SSS Awakening: Starting With Infinite Soul Copy

DRING!

DRING!

The sound reverberated through the dimly lit cultivation room, which at first remained completely silent, but in the next moment,

GASP!

A loud gasp followed as a figure jerked up from the pool.

It was, of course, none other than White, whose heart pounded loudly within his chest, as he looked around him in caution.

But then he realized he was still in his cultivation room and exhaled quietly, hands clutching his head, as flashes of what seemed like a remnant of a nightmare randomly crossed his mind.

DRING!

The reverberation echoed once more, and his attention turned to the source, his runic watch.

It had a blinking notification.

{Next Class Begins in 50 Minutes.}

"50 minutes? But... wasn’t class over for the day?"

He mused with quiet confusion, and the system flashed. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

[Actually, this is the next day. You were unconscious for 9 hours.]

It said, and he mused a quiet "Oh," before rising to his feet.

The action brought him to a weirdly familiar sensation, and he froze.

He immediately shut his eyes and directed his attention to his heart, where he could feel the abnormal feeling coming from.

At first, it all seemed calm; the only thing he felt was his heartbeat, thudding with an unnatural rhythm.

It was slower than usual, one beat every two seconds, yet each thud was incredibly loud.

He focused his attention even more; his eyes flashed open, and a brilliant flicker of blue illuminated the entire training room.

What he saw wasn’t the dim room.

Instead, he found himself in a void, and before him was an organ that was the size of a mini star.

Before it, White felt himself so minuscule, and that organ was in the shape of a heart.

It was an astral shape, and instead of blood, tiny blue motes of energy, undoubtedly Essence energy, came in and out as the heart pumped, sending a powerful, undulating wave through the entirety of the space.

"This...The Essence Heart Core!"

White mused in disbelief.

Of course, he knew what this was.

This had happened to him before, when he had been close to breaking through to the Meteor rank in his past life.

Blinking once, he found himself out of the space and back in the cultivation room.

"Hey, system?"

He called, but he didn’t need to say anything more before the panel flashed.

[Congratulations, White. You have broken through to the Late Stage of the Star Realm.]

Disbelief filled White, leaving him whispering a

"I’ve reached the late stage already. How?"

[Yes, you have, and your decision to refrain from going to the hospital helped a lot.]

[With most of your bones broken, muscles torn, and organs shifted unnaturally from the fight with Irasul, your body naturally tried to call on energy to heal, and guess what it found?]

[An entire pool of essence energy!]

[This allowed it to fully absorb all of the essence energy to mend your injuries, which led to essence energy moving into your bones, organs, and muscles.]

[They were fully saturated, allowing you to easily ascend from the Early stage of the Star Realm, break through the middle stage, and finally stabilize at the Late stage.]

Reading through the system’s report, White grinned.

This was the exact reason why he had refused medical attention.

He knew from experience that using essence energy to heal your body would further boost your cultivation than simply sitting down and meditating.

He had expected his power to rise, and hoped to reach the middle stage, but reaching the Late stage?

Now that was out of his expectations.

Still, the growth made him happy as he clenched and unclenched his fist.

It was like he had grown twice stronger than he previously was.

The system panel flashed in the moment, bringing him out of that.

[Quest Complete: Break through to the Late Stage of Star Realm.]

[Rewards:

1. Energy Cap has been increased from 50 to 150

2. +50 Attribute Points have been added to all stats!]

"50 attribute points?" White mused. "That’s quite a lot."

But then, if one thinks of the fact that he had received 37 attributes on breaking through to the Early Star Realm, then it wasn’t really that shocking to gain 50 on reaching the Late Stage.

In fact, it might even seem disproportionate, but White understood.

The strength one gains from reaching a new realm, like when he stepped into the Early-stage rank, often increases one’s power more than one gains crossing through a minor realm, like from the early stage to the middle stage.

Checking out his system interface,

[System Interface]

[Name: White Sinclaw]

[Cultivation Stage: Late Star Realm]

[Level: 8]

[EXP: 0/2,000]

[STATS]

[Strength: 150]

[Agility: 160]

[Spirit: 116]

[Combat Power: 330]

"My combat power almost doubled again."

He mused, and in the next moment, the panel flashed.

[NEW QUEST ISSUED]

"A quest!?"

White mused in disbelief.

Normally, most of his missions usually come from actions he had already done, like defeating awakened beasts or reaching a new level of cultivation.

But this was a true quest.

He was excited at first, but what he saw made his breath pause.

[Quest Details]

[Fight A 2nd Year in The Top 10 Cyber Ranking!]

"WHAT!?"

What he saw after that made his expression dwindle.

[Rewards: ???]

[Punishment: The Host will be eligible for a new title: Pussy.]

"Really?"

White mused with a raised eyebrow.

{Yes, really, and not that I generated the quest or anything.}

{Also, you might want to take that punishment seriously.}

The system said as White surged, heading to his room to get ready for class.

"And why is that? It’s not the first time I’ve been called a pussy."

[Yeah, maybe. ]

[The thing is, every title has a special activated effect that will always be on; it’s not just a name you see every time on your system interface.]

"Sounds interesting?"

White said putting on his uniform.

[Yes. So, if you get the pussy title.]

"Hey, I haven’t gotten it."

[I know, I know, just saying that if you’ve got the pussy title. It may have an effect like "halving your energy bank once you’re in a fight."]

The words made White pause.

"There’s such a thing?"

[Yes.]

[Also, this is a time-based quest. You might wanna take a look at the duration you’ve got.]

The system said, and White White immediately returned to the quest panel, his trousers slipping back to his ankles.

Only when he moved his eyes further down did he see the carefully hidden last line, and his face paled at the information.

"Holy Fickoly!? I’ve only got...Are you kidding me!?"