My Ultimate Sign-in System Made Me Invincible - Chapter 388: Every Good Thing Comes With A Price

Chapter 388: Every Good Thing Comes With A Price

As the converted dark energy flowed through his body, Liam tried to feel if his strength was increasing or if there were any changes. He sat perfectly still, focusing inward, searching for even the slightest indication of improvement.

Nothing.

An hour passed. Then another. Still nothing.

Liam sighed softly and opened his eyes. He’d never expected instant progress in the first place. Cultivation was a marathon, not a sprint. The fact that he could even cultivate dark energy at all was already an achievement beyond measure. Expecting immediate results on top of that would have been greedy.

But now, sitting here with energy flowing through his newly transformed body, Liam finally understood how everything worked together.

The constraint he’d created with his Dao Array Eyes acted as the gateway. It pulled dark energy from the universal network, channeling it into his personal system. Without that constraint, none of this would be possible. The dark energy would simply exist around him, untouchable and unusable.

The Origin Devouring Body received that raw dark energy and performed the critical transformation. Dark energy in its natural state was incompatible with any physical form. It existed to push space apart, not to strengthen living beings. The constitution converted it, breaking it down and rebuilding it into something Liam’s body could actually absorb.

The Heart of 18 Magic Circles took that converted energy and refined it further. Each of the eighteen chambers processed the energy differently, purifying it, concentrating it, distributing it according to his body’s needs. The heart acted like a mystical refinery, turning crude energy into premium fuel.

A constitution and a talent working in perfect harmony. Each one essential. Remove any single piece and the entire system would collapse.

Liam smiled despite the lack of immediate results. The system was elegant. Beautiful, even. And best of all, it was completely passive.

Unlike conventional cultivators who needed to sit in meditation for hours or days, maintaining focus and manually directing energy through their meridians, Liam could just live his life normally. As long as the constraint remained in place, dark energy would continue flowing into him. Whether he was sleeping, eating, fighting, or doing absolutely nothing, his cultivation would progress automatically.

The smile on his face faded slightly as a question formed in his mind.

This worked perfectly for his home universe where dark energy was the dominant force. But what about the other universes? The cultivation universe operated on spirit qi, not dark energy. The magic universe used mana. Would he need to create new constraints in each universe? Would he have to cultivate like how the natives of those universes, do?

The thought was exhausting.

Actually, he already suspected he knew the answer. But suspicion wasn’t certainty. He needed confirmation.

“System, how will cultivation in the other universes work? Do I need to create constraints like I did for my home universe?”

The response came immediately, and relief washed over him as he read it.

[Not at all, Host. For the cultivation universe, you have the Origin Devouring Body and Abyssal Dragon Constitution. These two constitutions can passively absorb spirit qi without any required effort from you. The two of them means twice the absorption speed, and equally twice your cultivation speed in the cultivation universe.]

[This is the same for the magic universe, where you have the Heart of 18 Magic Circles, which is similar to a dragon’s heart. Because of it, you also have passive mana absorption.]

A bright smile spread across Liam’s face.

Being able to passively cultivate in the cultivation universe was already an incredible advantage. Anyone who obtained the Origin Devouring Body constitution alone would be called a genius. A monster, even. Someone destined for greatness simply by virtue of possessing such a rare gift.

But Liam didn’t just have one passive absorption constitution. He had multiple. And unlike normal cultivators who could only work with one type of energy, he could absorb all three of the main worldly energies simultaneously.

What category did that put him in? Monster? Super monster? Something beyond even that?

The thought made him chuckle. It sounded childish even in his own mind, but he couldn’t help it. He’d finally achieved something he’d dreamed about since first learning that cultivation existed. The feeling was indescribable. Happiness, satisfaction, pride, excitement, all of it mixed together into an emotional cocktail that made him want to laugh like an idiot.

But as with all good things, there was a downside.

His cultivation system was unique. Completely, utterly unique. Nobody in the history of any universe had ever cultivated the way he did. That uniqueness came with a price.

