Essence CYOA Build

Essence Build Summary

Blank - Limitless Potential Buff other Essences

Crafter - Mythical Item Crafting, Conceptual Imbuement, Conjuration of non-living materials

Archmage - Unlimited Memory Storage, OP Intelligence, Muh Magic (shareable)

Cultivator - Potential to cultivate to become Super Primordial God Super God (shareable, to an extent), standard genius talent package, make Cultivation stuff out of other things like dead enemies and plants, no limits and 'bottlenecks', heaven-defying luck, unlimited willpower, and ability to constantly find tougher opponents

Harem Protagonist - Bonus Affection Points, 'Attraction Field', required secondary Harem Maintenance, Anti-NTR and Sexual Intercourse capabilities


Essence Full Description

Essence of the Blank

By taking this essence, you gain but one benefit:

Your potential becomes limitless. You can learn any discipline or skillset, even if you shouldn't be capable of it, without forgetting it and practice them into mastery, no matter how many you learn. Any abilities you have from other Essences will increase where possible and develop in ways beyond their initial purposes.

Essence of the Crafter

Master craftsman, able to design, build, and maintain anything from machines to a simple shovel.

Flawless work, anything created will never rot or rust only able to be destroyed through violence. These creations are extremely durable as well.

Creations work better than one made by someone else.

Can conjure dead or inorganic materials needed to work with from thin air.

Ability to craft items on par with those in myth and legend, spears that never miss, swords that can cut through anything, invulnerable armor, etc.

Can force specific abilities onto items through sheer skill and ability to craft on a conceptual level.

Essence of the Archmage

By consuming the essence of the Archmage you gain several boons

Perfect memory with infinite storage

Beyond genius level intellect

Capacity to learn any 'magic' even unique ones upon seeing it once or understanding enough about it. This also includes things like Ki, Chakra, soul power, etc.

Possess a supernatural reactor that can adapt to any supernatural energy to fuel spells, enchantments, powers, etc. this reactor provides a steady supply of power that will grow over time, right now you could use high consumption abilities with wild abandon and still not make much of a dent after a few hours.

Can teach others systems even if they previously lacked the capacity.

Manipulate entire systems or combine then with experimentation.

are capable of casting any spell as long as you have the energy not requiring any extra element like a focus or materials. The time required to cast if any remains however.

Essence of the Cultivator

By consuming this essence you become as ridiculously overpowered and blessed with potential and luck as the greatest of xianxia main characters. Which, if you know xianxia, is pretty damn ridiculous.

You gain the ability to 'cultivate' your 'internal energy', allowing you access to increasing tiers of effects and powers in-theme for wuxia and/or xianxia, the exact nature and power level of these effects depending on what degree have cultivated it to. You may use an existing cultivation system from any xianxia novel or create your own.

You may grant this ability to cultivate to others and teach them your system, but they are limited to their own willpower, comprehensive abilities, and talents when it comes to success. You may still use external means, such as alchemy or creating and sharing secret techniques, to help them.

Cultivating your internal energy slows down your aging, eventually making you truly unaging. Likewise, you may eventually transcend mortal needs such as sustenance, normal rest, or needing to breathe. Your mind and soul will be adjusted so as to be able to endure immortality.

Your talent for cultivation and speed and ease of learning at all things related to cultivation (including martial arts, alchemy, and creating artifacts) is beyond ludicrous. Your aptitude is raised to the maximum possible allowable in existence and perhaps slightly beyond even that. You can choose to slow this down when you need to or when you wish to avoid attracting attention.

This includes your ability to make use of external cultivation aids, such as parts from mystical beasts and exotic plants and treasures. You may easily consume and gain maximum benefit from such things even without preparation, and gain even greater benefits from them with sufficient preparation and alchemical knowledge.

Even if your cultivation system does not normally provide you with one you will still be gifted with perfect memory, including infinite storage and perfect indexing.

As one specially blessed by this Essence and the heavens, you may ignore the usual limits of your cultivation system whenever you find it convenient. You may mix incompatible elements, cultivate female-only arts as a male or vice versa, ignore dietary or behavioral restrictions normally required of cultivators, etc.

Your cultivation cannot be 'crippled'. Injuries that would normally destroy your cultivation instead merely temporarily wound it, but you can heal in time. Likewise, any cultivation techniques that carry a risk of death if performed incorrectly are entirely safe for you; you may or may not succeed at them but failure will never kill or permanently injure you, and you may try again.

Your cultivation never dead-ends or gets trapped in a bottleneck. Regardless of what choices you make or what system you are in, there are no 'traps' that leave you stuck at a given stage of cultivation forever. All setbacks are clearable with enough hard work and your 'foundation' is always ideally solid.

