[Game Over]

Some say that life is a game, but for Law, it seemed quite literally. Nobody ever told him that when one dies they would be sent to this void space with a blue screen written with [Game Over] on it.

Understandably he freaked out for quite some time.

[Calculating Score]

Of course like any other game, ‘Life’ also had a final score. He just hoped he got a high score even though he had no idea what purpose this score had.

[Calculation Finished]

[1000 Karma Point obtained]

[Next destination Grand Xia of Three Realm, Desolate Era]

Looking at the blue screen Law didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. As a closet otaku, of course, the thought of living in the world of web novel has crossed his mind before.

Although Desolate Era wouldn’t be his first choice, it was still a good one. Desolate Era was a web novel written by I Eat Tomato. It was about the journey of Ji Ning a young man from Earth, who was reincarnated into Grand Xia, one of the major worlds in the Three Realm. Although the novel was centered on Ji Ning, the cultivation system was quite detailed and believable.

[Please choose your blessing carefully in exchange of your Karmic Point]

[Genetic Mutation] – [Soul Mutation] – [Blessing] – [Library of Infinity]

[Heaven of Infinity Pass. Cost 100000000000000000000000000000000000000 Karmic Point]

[Didn’t have enough point? Easy, stay at the purgatory for 100 years and rewarded for 100 KP]

“Whoa! With this maybe I could survive the Three Realms Great Calamity”. Looking at the unique advertisement of purgatory, it seemed the amount of karmic point he had is quite a lot. Without further ado, he clicked [Genetic Mutation].

[Genetic Mutation]

[Description: Genetic mutation is a mutation of one’s genetic map and the list of genetic mutation below would alter one genetic map according to the one chosen]

[Bloodline of the 18 Winged Heavenly Chaos Angel] -> [Cost 100000000 Karmic Point]

[Bloodline of the Infinite Dragon] -> [Cost 100000000 Karmic Point]

[Ashura Bloodline] -> [Cost 100000000 Karmic Point]

[Bloodline of Lord of the Element] -> [Cost 100000000 Karmic Point]

[Lord of 7 Sins Bloodline] -> [Cost 100000000 Karmic Point]

[Immortal Virtue’s Bloodline] -> [Cost 100000000 Karmic Point]

…........

[Cosmic Devourer Bloodline] -> [Cost 10000000 Karmic Point]

…………

[Transcendent Bloodline] -> [Cost 1000000 Karmic Point]

[Level 14 Warlock Bloodline] -> [Cost 1000000 Karmic Point]

Law scrolled down for a long time but the list seemed to be endless. Then he set the list to only display the bloodline with 500 Karmic Point at most. Although there were many bloodlines that interested him, he didn’t know which one he should choose.

‘Hmm… There is a lot of viable choices I could choose. If I can be reincarnated into a web novel, I wonder if I could choose a bloodline from an anime or other web novels’.

Law then typed or more accurately thought of the bloodline from the anime he watched.

[Saiyan Bloodline] -> [Cost 150 Karmic Point]

[Ootsuki’s Bloodline] -> [Cost 150 Karmic Point]

[Ghoul’s Bloodline] -> [Cost 100 Karmic Point]

[Dragon’s Bloodline] -> [Cost 100 Karmic Point]

[Poseidon’s Bloodline] -> [Cost 100 Karmic Point]

…….

Then he chose Saiyan and Ootsuki’s Bloodline after viewing the list of all bloodline he knew from anime or manga. Although Saiyan’s bloodline could not guarantee he would become a super saiyan god or even super saiyan right off the bat. If he fuses it with the bloodline of the progenitor of chakra, the Ootsuki from Naruto. His chances of surviving in the ridiculous universe of Desolate Era would be great.

After choosing his genetic mutation, Law clicked the section of soul mutation.

[Soul Mutation]

[Description: Altering one’s soul to become more attuned to one or more law of the world or to strengthen one soul and the body to a certain extent]

After reading the description Law pondered for a few moments. The most expensive soul mutation was what one would expect coming straight from a typical xianxia or xuanhuan novel just like Heavenly Sword Sovereign, Domineering Immortal Spear or Chaotic Infinity Soul. It is basically a ridiculous overpowered soul enhancement. But unfortunately, that enhancement was out of his reach. Even the one with the sword soul mutation cost 1000 Karmic Point.

