The Solheart n, Azure Dragon continent.
After the dragon progenitor announced himself to the world, the five dragon ns had already lost all their power—well, not the power you would think.
Before the dragon progenitor''s arrival, the dragon ns ruled parts of the continent, dividing thend equally among them.
However, after the dragon progenitor''s emergence, the entirend fell under his control.
Even though it may appear from the outside that the dragon ns still controlled their territories, it was merely for show.
The true ruler of the dragons was Sam, although he didn''t concern himself with such matters.
Sam had appointed individuals he trusted to serve as the nominal leaders of each dragon n.
The Hailstorm n remained under the control of Sam''s grandmother, Adriana Hailstorm, and her daughters, Helena, Lorraine, and Ava.
Victoria reheart had be the matriarch of the reheart n.
This decision met disapproval from the n''s elders, but they had no choice but to ept her as their new leader or face a meaningless death.
The Cristellini n was handed over to a branch family to rule, as the main family members, except for the women and some elders, had perished at Sam''s hand.
As for the Mistheart Dragon n, known for their intelligence and avoidance of dark arts, Sam didn''t trust them. He used fear to keep them under his control.
Finally, the Solheart n—Nora Solheart had be its new leader. She wielded absolute control over everyone in the n, as they knew she had Sam''s support.
Sam adored her daughters, Mira, Jane, and Lily, as they were his half-sisters.
Any attempt at rebellion would result in a gruesome end, their bodies scattered in the deepest river imaginable.
For them, living in fear was preferable to facing a meaningless death.
Currently, Nora and the other n leaders were in a meeting, discussing trades and rted matters in their king''s absence.
"What... what the heck was that? I''ve never seen anything like it in my life," Patriarch Mistheart eximed, still reeling from the colossal golden energy that had painted the sky.
It had been some time since the golden light vanished, yet they were still recovering from its intensity—more powerful than anything they had ever witnessed.
"I don''t know, but I have a feeling it''s rted to my grandson," Adriana sighed, as if bing ustomed to the surprises and shocks he brought.
One moment he was a charming young man, and the next, he became the ruler of the entire continent.
As if that wasn''t enough, he spoke of uniting the entire cultivation world under one banner.
Little did she know, Sam had already achieved this.
Just as they were discussing the golden glow, like old men with no job bitching about various theories regarding the supposedly rigged election, something happened.
Everyone, not just the n leaders, every single being in this cultivation world felt something—not physical, but spiritual—entering their sea of consciousness.
They couldn''t stop it even if they wanted to. It was beyond theirprehension, like a ghost. No one could sense its presence.
[System initialization has begun...]
[System initialization isplete]
[The user ''Adriana Reena Hailstorm'' has been registered in the database]
[Verifying the user''s current status]
[The user can ess the system functions by calling out its name]
"Am I hallucinating, or are you guys seeing this as well?" Victoria reheart muttered, looking at the screen floating in front of her eyes.
"It says ''the user Nora Solheart has been registered in the database''... What''s a system? Are you guys seeing this as well?" Nora said slowly.
It wasn''t just them; every being, awakened in their cultivation potential or not, was witnessing the notifications of the system.
"This must be the system my son was talking about," Helena said, looking at the screen with curiosity. She brought her hands to touch it, but her hands went right through it.
"It says we can ess the system by calling out its name."
"Let''s try it," Lorraine said with excitement.
"System," she called out.
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[Name: Lorraine Rose Hailstorm]
[Status: Awakened]
[Origin: Cultivation World (Prime)]
[Cultivation Level: Pseudo-Great Sage]
[Physique: Icicle Frostweaver Body]
[Bloodline(s): Frozen Abyssal Dragon Bloodline]
[Techniques]>
[Skills]>
[Abilities]>
[Friend List]>
[Chat]>
[Public Auction]>
[Public Store]>
[Interster Auction](Unavable)
[Interster Store](Unavable)
[Sys-Pay]>
[Logs]>
[Customer Service]>
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"Whoa, there are all kinds of stuff in here?" Lorraine muttered in awe and excitement.
Then she noticed something. "Some of these functions look very simr to the ones you find in a smartphone, doesn''t it?"
...
Back in the ck Tortoise Continent, in the territory of Heavenly Butterflies, Sam returned along with his wife, Sumire, and his elder sister, the World Tree of the Cultivation World, Elysia.
"This is amazing, husband. My cultivation level, my skills, my abilities, my techniques—everything is detailed urately," Sumire said, checking the profile on the blue screen in front of her that only she could see.
Well, there was someone other than her who could see her screen—not just hers, but also the status boards of every single person in the cultivation world—the System Administrator, Sam, the Son of the Universe.
