“Petty. To think you’d get revenge like this.”

  Sandrias fshed a coy smile. “Whatever do you mean?”

  Ari raised his body.

  ‘Huh?’

  “I was wondering where we were.”

  Vibrant pink and purple leaves surrounded his field of vision.

  ‘Yeah, everything looks real now...’

  The questions he had before were partially answered, at least regarding how the p pillow came about.

  Sandrias brought him to the water’s surface after the synchronisation process concluded, then sat on the ke and made a p pillow for him to rest on.

  Ari pced his hand onto the surface of the ke as a precaution.

  ‘It’s quite solid.’

  He got up and stretched his legs.

  ‘We’re about dead centre.’

  He turned around to Sandrias who reclined on her side.

  She rested her head on her hand and watched him silently.

  “Pervert.”

  She giggled.

  “You’re one to talk.”

  She snapped her fingers.

  Following the snap, a rge volume of water rose from the ke, forming a mirror.

  “Take a look.”

  Ari had seen glimpses of his new form up to that point, so he had a rough idea of what to expect.

  However, after having just gone through a rollercoaster of emotions, he found it difficult to get excited.

  He took a deep breath.

  Without further dey, he stood in front of the mirror.

  Chin-length hair and strikingly vibrant eyes.

  Tan skin with an immacutely chiselled physique that would leave many fitness models envious with one look.

  With a special upgrade resting on his thigh, he had no compints about his avatar; it was everything he could have hoped for.

  Well, perhaps he had two concerns.

  ‘Am I not too handsome?’

  As mentioned before, his Transcender origins character was handsome, but now?

  Ari was on par with Sandrias, the male version. Even his physique looked more robust and sculpted than before, which he didn’t think possible.

  It's not like he was compining or anything, its just...

  He couldn't stop looking at himself, and it creeped him out.

  The colour of his eyes was not as he remembered. They used to be blue, but now they were golden, with a subtle shine that made them stand out even more.

  A simir golden colour coated sections of his bck hair, another change he had no recollection of.

  With all the changes and enhancements, he looked 200% better than before.

  But Ari couldn’t deny that it bruised his pride a little to know that he pyed no part in it.

  He forced himself away from the mirror and approached Sandrias.

  “Tell me about my tailored system.”

  “Already?” she asked in surprise.

  He nodded.

  She pouted. “I wanted to tell you about other things first, but all right.”

  She sat upright. “As I mentioned before, it is tailor-made for you based on your past experiences and desires,” she said.

  “It is formatted to match the world you’ll be entering, but don’t expect to be overpowered at the start.”

  ‘Based on my past and desires? Please, let it be!’

  Ari couldn’t wait any longer; he had to check it out.

  “Status.”

  “Activate Modifier System.”

  “Open status window.”

  “Hahaha!”

  Ari tried using commands he was familiar with to view his status screen, but nothing happened, except for Sandrias rolling on the ke's surface in uncontrolble ughter.

  “What are you doing?” she asked, holding her stomach.

  He narrowed his eyes. “I’m trying to view my abilities.”

  “Haha, why use those idiotic commands?”

  Ari frowned. “Are you going to help me or not?”

  “Fine. Just say, dispy profile.”

  She rolled back onto her side

  “Dispy profile.”

  A purple coloured, semi-transparent screen appeared before him.

  [Name: Ari Haynes]

  [Age: 20 ]

  [Synchronised Form: Human-Transcender]

  [Potential: Unknown]

  [Rank: E– Third Css]

  [Ascension Points: 0]

  [Coins: 0]

  [Attributes]

  [Descendant of Aphrodite: EX-Grade]

  [God of Combat: EX-Grade]

  [Ascension Path: Syer]

  [Stats]

  [Constitution: LV-15|Strength: LV-15]

  [Mana Capacity: LV-15|Magic Power: LV-15]

  [Agility: LV-15|Stamina: LV-15]

  [Skills]

  [Divine Severance: LV-Max]

  [Martial Enhancement: Accelerate/Boost: LV-Max]

  >More

  [Magic Proficiency]

  [All Affinities: LV-Max]

  [Spells]

  [Magic Mines: Explosive/Ice/Shock: LV-Max]

  [Dragon Breath: Fire/Frost/Lightning/Wind/Nova: LV-Max]

  >More:

  ‘This is…different from what I expected.’

  Ari’s screen had so much information that he didn’t know where to begin.

  Fortunately, it appeared that Reality Bender granted his request, in part.

  ‘Come to think of it, my phrasing was weird, wasn’t it? Dammit! I should have worded it better.’

  Ari asked Reality Bender for the capability to do everything his Transcender Origins character could do at max level, so technically, she gave him what he asked for.

  All of his Transcender Origins abilities, skills and spells were at max level, but as Sandrias indicated, Ari was not overpowered, at least not in the traditional sense.

  His overall rank was E-Rank-Third Css, which naturally pced him at the bottom of the rankings.

  Ari recognized the ranking system, but some reason he couldn’t recall where he'd seen it.

  Since he did not have a traditional EXP bar, he reasoned that this progression would likely be linked to his stats.

  It was highly peculiar to start at level 15, random even. But when he factored his Transcender Origins character into the equation, things became clear.

  By Ari’s estimate, his current stats were just over 2% of his max level(Level 705), which meant that in this world, 2.2% of his original power equated to the lower end of E-Rank.

  As for potential rank, Ari surmised that his max level may fall outside of this world’s ranking conventions, hence it’s unknown status.

  ‘What is the highest rank, SS, SSS or SSS+?’

  Next were his attributes.

  Transcender Origins had something simir, but the effects only activated after the pyer earned a specific title.

  He selected the panel to find out what they entailed.

  [God Of Combat: As a being who has fought countless battles and slew armies, hordes of dragons, and Gods, your combat prowess, ability to adapt and thrive in any situation, is transcendental]

  ‘That must be my experience pying Transcender Origins. Who would have thought the system would transte it like that?’

  [Descendant Of Aphrodite: Though you may not yet be a God, as a being who has the blood of the Goddess of Beauty, Love, Lust, Sex, and Pleasure coursing through your veins, you embody those concepts and possess a portion of your ancestor’s power]

  ‘Blood in my veins... Is it referring to that golden liquid? Wait! Is that why my eyes and hair colour changed?’

  ‘Then whose blood was that? I highly doubt it was actually Aphrodite’s.’

  Once again, the questions mounted.

  Ari decided to move on, as there was no point in thinking about it now.

  It was obvious that his Ascension Path and Ascension Points were linked, including what Syer entailed, so he moved on.

  The logical thing would be for Ascension Points to be used to increase the level of his stats, allowing him to ascend in rank, nothing out of the ordinary as far as Ari was concerned.

  As for coin acquisition and purpose, had his suspicions.

  He gnced at Sandrias.

  “I assume that I won't just be wandering around the world doing my own thing. How exactly am I supposed to modify the world’s story?”

  Sandrias sighed. “Your sponsor should have told you this."