"SSSS!!! HOLY SHIT!! This is some top-tier history, I can't even find words to explain this kind of shit... like... hahaha!" Gary sucked in a deep breath, even though he didn't need to breathe anymore. Old habits die hard, apparently. Even when you're already dead.
He was still reeling from everything the system had just explained to him. A creator, some god-level being with power so immense that even his name got wiped from existence, had made something called the Prime Universes. And not just one universe, but a whole clusterfuck of them, like some kind of cosmic web stretching out forever. And the people living in those universes? They were Prime Souls. People who'd never died before. People like Gary used to be, back when he was just some orphan kid cleaning his apartment floor while listening to Thousand Foot Krutch.
That was the kicker, wasn't it? He'd been a Prime Soul. Born naturally in one of those original universes, living his whole life without ever knowing death was going to lock him out of his home forever. One slip on a wet floor, one crack to the skull, and boom, banned from ever going back. No do-overs in the Prime Universe. Those doors were closed permanently.
But the Outer Dimensions? That was where shit got interesting.
"Damn," Gary muttered, running his metaphorical hand through his metaphorical hair. "Not even Dark Souls had lore this deep. Not that I ever played Dark Souls... too busy getting my ass kicked in real life, I guess."
He laughed at his own joke, floating there in the void like an idiot. But his mind was racing now, piecing together what all this meant.
The system had told him that every fictional universe he'd ever heard of was real now. Made real by other dead people who'd wished themselves into those worlds. Naruto was real. Marvel was real. DC, Harry Potter, Warhammer, all those cultivation novels where people punched massive holes mountains and slapped gods, all of it existed somewhere out there in the Outer Dimensions. Built by souls who'd died, come here, and said "Yeah, I want to live in THAT world."
And now it was Gary's turn.
"Alright, Gary, calm the fuck down," he said to himself, trying to settle his racing thoughts. "It's time to lock in and get this shit on the road."
He focused on the blue screen hovering in front of him, the one giving him the options to write down his three wishes. Three chances to design his entire second life. Three choices that would decide whether his next death was just a transition or the absolute end of his existence.
No pressure or anything.
Gary floated there for a moment, just thinking. Even though he'd grown up without parents, bouncing around that group home, going to therapy sessions with Mrs. Gardner, crying his eyes out as a kid, that didn't mean he'd grown up without knowing what truly mattered in life.
Anime. Novels. Video games. The holy grail of men.
Those were the things that got him through the rough patches. When the loneliness hit hard, when the other kids at school looked at him like he was some kind of broken toy, when the weight of being an orphan felt too heavy to carry, those stories gave him somewhere else to be. Someone else he to be.
He'd spent countless hours reading web novels on his phone during lunch breaks at the community college. He'd binged entire anime series in single weekends, ignoring his responsibilities like the responsible adult he definitely wasn't. And lately, for the past couple of days before his untimely death via slippery floor, he'd been hooked on one particular novel.
Custom Made Demon King.
"Fuck, that story was so good," Gary said, grinning like an idiot in the darkness. "Roy's whole setup was just... *Muah* chef's kiss."
The novel followed this guy named Roy. Regular dude from Earth who died in an act of bravery, saving a mother and her daughter from a car accident that would've taken their lives. Nothing fancy about his death, no grand destiny or chosen one bullshit. Just a guy who saw people in danger and moved without thinking.
Gary could respect that. Hell, Gary had died dancing to rock music with a broom. At least Roy went out like a hero.
But see, the thing about Roy's previous life was that it was painfully, beautifully normal. The guy had grown up as a carefree youth, probably the kind of kid Gary used to be before his parents died. After graduating from university, Roy worked hard in the city as a 3D artist. Not some glamorous job, just grinding away to pay off an expensive mortgage on an apartment he could barely afford.
His hobbies? Playing games. Reading novels and comics. Watching anime.
Sound familiar right? Because that was basically Gary's life too, minus the mortgage since he split rent with the brokies he calls roommates.
