Chapter 696: Mersha’s Potion Problem
A few years had passed since Garion’s battle with Odren, and surprisingly, he had spent those years living rather peacefully... well, peacefully by God Gym’s standards.
Ever since the first batch of people who completed his supreme ultimate training stepped into the greater cosmic universe, God Gym’s fame had exploded far faster than anyone expected.
Feron, Iris, Varka, Loraine, Erlin, Kaelvar, Azton, Oriana, Rovak, Slifera, and Elisa had all displayed strength far beyond what normal Star Realm experts were supposed to possess.
Because of that, Garion no longer needed to personally enter tournaments just to force people to notice him.
The Astral Cosmic Terminal had no shortage of tournaments, battle arenas, ranking competitions, public challenges, and all kinds of events meant for factions to show off their strength.
Normally, any newly established faction would practically kill for the chance to appear on one of those stages and build up some fame.
Garion skipped most of them without a second thought.
Why the hell would he waste time standing on a stage and showing off when his customers were already walking advertisements for God Gym?
Instead, he spent those years doing missions.
More accurately, he spent those years clearing all the system missions Atlas had somehow conveniently "forgotten" to remind him about.
In the end, though, those delayed missions were far from useless. Thanks to them, Garion had finally expanded God Gym properly instead of relying on a single dangerous training ground.
He now owned three major training locations.
The first was [Divine Star Gym Planet No.1].
It was the first true God Gym planet Garion had obtained, an absolutely insane world filled with dangerous beasts, violent weather, unstable energy zones, gravity storms, disaster regions, and training environments capable of making even experienced Star Realm cultivators seriously question every decision that had led them there.
The name itself was extremely straightforward.
Its danger level mainly focused on Star Realm cultivators and those below. It was an actual planet, and it was the first God Gym planet he had obtained.
The second location was [Divine Celestial Gym Island No.1].
This was the former Floating Hell Island that Bruno had given him. Unlike the first training ground, this place was not an actual planet.
It was an enormous floating island drifting through space, filled with crushing gravity, destructive storms, unstable regions, and forbidden zones dangerous enough that even Celestial Realm cultivators could get themselves killed if they acted like idiots.
Naturally, Garion had renamed it.
Partly because the new name fit God Gym much better, and partly because he wanted something simple enough that he would not have to remember whatever dramatic bullshit name someone else had given the place hundreds or thousands of years ago.
The third location was much newer.
Garion had only obtained it a few months earlier.
[Divine Celestial Frozen Gym Planet No.2].
Unlike the first two locations, which were packed with every imaginable variety of crazy bullshit, this planet had one extremely obvious theme.
Anyone capable of reading its name could probably guess it.
Ice.
Endless fucking ice.
The entire planet was frozen from pole to pole. Mountains were formed from ancient glaciers stretching thousands of kilometers, enormous frozen valleys covered the surface, and violent blizzards swept across entire continents without stopping.
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Garion looked at the projections of the three worlds floating inside his office, clearly pleased with himself.
After admiring them for a moment, he finally opened the full system descriptions of his planets and island.
A blue-purple panel immediately appeared in front of him.
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[Divine Star Gym Planet No.1]
[Facilities:]
[1. Divine Star Awakening Hall: A facility used to rebuild Peak Awakening Realm cultivators into true Star Realm cultivators.]
[2. Divine Training Hall: A divine training facility filled with numerous God Gym training equipment designed to train different parts of the body.]
[3. Divine Cafeteria: A food and supplement facility that provides healthy meals, energy-rich dishes, recovery drinks, and specialized nutrition plans for customers.]
[4. Divine Dormitory: A recovery and residential facility where customers can rest, heal, stabilize breakthroughs, and improve their recovery efficiency after brutal training.]
[5. Disaster Zones: Unmodified regions of the planet filled with dangerous beasts, violent weather, unstable energy, disaster terrain, and natural hazards. Suitable for training mana control, elemental resistance, battle awareness, survival ability, and physical defense.]
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Garion moved his gaze downward.
