Side chapter-1 (First Edit)

5 days ago: Silver Moon Sect: Sect Master's Hall.

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A middle-aged man with a salt and pepper beard that reaches down to his chest and hair of the same color pulled back into a small ponytail sits across the deck from a young-looking gentleman with a full head of white hair and some white stubble on his face.

The middle-aged man: "Why have you called me here, Sect leader?"

The Sect leader: "Because of a small issue that, according to the rules, needs to be handled by an elder such as yourself."

The Elder: "And what would that be? Something to shave your face with?"

The Sect leader: "Shut it, old man, we both know how busy I've been recently thanks to a certain someone!"

The Elder: "Ah yes... That brat. I say just ban him from the Sect and be done with it."

The Sect leader: "You know very well why I can't do that. But if you or I have a good excuse, then be my guest!"

The Elder: "Sadly, that boy to good at covering his tracks to get caught in anything."

The Sect leader: "Anyways enough lamenting about that and to the task at hand. This one is a bit more of an odd one."

The Elder: "And how's that."

The Sect leader: "Well the task is to the ship we have chartered as they haven't reported in."

The Elder: "While that might seem strange it's not that odd so just give them a few more days."

The Sect leader: "While I might normally inclined to agree with you, this captain is supposed to be highly reliable if slightly shady. So him not reporting in is of some concern."

The Elder: "Alright then, I might not entirely share your concerns about this but orders are orders so I will set out immediately."

The middle-aged man then gets up a goes to leave the room when the younger-looking white-haired man stops him.

The Sect leader: "Before you leave take some disciples with you to expand their horizons."

The Elder: "While I might not like circumventing the rules, what levels should they be?"

The Sect leader: "They should at least be of the golden core."

The Elder: "Don't you think that is a bit much?"

The Sect leader: "I just have a bad feeling about this one."

The Elder: "Well s**t."

The Elder's face darkened slightly before leaving the room.

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5 days ago: Silver Moon Sect: Elder Xie's residence

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The middle-aged man from the Sect leader's hall standing in the middle of a courtyard with two disciples in front of him. The one on his left was a male disciple with black hair, gray eyes, and a lean figure. The one on his right was a female disciple with a set of orange hair and eyes that seemed to flicker like fire when the light hit them as well as a sharp face and prominent that made her look quite fierce.

Male disciple: "Disciple Zhuan Jiahao has answered the Elder's call."

Female disciple: "If I may ask, why have you called us Elder Xei?"

Elder Xei: "Lou Xia have you been out for so long that you have forgotten how to greet your Elders?"

Lou Xia: "This disciple greets Elder Xei."

Elder Xei: "Good! Now, the reason why I called you here is because we will be doing a search mission for the Sect."

Zhuan Jiahao: "I am ready to begin, Elder."

Lou Xia: "Wait, did you say we?"

Elder Xei: "Yes I did. Your mission is to assist me in the search."

Zhuan Jiahao: "When do we leave Elder?"

Elder Xei: "Now."

With that, the elder waves his hand and envelopes the disciples in his Qi before taking of into the air, heading toward a smaller and less developed part of the Sect.

20 minutes later they landed out side of a large barn like building. Walking inside they were greeted by a young looking woman with long strait white hair and a simple looking figure.

Elder Xei: "Yin Rong, we need a mount to take us in search of the charter ship we have just recently signed."

Yin Rong: "Xie Zhou, who taught you to speak like that to me?! And you can take any of the girls you'd like."

Elder Xei: "Sorry, Aunt Rong, I would like to take the wind strider if you wouldn't mind?"

Yin Rong: "That would be fine just make sure she is fed well."

Elder Xei: "Thank you, Aunt Rong. We will return shortly."

Leading the disciples, Elder Xei walks up to a pen housing a great bald white eagle the size of a two-story house. Opening the pen the eagle walks out and bends down to allow the elder and disciples on. Once they climb onto its back, she walks outside before taking off toward the skies circling the Sect. In the sky now, the elder pulls out a talisman and activates it shining a red light in the direction of the Forgotten Forest. Seeing the light, the eagle turns in that direction and flaps its wings hard, causing them to seemingly disappear from the world.

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2 days ago, outside the skies of the Forgotten Forest.

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The eagle stops and begins to circle the forest from a mile away. The Elder, seeing this, tries to urge the eagle forward, only for it to stay circling the forest at a distance of a mile. Having the eagle land, he starts to walk toward the forest before feeling the reason why it would not approach. The entire forest was shrouded in chaos Qi that attempted to rip him apart. Looking towards the forest in an attempt to see the reason he spots a Qi gathering realm beast meandering around the edge of the forest. Getting an idea, he calls one of the disciples to him. Seeing him wave them over, they both approach.

Elder Xei: "Why did you both come? I was only calling one of you. Never mind do you feel any strange energy around here?"

Zhuan Jiahao: "I do feel something, but it seems to be fading and not affecting me."

Lou Xia: "I feel the same."

Elder Xei: "Alright, then. You two will take the talisman and this tracking talisman so I can find you when this Qi dissipates. Now go and find out what happened to the ship."

Both disciples: "Yes, sir!"

With that, the two enter the forest following the direction of the talisman.

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Elsewhere in another plain of existence.

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A girl with golden blonde hair and a youthful face and body is sitting on a sofa watching something on a movie theater-sized flat screen surrounded by a sea of clouds. Then, as the girl gets engrossed in what she is watching, a swirling pink portal appears behind her with a sound. Stepping out of the portal is a woman with dark purple and black hair and eyes with a well-endowed figure in a pure white sleeveless dress.

Unknown woman: "Elinaria!!!"

The unknown woman's shout startles the girl on the couch before she gets up and turns around in one fluid motion, and scolds her.

Elinaria: "Stephanie, don't jump scare me like that!"

Stephanie: "Sorry, but it's too much fun. Anyway, what are you doing?"

Elinaria: "How do you even have time to come here and ask? Shouldn't you be either reincarnating someone or checking on someone you reincarnated?"

Stephanie: "I got one of my clones handling it while I could technically be considered checking on someone I helped to reincarnate because you asked me for help."

Elinaria: "Fine, and I was just watching that person anyway."

Stephanie: "Oh really, so how are they doing?"

Elinaria: "Well, they seem to be doing quite well. As you know, after I asked you for help, I granted there two remaining wishes, then gave them my grand blessing and-"

Stephanie: "Wait! You gave her your grand blessing!?"

Elinaria: "Yes. Why are you freaking out?"

Stephanie: "Of course, I'm freaking out! You gave her your grand blessing! You're just a weak goddess right now! Do you know what will happen if they die before, at most, the peak of their world, if not ascension?!"

Elinaria: "Of course I know what will happen but I have the feeling she will make it up here to meet me in person again if not reach higher than me in the future."

Stephanie: "Elinaria! That is absolutely insane! Don't you realize that you don't even have a set divinity yet?! If she portrays you wrongly or others begin to think of you differently, you won't have a choice over your divinities!"

Elinaria: "And that is the risk I am willing to take. I also have the sense that I will be able to get far more powerful than I ever could have otherwise from her."

Stephanie: "You know you sound insane, right? I mean, what could she give you that would make you more powerful?"

Elinaria: "I mean, she already gave me this."

After saying that, Elinaria pulls out a copy of the system our protagonist helped make.