Roy's big life goal had been simple: get a house with nearly four hundred square meters of space and use that to seduce some woman into sharing the mortgage payments with him. Romantic? Not really. Realistic? Absolutely. That was the kind of goal regular people had. Not saving the world, not becoming famous, just... finding someone to split life's bills with and maybe be happy.
But then Roy died, and everything changed.
"And that's where it gets fucking wild," Gary said, his excitement building again.
Because Roy didn't just cease to exist after dying. He woke up in a new reality, a whole new cosmology with Demons, Angels, and sprawling worlds spread across different genres and power systems. Fantasy worlds, sci-fi dimensions, horror realms, you name it. If you could imagine it, it probably existed somewhere in Roy's new existence.
But eventually, all roads led back to one central conflict: the eternal war between Demons and Angels.
And Roy? He got reincarnated as a Demon.
Gary had to admit he hadn't finished the novel. Death had interrupted him before he could get through all the chapters. But what he had read was too interesting to forget. Even while reading, Gary would zone out and imagine himself in that world. Walking through demon cities, fighting angels, growing stronger with every challenge.
It was the kind of power fantasy that hit different when your real life was just... mundane.
But the real kicker, the thing that made Custom Made Demon King stand above all those other reincarnation stories, was Roy's cheat ability.
Roy's system wasn't just some stupid generic 'get stronger by killing things' setup, it was so much more than that."
It was a power granted to him after reincarnation that could create ANYTHING. Weapons, armor, abilities, bloodlines, genetic modifications, magical artifacts, you name it. As long as Roy had enough souls to spend as currency, he could design and create whatever he needed.
And here's the thing about being a Demon in that universe: Demons loved souls. Craved them. Harvested them from defeated enemies, traded them like currency, hoarded them like treasure. The entire Demon economy basically ran on souls.
Which meant Roy's system had infinite potential for growth.
He could kill enemies, harvest their souls, and immediately spend those souls to create items and abilities that made him even stronger. Which let him kill stronger enemies. Which gave him more souls. Which let him create even better gear. It was a feedback loop of power with basically no ceiling.
"Roy was overpowered as hell," Gary said, nodding to himself. "And that specific universe basically had no limit to how strong you could get... well, at least not one that mattered."
And THAT was the universe Gary wanted for himself.
Not just a copy either, that'd be boring, and besides, Gary wasn't Roy. He didn't have Roy's personality or backstory or specific circumstances. But the core concept? The foundation of that power system? The way that world functioned?
Perfect.
Gary could take that framework and twist it, mold it, make it his own. He could create a version of that reality tailored specifically to his wishes, his goals, his style. The system had told him he could create entirely new Outer Dimensions from scratch, right? Design every aspect, the laws of physics, magic systems, power scaling, inhabitants, history, everything.
So why not take the best parts of Custom Made Demon King and build something even better?
His fingers, metaphorical as they were, hovered over the blue screen's text field, ready to start typing.
This was it. This was the moment that would define his entire second existence.
No more being Gary the orphan. No more being Gary the community college student working part-time jobs. No more being Gary the guy who died because he didn't notice a puddle of water.
Time to become something more.
"Alright, Alright enough monologueing," Gary said, cracking his knuckles even though he didn't have knuckles right now. "Let's build a fucking universe."
So Gary began typing.
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First Wish
Gary's fingers moved across the screen, typing out his thoughts as they came to him.
[I want to be reincarnated into an edited version of the Custom Made Demon King novel created by Dark Old Demon, where I would take Roy's place.]
He paused for a second, staring at those words. Taking Roy's place. That felt weird to say out loud, even if he was just typing it.
Roy was the protagonist of that novel, the guy who'd lived through all that chaos and came out on the fucking top of the Abyss as the strongest. But Gary wasn't trying to BE Roy. He was trying to use Roy's position as a starting point, the foundation to build his own story on.
