Born OP

Part One

Chapter 1: Talk with ???

He sighs as his finger dances across the keyboard.

He stops as he looks at the time, "it's getting late," and he carries his bag and leaves the office heading home.

As he goes down the stairs, he thinks of his life and how his journey till now has been.

His name is Anthony.

He is an orphan who worked many jobs in order to be able to pay his school fees; he has quite a good retentive memory so he didn't fail in school.

He worked for years to stand where he is now, but all that work was just to land a low-paying job in a small company; he has no friend to speak of so he finds solace in novels and anime.

He cursed his life as he goes down the stairs thinking of which novel to continue as he gets home.

He stands by the road waiting for a cab as his mind wonders about which anime to pick, only for a truck to come blazing out of nowhere, speeding in his direction; he panics and tries to jump out of the way only to find out he couldn't move because of his fear.

He cursed in his mind, wondering if the gods had sent truck-kun after him after he cursed them a while ago.

He lost consciousness as he was hit and bled to death.

His soul wanders across the universe, drifting with no particular direction.

"Ohhh, a golden soul with such intensity that's unseen," said ???

A force pulls Anthony's soul in the direction of the being; the being's eye flashed with white light as it saw Anthony's life.

The being awakens Anthony and his soul reshapes back into his human form. He opens his eyes and looks around.

"Where am I? I thought I died. Is this heaven? Isn't truck-kun meant to reincarnate me once it hits me? Tsk tsk, I better not see those authors in heaven."

"Calm down your thoughts, mortal; this isn't heaven."

Anthony looks up, and he is bewildered; all he sees is a being made of ethereal darkness in human shape with no facial features. He is shocked, "the devil" is all Anthony can think as he sees this being.

"I'm not a devil or god, mortal; don't compare me to those ants," said ???

Anthony was afraid, but there was nothing he could do; he was already dead, so he could only give up.

"Ehh... Who are you, sir? Where is this? How did I end up here?"

The being replied, "My name is ******; ahhh, my bad, you can't hear my true name as you are a mortal. I brought you here when I saw your golden soul."

"Golden soul?" asked Anthony.

"Don't sweat the details," replied ???

"But that's still my soul we're talking about here; how can I not sweat the details?" thought Anthony.

"Even if I explained the concept of souls, let alone golden soul, you wouldn't understand; even your so-called devils and gods haven't even understood 0.1% of it"

"You can read my mind?" asked Anthony.

"Of course, have you forgotten who I am?"

"You haven't said who you are," retorted Anthony.

"Well, it's not my fault you are too weak to hear my name. Well, most people call me Consciousness of the Universe, Core of the Universe, The Truth Holder, the list goes on and on, but those are just names they gave me. I am nothingness, here before the concept of time even started, here before the beginning."

Anthony was shocked out of his mind; he couldn't even begin to grasp the being in front of him.

"So you are the consciousness of the universe," Anthony said.

"Well, I'm not; those are just names they gave, as they had no way to know my true name. Also, there are infinite universes, not just one, and even parallel universes and dimensions exist. All those things you read in your so-called novels, they exist."

Anthony was speechless; he didn't know how to reply.

He just kept imagining and his mind kept spinning.

The being just laughed at his imagination and left him to it. After some time, Anthony asked,

"So why did you bring me here?"

"No reason in particular; I was just curious, seeing such a bright golden soul, that's all."

"Are bright souls rare?"

"With the infinite universe, parallel universes, and dimensions, do you think they would be rare? It's just that your intensity was the highest I have seen since the birth of the first universe. I usually just glance at the golden souls, and that's all."

Anthony felt like a toy, just to be glanced at, then thrown back to wherever. He feared he might land in hell, as he didn't go to church.

The being felt his emotions, thought, and laughed.

The being finally smiled and said,

"Do you want to reincarnate?"

Anthony was shocked and replied, "Yes," immediately, fearing the being would take back his words.

"Well, where do you want to reincarnate?"

Anthony went into deep thought as all the novels he had read flashed through his mind; after a while, he said,

"I want a world where there is magic and martial arts, with dragons and phoenixes, titans, fairies, elves, and all those mystical creatures I have read about," as he spoke, his eyes glittered with the adventure he would have.

The being sighed and shook its head, already expecting this.

"Sure, I agree; now let's talk about what talent or perk you want."

