Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

As we flew across the skies inside of Fuyu, I decided to spend some of my large quantities of accumulated Divine Power. I've spent a lot fighting, but it all comes back once I defeat my foe and devour their souls, usually paying back all the Divine Power I spent utilizing my techniques by a tenfold.

Ding!

[You have exchanged 921.600.000 Divine Points!]

[All Divine Points have been absorbed by your [Divine Core]!]

[Your [Divine Core] is evolving!]

FLAAAASSSH!!!

While I sat down relaxing and meditating, my Divine Core absorbed a part of the Divine Power that my System had accumulated, quickly beginning to improve itself towards greater limits.

My body gained a refinement as a result, as my flesh, bones, blood, scales, and everything else started to be reinforced and refined.

Breaking through the layers of Cultivation thanks to my System has always been smooth, as long as I had accumulated enough energies.

Before becoming a God, it was through devouring Mana Cores of different Ranks, and now, it was through absorbing and distributing the Divine Power I acquired.

Each Rank and sub-rank required a certain amount of Divine Power I had to distribute, and each time I increased it, their cost would immediately double.

Meaning that to raise from my Rank 9 Upper Stage to Peak Stage, I had to spend 307.200.000 Divine Power, and from Rank 9 Peak Stage to Rank 10 Initial Stage, I had to spend 614.400.000 Divine Power!

Both combined, would amount for 921.600.000 Divine Points, the exact quantity I had spent before. And with that, came the ability to raise two grades and instantly leap to Rank 10 Initial Stage.

My scales started to shine brightly, as if they were becoming pure materialized Divinity. My blood felt incredibly gelid yet blazing and burning. My flesh strengthened to the point it seemed as if it had become the hardest of metals, and my bones even more than that.

Sight, hearing, touch, taste, every sense I possessed started to heighten itself to its limits!

Once the ranking up process finished, it felt as if I had peeled out all my wasteful energies and everything else inside of my body and soul, becoming a brand-new living being.

So this is what it feels to reach Rank 10, huh? It's… simply incredible.

Yet it's not even the peak, I don't even know how strong the Venerables were, but I could assume they might be around Rank 15.

However, at Rank 10, it is already possible to recognize a God as someone that has started their journey to become a Venerable themselves.

Because I descend from two Divine Dragons, I already have the potential and talent to become a God from the beginning, if it wasn't for the Curse I held, I would had at least become a Rank 7 God the moment I was born.

I had long ago reached that point, and now, I've gone beyond that!

Ding!

[Congratulations! Your [Divine Core] has evolved to [Rank 10: Initial Stage]!]

[All your Stats have increased greatly!]

[Your Body and Soul can now hold many more Divinities and Auxiliary Divinities!]

[Your Main Divinity Slots have increased by +4!]

[Your Auxiliary Divinity Slots have increased by +2!]

[Your Divine Abilities and Divinities have improved!]

[All Ranks of Divinities and Divine Abilities have increased.]

[You have reached the [Divine Limit] set by [Fate]!]

Eh? Divine Limit? What is this bullshit?

[To ascend further not only do you require Divine Power, but also you must combine your Divinities and Divine Abilities into special [Ascendancy Laws]!]

[An [Ascendancy Laws] is the essence of the Laws that govern the World and Nature itself, composed of the Divinities formed by the materialization of what creates such concepts.]

[By combining them with Divine Abilities, and other compatible Materials, you will be able to create your first [Ascendancy Law]!]

[Indeed, the thing I told you about before, which could be born from fusing those Divine Abilities, Divinities, and Materials was exactly that, an [Ascendancy Law]!]

"I see…" I nodded. "But what exactly are they? A Skill, some sort of Divinity thing?"

[They're both at the same time, and something even greater.]

[The reason why its rare to see beings above Rank 10 is because they must first refine such a power, and it is not something just anybody can do.]

[Only the Venerables have been capable of refining the [Primary Ascendancy Laws], each one building up from what the other left off and making their own.]

[It is because of this that you don't see a Venerable of the same Element as the other, they all reigned over their own Unique Ascendancy Laws.]

[However, they were still able to use the concepts as pillars to make their own, and this is what you can also do now!]

[Fragments of the [Ascendancy Law of Dreams], the [Ascendancy Law of Blood], and the [Ascendancy Law of Fire] are stored within your Inner Soul Origin, secretly waiting for this moment to come.]

[You cannot forge the same as these two Venerables, but you can use their Fragments as the pillars for your new, Unique Ascendancy Law]

[Looks like the Flame Emperor didn't had any of them, he had yet to build an Ascendancy Law of his own but was also carrying a Fragment of the [Ascendancy Law of Flames]!]

"Hm, well, I guess I've got a nice starting point with those four fragments." I commented. "We can't do much now, so I'll have to wait until I get enough materials. But can you explain me what I can do with the Ascendancy Law? I'm kind of having high expectations on this…"

[I can't tell you more as I still need to analyze a complete one myself, but I can at least say that the more you improve it, the more your cultivation will rise. Also, you can have multiple ones. Usually the Venerables had two to three Main Ascendancy Laws, with one or two Minor Ascendancy Laws as support.]

"So the Fragments I have…"

[They're their strongest Ascendancy Laws, indeed. The ones that had persisted this long, and which were so powerful they left behind fragments even after their deaths.]

"Incredible…"

I wonder what insane Ascendancy Law I could create… It gotta be unique, I can't just make it around mere elements.