He called out to his family to snap out of their daze as he walked toward them.
His mother asked, "Son, did you bathe in the universe river? How can you be so handsome?"
He smiled and replied, "Mom, it's just the physique I awakened, it made me more handsome, sigh, you might have grandchildren tomorrow at this rate."
Everybody laughed at his joke, then the grandmother said, "Tell us about your awakening."
"I awakened the overlord Physique, which grants me overlord over the elements and swords. It passively enhances all physical attributes the more I train and the higher rank I achieve, increases handsomeness, and increases training in sword, magic, and cultivation by 500%, and it also amplifies spells I cast by 300% and amplifies sword skills and techniques by 300%," he lied, but he couldn't just tell them about his bloodline and physique outright.
When he listed these, everyone became speechless; they didn't know what to say.
This was a little monster who had just awakened, then light flashed in their eyes, they wanted to see him grow and be on the battlefield, but they had to protect him until he grows.
He had never seen the outside world, so he didn't know its horrors. Killing intent leaked from Michael's body as he thought of those families and cults that might harm his precious son.
Little did Michael know that his little precious son knew the horrors of the world and was already making plans for it.
Though he never interacted with other people outside his houses, he knew the horrors of the world. Even when the butler drove him around when he was 5 years old, he only looked from inside the car and never came out to greet anybody.
Rumors spread that the son of the Sword Saint and the Mage of Destruction (his mother's title) was sick and had little to no intelligence. He knew about these rumors from the maid and guards when gossiping with them, but he told them not to bother correcting them.
His grandfather said, "Let's go pick your cultivation technique, shall we?" He smiled as everyone followed along. They went into the library, and his grandfather activated a hidden door which led to the basement. Anthony had never been here before, so he was excited.
They walked down the stairs and arrived in front of a portal. Anthony was shocked—was this a dungeon? He had already read about dungeons in this world, his mother's words sounding like a fairy's entered his ears.
"This portal leads to a secret realm, where all our main family knowledge is kept—skills, techniques, hidden knowledge, forbidden spells, everything related to any profession is here, even blacksmithing or alchemy, they are all here."
He was truly shocked to the core. How much power does one have to possess knowledge of all professions, and even store it in a secret realm? It seems he had been looking down on his family.
They walked through the portal. He felt dizzy as he passed through; it was his first time moving through space, but the feeling only lasted less than a second because of his affinities, bloodline, and physique.
His family was shocked to see him regain composure so fast, expecting him to vomit or be dizzy for a while, but it seemed their baby was more freakish than they let on. They didn't speak of it and just looked at each other and smiled.
Anthony raised his head and saw row after row of shelves that seemed endless. They walked as he admired them and he was lost in their beauty. Then realization struck him—he hadn't signed in for today, and that being his first time, he immediately said, "System, sign-in."
[Ding...]
[Host has signed in.]
[As it's the host's first time signing in, the host will be given two rewards.]
[Congratulations to the host for winning a realm.]
[Divine realm: A realm created by ??? in its boredom, which he decided to gift to you since you are signing in from a realm.]
[Privileges of the realm:
1, Mana in the Divine realm is in its purest form called the primordial mana, which has been dormant since the inception.
2, Time dilation can be adjusted to be slower here, with 1:100 being its highest; the host can adjust according to his wishes.
3, Only those who are "absolutely loyal" to the host can enter this realm with the host.
4, Aging only occurs in real-world time and not realm time.]
[It is advised the host trains and cultivates in this realm, in order to have higher mana quality than others.]
[Congratulations to the host for winning the ??? Cultivation technique created by ??? for the host.]
[The ??? Cultivation technique was created by ??? for the host since the host possesses a different physique and bloodline.]
[The host is required to name this cultivation technique in order to use it.]
Anthony thought for a second and named it "Nothingness Cultivation Technique."
[Host has named the technique.]
[Rank of Nothingness Cultivation Technique: Unknown]
Anthony was so happy. He wanted to bow to the being, but he couldn't since they were walking in the secret realm now. He was happy and smiling; his family saw his happy mood and thought it was because he was picking a technique.
They arrived at a particular shelf that glowed with a rainbow hue.
The grandfather said, "Pick a cultivation technique from here."
Anthony walked around the shelf for a while and picked a book named "The Dawn," which sounded and looked simple but was far from it.
Michael said, "Pick a sword technique."
Anthony looked around, then said with a hard face, "Father, my physique restricts me from using others' techniques; it only allows me to walk my own path."
His family was stunned for a second, but they thought of the outrageous perk of his physique alone. They came to understand that everything came with a cost, but they would still help in any way they could.
They just smiled and didn't ask anymore. He told his mother the same things about magic too, so they wouldn't waste their time teaching him when he has a bloodline and physique worthy of knowledge.
He just took the cultivation technique and left, though he wouldn't cultivate it; he only took it for show, as for the sword technique and magic—why waste time mastering the ones they created when he has something better.
He got back to his room and said, "System, where is the realm?"
[Host only needs to think about entering the realm and he will enter.]
Anthony nodded, then said, "System, where is the Nothingness Cultivation Technique?"
[Host only needs to affirm and the system will send it directly to the host's mind.]
He immediately affirmed and a vast amount of information flowed into his mind. He sat there for a good 9 hours in order to understand the technique, and that was by using his 2 million compartments.
He sighed, "Would I waste time each time I accept knowledge like this, ... well, the knowledge is too vast. This is real life, not those instant learning systems that take one click and a second to learn."
He picked his phone up and texted everyone in his contact list, basically the maids and his family, and told them that he would be in seclusion for a year, which was funny that a person who had just awakened and just got his cultivation technique a few hours ago was entering seclusion.
He made the maids prepare all the food he would need but told them to prepare it for 5 years, which shocked them; he only told them his appetite had increased.
Everyone was awakened, so food for 5 years was prepared in 2 days.
He stuffed it all in his storage ring, which his father had given him the day he picked a cultivation technique that contained a sword, and all sorts of potions that would last him a year.
With that, everyone sent him off as he entered the seclusion room, which was then guarded by unknown-ranked guards.
In the two days it took to cook all the dishes, he signed in.
[Doppelganger: Host is able to create a perfect clone of himself, which is able to use all abilities and skills of the host, possessing all qualities of the host, even a soul, but a fragment of his.]
[Cool down: None]
[The host has gained True Immunity to Illusions]
He was very happy when he saw the first reward the other day.
He was already thinking of how to fool his parents when he left for the divine realm; if they lost their senses and didn't notice him, they would barge in immediately, even the guards would too.
With this, he was ready. He stood in the cultivation room, created the clone, which was basically his twin brother. The clone had a consciousness and possessed everything he did, even a soul, but a fragment of his.
The clone sat in a lotus position and pretended to cultivate.
With that, he notified the system and he disappeared from the room.