Ten Lucky Draws: I Became OP - Chapter 366: Time For Optimization
Chapter 366: Time For Optimization
After a few hours, Ash finally wrapped up recording the first episode of Existential Crisis, feeling it had gone pretty well.
[A/N: Those two aren’t dead yet. You will see them again soon.]
When he was done, he found himself high above a completely transformed Second Inversion.
Like the first one, it had towering walls encircling a brand-new Bastion—though it felt more like an entire city.
As he absorbed everything, Creara and Elysia appeared on his shoulders in their small forms, fully aware of what he had experienced during his visit to the library.
Although little seemed to change, from his point of view, the world of cultivation appeared to be expanding without end.
In the end, it all boiled down to one thing—it was time for more power.
Although Ash had been steadily growing stronger, it still wasn’t enough for him. He couldn’t be sure what lay beyond, and he disliked being limited to only 300 Layers of Reality.
With that, he appeared before Katherine, Sylvie, Madison, Rune, and Morgana.
“My lovely wives,” he greeted as his baggy shirt rematerialized around him. After exchanging pleasantries, he continued,
“Alright, you have two options: take a short break with me… or clear the inversions up to the ninth one.”
The women raised their brows at his words.
“When you return… will we get a chance to fight?” Madison asked, echoing the curiosity of the others.
“Pfft, of course not,” Elysia replied. “Master, he’s about to get even more OP, so you might as well have all the fun you can now.”
Creara nodded, snuggling against Ash’s head. “Right, now shoo shoo.”
Katherine’s lip twitched, but before she could speak, the spirits stuck out their tongues and whisked Ash away into the Sacred Dimension.
“Those spirits… are rather clingy, aren’t they?” Morgana remarked.
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[A/N: No, Luna nor Ancestor Seeker will not be able to see inside.]
Ash now sat cross legged floating in the void between universes… his wives and brothers’ universes to be exact.
And by now, he needed a massive update to the number of universes it held as his women had grown even more.
Now, though it was time to grow more powerful.
“So, should I start with the verdict first?”
It had been a while since Elysia truly scanned Ash’s existence. Primarily because he could see the same things she could now that they more connected.
Yet, it was still times even as he was more than 50,000 years old… where she had to tell him things.
Not because he didn’t know, but simply because he liked being difficult.
“Ugh, no, ditch this garbage power system and just become a God already,” she said, not even bothering to explain how terrible things would’ve been if he’d only relied on the external power system.
That Horror just gave the order for the Power System to stop working, and that’s exactly what happened.
Ash’s lip twitched; he was fresh out of excuses for this matter. Before, he could claim ignorance about the peak of the power system.
Now, that would just be a lie.
With the knowledge he’d gained from the Ninth Organism—and the clearer view he now had of it—he knew every rank.
Not just that, he had access to a Library that could tell him quite a lot.
After the Eternal Hierarchy Saint, many more realms came into existence. With each major rank progression, a being’s existence expanded by an entire dimension.
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[A/N: I won’t go into the requirements for these ranks or what they offer, as they are redundant—and that’s intentional. These beings focus solely on cultivating their Strata. From here on, the only ranks we’ll track are those of Gods and Constellations.]
Primordial Hierarchy Saint – 13D
Transfinite Ruler – 14D
BE Asension – 15D
AE Ascension – 16D
Origin Summit – 17D
Origin Ruler – 18D
Origin Supreme – 19D
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Before, Ash had told his women that only one rank existed above the Eternal Hierarchy Saint—and he wasn’t wrong.
From what he understood, that was the peak he’d uncovered in the Ninth Dimension, though it only highlighted how far behind the Ninth Organism really was compared to the rest.
Back in the Library, Ash was flipping through pages at a brisk pace… and might have sneaked a glance at an extra book while studying the Horrors.
It revealed only the remaining ranks, with the 20-D rank completely obscured.
But that was all he needed—the target peak to reach in order to become boundless and omnipotent.
He needed to transcend the very realm of 20-D existence.
At that moment, he drew out the Codex and started writing.
“And so, all connections of power the Unus Origin holds to any system of power except for the Constellations and Gods, will be entirely severed and transformed into pure essence.”
As usual, the codex worked almost instantly. Ash felt himself go pale as a ball of essence appeared before him.
The pure white sphere hovered in front of him, and he felt as if half of his very being had been ripped away.
After all, he was a being of multiple Trans-conceptual existences, holding countless concepts. Not only that, but his talents and even his physique were all rooted in the external power system.
Technically, none of it was lost—it had simply taken on a different form, which was why his Dimension remained intact. Still, this wasn’t how he had envisioned it, not according to his plan.
He would have no ties to the outside power system and would follow only the path of his own creations.
“I kind of feel bad, since I gave this task to my Rora,” he muttered, and at the thought of his daughter, a wave of longing washed over him.
“Once I’m done retrieving those two races… I should go see her.” he affirmed, continuing on.
To surpass his current level of power, he needed to incorporate a few more elements into his power system.
The number of tiers would increase to 42, doubling the previous 21.
He spent about an hour writing before finalizing what could now be considered the third version of his system. The Constellations and Gods System now featured 15 Major Ranks.
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Awakened (Tiers 1 – 2) 3D
Starbound (Tiers 3-4)4D- 5D
Star Ascendant (Tier 5-6) 6D-7D
Divine Seed (Tier 7-8) 8D-9D
True God/Constellation (Tier 9-10) 10D
God/Constellation King/Queen (Tier 11-13) 11D
God/Constellation Emperor/Empress (Tier 14-16) 12D
Star Union (Tier 17-19) 13D
Cosmic Union (Tier 20-22) 14D
Unbound God/Constellation (Tier 23-25) 15D
Ancient God/Constellation (Tier 26-28) 16D
Infinity (Tier 29 – 31) 17D
Originless Lord (Tier 32-34) 18D
Eternal Unbound (Tier 35-37) 19D
Boundless (Tier 38-42) 20D
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“I guess we can all be called God Emperors and Empresses now,” Ash said, watching the Akashic Records shift.
Though he had created the system, he couldn’t just leap his existence to the Twentieth Dimension, but he had no intention of holding himself back.
Since he wouldn’t follow the outside power system, he needed something to copy that wasn’t rank.
To fix that…
“And so, the Unus Origin no longer copied rank based on affection gained—he now copies their state of existence.”
This meant that once enough affection was earned, he could step into the next rank of his system by achieving a similar state of existence.
The last things he needed to settle were his past talents, physique, and a few other details.
Interestingly, the Constellations and Gods had already evolved on its own by introducing Innate Powers.
This all traced back to when Ash had used the Unwritten Becoming Inscription.
Now, he could easily transform his talents into Innate Powers while altering the very nature of his physique.
But instead of just doing that…
“And so, the Unus Origin converted the essence from his Talents into the base of his new physique.”
He honestly didn’t need any innate powers anymore.
That didn’t mean he wouldn’t have any—quite the opposite, in fact.
Once he was finished, he’d have access to more powers than he could count, which was exactly why he didn’t see the point.
While at it, he decided to add something extra, an idea from the external system.
“And so, a Stele appeared in the verse of the Unus Origin connected to Akashic, serving as the tracker of the top physiques and divine eyes.”
He continued writing, outlining the kind of power beings could gain from physiques. In his system, bloodlines influenced only battle prowess, with the Unus race being the sole exception.
Physiques, however, along with Divine Eyes, granted Innate Powers, with only one available based on the rank he assigned, which would follow the ranks of stars.
[A/N: Lesser, Greater, Primordial, Origin.]
“Now, after making your new verdict… you can officially become a God of your own making,” Elysia said.