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[Divine Celestial Gym Island No.1]
[Facilities:]
[1. Divine Training Hall]
[2. Divine Cafeteria]
[3. Divine Dormitory]
[4. Disaster Zone]
[5. Divine Supplements Laboratory: A specialized laboratory created for Mersha Morsin to develop powerful, effective, and highly questionable supplements, potions, medicines, stimulants, recovery formulas, and combat enhancement products.]
[6. Divine Garden: A divine growing facility managed by Arden Avenora. Used to raise herbs, fruits, medicinal plants, supplement materials, cafeteria ingredients, and special plants required for Mersha’s formulas.]
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Garion’s attention shifted toward the newest entry.
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[Divine Celestial Frozen Gym Planet No.2]
[Facilities:]
[1. Divine Frozen Training Hall: A specialized training hall similar to the standard Divine Training Hall, but optimized for ice-element customers and cold-body cultivators.]
[2. Divine Frozen Cafeteria: A cafeteria focused on cold dishes, frozen energy meals, ice-element supplements, frost recovery drinks, and temperature-adapted nutrition.]
[3. Divine Frozen Dormitory: A cold-environment recovery dormitory that improves healing, energy stabilization, and body tempering after brutal training, especially for ice-element users.]
[4. Divine Frozen Garden: A garden used to raise herbs, fruits, and plants, mainly focused on ice-element materials.]
[5. Frozen Zones: Unmodified frozen regions used for training frozen mana, cold resistance, survival ability, physical defense, and ice-element control.]
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Garion stared at the three projected locations for quite a while.
The longer he looked at them, the more satisfied he became.
For a faction that had only entered the greater cosmic universe a relatively short time ago, this level of development was already ridiculous.
Garion leaned back comfortably in his chair, folded his arms behind his head, and let out an approving hum. "Not bad."
Atlas’s voice immediately sounded inside his mind.
[That is an incredibly shameless way to describe three absurd training locations.]
Garion completely ignored the sarcasm. He lowered one hand and casually tapped his finger against the table. "Atlas."
[What now?]
Garion glanced toward the tiny system avatar hovering nearby. "Any other missions?"
Atlas went silent for a second.
[For now, no.]
Garion’s relaxed expression immediately disappeared. "No?"
[You basically cleared all of them. That is why these three places have developed this far.]
Garion clicked his tongue, clearly dissatisfied. "Come on. How the hell can there be nothing left?"
[Most candidates would be celebrating after finally clearing several years of ridiculously difficult accumulated missions like yours.]
Garion’s lips curled upward as he pointed at himself with his thumb. "Hehehe. I’m not most people."
Atlas answered without even hesitating.
[Unfortunately, I am extremely aware of that.]
Garion leaned forward slightly, resting his elbows against the table. The playful look on his face faded as genuine interest appeared in his eyes. "Oh, come on. There seriously isn’t even one mission available?"
Atlas immediately became suspicious.
[Why are you suddenly so desperate for another mission?]
Garion tapped the table twice. "Because right now, I actually need one of the possible rewards."
[What do you mean?]
Garion gave the floating avatar a flat look. "Don’t act stupid. You know exactly what I’m talking about."
[I genuinely do not.]
Garion sighed and finally said it. "The Celestial Realm equivalent of the [Divine Star Awakening Hall]."
Atlas paused.
Garion sat back slightly and continued before Atlas could respond.
"If I have something that can rebuild Peak Awakening Realm cultivators and help them step into the Star Realm, then logically there should be something similar for Star Realm cultivators trying to reach the Celestial Realm, right?"
Silence filled the office for several seconds.
Atlas finally let out a tired sigh.
[Okay, okay. Fine. Let me check deeper.]
Garion’s eyes immediately brightened. "That’s more like it."
Atlas seemed to hesitate for a moment before adding,
[I’ll also try sending a message to her, assuming I’m even allowed to contact her right now.]
Garion slowly nodded, looking completely satisfied with that answer. "Good. Ask properly."
Atlas’s tone instantly turned annoyed.
[You make that sound ridiculously easy.]
Garion leaned back in his chair again, looking far too pleased with himself. "That’s your job, right?"