1 Chapter 1: The beginning after the end. (Edited)
The sun slowly rose from the horizon and shine on New York City.
In a lovely neighborhood uptown of Manhattan, a man around 25-27 years old was rolling around on his bed, struggling to wake up.
(￣ρ￣)..zzZZ
After around five minutes, the alarm clock that keeps on ringings makes him reluctantly open his eyes. He stares at the ceiling for a full 30 seconds, and you can hear the tick-tock, tick-tock from the clock on the table next to the bed.
(´ρ`) 'Ah~ so tire.'
It was 6:00 AM. As he looks at the time.
He gets up and goes to the bathroom, cleaning himself up, changes into a pair of blue jeans, and a t-shirt with a brown winter jacket then walks out.
He is Howard, an average guy with an average everyday life. He runs a flower shop downtown manhattan for a living.
That's his full-time job ever since eight years ago when his adopted mother passed away from a new Virus that had swept through the world.
Today he takes a day off though, the orphanage near his house is shorthanded today, and he is on his way there to help out.
Ever since young, Howard brought up by a kind mother who always tries to teach him to focus on his education and be a respectable man in the future.
To protect his family and children and try to help those in need, just like how she helped him when she adopted him from the orphanage.
He always regrets and bears the burden of being a failure throughout his life. For almost his whole life, she had been the only family he has to care for care of him.
The moment she was on the gurney into the hospital was the last time he ever saw her...
Howard was frustrated; he wants to see her one last time. However, the call Howard got from the hospital said so "no" so plainly as if they had repeated it thousands of times.
Sad and happy memories flash through his eyes when he hears of the message.
'In the end, I never got the chance to repay her my debt for all the love she gave me...' Howard thought as he heaved a long sight.
The memories of his 12 years with her keep on replaying inside his mind.
'she was always there for me when I need her the most...' Two-line of tears dripping down from the corner of his eye.
"Eh?"
"Why am I crying?"
(ಥ﹏ಥ)
Sigh~
"Thank you!" Howard said as he looks at her picture hanging on the wall.
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Eight years have passed since the turning point of his life. That day he vows to change himself and become a successful man, the best in the world.
But damn, everything moves on typically as normal as it could be; his life doesn't change just because of a moment of motivation.
He has inherited my mother's flower shop and drop out of college during this period. Even though the business is not great, he could still pay the rent, food and have a little bit of savings to live his single everyday life.
At least he wasn't reduced to be a homeless man on the street. Howard thought as he put a dollar bill in the cup of the hobo guy next to him, then walk away.
He is old Tom, by the way. He moves here to live since another stronger hobo chases him out of his last spot. Looking at him, Howard feels pity for the guy and appreciates what he has now.
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It was snowing today.
Howard was currently walking towards the orphanage that is ten blocks away. The thick layer of snow covering the street along the way. They are beautiful, just like a pure white painting.
Just as Howard was about to cross the street, he can hear the alarm of a truck.
"BEEP ----- BEEEP--BEEP.!!!!!!!!!!!"
He didn't get hit by truck-Kun. The traffic lights were switching to the green light, so he moves out of the way.
Badum* Badum* Badum* Sound of heavy heartbeats.
Suddenly Howard feels his heart pounding heavily.
'I can't breathe.'
Howard dropped on his knee and rolled over, faced up toward the ever snowing sky as he laid there on the thick snows.
Old Tom, see what was going on seem to be surprised, then ran over. He said, "Hey sir! are you alright?" as he uses his hand and moves all over Howard's body.
'Are you helping me? Thank you, Old Tom. I knew that my money wasn't waisted.' Howard thought internally, but before long, he feels dizzy.
Old Tom stopped moving his hands and looking at a leather wallet; he then looks at Howard. Old Tom keeps switching his line of sight a few times between Howard and the purse.
Old Tom gives Howard a deep and profound look. The old man was about to stand up when Howard use every last bit of his strength to hold onto his right arm.
"P-pl..e..a....e..h...help.. me..!" Driven by his will to live, Howard struggles to say the words.
But Howard's effort didn't amount to anything as Old Tom shook his handoff.