Immediately, the being spoke, and Anthony's mind went into overdrive again; after spinning for some time going through all abilities, he said,

"I want talent in sword, magic, systems..."

Anthony started listing and listing.

The being felt that it might have a headache if it kept listening; it said, after stopping Anthony,

"It's surprising you didn't pick a leveling system like your favourite character from Solo Leveling."

"No, I don't want to gain exp, though it would be easy in the beginning; in the long run, it might choke me, as I have to look for stronger beings to kill. Doesn't that basically mean stagnation or making an enemy of all races for killing beings that are on my level for exp?"

The being smiled and just nodded, then said,

"Think of all the abilities and talent and everything you want in your mind; I will take it from there. Don't bother thinking of things like fireball as an ability, just think of having the element. When you learn magic, you would already be able to cast it, so no need to have spells as an ability. But since I'm already granting something so absurd, I will give you 5 minutes. I will grant everything you can think of in 5 minutes aside from things like immortality or getting to my level with a thought and such."

The being started a timer immediately.

Anthony inhaled and exhaled, even though he couldn't breathe, and his mind started spinning, listing all good abilities, their conditions, even passive skills, different types of systems to be integrated together.

He kept trying to remember everything he had read and seen, even adding those he hadn't, that he had just made up with his imagination.

When the timer beeped, Anthony's thought processes immediately stopped on their own.

"Since you have chosen everything, I will send you off. Any last words?"

Anthony thought for a while and said, "Thanks."

The being smiled and said,

"Off you go"

Then Anthony vanished.

Chapter 2: Arrived

In a tall building, big enough to be called a castle, a woman could be seen going through childbirth.

The midwives encouraged her to keep pushing, and as she did, a dazzling golden soul arrived in their world and went straight for the building.

As the woman gave birth, she looked at her baby, whom she had carried for 9 months.

"It's a boy," said one of the midwives who was carrying the child.

"Let me hold my son," the woman said, carrying her child and smiling, with all sorts of emotions coursing through her.

But unknown to her, a golden soul arrived immediately after the child was born, entered the baby, and the baby started crying.

She smiled, thinking how her son had the hair color of his father.

She cast cleaning magic on the child, cleansing him of all dirt, then she said.

"His name shall be Anthony, Null Anthony, the first son and first child of the Null family."

She smiled, then laid her baby next to her, and they slept together.

Anthony woke up the next day. He looked around his room, where his cradle was, and, seeing the design, aesthetics, and a wall literally made up of expensive ornaments.

He was happy that his family was well off, as he didn't have to start off as an orphan this time around.

He was ecstatic, thinking of the adventure awaiting him, the dragon waiting for him to slay, but all that was cut short when he perceived a smell.

He soiled himself: "This couldn't get any more embarrassing; looks like I have to grow first in order to even slay anything," he thought and started crying. One of the maids arrived and changed his diapers.

His days revolved around eating, sleeping, and pooping.

Time passed, and he was already 5 years old.

He spent most of these years trying to draw mana into his body, which he failed at terribly, leaving him angry.

Then he grew older and learned how to read.

He spent most of his time in the library trying to find out why he failed to draw mana; he thought he was crippled, that the being had scammed him.

He wanted to cry but later found out that people could only use mana when they awakened at the age of ten.

He leaped for joy when he found out nothing was wrong with him and thanked the being.

He also found out that this world was called Blue Planet, and there had been mana in this world since it was formed, no one knows how long, and it is over 200 times the size of Earth, though he didn't know how much bigger; it was just a guess.

The world was divided between races and into domains, each race occupying its own domain, each co-existing peacefully amongst themselves... ehh, more like they tolerated each other and weren't waging war frequently because of a common enemy: The demon.

It is said the demons invaded Blue Planet 7 million years ago.

They seemed endless; they kept killing, they kept coming, they only wanted to devour all life forms on the planet and swallow the planet itself along with its core.

It's said they are invading worlds across the universe.

It's been like this since the birth of their race, seeking destruction across all worlds, what their motive is, no one knows for sure.

The main races on Blue Planet were;

The Dragons, who were said to be unrivaled in magic.

The Phoenix, who were competing with the Dragons for the supreme magic title (by the way, which wasn't even a thing).

The Titan race, who were unrivaled in brute strength and force; the Elves, who were unrivaled in wind and spirit magic.

