Pov Illios:
After seeing this artifact, I didn't think twice about buying it. Although I wasn't going to use it yet, it was essential to my plans and I was eager to inaugurate it personally.
But first up is Lila.
To ensure the proper absorption of the Dark Phoenix bloodline into her body, I researched many methods in the system's variety store. I compared them with the help of Mery and her incredible technological intellect until I found the most viable method, which resulted in a series of conditions to achieve the best result:
First and foremost is that a person with the Phoenix bloodline be the one to do this process, which, of course, is me.
The second thing is a great deal of spiritual energy to ensure maximum efficiency and success rate in the process. Although my cultivation falls short of the requirement, as the amount of energy needed can only be covered when you are at the Earthly Emperor realm or level, I can replace this with higher level spirit stones, which I already have plenty of thanks to the login system I activated at a young age. As for my current cultivation level, I am currently at the peak Stellar Sage realm, but I can get to the next one which is the Dao Lord realm at any time.
The reason I don't is simply because, the longer you delay your cultivation, the more energy will build up. This causes your body to inevitably have to adapt to this surplus energy, making your dantian and spiritual veins (in the immortal world) able to withstand more energy. As a result, you can fight with people of higher level than you, like those protagonists in novels.
And the third and last condition is a healthy and completely clean body, without any imperfections. This condition is a must, since you need to have a body in good condition to withstand the absorption and not have problems later when using your attributes.
This condition is already covered thanks to the fact that the meals given to Lila at the time she arrived at this mansion were purchased from the system and strictly controlled by Mery for the complete development of Lila's body.
This I would not call a step, but it is also important:
Lots of free time (about 4 hours continuously) and as calm and controlled an environment as possible.
Even before I met Lila, I had already planned to buy some artifact or matrix to hide my activities in the mansion. I hadn't bought it because I didn't need it urgently, but with Lila's arrival this changed and I started researching.
Among the many items in the system, I chose this one:
[ Prankster God Hiding Matrix: 10,000,000 u/p.
Description: When the prankster god realized that his creations were always somehow filtered and avoided by the other gods, he set out to find a way to hide his movements somehow.
So he searched through countless artifacts, but none could avoid the eyes of the more powerful gods, who were the ones blowing their creations to the weaker gods.
At this point, the joker god decided to travel between worlds and find an artifact that would satisfy his need, among the worlds he visited, one of them called his attention powerfully, because there he discovered an ancient concealment matrix that could hide even the movements of the most powerful gods.
The concealment matrix was a mystical artifact that used a combination of magic and advanced technology to hide the movements of the trickster god. The matrix was made up of a complex network of interconnected nodes that worked together to create a concealment barrier.
The trickster god realized that this was the solution he had been looking for, and set about studying and mastering the concealment matrix. After years of work and experimentation, he finally succeeded in integrating the matrix into his divine being, which allowed him to hide his movements from the other gods and originate his pranks undetected.
Since then, the prankster god has been able to carry out his pranks without the other gods noticing, which has unexpectedly allowed him to become one of the most feared and respected gods in the entire divine pantheon.
Function: Conceals your movements so you can do your bidding (Effective to avoid the eyes and senses of experts up to the first level of Universal Power), includes installable self-repairing protection nodes to protect your workshop from mischief ].
Although I don't know, at what level is the first level of Universal Power on the immortal world scale, I do know that it is a pretty high level, because when I asked the system about it they only limited themselves to answer the following:
[ Universal Powers and other concepts related to it will be accessible once the hosts survive the first event of the system.]
"It's not worth focusing on things you can't know, so ignore this detail and continue with my plans."
At this point, the only thing left is the execution, so I call Mery to take Lila to the backyard of the mansion, which is very large.
When they are both gathered there, it is already 12:00 pm, which is the perfect time to carry out the process.
"Well, Lila, as you know, I am a cultivator and therefore my main wife must be one too," I say as an introduction to the events that are going to happen next.
"My prince, although I don't want to talk about more, the cultivator who visited the village when I was little said that I had no future for cultivation," she said with a regretful face.
The guy didn't lie to you, or well, rather I should say, it's very difficult for you to get the darkness attribute and cultivate well.
Fortunately, you met me.
"Look, Lila, you don't have to worry, for if I wanted to, even pigs could fly free in the sky like birds at dawn."
This sounds like a joke, but it's an anecdote, because with the resources in the system, it shouldn't be difficult to make some sort of mechano-pig that has wings and can fly.
Seeing that Lila did not respond, I continued.
"Lila, you actually have a lot of potential, but the problem is that you don't have the resources to tap into it. Fortunately, I do have the resources, and that's the reason I called you. Let's partially awaken your potential."
Unfortunately, you cannot make a person who was not born with a bloodline of some legendary or mythical creature assimilate this power right away, because then, taking away the fact of finding reliable people, this would be the method used for the system's mission.
As for the process, it will be explained as we proceed.
"Follow Mery's instructions and then come back here," I said and set about purchasing and installing the Concealment Matrix.
If you're wondering about the instructions, they're pretty simple: completely cleanse Lila's body once she's consumed a marrow cleanse pill, of which I got a bunch from the system.
This process is done in the bath, as when the effect of this pill makes its presence known, all imperfections and evil things that are or are about to affect Lila's body, are expelled from her body.
Leaving a trail of a black liquid, which I really don't want to be in the yard where the procedure will be performed.
As for the matrix installation process, it's pretty simple: go to all the key points surrounding the mansion and install them there.
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"PUFF, ha, ha, done, I'm done," I said as I rested on a step at the back of the mansion.
The county mansion itself was not large, but the grounds were at least an acre.
Okay, let's activate it.
As I was about to do so, I received a curious notification:
[ The Heavenly Dao is watching your actions.]
Just in time, I would say.
"Hey, Heavenly Dao, I'm going to give a foreign bloodline to a native of your world, you don't mind, do you?", I said that, but I already knew the answer.
[ The Heavenly Dao considers your words, and demands that you show him which one.]
When I saw that line, I took out the vial containing the 100 drops of Dark Phoenix blood essence.
The vial was completely black and contained a very dark aura. I'm sure that this aura could very easily affect me if I didn't have the Star Demon body and its defenses.
[The Heavenly Dao looks at the vial.]
[The Celestial Dao considers it...]
[ The Heavenly Dao is willing to allow the foreign bloodline into their world and will reward the native with a hidden title.]
"Hidden title?", I thought, and ended up sending this unknown to the system.
[ It refers to titles that affect the fate of their inhabitants, which are not visible to the hosts as they are hidden by the consciousness of the world in order not to disturb the fate they carry.]
It's confusing, but that's okay.
When I saw Mery and Lila approaching ready to perform the absorption process, I immediately activated the Joker God's Concealment Matrix and began my own preparation.