Roy had died saving people, got reborn as a demon with an overpowered soul-hungry system, and started from the bottom in a universe with basically unending growth potential.
The system had let him create anything he could imagine as long as he had enough souls to pay for it. And in a reality where demons literally harvested souls as their primary resource? Where the entire economy ran on soul currency? That was a feedback loop with no ceiling.
Or at least, it shouldn't have had a ceiling.
Gary kept typing.
[It would have an increase in power level. And when I say increase in power level, I mean that there won't be a limit to how far you can progress in strength."
That was the key change, the thing that mattered most. Because, from what Gary remembered reading, the original Custom Made Demon King universe did have a power structure. Low-rank demons, middle-rank demons, high-rank demons, demon lords, demon kings, and then... what? The story had kept going, sure, Roy kept getting stronger, but there was this sense that the universe itself had a cap. That eventually, you hit a wall where there was just nowhere left to go.
And that was bullshit.
Gary wasn't trying to become some mid-tier demon lord and call it a day. He wasn't trying to hit demon king and retire to some castle in a fragmented space dimension. He wanted a universe where the only limit was how much work someone was willing to put in, how creative they could get, and how many powerful creatures they would have to fight to gain strength. A reality where "strong enough" was never a real answer because there was always someone or something stronger to challenge.
The Prime Universe had booted his ass out. Fine. But if he was going to live in the Outer Dimension for the rest of his existence, potentially forever if wished creatively, then he wanted to make damn sure that existence never got boring. Never got stale. Never reached a point where he looked around and thought "well, I guess this is as good as it gets."
Fuck that shit.
Gary's typing picked up speed as his thoughts crystallized.
[The specific edits I want are that the universes connected to the abyss aren't limited to worlds where demon summoning is only available.]
This one had bugged him while reading. The Abyss in Roy's story could connect to different worlds through the Gates of the Abyss, places where people knew how to summon demons. You had fantasy worlds with magic, you had settings where demon summoning was part of the lore, you had realities where the infrastructure for calling up hellspawn already existed.
But what about everything else?
What about sci-fi universes where demons weren't part of the original worldbuilding? What about slice-of-life settings where magic didn't exist? What about post-apocalyptic wastelands or cyberpunk dystopias or cultivation worlds that had their own power systems with no room for demons in the cosmology?
The Gates of the Abyss should be able to reach THOSE places too. And if they didn't have demons originally? So what. Make it make sense. Build the history. Create the lore. and say FUCK YOU! to the world while flipping it the bird.
[It is supposed to be able to connect to worlds that didn't originally have anything to do with demons by creating a detailed history around how demons came about in those worlds.]
Gary grinned as he typed that last part. That was the genius of it. You don't just slap demons into a world that never had them and call it a day. You weave them into the fabric of that reality. Give them a past. Make it so demons weren't just visitors, they were part of the world's history, either hidden or publicly known. The thing that existed in the shadows, the force that influenced events from behind the scenes, the secret that most people didn't know about but was there all along.
It opened up infinite possibilities. Literally any fictional universe could become accessible. Naruto? Sure, demons existed alongside the tailed beasts, ancient entities sealed away in forgotten history. Marvel? Hell yeah, demons were part of the mystical side that most heroes never dealt with. Star Wars? Fuck it, demons existed in the Unknown Regions or some shit, sealed away by ancient Force users.
Every world becomes a playground. Every setting becomes a hunting ground for souls and power.
That was what Gary wanted. Not to be limited by whether some author included demon summoning in their original worldbuilding. If he could connect to a world, he could make it work.
[From what I remember about the novel, there were different levels of power indicated in the original. I want you to adjust the way they named their power hierarchy system slightly.]
Gary paused here, trying to recall the exact details. The wiki had been pretty clear about this. Low-rank, middle-rank, high-rank. Each rank had internal stages - bottom, middle, top. But the way it was named in the original was confusing as hell.
