God Of All Systems

On the floating island above the Athos tree, Patrick stood on the balcony of his castle with a tea mug in hand as he stared into the afternoon sun; he wore a white bathrobe and slipper. His hair was wet as strands lay on his shoulder.

"I have been far from home; mother must be sick of my absence by now. Grace, what's the time-space difference between my home universe and this cultivation universe?"

"One year or a cycle in this universe is a month in yours, Master. Should I perhaps make an interdimensional call to her Lady?"

"No. Because the moment she realizes there is such a thing, that will be the day I lose my free time, as she would like to know every second of my day, as she was back then."

Patrick spoke as a smile crossed his face while thinking about his mother. He steadily sipped from the mug again as he continued.

"I will visit her after a decade here. Besides, after leaving the Immortal Realm, I still have to visit Thalia's home universe and meet her parents."

"Master, what about the God Realm? It seems the god, Asura, still holds the grudge he had against you in the First Realm. And many other gods have noticed your existence; some are even watching through their avatars as we speak."

"Grace, I could care less about some puny gods. They can watch for all I care. Also, why call themselves gods when they can't even descend to the lower realms? If one calls themselves a god, they should be at least able to do as they please, or it's nothing but borrowing the title."

Patrick spoke condescendingly; he shifted his attention down the Athos Tree as he spoke to Grace.

"Grace, give me an interactable projection of the Athos Tree."

Then, a 3-D blue holographic projection of the Athos Tree appeared before Patrick; leaving the mug floating in the air; Patrick spun the interactable projection as he saw the magical designs of the long and massive tree. He exclaimed.

"Quite impressive, lady Marine has quite the imagination. With her magical imagination and science, her contributions will be world-breaking... Grace, make me a workshop below the castle; it's been a while since I played with science—time to refresh my memory."

Patrick waved as he canceled the projection. He turned and entered the castle's living room as he saw Athena, Anna, and Thalia all wearing night lingeries and drinking coffee while staring at the outside scenery through the glass walls. Patrick spoke as he walked past the living room.

"Afternoon, ladies; see you in a bit."

"Going somewhere?" Athena asked.

"Yes, going to do some science stuff."

Patrick spoke as he stepped into the elevator; the elevator then went down as it stopped below the castle. Two sliding doors opened, revealing a workshop with numerous technological machinery. Patrick stretched his fingers as he walked into the shop.

"Time to introduce the cultivation Realm to technology."

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Somewhere in the Central Continent, numerous figures sat in a hall with still faces as they watched a crystal projection of the being called the One Above. This entity was so powerful that he exterminated seven ancient families, including the Gong family, and publicly warned every powerhouse in the Immortal Realm while holding the corpse of the Ancient Gong Ancestor. Such arrogance was beyond crazy.

The figures in the hall were the members of the Star Commerce Alliance, the most prestigious and wealthy commercial group in the Immortal Realm.

"You mean that our investments in the Ancient families for the past hundred thousand cycles have all been for naught?! And all it took was one kid and a few billion middle regional leaders?! Are you kidding me?!"

The leader on the highest seat bellowed with rage as his energy erupted in the hall; he was a Saint King Realm cultivator. The cultivators in the hall had serious faces as they dared not speak. But then, a charming woman's voice sounded from a distance. This woman's voice was quite familiar.

"It's pointless getting angry over it now; the damage has already been done. We must analyze our options and determine the best plan. If our fish has been eaten by a bigger one, why don't we switch to the bigger one and see how we can benefit from it? Perhaps it will yield better results than the last."

"Your plan is perfect, but how do we get-

Head Manager, urgent news!!"

Suddenly a cultivator rushed into the hall with a scroll in hand as he shouted to the Head Manager. The Head Manager and some elders in the hall instinctively rose as they assumed serious stances, thinking they were perhaps being attacked. But then, the messenger knelt as he presented the scroll to the Head Manager.

"Head Manager, it's a scroll from Athos; they welcome everyone to their inauguration ceremony, regardless of power, status, or cultivation realm. They even provide Time Spirit Stones for cultivators in the other continents to travel directly into Athos."

The Head Manager was confused as he held and opened the scroll. Opening the scroll, it reads:

"By order of the One Above, all cultivators are welcomed to witness the inauguration ceremony of Athos, due a week from now. Attached is a space ring containing enough time spirit stones for continental travel. All are welcome!"

The Head Manager read the scroll as he saw the space ring hanging down; he held the ring as he stared at his little sister beside him. As if thinking this could be a trap, the woman activated her Life Law as green energy shone from her hands and covered the entire hall. She then nodded the 'go ahead' to her brother.

But sending his consciousness into the space ring, the Head Manager appeared in an endless space as he saw countless mountains of time spirit stones. There were at least more than three hundred mountain piles of time spirit stones; with a shocked face, the Head General withdrew his consciousness from the ring. But with a depressed face, he spoke.

"...., You said earlier we could curry favor with Athos if we provide them with resources, but how exactly are we supposed to do that when their invitation gift alone is worth more than our entire net worth?"

The woman heard her brother speak as she frowned, taking the ring from the Head Manager; she also sent consciousness in it as she saw the near infinite amounts of time spirit stones piled up like mountains. Shock and disbelief washed the woman's face as she stared at the ring with opened mouth. But then, the Head Manager had a change of expression, from depressed to enthusiastic, he ordered.

"Everyone, prepare our most sacred beast chariot; gather our strongest soldiers; we leave for Athos in three days."

This was the same with many other powerhouses and continents. Every major power received the scrolls of invitation with time spirit stones to match. Even the commoners were also invited. Some commoners were praising their gods as they were blessed with so many time spirit stones, a currency some of them would have never even seen in their lifetimes.

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In a middle region of the Central Continent, Lian Zu and many other cultivators sat in a meeting chamber as they discussed. They also received the invitation scrolls with the time spirit stones. But some had suspicious countenances as they second-thought their decisions to go. An elderly man on the high seat spoke to Lian Zu.

"Little brother Zu, my little region has risen to this position all thanks to your wisdom. So what do you think, should we go?"

"... The fact that they just gave us countless amounts of time spirit stones is suspicious. But as someone who annihilated the Ancient families, there is nothing they could want from lesser powers like us. So let's go; this might be an opportunity to see this Athos Realm."

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At another location in the Central Continent, seven young men and women casually massacred high-level magical beasts; the scene was filled with the carcasses of numerous beasts as their blue blood soaked the ground like a river. Suddenly, a fair-skinned young male with a bun hairstyle paused as he took out a shining object. The young man was quite handsome. He then spoke after reading the message.

"The Ancient Elders had ordered we go to the Athos Realm."

Hearing this, the other six youths stopped slaughtering the beasts as they turned to the young male; a burly youth among the group cracked his knuckles as he spoke with a grin.

"Finally, I get to see this One Above. But most of all, I want to see if he's as powerful as the rumors make him to be, or perhaps it was all a lie. But regardless, I want to challenge him."

"The mission today has been accomplished; we head for the Athos Realm!"

The young male spoke as the other youths began vanishing from the scene, he was the last person to leave the scene, but before vanishing, he murmured.

"Time we finally meet, system administrator."