The Dwarves, who were said to be unrivaled in blacksmithing but were still battle-hardened.

The Human race, who were called the jack-of-all-trades, good at everything but hardly better than other races at any particular concept.

Though they are a force to be reckoned with; the demi-humans like Foxkin, Catkin, and Werewolf all came together to form a single domain; and lastly, the Vampires, who were called the dominators of blood.

There are other races, but these races are smaller and aren't strong enough to occupy an entire domain on their own, so they boarded near other domains or exist in other domains.

He also found out that his mother's name, who named him, was Mitchelle Crimson from the Crimson family.

She married his father, Null Michael, whom he hadn't seen since he was born. His mother always said he would be back in a few years, so he didn't bother asking anymore and just waited.

He learned that humans awakened to classes here when they turned 10, and these classes came with perks that supported them; some also awakened their physique, some their bloodline along with their class, which came as a surprise to him.

He wanted to train earlier with the sword, but he was stopped by his mother, who said he might end up awakening as a mechanic, which gave him nightmares, so he gave up and waited for the awakening.

He also found out that people had been trying to measure talent in order to focus on which people to nurture, but failed at every turn.

So people with bloodline or physique are highly sought after, while people without them are still sought after, based on their class and perks, though people hardly divulge their perks to anybody.

He also found out he had grandparents, but everyone was out and would only come back a week before his 10th birthday.

It seems the demons and beasts were holding everyone.

He found out that his Null family was part of the strongest families in the human domain alongside five other families, which were the Crimson family, the Amos family, the Stellar family, the Lionheart family, and the Landell family.

Adding his family, that's six; these were the top powerhouses of the human domain.

He couldn't help but feel a headache coming from the clichéd, arrogant young masters that he would soon meet; but if anyone tried him, he would knock them down and kill them when no one was watching.  

He reincarnated fully prepared for these arrogant troupes.

If anyone suspected him after killing the young master, well, this is what a powerhouse family is for, to shield him.  

Even if they had proof, would they have enough power? But that didn't mean he would leave evidence for anybody.

The world here was also technologically inclined like Earth, which surprised him because he thought mana would make them backward, but seeing the cars, yachts, phones, laptops, and WC toilets, he couldn't help but feel happy.  

He didn't have to sit in hardwood carriages with horses bumping on stones. He gave the being another thumbs up for knowing his style, truly worthy of a being for whom even gods are no more than ants.  

He spent his days patiently waiting for the 10th year to awaken so he could see his shameless father, reading and brushing up on history since he had nothing to do, and also thinking of the cheats the being gave him and why he hadn't even gotten a system notification after trying for 5 years.

He felt like cursing the being, but stopped himself as he remembered his previous life, where he cursed God after he got off work only to die a few minutes later. He feared that if he cursed, the being might take the cheat back.

This made him depressed, wishing he could just sleep and wake up on the day of awakening.

He could only spend his days reading in the library and gossiping with the maids.

He had the butler drive him in each car once every two days, since each of them was luxurious and he hadn't even experienced a single one in his past life.

He must drive them all and enjoy them before he starts training from age 10.

Speaking of awakening, he found out his mother had the Elemental Magician class, which gave her access to a lot of elements and some perks that came with the class, perks she didn't tell him about, saying he was too young to understand.

He could only give up and wait for his turn.

Chapter 3: Awakening-1

It was morning and the birds at Anthony's window were chirping, he woke up from his deep sleep, shooting an angry look at the birds, he yawned and jumped off his bed.  

He stood at the mirror looking at his perfectly handsome face that would even make the dragon king kidnap him for experiments because he was too handsome.  

His perfectly arranged white hair, his deep blue eyes which shined as if they were a combination of the blue sea, blue sky, and blue gem, anybody that stared into his eyes would be entrapped by his charms.  

He stood there for a while admiring himself, thinking how far he has come, he is going to be 10 in a week and his father would be arriving today with his grandparents.

He proceeded to the bathroom to bathe, he spent the last 5 years training his body since he wasn't allowed to train with a weapon, so he did exercise every day and practiced hand-to-hand combat every day with the guard and maid, don't let the word maid fool you, all of them are elite in their right.  

During these 5 years he found that the power rank in this world goes from F, to SSS+, each further divided into 3 minor ranks like F-, F, F+, the ranks were F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, there were still ranks above these but his mother said he would know them after he awakened and when the time was right, he didn't ask anymore and just gave up.  

