were her most cherished possession. She inhaled and exhaled breath to calm her mind down. When her mind became serene without thinking of anything, she put the pill in her mouth.

In no time, the pill melted in her tongue and transformed into energy. The energy then made its way toward her dantian as if it was sentient without any help from Maria. She also let it do all the work and only witnessed the process.

The energy traveled through her vocal cord to her heart, and finally, it reached her dantian. Dantian was located on the base of her spine. Her dantian was blue in color, signifying her ability to manipulate the element of water.

The energy didn't bombard itself onto her dantian. It slowly started seeping inside it. After a few seconds, the last bit of energy successfully seeped onto her dantian, ending the process.

Maria waited for a few minutes to see any effect, but nothing changed in her dantian. She then tried to cultivate, but she stopped after feeling intense pain from it.

Her shoulder slumped down, seeing no results from the pill. A drop of tear streaked down her left cheek, but before it could leave her face, she wiped it and tried to smile.

"You can't cry. You've to stay strong," Maria whispered to motivate herself after the failure. She then stood up and went up to the mirror.

Maria had pale skin and a face pretty enough to be a queen. She frowned at her reflection, seeing a scar from her left breast to her private parts.. She couldn't help but remember the story behind the hideous scar.

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Chapter 32

Maria was born to an affluent family in Pilni, one of the cities of the Bisan Kingdom. Her father was the head of the city guards. She and her family lived in luxury. Being a military child, her father taught her to never give up and always strive for improvement and positivity.

Everything in her life was turned down by a single person who arrived on Pilni a few years ago. Apparently, the man was the son of some high-ranking official in the Kingdom. Maria was thirty years of age that year. She had a pretty face and a desirable body. Since she was from a wealthy family, she always maintained her body, making her an otherworldly beauty.

Upon seeing her, the man asked her father for a price because he was so captivated by her looks. He wanted to buy her, but Maria's father beat him in response, only to leave Pilni alive when the city mayor personally intervened to save him.

From that moment, Maria's family's bad times started. Her father was humiliated and forced to give up his position. Everyone in the city blacklisted them. After their close relatives betrayed them and captured their property, they went from one of the wealthiest families to one of the poorest in less than a week.

It was only the start of the horror they were going to face. Maria's parents still had savings, so they decided to move into another city and start a new life. Her father was a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he could easily get a new job in any other city and then establish their family again.

They had already made plans to move into another city, but Maria's best friend betrayed her and told her enemy about their moving away from the city. That night, she and her parents were attacked.

Maria watched the scene of her parents getting killed while the man who tried to buy her laughed. After that, he raped her in front of everyone, and then using his knife, made a cut from right beneath her left breast to her private area.

"Always remember this cut and live with it until you die," The man told her after making the cut.

"Pl...please kill me," Maria pleadingly said. She didn't want to live anymore after such a humiliation.

"How would I feel better if you die?" The man replied with a cruel grin. He then fondled her left breast, making Maria groan in pain due to the cut.

"If you want to blame someone, blame your father. If he would've given you to me for a night, maybe he would've been promoted, and you would've become even more wealthy," The man said, and he left her naked lying on a pool of blood. After that day, she never saw the man again.

She stayed there naked for a week, thinking about dying every second, but her father's teachings always stopped her from attempting suicide. When she finally stood up, she decided to live for only revenge. But it seems her bad luck still hasn't left her away; she injured her dantian while attempting to reach Nascent Soul.

During the past few years, she tried everything to heal her dantian, but the pills that could help her were way too expensive. She could afford it if her parent's savings wouldn't have been stolen, but during that tragic day, everything that could go wrong with her went wrong. She also asked every relative for her, but they felt so disgusted to even look at her, let alone talk. The only money she had was from the money she had saved from her childhood.

A drop of tear streamed through her cheeks as she remembered all the tragedy that happened to her due to that bastard. She wiped the tear drop off and tried to smile.

"Remember what daddy taught, you can't give up. You've to look for only positivity in the future," She murmured to motivate herself.

After calming down, she went to the bathroom and washed her face. When she came out, she wore the same clothes back and went out.

The store owner has told about the compensation if the product doesn't work. It didn't matter what level the owner was. She had to get compensation.

When she entered the store, she saw the same scene of Aakesh playing with Lily.

Lily jumped on Aakesh's head when she saw Maria again. But Maria ignored her this time.

"What do you want to buy this time?" Aakesh asked as he stood up.

"I don't want to buy anything. I'm here for compensation. The pill didn't work," Maria nervously answered. She was nervous because if Aakesh refused to pay, she couldn't do anything but take it as another tragedy in her life.

"Are you sure?" Aakesh questioningly asked. He was sure that the system's product would always work.

"Yes!" Maria nervously replied, but her eyes held a determined look.

"Come here," Aakesh then called her.

Maria nervously went up to her. She had no idea what Aakesh wanted to do, but somehow she never doubted any bad intention.

Aakesh extended her right hand and touched right above her private parts. Maria's face got red, not due to embarrassment as she knew he did this to check up on her dantian. Her face became red due to him finding the repulsive scar on her body through his touch.

"Don't worry! I am just checking your dantian," Aakesh said as he used Qi to check up on her dantian.

Aakesh could use Qi, Prana, or Mana, etc., without following the respective power system because of the system. He had the freedom to use any energy in the primal dimension depending on his level.

The next moment, Aakesh retracted his hand. Red-faced Maria nervously stared at him, waiting for his answer.

"The pill worked," He then told her expressionlessly.

"But, It still hurts whenever I try to cultivate," Maria retorted, thinking that Aakesh didn't want to compensate her.

"It worked. Your Qi won't leak anymore. It will still take three pills for your dantian to completely heal," He explained.

"Well, Well!"

Suddenly a voice echoed in the store, bringing the conversation between Aakesh and Lily to stop.

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