Sam was also looking at her screen, actually looking at the statuses of all of his wives, his family members, and their rtives. He absolutely wanted to make sure everything was done right.
"As you know, like us cultivators, the world also has its own spirituality. This spirituality is like a library that holds information about oneself at a cellr level. This spirituality is what bridges our physical body with our soul," Sam exined, then nodded at the system screen, seeing that everything was going well.
"Since the system has direct connection with the world''s spirituality, it naturally has ess to information about the people living in this world"
Sam had created this system only after giving it some undivided thought.
He used a lot of soul power and souls, even going as far as to lend a fraction of his universal energy so that he could perfectly create an entity called the system.
The first thing is, not everyone in cultivation could ess the system, but the system could monitor everyone.
Those who awakened their cultivation potential could use the system functions, while those who hadn''t awakened their potential could view the system but wouldn''t be able to ess its functions.
It would show their name and their statuses as unawakened.
As for the system''s functions, it had all the functions Sam''s codex possessed, like showing one''s status, and it was only visible to the users themselves.
Of course, if the user willed it, they could show their statuses to others—a typical system function.
By the way, Sam''s Shisu, the codex, was the system''s secondary administrator, meaning it could give orders to the system in Sam''s ce.
Of course, Shisu would never do anything out of Sam''s orders.
Thenes the functions that Sam devised, learning from the mortals.
"Open the [Friend List] function," Sam instructed.
Nodding her head, with a thought, Sumire opened the friend list function. A new screen with new options appeared before her eyes.
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[Send Friend Request]
[Remove Friend]
[Block Friend]
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"Now focus on your husband and tap on the ''send friend request'' button," Sam instructed. "You don''t necessarily have to click on it, just think about it, okay?"
Sumire did as he instructed and focused on Sam and thought about clicking the button, and as if responding to her thought, the system responded with a ding.
Even though he didn''t need it as he was the system administrator and its master, he still let the system create a private profile for him.
[Ding!]
[User ''Sumire Hoshizaki'' has sent you a friend request]
[ept] or [Decline]
"ept," Sam responded.
As soon as he epted her friend request, another prompt appeared on Sumire''s screen.
[Master has epted your friend request]
"Now, if you go over to the [chat list], you canmunicate with me. Not just me, as long as you''ve added them to your friend list, you canmunicate with anyone, even if you are in another world."
"Even if we were in different worlds?"
"Yes, that''s actually one of the main reasons why I created the system," Sam said calmly. "To improve our universe, to strengthen it before our universe bes visible to the invaders and conquerors."
"We need forces, manpower that is strong enough to defend against our foes. Right now,pared to our past life, we have be too weak. In one word, we are pathetic."
"Even though I know it was because of my birth that severely weakened our universe," Sam said, sighing.
"Come on, darling, your mother, our universal tree, had to make that decision. Even though our universe in the past used to be considerably strong, we weren''t strong enough to defend against the invaders," Sumire ced her hand on his shoulder.
"With your birth, we gained a powerful ally who could potentially be even more powerful than the conquerors."
"I guess you are right," Sam smiled, feeling good about her words. "But I alone am not enough. We still need manpower. I don''t want to stay like this forever. I want to make our universe the strongest."
"To achieve this, I need to make sure every being in our universe is strong enough to fight the invaders, and this system will help me achieve this faster," Sam said, looking at the blue screen floating in front of his eyes.
...
Sometimeter...
"Shisu," Sam called out.
<Yes, Master.>
"Prepare a notice exining the system, its functions, and detailed instructions on how to properly use its functions. Also, don''t mention anything about my rtionship with the system. Send the notice to all the people, both awakened and unawakened."
<As you say, Master.>
"System."
[Yes, Master.]
"Show me the total number of awakened and unawakened individuals in the cultivation world," he ordered.
[As you wish, Master.]
[Scanning the cultivation world (Prime).]
[Scanningplete.]
[Cultivation World (Prime):
Total Poption: 8,100,224,857
Number Of Awakened: 5,703,224,220
Number Of Unawakened: 2,397,000,637
Number Of People With Potential To Awaken: 2,397,000,630
Number Of People With No Potential: 7 ]
"Good job, System."
[Thank you, Master ^.^]
Smiling to himself as he looked at the data, Sam went through the information the system had collected with a thoughtful expression.
A thoughtful expression appeared on his universally handsome face. "System, send an invitation notice to those people with zero potential toe and meet the system administrator as soon as possible."
"You are allowed to tell them about me, but warn them. If they tell anyone about me, they will die a painful death."
"Tell them I am always watching."
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