The guards in the house were walking nukes, some at SSS+ and some above, even the maids were at least A+, which made Anthony confused as SSS rank was always the pinnacle in his novel, but he didn't care much.  

The more people advance in rank, the higher their lifespan, and the harder it is to give birth, his mother looked like she was in her early 20s, but she was already over 100 years old and chilling at a rank she refused to say that was above SSS rank.  

As he was thinking of this, he came out of the shower, cleaning himself with a towel and looked down at his big brother encouraging him to grow so they would give birth to a powerful child, then he raised his head and his eyes fell on the mirror and he started admiring himself again.  

The six-pack was neatly arranged, the biceps, the quads, not like the one he had from his first life that came from suffering and night shifts, making him look forward to the awakening even more, he started dressing when he heard his mother's voice that always made him confused if she was a fairy, because she sounded so, enchanting.  

"Anthonyyyy, come down, your father is here," she said, he immediately left the room and stood at the front door of the huge castle as the cars drove into their estate.

The cars lined up, the guards immediately highlighted from the car, each releasing massive aura, they went to open the doors to two cars and two men and a woman came down.  

Anthony looked at these people and their aura and felt the guards at the door were simply too weak, he looked at the two men, each looking like they are in their 40s but were indeed old, both having white hair like him but with different eyes, he got his blue eyes from his mother, he looked at the woman who seemed to be his grandmother with blazing red hair, but contrary to her hair she awakened as a healer, she also looked like she was in her 20s.  

The class the grandmother awakened was "The Everlasting One," which granted her many perks and made her a god on the battlefield, named "Saintess of the World," her name Irene Crimson, people even rumoured she could bring back the dead, but what was sure was that as long as you are still breathing she can heal you.  

He looked at his grandfather, named "Lightning God" on the field, he awakened the class "Lightning Mage," he fried his enemies just by looking at them, his name Null Collins, it is said there was always a force field made of lightning around him, when unauthorized things or people got within range they immediately got attacked irrespective of who they are, this reminded Anthony of a certain character in his anime.  

Then he looked at the last person, his father, named Null Michael, who awakened the swordsman class, people fear his sword because it was said he could cut through space and time, he was called "The Sword Saint" on the battlefield.  

Anthony knew all this information from his mother, guards, and maids, he had gathered it after gossiping with them, he didn't know what to say at this overpowered family where each of them were walking calamities.

Even the guards that came down from the car gave off oppressive aura, in Anthony's mind, if his family were like this, how about the remaining five, this meant they were five families on par or close to the level of these monsters.  

He sighed and reverted back to his normal cute 10-year-old self and greeted everyone.

His mother hugged his father and they did their things while he went to act cute with his grandparents so they could spoil him.  

They talked over dinner and asked how he had been without them, Anthony's answers were standard, then Michael asked,

"So what class do you want to awaken, my dear son?"

Everyone looked at him waiting for an answer, he saw their eyes full of expectations, knowing that in a family of monsters he couldn't do less, not that he ever thought of doing less, he even thought of doing more.

He smiled cutely and said,

"I want to awaken and be a magician like mother, or a swordsman like father, in fact I want to awaken them both, I want to be a magic swordsman, we would fight together on the battlefield."

Everyone laughed at their little baby, then the grandfather asked,

"Then how is your sword training coming along?" Anthony choked and coughed, he replied,

"Ermm... I haven't trained in the sword, mother said if I trained I would awaken as a mechanic, so I only trained the body."  

Everyone immediately started laughing as if they had inhaled laughing gas, Anthony just sat there looking at these monsters who were feared in the world laughing at him.

After throwing some jabs at him, everyone left to their rooms, and like this they spent time with each other every day and six days passed in the blink of an eye.  

Anthony returned to his room and closed his eyes to sleep so he could wake up early the next day for the awakening which was his birthday, but his consciousness was drawn somewhere else, he was shocked when he saw his consciousness appear in a dark place, he remembered when he died and how his soul wandered.