You'd have a "low-rank demon" who was at the "top" of their rank, which sounded way more impressive than it actually was. Or you'd hear about a "middle-rank demon" without knowing if they just broke through or if they were just in the middle stage of a certain rank.
It needed clarity. Precision.
"Which was: Low Class, Middle Class, High Class, with all of those containing Bottom, middle, and Top 'tiers' among those ranks."
He kept typing, working it out as he went.
"I want for those tiers to be renamed properly, like Low Class (Mid-Tier), Low Class (Bottom-Tier), and so on, you can fill the rest of those gaps for me, with whatever I missed."
Yeah, that worked. Let the system handle the specific naming convention. The important part was making it clear where someone stood in the hierarchy. If you heard "Low Class, Top-Tier," you knew immediately that person was at the peak of the lowest rank, one step away from breaking through to Middle Class. If you heard "Middle Class, Bottom-Tier," you knew they'd just advanced and were still getting used to their new power.
Simple. Effective. No confusion.
Gary leaned back, metaphorically speaking, and looked at what he'd typed so far. This was good. This was the foundation of what he wanted. But there was one more thing, the wildcard element that would keep things interesting.
Because if Gary had learned anything from reading web novels and isekai stories, it was that sometimes the best parts were the things you didn't see coming. The unexpected twists. The curveballs the author threw at you that made you go "wait, WHAT?" in the best possible way.
"I haven't read the original novel completely," Gary typed, being honest with himself and the system. "But make things interesting for me. Add in some unexpected elements to make things exciting."
There it was. The invitation for chaos. The request for surprises.
Because sure, Gary could try to design every single aspect of his new reality down to the smallest detail. He could specify every power system, every world connection, every possible scenario he might encounter. But where was the fun in that? Where was the discovery? The sense of exploring something new?
Part of what made Roy's story engaging was that he didn't know everything. He had to figure shit out as he went. He made mistakes, ran into unexpected situations, dealt with curveballs that his system couldn't have prepared him for. That tension between having a broken cheat ability and still being vulnerable to the unknown? That was what made it compelling.
Gary didn't want a completely safe, predictable existence. He'd had enough of predictable back in his first life. Working the same dead-end job, living in the same shitty apartment, following the same routine day after day until one slip on a wet floor ended his life.
This time? He wanted adventure. Challenge. The kind of life where he woke up not knowing what might happen, where he had to stay sharp, stay creative, stay hungry for more.
But he also wasn't stupid. He wasn't asking for instant death traps or impossible scenarios right out of the gate. The unexpected elements should make things interesting, not immediately fatal. Challenging him, not crushing him to death. The kind of surprises that made you think "oh shit, I need to learn how to fuck this problem in the ass and make it my bitch" rather than "welp, I'm gonna get fucked."
Gary finished typing his first wish and sat there for a moment, reading it over. This was it. This was the foundation of his entire second existence. A modified version of the Custom Made Demon King novel where the power ceiling was removed, where any world could be connected to the Abyss regardless of original lore, where the ranking system was clear and easy to understand, and where unexpected elements would keep things from getting boring.
Taking Roy's place meant inheriting that broken creation system, that ability to turn souls into literally anything he could imagine. But it also meant starting from the bottom as a newborn demon in the upper layers of the Abyss, having to claw his way up through the ranks, fighting and scheming and harvesting souls to fuel his growth.
"Alright," Gary said out loud, his voice echoing in the void. "First wish down. Two more to go."
He could feel the system processing his request, the blue screen flickering slightly as it absorbed his words. But it didn't give him a response yet. Didn't confirm or deny or ask for clarification. It was waiting. Waiting for him to finish all three wishes before it started crafting his new reality.
Which made sense. The three wishes were a package deal. The first wish determined WHERE and HOW he'd be reincarnated. The next two would determine what abilities he'd have. What advantages he'd start with.
Gary's mind was already racing ahead, thinking about what those next two wishes should be. He had ideas, sure. He'd been thinking about this shit ever since the system first explained the rules. But now that he was actually here, actually making it real, the weight of those choices felt heavier.
