Caelus stood there, taking it all in.

His dragon heart pounded in his chest.

Thump! Thump!

Each heartbeat was so strong it drilled through the cave, distorting the air around him. His combat score had surged to 63 in a short amount of time. This low-tier space could not handle his power anymore. One wrong move and the cave would crumble.

Caelus opened his eyes. A faint divine radiance filled them.

Just then, a new prompt appeared.

[Ding!]

[Your body has gathered enough Imprints of Divinity.]

[You can use them to obtain a Divine Talent, or merge the Imprint of Divinity with your race to raise its rank.]

"Merge the imprint of divinity with my race?" Caelus asked, clearly surprised.

This prompt did not come from the normal system. It came from his Endless Extraction talent. Under normal rules, a person could never merge races.

’What will happen if I merge it?’

Caelus was eager to find out. He chose the second option without hesitation. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

However...

[Ding!]

[Your existence is too puny to reach the threshold of a Primordial.]

[Please reach the First Sequence.]

"..." Caelus wore a completely baffled look on his face.

’Primordial... First Sequence?’

He was speechless at these new words.

[Ding!]

[You can choose to convert the power into a talent instead.]

"Sigh. Fine. Just give me a talent," Caelus replied.

The world flashed around him.

The divine imprints he had extracted from the beasts converged. The bright light gave birth to a brand new talent.

[Ding!]

[You have obtained the talent: Divine Duplication (Lower S-Rank)]

[Divine Duplication (Lower S-Rank): At a low chance, this talent can duplicate any item. You can use this on one thing at a time. The result could be a 1x copy, a 10x copy, or a complete failure with no reward.]

"It is actually an S-Rank?" Caelus muttered in surprise. "Damn..."

This was his first S-Rank talent, and it could duplicate anything? That was a very powerful start to his new collection of S-Rank abilities.

’Let’s use it on the Ascension Token,’ Caelus thought. It was a genius idea.

He still had not gone through his ascension yet. The divine beasts here did not give normal experience points, so it was fine to test it now.

He took out his Ascension Token.

He used the Talent directly on the token.

[Ding!]

[10x Duplication Successful.]

[You have obtained 10 Ascension Tokens.]

"Damn..." Caelus was stunned again.

Ten Ascension Tokens? These items were very important for the Bronze rank. Could he just sell them and make a fortune?

This ability was incredible.

’Does it work on traits too?’

He targeted his Telekinesis trait with the talent.

[Ding!]

[You have successfully duplicated Telekinesis.]

[Ding!]

[Since you already possess the trait Telekinesis, you have gained the item: Trait Card - Telekinesis (Mythical, 2-Star).]

"It really works." Caelus could not believe it.

This was way better than he expected.

’Let’s try it on my Origin Shards next.’

He had five shards left in his storage. He had already used one on his Origin Light Sword and four on his armor set. He did not use any for Sylvia. He just used her blood for that process, since she did not have Axiom Energy and would not get any benefits from the shards anyway.

[Ding!]

[Duplication Failed.]

"..."

Caelus’s face darkened. But a second later, his mood brightened again. He still had four more shards to try. He moved on to the next crystal.

[Ding!]

[10x Duplication Successful.]

[You have obtained 10 Origin Shards.]

"Let’s go!" Caelus cheered out loud.

The random chance of winning and suddenly getting a huge 10x reward felt amazing. Was this what gamblers felt when they hit the jackpot? It finally made sense why people were so addicted to gacha games back in his old world on Earth. They grinded all day just to get more currency to pull for characters.

He quickly used the talent on the last three Origin Shards. They came out as failures.

He also tried to use the talent on the ten new shards he just made. It did not work. He could not duplicate an item that was already a duplicate. That was fair enough. If he could do that, he would have an endless amount of items and totally break the system.

"Now then, the halo."

Caelus looked back at his system screen. This special cave would not close until he fully formed his halo and equipped it. It was time for customization.

[Ding!]

[Please choose a color.]

’Golden?’ Caelus tilted his head.

His main energy color was gold. Even his Aura of Origin was golden. If he chose purple or blue, it would look very out of place. He decided to choose a mix of golden and black. The black was very subtle and hidden in the gold.

[Ding!]

[Please choose a placement.]

Two placements appeared in front of him. One type floated behind a person’s head. The other type floated above the head. He made his choice, the second one.

[Ding!]

[Please choose a Faction.]

[Note: If you choose a faction and bind your halo to it, you can never change factions without losing your halo. You can select "None". If you do, the halo will not get any bonus buffs or abilities other than the base stats.]

Immediately, a long list of factions appeared.

[Olympian Faction]

[Norse Faction]

[Shinto Faction]

[Kemetism Faction]

[Dharma Faction]

[Biblical Faction]

[Taoist Faction]

The list kept going, but Caelus focused on the top names.

"Huh?" Caelus stared at the names. "Olympian faction... like Zeus?"

He was totally bewildered. Back in his old world, these factions were just ancient mythologies. He knew the stories for all of them.

"What in the world," Caelus muttered softly. "They were actually real?"

But Caelus did not bother joining any of them.

There was another option available. He could create his own faction. He wanted to see what that was all about. From the looks of it, if he ever wanted to become a true god himself later on, building his own faction might be the key.

He clicked "None".

The system screen crumbled away. Soon, a bright divine light radiated from the center of the cave. The light shot out from the halo inscription and blasted directly into Caelus, swallowing him completely.

RUMBLE!

The cave shook violently. Holy power erupted from his body and rushed out into the world.

A halo made of gold and subtle black light formed in the air and floated right above his head. The halo had a large hole in the center. The outside shape looked like a star with four sharp edges stretching out in all directions.

Holy power shimmered off the halo like real starlight. Caelus felt his inner power undergoing a massive transformation.

[Ding!]

[Divine Halo is now active.]

[You have obtained the Halo: Divine Halo (Mythical, 2-Star)]

[Ding!]

[Your Divine Halo has granted you its divine blessings.]

[+100 Permanent Combat Score]

[Combat Score: 63.37 -> 1.09 (Bronze III)]

Pure divine power surged into Caelus. It kept strengthening his bones and muscles.

Ding!

[You have obtained the Divine Trait of the Halo: Divine Essence.]