He cursed, wondering if he died a night before his awakening, thinking of all things he endured, as he wanted to cry, the being's voice sounded in his head,  

"You are thinking useless things again, mortal," he turned and saw the being, he was overjoyed, but before he could speak he was stopped by the being speaking first,

"I'm not here to speak with you, you might add another wish to your list, I'm just here to activate your system and cheat, the system has always been with you but I made it dormant, so you would suffer without seeing your cheat for some time, it was nice seeing you suffer and panicking from not being able to draw mana, that was an interesting show, well this is goodbye, mortal, we won't be seeing each other again unless you get to my level or at least a level below me, or unless I decide to see you on a whim."  

With that the being vanished like he was never there.

Chapter 4: Awakening-2

Some hours after the being vanished, Anthony woke up, he looked at the time and saw it was still 6:03 AM, the awakening was going to hold by 10 AM, he remembered what the being said, only being able to meet when he reaches at least a level lower than it, Anthony ruled out any naive thoughts of reaching it.

Then excitedly, he said in his mind, "System"

[Acknowledging, host.....]

[Systems are binding, please wait an hour]  

Anthony smiled, he had wished for a different kind of system within that 5 minutes that was given, because there was no way he would remember all abilities, so he used 3 minutes to make systems and functions and the remaining two minutes for abilities and talent he could remember or made up on the spot.

He knew the being might be so precise and decide not to adjust the system, he had read novels like these, where beings would just grant you your exact wish without fine tuning it, simply because your wish was too outrageous.

The systems were an infinite resource system, where the system would give him infinite resources, be it health potions, stamina potions, money, mana core, anything, cultivation manual, skill book, but he would always be limited to a certain spending value per month, that was the limit placed on the system by the being, if not he would literally own the world already, but as he grows stronger the limit increases, meaning he could just take out Excalibur if he wanted, but not now, all without a cost.  

He could form his own army and collect talent enhancing pills and feed them to his army and they would be talented, this was basically a shop but without paying for anything.

The second one was a sign-in system, he can sign in daily to receive random rewards that must be at least on divine rank, he specifically said 70% of the reward should be abilities and the remaining 30% are items, artifacts, and miscellaneous stuff.

He also demanded infinite space to store anything even if they are items not gotten from the system, then the system must come with AI that can answer some of his questions if he has any.  

These are the systems for now, as for the skills, they would only be activated when he awakens.

Anthony was on his bed waiting patiently for his systems to boot, by 7:05 AM the system beeped

[Systems are now bound together as one]

[Beginning binding to the host,]

[1%...18%...45%...67%...75%...94%...100%]  

Ding...

[Binding is complete,]

[Host, please name the system, as the system is a combination of various systems, it has no name]  

Anthony thought for a while, then he decided, since he was from an OP family and was going to be OP, why not name it.....

"I will name the system OP system," he said  

Ding...

[Name registered,]

Ding...

[OP system at your service, master]

Anthony smiled like a child who just saw the tooth fairy taking his tooth out from under his pillow, he wanted to scream, he wanted to shout, but he remained steady as a man.  

"System, display menu"  

Ding....

[Host: NULL ANTHONY,]  

[Age: 10 years old,]

[Race: Human,]  

[Class: Unawakened,]

[Physiques: Unawakened,]

[Bloodline: Unawakened,]

[Talent: Cursed,]  

[Skills: Unawakened,]

[Affinities: Unawakened]

Ding.....

[Host has to awaken to unlock his abilities]

Anthony was happy when he saw all this, he gladly read through them, feeling he might be able to reach that being level at this rate, but his fantasy was shattered when his eyes fell on the talent section, he nearly screamed out on top of his lungs.

But he screamed in his mind,

"What the fuck, I'm freaking cursed, is the being playing with me after what he said about me suffering,.... No, it's not him who cursed me, a rival family, damn it, what's the use of a system if you are cursed, would I disappoint my family today?" he became nervous, his heart beating rapidly.

Then his eyes flashed when he remembered something, "Yes, the infinite resource system can give anything, it can remove the curse."

"System, who cursed me, how am I cursed, what type of curse is it?"

[The host has been cursed with the talent blockage curse, it's an ancient curse which blocks the talent of any being before awakening, as for who cursed the host, the host would have to find out himself]  

Anthony was going crazy, 10 years of endurance just to be cursed, NEVER.  

"System, what item in the resource system can be used to remove the curse immediately?"