This wasn't a daydreaming about "wouldn't it be cool if..." while lying in bed in his shitty apartment. This was the actual moment where his choices would become permanent.
No pressure. Like fuck it was.
Gary was having a meltdown of thoughts and ideas. Although he knew of many novels and anime, they all felt inadequate when he thought about them.
After about half an hour of racking his brains, his thoughts turned to Meta Essences. These were essentially pre-written laws of reality that had been turned into potions which, when consumed, gave the drinker superpowers. There were hundreds of them, and if he chose correctly, they could make him extremely powerful.
'All right, I think I know what I want now. Hehe, I'm gonna be OP as fuck,' he laughed, muttering to himself.
Gary finally looked at the screen for his second wish.
It was time to show the world what kind of demon he was going to become.
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Second Wish
[Ok, so for my second wish, I want the Essence of Involate Self, but modified. This is how I want it to be modified:]
[I no longer need to eat, drink, breathe, produce waste, or sleep, and am immune to the harmful effects of radiation alongside extreme environments ranging from the bottom of the ocean to the vacuum of space.]
[Total immunity to all forms of poison, sickness, or disease, mundane or otherwise. Any existing ailments of physical, mental, or spiritual nature that plague me will be completely cured upon receiving this essence.]
[I am biologically immortal and utterly tireless, possessing unlimited stamina. I will be gradually aged or reverted back to my physical prime, but no longer age further.]
[I will have infinite willpower to keep going through any amount of hardship; even bloody and broken, I will not stop, and I will forevermore be protected from the effects of despair, boredom, ennui, etc., that will make living eternally a pain in the ass.]
[My freedom is also involate, protecting me from being imprisoned, incapacitated, trapped, bound, sealed, etc. against my will, automatically freeing me from such situations and teleporting me to the nearest safe location. This function can be toggled on or off.]
[I am completely immune to any attempt to forcefully change, control, or manipulate my body, mind, and soul against my will in any fashion no matter what method is attempted or used. Those that use supernaturally boosted persuasion are equally stymied, being forced to rely on simple mundane arguments against me as anything beyond that flatly fails to work. I am also immune to memetic effects or the maddening effects of eldritch beings or phenomena.]
[My soul cannot be targeted as a vector of attack - the only thing I am still vulnerable to will be actual physical violence.]
[No Oracles or any other form of precognition can account for me, ever. Any predictions that are made will be made without taking me into account, and if seeking me out directly, all they get is static. In addition, I am not bound by fate anymore; my destiny is only what I make of it. This extends to the point that people and events that are deemed unstoppable or even unkillable, just because they are destined to, can be killed by me permanently.]
[I am also immune to reality warping shenanigans, such as being caught in time paradoxes, time stops, not existing due to someone killing my mother when she's pregnant with me, etc. - my very existence is involate.]
[Note: I can still be injured or killed through direct physical damage, like magic, etc., if such things are capable of damaging me; all this Essence does is prevent my body, mind, and soul from being manipulated by other forces without my consent.]
"And... done. Not much that I changed, but with the small few things that I did change, I think it'll make life more interesting. Even though when I get the essence I wouldn't be able to get bored anyway, even if I were just to sit around and stare into space for a billion years without a thought, it wouldn't bore me."
The reason Gary had even chosen this specific essence was that he wasn't looking for anything that would make him the god of CMDK in an instant. He was looking for something that would make him grow and protect him at the same time.
He didn't know what kind of monstrous beings existed in the Abyss's bottom floors, or if they could predict his existence if they used some kind of technique or magic similar to divination. So caution was a must.
But at least with the essence protecting him, it gave him biological immortality and endless stamina.
Gary was even beginning to think of ways to channel his infinite stamina and willpower into tangible powers.