Your willpower is truly unlimited, unbreakable, and unsurpassed, and you have a perfect sense of 'self'. No amount of pain or hardship can deter you, no illusion can trap you or bind your heart or soul, and you can focus on a task for eternity if need be. Any cultivation challenges that depend on strength of will or clarity of mind are auto-win for you.

You have the luck of a top-tier xianxia protagonist. Coincidence and fate favor you greatly, mentors and training materials seem to be available whenever most needed, discovering treasures and rarities seem to be much more common for you than for other people whenever you go exploring and adventuring, and you have plot armor sufficient to survive almost anything.

Cultivation is not for the idle, but instead for those who struggle and overcome challenges. Regardless of how powerful you grow you may always find things that challenge you if you make a sufficient effort to seek them out, until you finally stand among the highest of beings.

Essence of the Harem Protagonist

There is something about you that can attract anyone, even strange alien beings beyond the comprehension of mortals and gods alike. What it is that attracts these individuals will vary from person to person but there will always at least be something that will pique their interest. Their interest can easily blossom into fondness, a desire for friendship, or even genuine love if given some time to interact with you in some way whether it be in person or through hearing about you.

Are quite a bit tougher, enough that you could survive the rather destructive results of typical harem shenanigans. You will never suffer crippling or lethal wounds from any of those in your harem.

You will passively draw towards you individuals that have significant power, importance in their world plot wise or some other reason, grand destinies, and this such as that. Toggleable.

Granted infinite stamina and vitality, you are a quite able lover, able to please a mind boggling amount of people into bliss.

Any individuals that become part of your harem will be more willing to put aside differences and grievances to work towards your happiness and their own if circumstances permit. The feelings and loyalty they have for you will remain eternally strong unless you do something terrible to change that.

Fate, Destiny, and coincidence will bend, twist, warp, and maneuver to keep those in your harem yours. That doesn't mean they are bound to you forever if they honestly want to move on, just that things like individuals with mind control abilities, infernal lust powers, or a dirty monster tries to claim them these attempts at taking them will fail quite spectacularly. You can sense any who try to claim what is yours and who they are.


AN: This is basically a crackfic/parody of DXD harem multicross, it may get slightly more serious if I continue it, but I'll see how things go first since I was just trying to get a really sticky idea out of my head by writing it out. And yes, the protagonist name was chosen as a way to troll Issei, and no, I'm not making Jojo references here. As for worlds they will be eloping to, I'll probably be following the trend of appearing at non-canon periods, like Danmachi when Zeus/Hera (more importantly, Zard and Alfia) are around.

That time I eloped with the main character's daughter (DXD / Multicross / Essence CYOA)

I woke up as the happiest 4-year-old in the world!

The reincarnation was a success! I was now the proud consumer of 5 OP Essences in a harem series! I may not have gotten the chance to grab the more powerful ones since I was only given half a minute to make my choices, but I can't say that I was dissatisfied with grabbing the few Essences I did know about when I was given a limit of 5 Essence Bottles.

Blank for that sweet limitless potential and overall buff to other Essences. Crafter for my magical bling of war, free conjured materials, and general skills in creating masterful works. Archmage for all the magic! Cultivator that gives me all the genius, heaven defyingly lucky Xianxia Protagonist perks and potential to become a Super God. And finally, Harem Protagonist for obvious reasons.

The unknown god that granted me this blessing of second life as an overpowered protagonist may have been laughing maniacally when I said I wanted to go to the DXD universe, but despite whatever twists or challenges he had undoubtedly placed in my way, I couldn't help but be grateful to him for this chance.

I took a look at my surroundings, noting that I was in Japan, and recalled that my rich American parents decided to move to this country for business purposes. It was a pretty standard background fact required to put a future OP protagonist like me into Kuoh Academy. I don't care how contrived it was, so long as it helped me to achieve my goals of banging all the blonde waifus like Asia Argento then I have no problems with my super cliched backstory.

Unless, of course, it involves my parents contracting a case of overly edgy death with a side dish of rape by supernatural beings.

My new family was apparently doing a great job raising me so I fully intended to repay them for their service with sufficient filial love and many boons once I become the strongest being this universe has ever seen.

Suddenly, I heard a strangely familiar sound coming from outside… ah, my parents are back home from work!

I ran downstairs and opened the door for them, then happily ran up and hugged them. Thomas and Lia Dorana, my new father and mother, lovingly hugged me back. They had bought dinner back and also prepared a delicious chocolate cake for my birthday!

"And now, it's time for presents! Honey, you did get that action figure on time…?"

My mother was whispering to my father about something, probably about my present.