[Host, there are many items to remove the curse, but the host can't get it now since the host has yet to increase his spending limit, which increases in correspondence to his strength, the host would have to get to S+ in order to have the value for it due to the curse being an ancient curse]  

"FUCKKKKKKKKKK"  

He nearly went mad, his mind went blank, as he stared at the ceiling not knowing what to do, he remembered asking the being for limitless talent in anything he does, but now all that for naught, the clock kept ticking till it hit 9:30 AM when he was called out of his room to go to the awakening chamber.

He walked to his family members, he was nervous, he didn't know what to say or do, he remembered the expectant eyes he saw last week, when his family saw him being nervous, they smiled not knowing anything, thinking he was just nervous from awakening.

They entered the chamber at 10 AM sharp, Irene, his grandmother, brought out an awakening stone and said,

"Place your hand on the stone and channel the mana through you from the stone, and you will awaken," she said as she stepped back.  

Anthony stepped forward after hesitating, resigning to his fate, he placed his hand on the stone, the stone glowed pure blue light which signified his awakening had started, and mana flowed into his body; after a while, the system notification sounded.

Ding...

[The host has awakened,]

[The host has awakened the Magic swordsman class,]  

[The system determines host is cursed,]

[By authority of ???, the curse is lifted, backlash is sent to the caster,]  

[Host has awakened the primordial bloodline,]

[Host has awakened the beginning of all things physique,]

[Host has awakened his mana and affinities]  

Anthony was in a daze as he read the system notification with a sad face, when he saw the Magic swordsman talent he became happy immediately, then he remembered his curse, his happiness was snuffed out with a pillow immediately, he read and got to the talent part and he screamed inwardly, he wanted to shout to the world he is the most talented.

His family saw him in a daze then called out to him, he came back to his senses and looked at them with a smile, his mother asked,

"What class did you awaken?"

"Magic swordsman," he replied.

The entire family smiled and congratulated him.

"I knew my son could do it," his father said.

"Hmph, you weren't here for 10 years, he's my son not yours," the mother countered.  

They argued whose son he was; after the congratulations, I retired to my room for the day, immediately I entered and opened the system and read all notifications again just to be sure.  

"System, why didn't you say you could remove the curse?"

[Host, the ??? said to leave it so you know you are cursed and suffer, he said he enjoyed your emotional turmoil prior to your awakening]  

Anthony didn't know if the being was really nothingness or from the devil race, but he smiled nonetheless at least nothing went wrong.

He called out in his mind to see the skills he had wished for

"System"

Chapter 5: Skills

[Host: NULL ANTHONY]

[Age: 10 years old]

[Race: Human]

[Rank F-]

[Class: Magic swordsman]

[Physiques: The beginning of all things]

[Bloodline: Primordial bloodline]

[Talent: Limitless]  

[Skills: Loading]  

[Affinities: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Wood, Lightning, Light, Darkness, Space, Time, Metal, Ice]  

His eyes were glowing, "it's here," he kept screaming in his head.  

"System, why are my skills still loading?"

[The ??? has placed a restriction on the skills of the host, as the host becomes stronger he will unlock them, the host is only able to access some skills at the moment.]  

Anthony wanted to curse that cunny being.  

Ding...

[By the Authority of ???, you have granted an Authority as a compensation for toying with you twice.]  

Ding...

[Skill loaded]

[Skills]

[Passive: Experience of all swordmasters you know]

[Passive: Experience of all magicians and alike that you know]  

[Passive: Mana Eyes: You can see the flow and direction of mana no matter how minute it is]  

[Passive: Infinite Mana: your mana is inexhaustible]  

[Passive: Infinity: All physical and magical elements that come within 5 meters of you will automatically be stopped from getting any close, range can be increased to 1 kilometer, range increases as the host's mana rank increases]  

Anthony laughed, although he didn't get all his skills, these ones were extremely important.

The first two practically made him a master in both sword and magic, but he has to practice as he only has the experience and not the feeling, and his body won't move accordingly, so he still has to train; but this shortens his workload until he surpasses the swordmasters and magicians he knew.

This was his cheat to improve faster; infinite mana made him the best magician out there, though infinite mana contradicts the way of mana cultivation in which people increase the amount of mana that can be stored in their body, but ??? found a way around it.  

Mana Eyes allowed him to see everything with mana, no matter how small.

Infinity was basically stolen from Gojo, but he didn't care.  

The best part is all skills get stronger with him; no one is left behind, and he made sure to add that to his list.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAH," he laughed at how smart he is.  