"I got chu fam!". Old Tom gives him a smirk then starts running away while yelling. "Somebody, please help!".
Howard was left alone staring blankly at the snowy sky as everything starts to darkening and then blackout.
'Is this it? I'm going to die... But I still have many things I want to do...' In a few seconds, his thought went blank.
He died...
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'Pure darkness is all I see right now; not sure if "see" is the right word.'
Feeling himself floating, Howard was surprised! Then he starts to move randomly since he already lost the sense of direction.
'It's been... I don't know. I don't... wait!'
Σ(°ロ°)
A golden light was shooting toward him at breakneck speed than "BOOM!" he hears the sound of broken glass and a crack appear.
The golden light carries him through the gap at a tremendous pace. He can vaguely see a green river, and then everything starts to blank out again.
There's a golden light flashing by unknown to anyone toward the Great Sun Continent in one of the Seven Lower Heavens.
In a desolate mountainous region, a teen covered in blood as he laid under a cliff. Unsure of how much time had passed, Howard gradually regained his consciousness.
He opens his eyes, and unfamiliar memories flowed into his mind, just like water shot through a broken dam, giving him an intense headache.
He laid there staring into space for a while before getting back his sense.
'So, I transmigrated...'
(⊙_⊙)
After going through the new memories briefly, Howard realizes that he has transmigrated into a world of cultivation.
He couldn't help but get excited until intense pain makes him aware of the bloody wounds on his body. Then he hears something.
[system initialization!...
Loading Data... COMPLETE!]
[Ding! Assimilation of the host with the new body successful!]
[Detect host's body in critical condition! Active emergency protocols: Basic Treatment using karma energy!]
[Treatment complete, master your condition is now stable!]
[Ding! For master's successful assimilation with the Ultimate Karma System, a starter pack is generated after conversing the remaining Karma energy!]
Howard was stunned for a moment feeling the deadly wounds on his healed rapidly.
Hearing the system's emotionless voice, Howard feels relieved that he is safe for the moment. He, who used to watching mangas and novels in his past life, quickly understood what was going on.
However, he feels puzzled because he didn't see any god or goddess in that black space. Slightly curious, Howard said to the system.
"Hi! and thank you for healing me."
[To serve you is my sole purpose, master.]
'To think this system is sound so nice, hm...'
"So can you tell me how did I end up with the Ultimate Karma System?"
[Yes, master.]
[From the time of immemorial, there was a BANG! When everything comes into being, and all the Daos start to forms, the Ultimate Karma System was created by an accident when the BANG happened since everything was still chaotic.
The system takes the form of a streak of golden light and travels through the infinite universe on a fixed pattern ever since it comes into existence. Master's soul happened to get into the way of the system at that split moment and get pushed along the way to the origin stream.
Your soul was bound to the system in the process.
For the first time, the system deviated from its established route and went into a void crack until the master ends up occupying the current body and is now simulating as a system.]
Howard had his mouth wide open and didn't know what to say to that.
'So I guess it was just luck then.'
"Well, what happens to the previous soul of this body?" Howard asks the system as he wanted to know if the previous body owner was still in this body like the one he read from the novels in his past life.
[When the system detects the soul of the previous body owner's attempt to fight for the body's control when the master's soul was in a dormant state. The system had deemed it's necessary to take action, so it erases the will of the enemy's soul to help the master finish fusing with the body.]
Well, Howard does feel bad for the guy, but it was necessary for his survival, so he couldn't help but be thankful toward the system which had given him a new chance at life.
'Since this a new life, I will need a new name to fit in this cultivation world.' he thought for a moment.
"From now on, my name will be Zhu Dingxiang, and you will be Jarvis."
[I'm Jarvis.]
Anyway, he can't stay here any longer; as Zhu Dingxiang sprang up and remembered the starter pack, he said, "System open the starter pack, please."
[Starter pack open.]
[Congratulations, master, for receiving the "Mysterious Commonsense Sutra."..... ]
(A/N: Zhu in Chinese means hope and Dingxiang mean stability and fortune when I search on google.) e