Honestly, I wasn't going to be picky about these trivial matters, not when I could now conjure materials and build better things thanks to my Essence of the Crafter.

"Uh, about that…"

I couldn't hear what he said but I could hear the word 'sale' and my mother seemed to be happy with it so it was probably okay.

I opened up the packaging on my present and found a rather cool looking red-armored action figure. Oh, the green button on its chest looks very pressable-

"OPPAI!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

That wasn't me screaming despite the utter horror that was swelling in me.

My mother snatched the toy out of my hand and proceeded to lecture my father over buying something so perverted. I couldn't even muster the strength to keep up the childish act by questioning 'what is Oppai' to elicit some hilarious reaction from them.

The Oppai Dragon was already a thing. Canon was progressing or had already progressed, and I was still just a human child.

I searched for my new body's memories and realized that it was the year 2021!

From my previous life's memories, I recalled something about that shitty time travel volume involving Issei's kids coming from 30 years in the future.

The fucking unknown god sent me to Highschool DXD Volume EX!

All my dreams of my perfect DXD harem came crashing down.


What's the point of being an overpowered self-insert harem protagonist when there's no harem worth going after? I could probably go after any amount of hot supernatural women whenever I wanted but if I did that then it would be the same as picking up random mob characters.

There's just a really special appeal about canon haremettes, even though plenty of harem girls have cliche character traits and backstories, I can't help but long for story significant characters. It doesn't really matter whether my desires for canon girls were just for the fandom bragging rights or some dumbass autistic reasons, point is, I came here for the express purpose of getting those girls, and accepting anything less would be the same as living a mediocre life!

Yeah, that's right! Fuck that, I had potentially unlimited power within reach, all I needed to do was get so OP that I can jump into an alternate timeline and get all the waifus I want!

Ah, yes, there are some complications with that. Gasper was going to basically end up a god of time and could possibly undo my actions, it would be dangerous to try time travel before gaining sufficient cosmic power… Shiva was likely still a threat with his precognition, normally, I wouldn't have to worry about them thanks to my crazy Xianxia protagonist luck.

The problem was that Gasper was best friends with Issei and, knowing Issei, he probably has Shiva as part of his 'Rival Harem' right now. I may have Xianxia Protagonist plot armor, but Issei Hyoudou has Plot Armor as well, how else would he have made it this far in life without bullshit luck?!

I can't risk the notice of beings that have Issei's trademarked 'Plot Armor Insurance Coverage' until I was strong enough… or I manage to neutralize his plot armor advantage by playing the tropes against him.

Harem protagonists can't be anything more than harem protagonists lest they lose their defining trait as a main character, these kinds of protagonists have rules of conduct to follow, granted, Issei's morals are still pretty shit by true hero standards, but even then he wouldn't start torturing innocents or friends of his family out of the blue.

And there's the kicker.

He can't do anything that would make his harem and his family hate him.

Issei Hyoudou was most likely a father by now, if that's the case, he should have a couple of daughters my age. It was a no brainer.

All I needed to do is to make friends with some of his kids and become the boyfriend of one of his daughters. His plot armor would fail to work against me since I hate NTR and have no intentions of fucking his harem, in this timeline at least, and by dating any of his daughters he will be obligated to tolerate me lest he gains the undying hatred of his daughters.

"Ahahaha! I'm a genius! Now, I, Dio Dorana, shall increase my personal power and husbando levels through hard work."

Now then… time to figure out how to learn magic and start cultivating to solve all my self-defense problems. To do that, I need time and freedom. Both my parents are working so I don't have a parent staying as a housewife or househusband, I'm pretty independent at this point, but I'll still need pocket money and the autonomy to buy organic material for magic and alchemy.

I can probably get more leeway, pocket money, and free time from my parents by displaying my genius with my Crafter given abilities. I'll just design a couple of machines, make advancements in robotics or some other discipline in the near future then.


Many years later…

I had just completed the totally unnecessary high school exams to enter Kuoh Academy.

The combination of nostalgia and desire for their children to attend the same school they did should push Issei and his harem to send their children there.

With my Harem Protagonist luck toggled on I see no reason why the few plot significant, and available, female characters wouldn't gravitate there.

In addition to that, the school would be foolish to deny me my rightful position as a student when I am already renown as a genius in the field of metallurgy. Inventing a couple of new metals to push science forward tends to make one reasonably famous. I didn't have to worry about kidnappings and poaching from other organizations, both mundane and supernatural, thanks to my high luck giving me many opportunities to make any problems disappear.

Those problems ended up as alchemy materials to fuel my Cultivation further.

"Guess I'll scout the town a bit before I officially move here."

I ended up running into a stray devil.