"System, what is the authority?"

[Ding...]

[Authority of Information: You are privileged to all information about your world and some hidden and unknown, but your rank limits how much you can actually see.  

Skill: Grants the user Omniscience (limited by cultivation rank)]  

He nearly went mad from this authority; he practically knew anything. The only thing holding him back was his strength.  

He bowed to the being, for to have this authority was already more important than all his skills. With this authority, he can take treasures, know hidden locations, spy on meetings, know who signed a deal with the demons, but at last, he was too weak.  

He loved the compensation, but he couldn't help but think of himself as an actor who had the lead role but didn't even know it, only to be paid later for his work. He didn't know what to say about it, but who cares, he's rich in information now.  

"System, give explanation for the physique and bloodline."

[Primordial Bloodline: Grants the highest affinity possible to all elements, grants the ability to expertly control all elements as if you are their progenitor, grants the possessor direct inheritance of knowledge about magic at its highest order with all elements and mana, mana cost for casting elemental-related magic is reduced by 90%, grants eidetic memory, photographic memory, hyperthymesia, accelerated thinking speed, one million thinking compartments, divine intelligence]  

Anthony cursed, "This directly offsets my second passive skill, but it doesn't matter, I can directly combine the second passive skill with the bloodline knowledge instead of letting it rot," Anthony thought in his mind, but it came with a lot of benefit; he could think and analyze one million things at the same time.  

[Beginning of All Things Physique: This physique was born out of the imagination of the host, second only to the Physique possessed by ???. The host is too weak to use the physique fully and is advised to become strong to activate all its uses.  

Passive skills granted: Enhanced strength, enhanced speed, enhanced regeneration, enhanced stamina, immortal handsomeness, a fraction of knowledge about the hidden knowledge of the unknown. These factors will increase in accordance with the host's rank, grants the trait Weapons Master: The host is blessed with knowledge of all weapons together with skills and techniques that follow, grants the trait Mana Master: Mana will bend according to the host's will]  

[Host, these are just a fraction of what the physique and bloodline can do. Even the knowledge, skills, and techniques provided don't amount to 1% of their totality. It is advised the host immediately increases his rank to extract more knowledge and perks granted by them.]

Anthony gasped; he didn't know what to say. He thought for a while and put the physique out of his mind, at least the passive skill will follow me forever, Anthony thought.

He then sat in a lotus position, closed his eyes, and accepted the experience and knowledge of the sword and magic from his passive skills and separated them into the one million compartments which he spent 7 hours digesting.

His divine intelligence, photographic memory, and all of them came into play to digest the information, but it still took 7 hours. He opened his eyes and sighed at the immense knowledge he received.  

He felt like standing up and grabbing a sword to start swinging; his other half felt like casting a spell immediately, both halves fighting over who goes first. He shook his head and calmed down.

He looked at the clock; it was already, it was already 6 PM, so he decided to accept the bloodline inheritance knowledge and physique knowledge of the unknown.

The moment he did, his brain nearly exploded. He released it all to the one million compartments, which slowed things down but still wasn't enough.  

He had no choice but to think of two things at the same time in the same compartment, thanks to divine intelligence which brought in parallel thinking, turning one million into two million compartments.

The bloodline and physique both provided knowledge on magic and mana, but he didn't care; he would go through it all. There was no way there would be overlapping knowledge.

When he woke up from his slumber, he stretched, then checked the time, and he was shocked—it was 2 PM the next day. He hadn't slept at all, but due to his physique and bloodline he still felt fit and was not tired. His eyes fell on the table in his room where a paper was; it read,

"It seems my son is already working hard after just awakening, come downstairs when you are done, Love, Mom."

He looked at the note; he didn't even know when she had entered. It seemed he was deep in absorbing the knowledge.

Though he had absorbed the knowledge, he hadn't read through it all or mastered it; it was only saved to his brain like a file for now. The physique, giving him the Weapons Master and skills and techniques, cancels out his passive experience of all swordmasters, just as his bloodline did, but it didn't matter; he would combine all of them.

He took a bath and started wearing his clothes. He looked at the mirror to admire himself, only to be shocked. He saw that he was extremely handsome now due to the blessing of the physique; his previous face, which was already so handsome, was no different than the ugliest face he had ever seen compared to his current face and body.