Law then inputted the information about the few soul enhancement he knew from anime, manga, novel and the few fanfictions he read.

[Sword Origin of Fate Universe]

[This enhancement mutates one’s soul origin into a sword. Greater affinities toward any sword, swordplay, sword intent and sword law or dao]

[Drawback: Abysmal affinities toward any weapons which weren't classified as sword]

[Cost: 200 Karmic Point]

Despite the drawback, Law chose this [Soul Mutation] without any hesitation.

“I wonder if I could use Unlimited Blade Works. It would be cool!”

[Blessing]

[Description: a gift from the god that could increase any aspect that was chosen]

After scrolling for about one hour he finished picking his blessing.

[Superior Luck]

[Great Luck]

[Chosen One]

Superior Luck cost him 150 Karmic Point, Great Luck 100 Point and Chosen One 150 Karmic Point. Superior Luck and Great Luck did exactly as it said. Meanwhile chosen one greatly increase one’s talent, perception and a minor luck boost.

In the end, he didn’t buy any skill from [Library of Infinity] because there was no guarantee he could use it in Desolate Era if he buys a skill but couldn’t use it, it was worse than buying a game then finding out that was windows only and wasted on his mac.

After making some mental preparation Law clicked [Go to Next Destination].

[Loading]

……

[Reincarnate with memories intact - 100 Karmic Point]

[Reincarnate with no memories, Technique from Library of Infinity wouldn’t be erased - 0 Karmic Point]

‘Holy shit! Sacred Shit! Heavenly Shit!!! Luckily I didn’t spend the remaining point on Library of Infinity for some overpowered technique manual. Otherwise, I would have my memories erased!’

[100 Karmic Point has been deducted]

[you have 0 Karmic Point remaining]

[Good Luck]

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Law opened his eyes and saw that he was being held by a giant who wore a set of white fur clothes. Law instantly understood that this person was a ‘giant’, only because right now, he was an infant being held by this man.

“You can leave now.” The man said.

“Yes.” The three maids said respectfully.

The man holding Law in his arms should be his father. Although he had just gotten a son, he still seemed like a piece of glacial ice, very hard to get close to. He wore a set of beautiful fur clothes, while those three maids also were dressed in animal fur. Clearly, they were of much poorer quality.

The room was quite empty. The wall, the dresser, the seats, the bed, all of them were carved from marble. The carvings were quite exquisite and gave off an ancient, beautiful nobility. Atop the bed was a six or seven-meter-long enormous beast fur, with the fur hanging down to the floor. At a glance, one could tell that this fur was no doubt extremely expensive. Atop that bed, there was a red-faced young woman breastfeeding a baby.

“Son.” Despite holding his infant son in his arms, that man still seemed very cold, without a hint of a smile on his face. Only, his eyes betrayed his excitement.

Law suddenly had the feeling that a mysterious cold energy entered his body. It was very comfortable, and then, quickly, it passed away.

“Yichuan, how is my son doing?” The woman on the bed hurriedly asked.

“Unexpectedly, unlike his older twin, his body’s quality is extraordinary. Even I can’t fully ascertain it.” Ji Yichuan said softly.

The woman on the bed had faint tears in her eyes. “Let me hold him.”

The man carried the child over in his arms.

“Be good.” The young woman looked at the infant, her eyes filled with love. “Yichuan, our oldest child was injured in the womb. Although he ate those natural treasures, it only repaired some of the damage. We haven’t done right by our child.”

His older twin had been injured in the womb?

Natural treasures?

It seemed that he had been reincarnated into a wealthy clan.

..........................

Despite having just given birth to a child, his mother had easily been able to get off the bed. She was also dressed in a white fur and easily walked out of the room while holding his twin brother.

“You can clean up in here.” His father, Ji Yichuan, said to those three maids.

“Yes.” The three maids said respectfully.

Outside the door, in the hallway, there was a big, snow-white dog. Its fur was as long as cotton, and it appeared very docile. When its gaze fell upon Law and his twin brother, it was filled with excitement and love.

