The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion-Chapter 150: Karma Is Real
It had been more than ten minutes, and the humans were still inside the cocoons of evolution, in the process of evolving into High Humans.
Damian simply sat on his throne, resting his head on his fist against the armrest, observing everything happening inside the cocoons and studying them.
Meanwhile, Shiru was learning and trying to master the [Dark Essence] cultivation technique given to her by her human progenitor, finally beginning her life as a dark energy cultivator.
The two lower elves, Elfie and her brother Arlen, had gone somewhere private, as Elfie wanted to explain some things that had happened while her brother was imprisoned by the vampires, especially about Damian, why they had joined his faction, and what kinds of things Arlen should expect in the future.
After all, they were now under the leadership of the most talented and most unpredictable being inside the Tower Realms.
As for the plebeian vampire Lucian Holloway, after he got his answer from Damian regarding the noble vampires' invitation, he simply waited.
The noble vampires had invited Damian to Nightingale, the world of vampires, allegedly to talk about peace.
Neither Damian nor Lucian, who was merely the messenger for the noble vampires, truly knew why the vampire counts wanted to meet with Damian.
Lucian just assumed that the vampire counts wanted to make peace with him, or perhaps gain his favor after realizing how powerful he was during the war against the Brenlith Clan vampires.
But Damian didn't believe that nonsense.
To be honest, Damian didn't really care about the actual reasons they wanted him there.
He was fully aware of how strong he had become.
He was more than powerful enough to deal with the vampire counts.
As for the millions of plebeian vampires in Nightingale, he could simply turn himself into a noble vampire and force them under his control if he wanted.
In fact, he wouldn't even need to do that; his strength alone was more than enough to overwhelm the millions of plebeian vampires if it came to a fight.
After all, he was strong enough to kill even the vampire counts.
The thing that irritated Damian so much was the vampires' arrogance and disrespect when they invited him to Nightingale.
No disrespect to Lucian, but he was still a plebeian vampire.
How could Damian accept an invitation from a lower-ranked vampire?
Lucian hadn't even brought a formal letter of invitation; he had simply informed him.
Damian was no longer an ordinary human.
He was a high demon, a ruler of Hell, the progenitor of humans, the ruler of an entire race.
In the racial hierarchy, he ranked far higher than even the noble vampires.
He was someone who deserved respect; it was his right.
How could he accept an invitation delivered in such a disrespectful and arrogant manner?
As Damian had said before, he would rather have the vampires as enemies than accept such blatant disrespect.
"Argh," Damian snorted in irritation just thinking about it.
Shaking his head, Damian brought up a system panel, displaying the abilities he had awakened upon evolving into the progenitor of humans.
He still hadn't looked into their effects.
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[Racial Ability: High Human Creation (Unique)]
[Effect: You can evolve any being ranked lower than High Humans into High Humans, regardless of their original race.
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[Racial Ability: Superior Human Creation (Unique)]
[Effect: You can evolve any being ranked lower than Superior Humans into Superior Humans, or evolve beings of other races into Superior Humans.
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[Racial Ability: Racial Suppression (Unique)]
[Effect: You can suppress any being, regardless of race, as long as they are ranked lower than the Human Progenitor in the racial hierarchy, using pure aura and the strength of your presence.
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[Racial Ability: Racial Suppression (Unique)] (duplicate, possibly needs correction or consolidation)
[Effect: You can suppress any being, regardless of race, as long as they are ranked lower than the Human Progenitor in the racial hierarchy, inducing pure fear and submission with your presence alone.
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[Racial Ability: Inner Voice (Unique)]
[Effects:
-You can influence any being carrying the essence of the Human Progenitor or any being evolved into Superior Humans or High Humans using your racial essence.
-You can monitor the movements of all beings under your influence, from anywhere at any time.
-Grants you the ability to control any beings you have turned into High Humans or Superior Humans, anywhere and anytime.
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[Racial Ability: Humanity's Weapon (Unique)]
(A unique ability of the Human Progenitor that cannot be replicated by any other being, even by other progenitors.)
[Effects:
-Grants you the ability to increase your strength rapidly as the population of your race carrying the Human Progenitor's essence grows.
-For every being carrying your essence, you gain a passive increase in your physical abilities.
-Additionally, for every being carrying your essence, your soul is passively strengthened.]