'Maybe if I had a devil fruit like Roy that ran on pure stamina, I could literally spam attacks. It wouldn't even be long before I could take over the world, hahahaha.' Gary's thoughts drifted as he imagined having a devil fruit, spamming his abilities as if it had no cost.
"And even willpower! Conqueror's Haki would be busted as hell. Even though my willpower would be infinite, I would need to improve the output."
Gary was smiling like a fool, imagining all the things he could do with the power he would gain from the Essence of Involate Self. But after a while he realized that even though the essence did give him biological immortality and his soul couldn't be attacked no matter what, with all the other perks, it didn't give him any offensive power or abilities. It didn't even give him any boost to his potential.
But Gary was quickly thinking of a way to remedy the situation. The only thing that came to mind was to use his third wish to get another essence. But Gary was thinking of doing it in a creative way.
An item instead of the ability being fused with his body.
"Oooh, now this is gonna be fun to create." Gary rubbed his ghostly palms together in excitement before he went back to the screen to enter his third wish. This was going to be the most unique out of all of his other wishes.
Third Wish
[For my third wish, I want you to create me an item that will henceforth be named Origin Artifact. This is an item that doesn't have any specific shape or form, it could be ANYTHING, but is also limited by its creator's strength and creativity. This item has been molded together with its creator's soul and can NEVER be stolen, lost, or used without the creator's permission. It can also never truly be destroyed, for even if it breaks, it shall be reformed back instantly in its creator's soul. It shall also have a status screen similar to what Roy had.]
[Origin Artifact shall be made by combining two modified essences, which are the following:]
[Essence of Competence]
The Origin Artifact
Through the forging of this mystical artifact, a bond is formed between creator and creation.
• The Origin Artifact generates a pool of ever-flowing inspiration that passively flows through its creator, which increases with time but also the creator's accomplishments, flowing faster and faster while also growing more and more potent in its nature. This pool initially may be distributed amongst three subjects and modifiers per day, gaining three additional slots every day, but within a year of doing even absolutely nothing, will double in flow and potency. These will all mix together in accordance with the creator's desires. These may draw from reality, fiction, or may be entirely original, but require some level of quantification and qualification, even if they may draw from counterfactual or incomprehensible sources.
• The artifact channels 'bodies of knowledge, skill, training, and/or experience' as subjects into its creator, which may include but is not strictly limited to: the arts, humanities and sciences, direct technological designs and spells, careers such as 'lawyer' or 'secret agent', counters for opponents, or literally just asking for direct personal information on a person. These subjects will update in real-time in regards to the creator's level of investment as well as the broadness of the subject.
• The artifact infuses modifiers that affect everything the creator is capable of doing, which may include but is not strictly limited to: direct effects such as 'speed', 'efficiency' and 'adaptability', methodologies such as 'modular design' or 'security engineering', aesthetics which may affect design and offer more knowledge in certain subjects such as 'solarpunk' offering much in the way of sustainability for technology while also presenting as more 'green', or anomalous properties such as 'anti-gravitation' or 'negentropy'.
• The artifact unlocks anomalous effects when the creator reaches their limits in a subject/modifier and bypasses it, or when specifically requested. These anomalous effects may be simply direct improvements to an aspect or overall usage, entire new paradigms, and more. A section of reality or the entirety of it may reap the benefit from this, if the creator wishes, allowing others to capitalize on it. These anomalous effects will never endanger reality, beyond what the creator consciously desires.
• The artifact grants its creator complete control over the blackboxing of knowledge and effects it provides, ranging from total non-understanding to instant enlightenment. But not only that, through the artifact's power, the creator is capable of spreading their knowledge and ability to develop to others, whether only for specific items and/or fields to all of their knowledge and ability. Anything they build upon may be copied through the artifact for the creator's own usage. This may be retracted at any time and any additional knowledge built on it may be stolen through the artifact for the creator's own usage.
• The artifact shields its creator from any cognitohazards, memetics, or any hazardous effects that may be present in anything they may enlighten themselves about through its power, as well as preventing infection of others unless the creator wishes to do so.