In the wide courtyard outside the room was a giant, pitch-black coiling python which was lining the outside of the courtyard. It had circled around in multiple loops, and its head was raised to a height of dozens of meters. Its body was covered with dark, heart-stopping cold scales. The giant python slowly lowered its head and drew near.

“For the love of…”

That snow white dog was fine. He had seen plenty of dogs in the past. That snow white one was just a bit bigger.

But this coiled, enormous monstrosity?

Seeing a magical creature like this humongous snake was different from reading those web novel and anime.

Coiled around in endless circles, and its raised head alone was dozens of meters high. The entire thing had to be two or three hundred meters long.

“Son.” Ji Yichuan didn’t pay any attention to his sons’ feelings, or perhaps in this world, people have used to these things already and didn’t feel they were strange. Ji Yichuan pointed at the snow white massive dog in front of them. “This is your Uncle White. He is your father’s lifelong friend, and he’s saved your life. You must treat him as you would treat me.”

The snow-white hound looked lovingly at Law and his twin brother. Law could almost physically feel a deep love which the snow white hound bore him.

“I wonder if Uncle White could turn into a human, I want to see it”.

“Yichuan, our children were just born and doesn’t understand anything yet. Is there a point to telling them these things?” The young woman said while holding the child.

“Even if they don’t understand, this is their first time meeting with Little White.” Ji Yichuan raised his head to stare at the massive python. “Brother Black!”

Hiss…

This enormous black python which definitely would’ve made countless nations on Earth go insane suddenly transformed into a black mist, and then reformed into a black-haired middle-aged man.

“Whoa! So cool!”

The black haired man smiled towards the infants. “Yichuan, I still remember how when you first showed your budding talent, I agreed to follow you. I didn’t expect that in the blink of an eye, you would have a twin. Childs, don’t be afraid. I am your Uncle Black.”

“Let’s go outside.” Ji Yichuan said. “Grandpa and the others are outside waiting as well. Brother Black, it’s best if you return to your regular form. I know it is very uncomfortable for you to be in human form.”

Hiss…

The black-haired man nodded, and then he once more transformed into a black fog which quickly returned to that massive, coiled black python. The massive black python immediately slithered towards the outside. Its enormous body moved very quickly. Slither, slither, slither. It easily passed the walls and disappeared.

If it was an anime, then his eyes must’ve been twinkling like a star.

Although this might be normal to people of this world, to Law, a man from the Earth, this was simply too stunning. A 200-300 meters long black python had suddenly transformed into a black haired man, and had said that he was his ‘Uncle Black’?

“Sugoi!”

The husband and wife held a child each in their arms as they walked out into the corridor, while by their side was the snow-white dog. Once they reached the end of the corridor, they walked onto a stone-paved road which led to a garden. Within the garden, there was a thick layer of snow. Many black armored guards were standing there unmoving, while in the center, there were several dozen people standing. These several dozen people all possessed all sorts of miraculous bizarre beasts, venomous pests, and flying beasts.

Law quickly adjusted to this new reality and began to observe those several dozen people.

These several dozen people all seemed ferocious as tigers or panthers. Virtually all of them were dressed in beautifully cut animal furs. Only the three women were dressed in silk or cloth garments.

Silk and cloth already existed here. Judging from the location where the three women were standing, they were of fairly common rank within those dozens of people. Clearly, the quality of those silk or cloth clothes weren’t any higher than the lavish, exquisitely cut animal furs.

The silver-haired old man standing in front walked over. “Come, Yichuan. Let me hold the child.”

“Grandfather.” Ji Yichuan nodded, then took the child over from his wife’s arms and delivered him to the old man.

“This child truly is beautiful.” The silver-haired old man’s face was filled with joy. He said in praise, “Yichuan, now that you have children, I will no longer worry as much. I’ve been the lord of our prefecture for already eighty years. According to the rules of our clan, a person can only be a Prefecture Lord for no more than a century. I only have twenty years left as Prefecture Lord. Previously, I wanted you to succeed me in the position of the Prefecture Lord of the West Prefecture of our Ji clan, but you insisted on focusing on walking the path of the Immortals. Now that you have sons, as I see it, in the future, one of them can be the next Prefecture Lord.”

