The First Store System

Chapter 1646: Ascension(1)

Chapter 1646: Ascension(1)

For ascension to the Primordial Dimension, there were seven types of tribulations, and the lightning tribulation was only the first.

The second was the inner fire tribulation. In this tribulation, a fire would burn inside the cultivator’s body, burning their inner world, blood, bones, organs, and any foundation that existed.

If the cultivator survived, everything would be rebuilt. If they failed, that would be the end of it.

Every tribulation was life-threatening for the cultivators. That was the reason behind there being so many Sacred Creators who continued to stay in the Sacred Dimension despite reaching their peak.

After days of struggle, Aakesh’s body fully absorbed the impact of the last thunder strike, and it was no longer getting injured. His body had also reached its peak at that time.

The store had remained closed for those past few days, but since Aakesh had already expected that, he didn’t worry about it.

The seven tribulations would go on for several days, and once he had crossed all of them, he would announce the news of his ascension to the general public and hand over the store to the assistant.

The second tribulation began a couple of minutes after the first tribulation’s impact ended.

The next moment, a fire that seemed to exist both virtually and physically at the same time appeared in Aakesh’s heart and started burning it, with the ultimate goal of burning him to ashes.

The inner fire tribulation was usually the most dangerous for the cultivators, but for Aakesh, it was the opposite.

His inner world, organs, bones, and skin were burnt, but his blood seemed to be indestructible. No matter how much the fire tried to burn his blood, it remained the same as ever, with zero impact.

As time passed, the fire started to grow weaker, and soon only Aakesh’s blood, forming his silhouette, was left.

Beat! Beat!

Following that, the beating sound of a heart echoed in the array’s range as Aakesh’s heart was born first, and soon, he was fully recovered, with his inner world now transforming into a seed.

Over the next several days, Aakesh faced the remaining tribulations.

"Do you think something has happened to the store owner?"

Maria and Evelyn discussed, with worry clearly visible on their faces.

They were not only worried about Aakesh, but also about their organization in Panagea. It was their foundation that allowed them to stand on equal footing with the established races of the Sacred dimension.

Maria was more worried about Aakesh, as there seemed to be no news whatsoever about him. It was as if he had disappeared into thin air.

Many even thought of trying to force their way into the store to check what was going on, but the strong beings stopped those troublemakers. Even though there was no news of Aakesh, those truly powerful beings could still sense the threat that the store contained.

For the first few days, the crowd came every day, but as days passed, only those people who had the store cards with the teleportation function appeared. But they also left after seeing that the door remained as steadily closed as ever.

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A smile spread across Aakesh’s face as the tribulation was finally over. He had now passed over all seven tribulations and could ascend anytime, but he forcefully controlled himself with the system’s help since Lily and Khaval were yet to pass their tribulation.

The sky above the store had turned to normal, while the space had been completely healed. Aakesh then returned to the store and was met with Lily and Khaval jumping at him.

He patted their heads as the two celebrated his successful passing of the tribulation.

There were times when Aakesh had come close to death, but he had persevered and triumphed over it every time.

He didn’t check his status screen to see the change right away, but asked Lily and Khaval to pass their tribulation first so the three could check at the same time.

Then a debate ensued between Lily and Khaval on who would pass the tribulation first, and as they were about to butt heads, Aakesh took out a coin and did a toss.

It was Khaval’s turn, and immediately he smugly smiled at Lily and left the store.

Lily ground her teeth in anger. If not for them being durable enough, she would have become toothless.

Khaval and Lily would face the same seven tribulations, as it was uniform for every cultivator. Only the intensity would be different. Even though the two were already very strong to be called monstrous beings, they were still nothing compared to Aakesh.

When it was Khaval’s inner fire tribulation, the same phenomenon appeared as his blood failed to be burnt by the fire. He passed all seven tribulations without much danger, and Lily also easily passed through them.

The three then looked at each other inside the store. They could ascend anytime they wanted, but before that, Aakesh needed to inform the public about it and also hand over the store’s continued existence to the assistant.

The store wouldn’t close down after he ascended. Like the store in the Primal dimension, it would continue to open and serve the customers without Aakesh having to do anything.

Aakesh just needed to calculate his commission from all the sales made by the store in the two dimensions. Since he had already spent everything, he could use some money lying around in his storage, even though he rarely had any use for it.

After around three months of remaining closed to the customers, the store opened its doors once again.

But this time, it wasn’t to welcome customers of the day; Aakesh walked inside.

There were still some people outside the store in case it suddenly opened. They were surprised at first, and then immediately informed the people they knew when they saw the open doors and the familiar blue-skinned store owner.

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