• Through the artifact's influence, the creator may control the level of effects within their usage as well as how subjects and modifiers affect it. The creator may for instance wish to enjoy the act of creation, and slow down their speed from 'one-man manufacturing machine' to 'normal human'.
• The artifact maintains its creator at a peak human physique and mentality, with every aspect optimized, unless it would be against the creator's wishes. The creator's form is idealized to their desires and they may control their aging, whether to age cosmetically, slowly, in reverse, or not at all. The creator will eventually recover from anything that does not immediately kill them and are immune to diseases and toxins while bonded to the artifact.
• The artifact bestows upon its creator single-repetition learning and the ability to extrapolate entire fields with simply basic knowledge, albeit more will aid in this endeavor as well as going further beyond. The creator also gains a perfect memory with infinite storage, instant recall, perfect indexing, tamper-proofing, and protection from harmful memories. The creator may improve on their own in any subject or modifier, albeit it will require practice.
[Essence of Infinite Omniversal Energy]
Infinite Omniversal Energy Core
The Origin Artifact contains within it a core of Infinite Omniversal Energy, granting its creator access to a potent never-ending energy that is capable of being used for anything. The strength and versatility of this energy scales with the creator's level of power.
• The artifact channels Infinite Omniversal Energy through its creator, which can be used as a perfect substitute for any skill, power, ability, etc. that requires a form of energy, such as magic, mana, ki, chi, will, etc. The potency and amount accessible is proportional to the creator's current power level.
• Through the artifact's bond, the creator will be able to perform any of these skills, powers, abilities, etc., as if they were always able to or if they were born with the ability. Even abilities only usable by certain people, species, or beings. Example: Harry Potter magic, Draconic Magic, divine powers, etc. The effectiveness scales with the creator's power level.
• If desired, the artifact allows its creator to convert the IOE to other mediums to power and charge items and equipment. Example: Pure electricity to power or charge electronic devices, convert to liquid form to power equipment like vehicles, generators, etc. A physical crystal or mineral form to burn such as coal or wood powered equipment. Magic to power and charge magical items, wards, rituals, etc. Example: Elder Scrolls enchantment, Fairy Tail Lacrima Crystals, Fate Jewelcraft, etc. The conversion efficiency and output are dependent on the creator's power level.
• If the creator wishes, the artifact's IOE can be used to empower and strengthen other objects or beings. Either directly transferring the energy, converting to a liquid and drinking it, or changing to a solid to wear. The creator can decide on taste. The amount that can be transferred and the degree of empowerment scale with the creator's power level.
• The artifact's IOE, due to its nature of being infinite, cannot be sealed, stolen, or siphoned in any way except by the creator's choice. Example: any anti-magic areas, items or abilities, psionic blockers, power nullifying collars, etc. However, the amount the creator can actively channel at once is still limited by their power level.
• The artifact allows its creator to harmlessly absorb other sources of energy encountered, such as electricity, radiation, magic, etc., and in the case of physical fuels such as gasoline or coal, drink or eat without harm. The rate and efficiency of absorption increase with the creator's power level.
• Due to the artifact constantly channeling IOE through its creator, the creator no longer needs to eat, drink, rest, or sleep unless they wish to do so. This is a baseline function that operates regardless of power level.
"And done, finally." Gary was finally finished composing his wishes. He ran through them twice, making sure everything was done smoothly, then he tapped the finished button indicated at the bottom of the screen.
After Gary tapped that button, the Balance Dimension began to shift. Throughout the pitch-black environment, light began to bleed through. Powers were weaving themselves around Gary as he felt himself being sucked into something.
But before he disappeared, the system guide gave him one last message.
[Soul ######, the Creator has given you a chance to live life how YOU would want to live it. Make the best of it, for we shall never see each other again. Goodbye, Gary. You shall gain the powers you wished for after eating your shell.]
...
Then let the story begin.