The next Prefecture Lord?

It seemed as though his status was quite high, and this clan should be a special one as well. Those extremely obedient female servants and those unmoving, black armored guards all were a testament to his clan’s power.

“Big brother!” A sudden angry shout.

“Of course like any other xianxia, it would be weird if there are none of the clansmen opposed to it. Damn xianxia logic!”

Law looked in the direction of the noise. He saw a red-haired old man who emanated heat walk over. The man had an eye-catching red earring in his right ear. Wait. It wasn’t a red earring. It was a little red snake the size of a finger. Was he actually wearing a snake in his ear?

“Heh, good job 3rd rated villain it seemed you’re not as bad as I thought, you know what style truly mean!”

The old man with the snake in his ear walked forward, growling, “The matter of the succession to the position of Prefecture Lord can’t be so casual as this. In addition, who knows what sort of ability that little fellow would have?”

“Yichuan’s sons’ ability would naturally…” The silver-haired old man was extremely confident. At the same time, suddenly his elder twin brother making a fuss, then quickly became quiet like before.

“Yichuan!” The silver-haired old man stared in astonishment towards the grandson he was so proud of.

How could he not be shocked?

This was the son of Ji Yichuan, famed as the ‘Raindrop Sword’. The majestic Raindrop Sword, all by himself, had exterminated countless monsters hidden in deep lakes and high mountains. The countless tribes under the control of their West Prefecture of the Ji clan all knew of the Raindrop Sword. In fact, more people knew of him than knew who the Prefecture Lord was.

As long as his child ate some precious treasures while in the womb, the infant would naturally have the finest possible growth conditions.

“Big brother.” The snake elder laughed. “It seems one of Yichuan’s son is quite average, naturally his twin can’t be that different. How can the West Prefecture of our Ji clan, which commands so many tribes, have a weak little fellow take over the important position of Prefecture Lord? How can the people of the Ji clan possibly submit to him? How can the countless tribes be willing to submit to him?”

“Prefecture Lord. This little fellow, it seems, isn’t suited to the position of being the next Prefecture Lord.”

“The important position of Prefecture Lord cannot be so casually given away.”

Those few dozen people present were all high-level members of the West Prefecture of the Ji clan. Many began to speak.

“Shut your mouth.” Ji Yichuan frowned. As he swept the area with his icy gaze, instantly, many of the clan members fell silent.

But the snake elder said angrily, “What a huge temper. This is the West Prefecture of the Ji clan! What, we can’t even talk here? Your son as the Prefecture Lord…if your son was qualified, then given the great merits you yourself have rendered to the West Prefecture of the Ji clan, we definitely wouldn’t say anything. But your son is so very average. You still wish him to be Prefecture Lord? The countless tribes under the banner of the West Prefecture of the Ji clan must fight together in territorial battles, and also must struggle against the Diremonsters in the deep mountains and the lakes. How can a weak Prefecture Lord make the clan members willingly submit? How can he make those tribes submit? If the West Prefecture isn’t awe-inspiring, then how will we struggle for power against the surrounding organizations, and how will we go to the mountains and the lakes to slay the Diremonsters?”

“I will naturally be the one to kill the Diremonsters of the lakes and the mountains!” Ji Yichuan’s voice was cold as ice.

“You sure are tough. You live up to your reputation, Ji Yichuan. So you’ll go kill all of the Diremonsters hiding in all of the mountains and lakes by yourself? Then I, Ji Lee, will say this to you. If you can kill a hundred Diremonsters, then I will no longer dispute with you over who will become the next Prefecture Lord of the Ji clan’s West Prefecture. I’ll let your son take it over.” The snake elder sneered.

Ji Yichuan stared at him.

Every single Diremonster was extremely sly and powerful. How could they be so easily killed? Even killing ten of them would be a miracle, much less a hundred.

“Enough. The children were just born and can’t take all this stress.” The silver-haired elder stared at them, then ordered, “Tonight, we’ll hold a celebratory banquet at the Snowfall Hall. For now, everyone can leave.”

“Alright.”