His system combined elements from both the cultivation universe’s methods and the magic universe’s approach. It made him more powerful than practitioners of either individual system, but it also made his progress significantly slower. The complexity of integrating multiple energy types meant advancement would take more time.

While he was a monster when it came to raw cultivation talent, his cultivation speed would be slower than his peers in the cultivation and magic universes who were also considered monsters in their own right.

But Liam didn’t see that as a major problem.

Even without cultivation, he’d been able to defeat eighth and ninth stage Foundation Establishment realm experts. His constitutions, his equipment, his combat instincts, all of it combined to make him dangerous far beyond what his lack of cultivation level would suggest.

Now that he could actually cultivate, and his unique cultivation rank put him on par with an early stage Golden Core Realm cultivator, Liam felt confident he could hold his own against anyone in the early stage. Maybe even some in the mid-stage, depending on their abilities and fighting style.

Of course, that wasn’t certain. He’d need to test it first. And honestly, he was looking forward to his first real fight as a cultivator.

The thought reminded him of something he’d been meaning to address.

The assassin organization in Grand Xia. They’d sent people after him once before, and Liam had made it clear they’d made an enemy. He still had a bone to pick with them. Maybe they’d make excellent test subjects for his new strength.

The idea brought another smile to his face. Not a happy smile this time, but something colder. More anticipatory.

His thoughts were interrupted by the system’s notification.

[Host, you will need to name the compatible energy the Origin Devouring Body is converting the dark energy, spirit qi and mana into. It will lay a framework for when you’re advancing into the Transcendent ranks and need to start comprehending and creating your own laws.]

Liam paused, considering the message carefully.

The system was right. What flowed through his body wasn’t actually dark energy anymore. The Origin Devouring Body had already converted it into something else, something compatible with his unique physiology. The same would be true for spirit qi and mana when he absorbed those. They would all be transformed into this unified compatible energy.

But that energy had no name. It existed as a concept, a force, but without an identity. And that would create problems down the line. Major problems. When he eventually reached the Transcendent ranks and needed to comprehend the laws governing his own power, having no name for his fundamental energy would be like trying to build a house with no foundation.

That future was probably far away, given his slow cultivation progress. But it would arrive eventually, and when it did, he needed to be ready.

This made two things he needed to name now. His race and his energy. Both critical. Both requiring thought and consideration. And both guaranteed to be terrible if he rushed the decision with his admittedly poor naming sense.

He’d deal with it later. Both names would come to him when the time was right. Or at least, he hoped they would.

Right now, he had more immediate concerns. They were approaching Mars. The journey was nearly over. And more importantly, Liam desperately needed rest.

More than a week of sitting in one position, maintaining intense focus, wrestling with universal laws, it had taken its toll. His body felt stiff despite the constitutions and his mind felt fuzzy. He needed a proper break before the livestream.

Liam stood from his lotus position, his joints popping softly as he stretched. He walked to the massive bathroom attached to his quarters, already planning a long, hot shower and several hours of actual sleep.

Time passed in a blur of rest and recovery.

Twenty hours later, fully refreshed and mentally sharp again, Liam stood in his quarters as the Voyager entered Mars orbit. Through the viewport of his quarters, the red planet spread below him like rust-colored marble.

The exosuit materialized around him, its black surface absorbing light as the nanomaterials formed into their protective configuration. Liam stepped into the private elevator, descended to the docking area, and walked across the vast hangar toward his space shuttle.

One of the massive bay doors began opening, revealing the darkness of space beyond and the curve of Mars below.

The shuttle’s boarding platform descended with, Liam stepped onto it, and it carried him up into the spacecraft’s interior.

A minute later, the spacecraft lifted from its berth and flew out of the docking area, descending into Mars.

The announcement for the final livestream had already been made and everyone were waiting to see what the CEO of Nova Technologies would show them this time, and what unsolvable questions he would leave them with this time around.