In fucking Kuoh Town. Where the Hyoudou Residence is situated at.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Kuhahahaha! I'll kill you and eat y-"

"Look, stop, can you just stop this nonsense and leave this town already? Do you even know which town this is?"

"What does that have anything to do with me eating you?"

"Oh, sure, now you can think and speak properly. Anyways, point is, you're in Kuoh Town. Hometown of the Red Dragon Emperor, one of the Satans, the strongest beings in this world. Are you courting death?"

"Erm… I'm still going to eat you!"

"Haa… tell you what, I'm feeling merciful, so if you kowtow until I am satisfied then I will kill you quickly, return your body to human form with my power, find your family and bury your body with them. It's a better offer than anything else you're going to get."

This stray devil is honestly too stupid to be allowed to live. The only option I could give it was in how it wanted to die, I am already willing to waste its body's use as middling alchemy materials if it complied with my rather lenient demands. Am I not merciful?

"Aurrgh!"

I guess that's a 'no'.

I flicked the sleeves of my jacket, shooting out one of 50 inscribed talismans containing a good measure of my power from my web-shooter inspired device, killing the stray devil instantly by ripping out its spirit and storing it for later use.

Storing its body in my 8th spatial ring along with the spirit-killing/storing talisman, I continued on exploring the town and helped out a grandma with some heavy bags on the way to the train station.

"Oh, thank you, you're such a sweet boy. Please, take this Omamori with you."

"Thank you, you're too kind. Have a nice day and a safe trip back!"

I examined the Omamori and found it to be filled with a decent amount of divine energy.

How unexpected.

Once again, my Xianxia brand of luck continues to astound me.

I was just about to go on an amulet purchasing spree across temples in search of the rare ones with more energy in them, but sure, this works too. Wouldn't be the first time it happened to me.

Want to get a start with magic? Two days later, I ended up getting an introductory book to magic after pointing out a modern magician's problem with his motorcycle.

Time to start learning the local Senjutsu and Touki because my Cultivation stages need way too much energy and I needed a short-term usage for all the energy I collected? Treated a hungry beaten-up Yokai to some Ramen and gave him some money. He ended up showing me some techniques for the sake of humoring me, not knowing that I could copy and improve on his techniques after having a good look.

Need a technique to hide my growing magical and life energy reserves? Found a small magical bead that was capable of doing just that in an abandoned local park! I replicated and improved upon the artifact's effect in a manner of days.

I could probably take a trip to the Underworld and accidentally find a small pocket dimension containing a broken piece of a Malebranche even though all of it should have been cleaned up by good old' Sirzechs and his successor, the main character Issei Hyoudou.

Again, I'm not complaining, I just find it so absurd that I'm basically incentivized to take a walk and help someone whenever I feel mildly inconvenienced about anything.


Yes, finally, the start of the school year!

"Uniform and protagonist spiky hair? Check. Invisible spatial rings and energy suppression seals? Check. Extra hidden resistance magic seals and automatic defense spells? Check."

Several more checks later...

"-Master Patissier levels of sweets packed up to share with the class" And my target girl, who should like sweets like any other anime girl, "Check."

Love is War and I intend to have a total victory!

"Haaa…" I still sighed involuntarily when I thought about the plan.

Despite my progress over the past couple of years and with my goals being closer than ever, I still feel some measure of distaste at the idea of seducing a daughter or two of the girls I originally wanted to fuck.

Urgh, worse comes to worst, I'll just dump her when I acquire enough power to restart the entire DXD multiverse to keep things painless.

I managed to keep up my usual appearance without frowning until I sensed one of the devils in the school finally entering my classroom just when homeroom was about to start, sliding the door aside so hard that it looked as if it was going to be torn right off like paper!

"Haaaaa…..SAFE!"

My jaw dropped. She was the prettiest girl I had ever seen. Long blonde hair that flowed all the way down her back, beautiful green eyes, a sexy body that packed a lot of power and moved skillfully-

"Wah! What was that!" "So loud!" "Is the door supposed to look like that?"

-The heavenly beauty looked at the nearly broken door, chuckled with a mischievous smile, and stuck out her tongue.

"I overdid it"

Ah, my heart… I can't take this cuteness… I think... I may have a crush on her.

Stupid hormones, it's all my teenage body's fault!

"Dorana, Dio."

"Present."

It wasn't supposed to be like this, ah, but… maybe, if I get to know her a bit better then…

"Hyoudou, Airi."

"Here!"

"Report to the student council after school."

"Urgh!"

She's so pretty even when she's dreading a scolding. I guess that's to be expected when she's the spitting image of her mother, Asia Argento.

I think I could love this girl properly. No, scratch that, I'll marry her!

If her overprotective parents try to stop me I'll just elope with her to another world!