The serpent elder was the first to respond, and he did so loudly. He immediately led more than half the people away with him, with the rest quickly returning to their own places as well, leaving this garden.

The banquet at Snowfall Palace continued into the late night. Late at night, the sky was covered with stars.

Ji Yichuan and his wife took their infant back home.

“Whoa.” Law blearily opened his little eyes and saw the night sky filled with stars.

He had actually fallen asleep mid-way.

There had been fascinating performances, with musicians, drummers, and barefoot, fur-clad female dancers filling the hall. This was very different from Earth’s performances, but it was still very pleasing to the eye. However, he was still just an infant. Halfway through, he was simply too sleepy and thus he immediately fell asleep.

“Yichuan.” Yuchi Snow said with a hint of anger while walking in the snow.

“At the banquet, why did you say that you would let our son go seize the golden sword? Don’t you know how hard that is?”

“I was able to accomplish it.” Yichuan frowned.

“You are the most powerful member of the West Prefecture of the Ji clan. You were able to do it as a youth, but in the thousand-year history of the Ji clan’s West Prefecture, how many have been like you?” Snow was angry. Normally, she was very gentle, but anything which involved her sons made her anxious.

“And today, when the Prefecture Lord raised the question of having our son becoming the next Prefecture Lord, five overseers had agreed. Only a single additional overseer was needed. All you had to do was convince a single overseer…with six overseers in agreement, then our son would have easily been able to become the next Prefecture Lord. Why go seize the golden sword?”

Seizing the golden sword was simply too hard.

Yichuan shook his head and sighed. “You don’t understand.”

“What don’t I understand?” Snow said angrily.

“You haven’t been at the West Prefecture for a long time yet. You don’t understand the intricacies hidden within.” Yichuan explained. “The ten overseers of the West Prefecture are divided into the Prefecture Lord’s side and Ji Lee’s side. There are three centrists. If we were to draw another overseer into our orbit, the price would have been too high.”

“So what if the price is high?” Snow said unhappily.

“Yes, if we paid an enormous price, we could let one of our sons become the Prefecture Lord.” Yichuan frowned. “But if our son is incapable, even if he is allowed to take the position of Prefecture Lord, he’ll just suffer countless miseries, unspeakable miseries. That will be a form of torment!”

Yuchi Snow was stunned.

“I don’t want my son to be miserable.” Yichuan continued slowly. “Thus, I brought up seizing the golden sword.”

“If my son possesses astonishing insight and talent and is able to strengthen rapidly, then naturally, he’ll be able to seize the golden sword. No one would say a single word of dissent if he were to take over the Prefecture Lord position after doing so.” Yichuan said. “But if my son is unable to seize the golden sword, then he can just live a life of leisure. I, Yichuan, will protect him his entire life and let him live without any cares.”

Snow seemed to have understood.

Becoming Prefecture Lord didn’t necessarily mean a life of ease. If an expert became the Prefecture Lord, then naturally, his rule would be stable. But if someone incapable took the position…even if he was forcibly installed, he would just be miserable.

“Yichuan, I was wrong to blame you.” Snow said softly.

Yichuan just lowered his head and rubbed his son’s face. “The kids woke up long ago.”

“Right, Yichuan. What name should we give them?” Snow suddenly asked. “I asked you when I was pregnant, but you weren’t happy with any of the names. Now that they have been born, we have to come up with a suitable name.”

“Let their name come into the world alongside them,” Yichuan said. “How could I not be careful about it? I hadn’t made up my mind in the past, but just now, I suddenly thought of a name…let’s call our oldest son ‘Ning’, meaning ‘calm’. No matter whether his life is normal or exciting, no matter if he is weak or becomes an expert, let him maintain a calm, peaceful heart.”

“Ning?” Snow murmured. “Ji Ning. Ji Ning…”

Ji Ning?

The infant in his mother’s arms stared with wide eyes, so did Law which held by his father.

“As for the younger twin, let’s name him Ji Law”.

It seemed that [Superior Luck], [Great Luck] and [Chosen One] did their job too well. After all, wouldn’t one need to have an enormous amount of luck to be reborn in a web novel as the younger twin brother of the main character?

“What the hell!”