Chapter 456 - 454:Welcome.

Chapter 456: Chapter 454:Welcome.

What did I just read? My existence was being refined?

"Shaia?"

"Don’t look at me. I only made the system; I have no idea how it works."

I could only look on speechless as I felt the changes happening within Terra and, by extension, me.

Wasn’t this a classic scenario of what those xianxia fuckers always say? Something about,

"You travel until you wear out your iron shoes searching for something, only to find it without any effort at all?"

Wasn’t I just thinking about how I was going to go about raising my existence level so I could use my powers and abilities to their fullest extent?

And now one just landed in my lap by pure coincidence whilst I was trying to acquire an entire planet for myself?

"Damn... the universe must love me." I whistled quietly.

"Well, all of this creation was Aunt Devouring’s gift to you, so it only makes sense that some things just work out in your best interest." Shaia just had to butt in.

"You can dial down the jealousy, my love. I’m sure Nothingness gave you a lot of nothing when you were young."

"Tell me you didn’t just say that."

"I told you this bastard was insufferable; now do you see my point?" Sana.

I promptly made my exit as the changes finally finished, with the system alerting me to the results of those changes:

[DING!]

[Your core world’s presence has been elevated.]

[Your existence level has risen.]

{Existence level}: <Fledgling (30.5%)>.

I paused at those numbers.

0.5% ℴℴ𝘮

That’s what it gave me.

0.5%

That’s the existence level an entire fucking planet had given me.

"Urgggg... I got my hopes up a bit too high." I groaned in utter defeat.

"Hehehehe.. don’t be too hard on yourself. This Aetheris world isn’t all that advanced and it’s still only sitting on the middling planes of this universe, as despite their technological advancement, the strength of the natives is still subpar," Shaia comforted.

"You think so?"

"I know so. Don’t worry, once you devour a higher-level world or a prime world, or even a higher-dimensional realm like the Divine Realm and Demon Worlds, I’m sure you’ll receive a proper increase in your existence level. Of course, it only gets harder to raise the farther in you are, but I’m sure you’ll manage."

I couldn’t even tell if that revelation made me happy or even more depressed.

"Haa... whatever then, I guess." I dragged a hand over my face before turning to the delegation of the emperor and his people.

Their eyes were opened wide in pure shock as their mouths hung loose.

CLAP!

I clapped and they snapped back to their senses.

"This... benefactor, what did you... where did you..." Durmont, poor man, couldn’t even get his words out properly.

"Instead of telling you, why don’t I show you instead?" Smiling thinly, my aura covered everyone as spatial displacement took us away.

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On Terra...

Bright Sun City.

"Woah!! What is that???"

A boy exclaimed from within a classroom, his voice loud enough for even his teacher to hear.

"SpongeBob! Pay attention to class; stop looking outside," the teacher chided.

"But, Mrs. Puff, look, an ocean has appeared in the sky," the boy called out in an excited voice.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Which ocean in the skies?" The woman walked toward the kid in righteous indignation, ready to give him a piece of her mind, but, "WHAT!?" She could only exclaim in total shock after her eyes caught a glimpse of what the boy was talking about.

"How... how could that be possible!?"

....

Aeternum Academy.

Aeternum Spire.

The roof of the dark room lit up with a bright starry glow as a pair of eyes slowly opened up.

"Hmmm... I wonder what that boy is up to now?" The dean’s aged and wizened voice echoed through the silence as he pondered.

He had been relieved by Dante of his guardian duties and granted free autonomy since Terra no longer needed his protection.

The man, as expected, had returned to Aeternum to continue his role as its elusive dean.

Of course, as the man who was still considered the strongest being on Terra, barring Dante and anyone related to him, the man could feel clearly that the world had changed.

Its state had been improved. But how that was, the man didn’t know.

"Well, I guess it’s time to find out." Thinking so, he let his senses out as he tried to pinpoint exactly what was different, and the moment he did—

"What... is that?" His eyes snapped open in absolute shock.

"No, this cannot be." With a thought, the dean disappeared from his spot as he rushed toward the newly appeared phenomenon.

The reaction was not singled out to the dean alone; as all across Terra, the powers that remained, those still parading as ancient families and leaders of the world, reacted swiftly as multiple auras burst out in colorful lights, making their way toward the newly appeared ocean in the skies...

...

We appeared within Terra as the familiar scent of the earth brushed against my nostrils, and I couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

"Ahh... smells nice."

"Hehehehe.. Husband is a pervert." I laughed softly as my eyes finally landed on the elephant in the room, and by elephant I meant the ginormous planet floating within the skies of my own world.

It wasn’t until I appeared now that I felt it clearly.

Terra had expanded.

If earlier I had said Aetheris was larger, then now, Terra, after having assimilated the entire planet to become a simple landmass within here, had expanded to almost five times Aetheris’s original size.

It was a staggering increase, as with it, I could feel the power ceiling of the world slowly loosening up as well.

"This... where is this?" Nyssara’s cute voice snapped me out of my trance as I smiled, the expression brightening even further as a flash of green shone beside me.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my home world," I greeted grandly, turning to the stunning green-haired woman that had appeared beside me. "Allow me to introduce you to my beautiful and extraordinary wife and world, and I mean that quite literally, Terra." I beamed as I introduced the green-haired bombshell to the group, and then finally,

"Terra, I present to you your new guests. Now please, say hi."

"Hello, everyone," Terra greeted with a charming smile. "Welcome to our home. It is a pleasure to have you all under my care."

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A/N: Second planet acquired. Onto the next, hahaha...

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