Chapter 1: Travel to Another World and Receive a Divine Spark?
by xennovelCarefully examining the mithril ring in front of him, Yu Sheng’an let out a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no flaws in the magic patterns… Finally, it was complete.
Immediately, he couldn’t wait to activate the mithril ring.
In an instant, an illusory scroll slowly unfurled before him.
In the center of the scroll, three large characters written in Azaeic hieroglyphs stood out boldly—Internet!
It worked!
Yu Sheng’an clenched his fist, feeling a surge of excitement in his heart.
In a daze, he seemed to see the scene where, after spreading the Internet across the Azaea continent, countless people would follow it fanatically.
By then, wouldn’t the primal essence just pour in continuously?
And he would surely become the most powerful god on Azaea! Hahaha… What a daydream.
He didn’t expect the Internet to create a massive sensation, he just wanted to earn enough primal essence to return to his homeland—Blue Star.
Thinking of Blue Star, Yu Sheng’an couldn’t suppress a feeling of melancholy.
He wasn’t originally from this multi-world realm filled with magic, divine arts, battle qi, and all sorts of other chaotic powers.
He came from the technologically advanced Blue Star.
The reason he ended up here was rather ridiculous.
The God of Contracts in the multi-world realm, Dunn, was suddenly ambushed by the Five Prime Gods. On the brink of death, to prevent his divine spark from falling into enemy hands, he burned all his primal essence and cast a summoning ritual that pierced through countless dimensional worlds, bringing Yu Sheng’an from Blue Star here.
However, Yu Sheng’an never reached the battlefield.
Halfway there, Dunn signed a ‘Divine Spark Inheritance Contract’ with Yu Sheng’an, using the power of the rules to pass the divine spark to him.
Thus, Yu Sheng’an, who was inexplicably summoned, ended up dramatically inheriting a top-tier authority that countless people coveted—a divine spark.
Guided by the divine spark, Yu Sheng’an arrived at Dunn’s divine palace—a castle floating in the dimensional rift of the Azaea continent.
After getting over the initial shock, confusion, helplessness, and fear of the unknown, with the passage of time, Yu Sheng’an had no choice but to accept reality.
He began to think about his current situation and his future.
The present seemed promising; he had become the new God of Contracts.
But in reality, it was quite troublesome. Although he had inherited the divine spark of contracts, the principle of ‘an innocent man with a treasure will become the target of theft’ was very true.
The divine spark would inevitably attract the covetous eyes of the gods! Dunn couldn’t escape the gods’ hunt, so how long could he hide? Fortunately, this divine palace’s location was erratic, and now that it was bolstered by the divine spark, as long as he didn’t seek trouble, hiding for a while should be possible.
As for the future?
Yu Sheng’an wanted to return to Blue Star.
Over there, he had brothers, friends, and most importantly, parents. No matter how bad things were, he still wanted to go back and see them. Moreover, now that he had acquired the power of the divine spark, going back could be considered returning in glory, couldn’t it? Since Dunn was able to summon him, he figured there was a way to return.
And absolute power was the only pass that could solve all his current and future troubles.
Speaking of power, when Yu Sheng’an gradually adapted to and understood the divine spark of contracts, his expression became strange.
It was different from what he had imagined. The divine spark of contracts itself had no attack or defense capability.
To be precise, it was the embodiment of contract rules or authority, driven by primal essence, and its power was exercised through language and text.
To give an example:
Yu Sheng’an had no power himself, but if he could make contact with a dragon and get it to sign a related contract, he could indirectly gain the power of the dragon.
The specific powers would depend on the contract terms, such as a life-sharing contract, a magic-sharing contract, or even a slavery contract.
Of course, contracting with a dragon would require a considerable amount of primal essence.
Currently, Yu Sheng’an’s primal essence had dropped to its lowest point in history.
Because Dunn had exhausted hundreds of years’ worth of accumulated primal essence to summon a human that couldn’t be tracked or intercepted by the Five Prime Gods.
So, what exactly is primal essence? And how do you acquire it? The so-called primal essence is something everyone has; it is hidden within the soul.
The stronger the soul, the more primal essence it naturally generates.
Unfortunately, even for a powerful deity, the primal essence their soul naturally generates is still very limited. After accumulating for ten days or half a month, it can only drive the divine spark on a superficial level.
This is undoubtedly quite frustrating! But the gods found a solution.
That was to cleverly and forcefully seize the primal essence of the many, amassing it like sand into a tower.
There are many methods, but two are mainstream.
First, proselytizing; second, spreading divine arts.
Proselytizing is about designing specific prayers in certain places to collect primal essence from followers on a large scale.
The Five Prime Gods took this path.
They reject the proselytizing of other deities. In their doctrine, except for the Five Prime Gods, all other deities are evil gods, heretics.
Once discovered, they will definitely raise an army to eradicate them! So this path is not suitable for Yu Sheng’an, at least for now.
Then the remaining path is the spread of divine arts.
So-called divine arts are really just methods through which the power of the divine spark is temporarily lent to mortals in exchange for primal essence.
For example, Dunn created the Summoning Divine Art.
As long as both parties agree to the contract, it can establish a strong contractual relationship between the two.
Upon understanding divine arts, Yu Sheng’an’s first reaction was, isn’t this the same as ‘technology patents and knowledge monetization’?
Considering that the divine spark of contracts exercises power through language and text, a bold idea took shape in Yu Sheng’an’s mind.
That is to utilize the power of the contract divine spark’s language and text to create a supernatural social platform.
Besides a social platform, he could even bring the entire Blue Star Internet system over.
By then, wouldn’t there be countless people contributing endless primal essence for him!
Perseverance brings success.
Or rather, Yu Sheng’an, who held the authority over language and text, almost effortlessly created a supernatural social platform.
“Loxia!” Yu Sheng’an called out in his heart.
“Master, what are your orders?” A beautiful figure appeared quietly on the alchemy room’s wall.
She was the steward of the divine palace, looking around eighteen years old, with bright eyes, a sharp nose, a little black dress, and a pearl necklace, exuding a mature charm with a touch of flirtation.
The first time Yu Sheng’an saw her, he was truly stunned.
But alas, the beauty was a soul, only a spirit.
“Next time, use the door!” Yu Sheng’an’s eyelid twitched.
“Yes!” Loxia nodded her head respectfully.
Yu Sheng’an tossed the mithril ring over to her and said, “Try my new divine art!”
Loxia nodded, took the ring, and activated it.
In an instant, the virtual scroll unfolded before her, and a mystical stream of information filled her mind.
Her heart stirred as her soul power touched the word ‘Internet’, and the scroll interface suddenly transformed into a piece of parchment.
If a person from Blue Star saw this, they would surely spit out their drink!
This was essentially a simplified version of a social software interface from Blue Star.
“How does it feel?” Yu Sheng’an asked. He needed to reference the opinion of a local native from this world.
“Master’s new divine art, Loxia has never heard of anything like it. It can truly be called a stroke of genius!”
Loxia respectfully and humbly evaluated it, but in her heart, she was somewhat dismissive.
Multiple people chatting online at once?
Everyone’s busy to death, the poor are focused on survival, mercenaries on their tasks, mages on their research, and noble lords on amassing wealth…
Who has time to chat? And who would extravagantly use magical tools for chatting? She was certain that this divine art would just become a toy for the rich.