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Damian grinned, seeing their effects, especially the racial ability [Humanity's Weapon], which would increase his physical power and passively strengthen his soul as the population of [Superior Humans] and [High Humans] carrying his essence grew.
It was established earlier that every progenitor has their own special, unique ability, like [Humanity's Weapon] that Damian, as the progenitor of humans, had obtained.
These abilities are mostly related to their entire race, granting some form of enhancement or power increase that depends on how much their race grows.
"Well, even though this ability is strong, I can't just go around creating more and more High Humans to increase my strength..." Damian clicked his tongue.
Like every being, progenitors also have their weaknesses.
One significant weakness that restricts the rise of progenitors is race creation.
A progenitor cannot simply increase the population of their race unchecked.
Doing so would break the balance of races within the universe, especially when it comes to creating higher-ranked species of their race.
For example, Damian cannot just go around creating more High Humans to boost his strength, because it would upset the karmic balance of the universe.
A universe, depending on its strength, can only accommodate a certain level of karma.
Karma is generated whenever a being is born; every action, every decision a being makes contributes to it.
Higher-ranked species create more karma, and all of it must be processed by the universe, regardless of whether the karma is good or bad.
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Progenitors possess an extreme level of karma.
Their existence heavily influences the cycle of life and death and the continuum of the universe itself, as progenitors are the only beings capable of sustaining an entire race's existence.
Karma is crucial for all aspects of creation, destruction, beginnings, and endings.
It is a necessary component in the growth of a universe.
However, the sudden generation of vast amounts of karma can be harmful. If the balance breaks, it can disrupt the universe's growth.
Karma can only be processed at a certain rate, and this rate can only gradually increase over time.
Until the universe's karma-processing rate increases, only a limited population of a race can be created.
It was because of this karmic limitation that many races within the universe began heading toward extinction.
Long ago, something catastrophic happened that caused an astronomical amount of the universe's karma to simply vanish.
This event impacted everything related to creation, destruction, beginnings, and endings, especially the survival of the various races within the universe.
As a result, the progenitors of all races gradually died off.
The birth rates of living beings began to decrease, and now, after tens of thousands of years, many species are on the brink of extinction.
The High Humans, in particular, were affected so severely that only a handful of them remain.
However, now the karma of the universe has started to recover.
The fact that a progenitor has appeared after all these years is living proof of this recovery.
Karma is to the universe what concepts are to gods and goddesses.
Without karma, no creation, destruction, beginning, or ending could occur within the universe.
Damian sighed.
He had received all the information about karma from the knowledge he inherited from the universe when he evolved into the human progenitor.
As the progenitor of humans, he instinctively knew how many Superior Humans and High Humans he could create at the moment without upsetting the balance of karma.
Damian knew he could create a world full of Superior Humans and hundreds of High Humans without any problem, and he planned to take full advantage of this to increase his power by leaps and bounds.
"Well, now that I've finalized my plan for Earth, I need to focus on what I'm going to do with the other rulers of Hell," Damian said as he rubbed his chin, scrolling through the memories of hundreds of demons in his [Spiritual Library].
Knowledge about the power structure of the rulers of biblical Hell, their power and strength, poured into his mind.
The power structure of Hell was a little complicated.
There were many beings in Hell who held significant power and controlled various territories.
Firstly, there were the 72 rulers of Hell, also known as the 72 Keys of Solomon.
Each of the 72 rulers was either a high demon or a high fallen angel, possessing power equivalent to lower-level gods or intermediate-level gods.
Each ruler had a unique demonic ability, such as Marquis Andras's demonic ability [Demon's Grasp], which Damian had obtained for himself when he devoured Marquis Andras.
Then there were the Four High Demons known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Each of these four high demons embodied a concept that could bring about the end of the living world.
They were as strong as the higher-ranked demons among the 72 Keys of Solomon.
Next were the Seven High Demons known as the Seven Deadly Sins.
They were the literal personifications of the seven sins, and their power could reach the level of high-level gods.
Some among the Seven Deadly Sins even had the power to challenge god-kings.
Finally, there were three demons who could be considered the Original Demons or Primordial Demons.
These demons held the greatest power within Hell, ranking even higher than the 72 rulers, the Four Horsemen, and the Seven Deadly Sins.
If Damian wished to conquer biblical Hell for himself, he would have no choice but to fight against all of these beings.
However, the ones that would likely be the most troublesome for him would be the three Primordial Demons, as they stood at the absolute peak of Hell's hierarchy.
