Infinite Potential System

William couldn't help but be speechless for a long time. If his Potential Points balance had reached over a hundred million, that meant he could literally upgrade anything he wanted! The System would even reach A-Rank, meaning he would unlock a bunch of new Ascended Talents right away!

He started by upgrading the Time and Illusion Affinities to X-Rank, spending 1.3 million Potential Points in one go. As the upgrade commenced, the air twisted and swirled while the time around William moved backwards then forwards, sending William's body into disarray.

The Time Element's upgrades alone were enough for William to lose almost four hundred years of his lifespan, but the Illusion Element seemed to do almost just as much. William found his body disconnecting from the World temporarily, as the Illusion Element created apparitions around him that threatened to tear William apart.

Between the two Elements, William's lifespan increased by almost seven hundred years, reaching 1218 years old. Even so, William had over eighteen thousand years of lifespan total, so this wasn't too much.

In fact, William hoped that he could push his Elements even further the moment he Ascended!

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TALENT UPGRADED

Time Affinity: (SSR --> X)

Effects:

-Time-related Mana Control, Magic Power, and Mana Efficiency +960% >> +1920%

X-Rank Bonus Effects:

-Domain of Time: Take complete control over all Time Mana within a radius of 50 kilometers >> 100 kilometers. Can be countered by opponents with Time Domains of greater strength.

-Territory of Time: An improved Domain, designed to create a field of time within a small radius that speeds up or slows down time within. Only affects self.

-Primary Law of Time (0.1% comprehension): You don't understand enough of this yet. Comprehend the Time Element or visit ??? to learn more.

-Time Elemental: Locked. Host does not have the Aging Resistance Talent.

Next rank up: Ascend to unlock the next rank's requirements.

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Illusion Affinity: (SSR --> X)

Effects:

-Illusion-related Mana Control, Magic Power, and Mana Efficiency +960% >> +1920%

X-Rank Bonus Effects:

-Domain of Illusion: Take complete control over all Illusion Mana within a radius of 50 kilometers >> 100 kilometers. Can be countered by opponents with Illusion Domains of greater strength.

-Territory of Illusion: An improved Domain, designed to modify any individual or material within its range to take the form the Host desires. Effects are lessened when targeting opponents of significant strength.

-Primary Law of Illusion (0.1% comprehension): You don't understand enough of this yet. Comprehend the Illusion Element or visit ??? to learn more.

-Illusion Elemental: Locked. Host does not have the Illusory Talent.

Next rank up: Ascend to unlock the next rank's requirements.

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While William already knew quite a bit about the Territory of Illusion from Atticus, he was surprised to see such extravagant effects on the Territory of Time. Even with his Domains, William was unable to completely control Time, only manipulate it a bit.

He wondered just how much effect the Territory would have. Would it be able to slow time by fifty times? Could William spend fifty years living in his Time Territory while only a year passed outside? If so, this could be amazing for both his Trade Skills and combat!

Now that that's done, let's upgrade the Potential Farms again! With this, it should upgrade the System!

-30,000,000PP

-Potential Farm (x3) have all been upgraded to B-Rank. Daily income per farm will be raised from 15000 PP to 75000 PP, for a total of 225000 PP per day.

A quarter million Points in a single day?!? This is insane! William exclaimed in his mind. He no longer had any reason to make use of the Fire Mine and Superior Death Mine, since both of their earnings paled in comparison to his daily income.

He even considered firing his workers, or at least allowing them to have a vacation.

I'll give them a day off, I suppose. William was in a good mood, and he felt magnanimous today.

-Only one day?

What? I still have to earn Potential Points! William replied quickly.

-You just said they were hardly useful.

Points are Points, you wouldn't get it.

The System didn't respond, but it seemed to be calling him an idiot through their shared mental connection. He ignored the System's harsh words and continued scrolling through the System Panel.

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SYSTEM RANK: (B+ --> A-)

-28,454,239 Extra Potential Points added to progression towards the next System Rankup.

Next rank up: 21,545,761PP

*New Changes:

-System has reached version 2.6 and has improved the Ask Function.

-Many Talents will now display their Ascension Requirements.

-Bestiary has improved. Magical Beasts from the Ascended Realms will now be added when they appear.

-Talent Shop has reached its current limit. Ascend to gain access to more Talents.

-Host's concealment from the Heavens have improved slightly.

-Two Additional Farm Slots.

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William looked at the new System upgrades with excitement. Not only had he gained more Farm Slots for the Element Farms, but William's Bestiary had improved. He didn't know before that Ascended Beasts wouldn't be listed in the Bestiary, but now that they could, couldn't he hatch brand new Magical Beasts that were from the Ascended Realms?

Man... the Fruits were harvested only five days ago too... I probably shouldn't grow new Element Farms until after the others are ready to harvest.

-I said this before, but you could wait an extra few days while the Fruits are still on the tree.

Oh, right! Let's do it then, give me the Time and Illusion Farms! William decided in an instant.

The two trees grew right next to each other as little sprouts formed, but William wasn't quite done with them yet. He instantaneously upgraded both of them from their base F-Rank to B-Rank, one Rank higher than the other Farms. He did this for one reason and one reason only: to upgrade the System once more.

The System accepted William's payment of 22.2 million Potential Points, starting the upgrade of the two farms immediately. Their yield was raised from 25 fruits per month to 50 Fruits, essentially doubling the rate at which William comprehended the Time and Illusion Elements.

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SYSTEM RANK: (A- --> A)

-676,239 Extra Potential Points added to progression towards the next System Rankup.

Next rank up: 99,323,761PP

*New Changes:

-System has reached version 2.7 and has improved the Ask Function.

-Host's concealment from the Heavens have improved slightly.

-Two Additional Farm Slots.

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Other than the main notifications from the System, it also listed quite a few minor things, such as how it would respond in the future with the Ask Function, and what kind of information the System now had access to.

It was incredibly in depth and difficult to understand, but the System mostly explained that it would now be able to fully explain many aspects of the state of the World as long as a few pieces of the puzzle were filled. Rather than calling it an Ask Function, it was more like the System's deduction.

And just like that, I have only fifty million Potential Points left... William sighed as the requirement for Potential Points never ended. His strength continued to increase dramatically, however, so William wasn't too upset.

In fact, the System had implemented many new ways for him to earn Potential Points passively, otherwise reaching a million Points without the assistance of the Heavens would be impossible.

William looked through the System Panel some more, finding that only a few Talents had yet to reach the maximum Rank.