Unbound Mantra Chapter 1 (Patreon)

"So you are saying if I get pissed off enough. I will have the power to punch the creator god of the universe to death huh." I muttered as after my sponsor without a word after I sat down.

Threw my cheat in a universal Mantra Core into my chest.

My sponsor took a quick drink and then said. "Alright I gave your cheat first because I need to give you a couple warnings about the world you are going to." 

He took a deep breath and spoke. "To get things out of the way, you are going to alternate universe of Highschool DXD. Not inherently a crossover but a very different version of DXD."

He pointed at me. Specifically at my chest before he continued. "The major change in the world you are going to is the rise of the Celestial Bureaucracy, is now the strongest faction due to humanity being able to cultivate and remaining tied to that Pantheon in particular."

"The reality of the supernatural world not being a secret to humanity is partially why I gave you the Mantra Reactor. Humanity is very much NOT on the bottom of the totem pole in that world."

He took a breath and then said. "All of humanity has the ability to cultivate to some level depending on their innate talent. And having a Sacred Gear? Will also make you far more talented to boot. But there is one important thing you must note."

"No matter your level of cultivation, if you... For example, become a devil. Via being seduced by Rias Gremory's fat tits. You are stuck at that cultivation level. Forever, not even Ajuka CAN figure out how to allow reincarnated humans to cultivate further, and he never will." 

He gave me a firm look and said. "I am not even going to drop you off in Japan dude. Do NOT join Rias's peerage, it will just fuck you over even if you have that Mantra Reactor that can allow you to gain strength even if you become a devil."

I nodded in understanding before I said sagely. "I won't need to lose my humanity to fuck a jade beauty like Rias... Does she even count as a jade beauty, actually?" I asked in honest confusion.

My sponsor chuckled and then shrugged before saying idly. "Ehh, she is more of a 'Ruby' beauty with that crimson hair of hers. Either way, do you have any questions before I info dump on you more?"

I nodded firmly and asked the most pressing question of them all. "Then if I cannot have a big titty Devil master. Where can I find my big titty cold cultivation master?" 

He just laughed more deeply while shaking his head. "Yeah... You are going to be a fun one to check in, I can tell."

He then hummed before raising an eyebrow and asking thoughtfully. "Hmm, I can do something interesting if you want. I can just throw you into the domain of an... Interesting sect in China. I was going to throw you into the middle of Beijing or Shanghai anyway."

I just shrugged and said honestly. "I don't particularly care where I am going with the language download you gave me. So long as I have a bit of a clear start in what I am doing and having some backing/a place to crash would make things far smoother."

I then paused before I asked. "Wait, what about Trihexa? Is it still going to be the major issue or whatever?"

To which my sponsor gave a helpless smile and said. "That gets back to the info-dumping talk I wanted to give you. So you aren't a complete fool or walking into trouble unawares."

He then took a breath and began speaking. "So starting off from the key points. In this world, like OG God, the Jade Emperor was born from the cosmos itself. The cosmos being Nuwa, a true Primordial being from beyond the world, similar to Great Red and Ophis."

"The Jade Emperor, is the equal if not slightly stronger than God for a simple reason. His essence is of that of humanity. And thus no matter what level he reached, he could always climb... Just a little higher over time with his innate immortality."

My sponsor took a drink and then, with a helpless chuckle, he continued. "Fast forward a fuck load of years. Humanity is flourishing in this primordial world under the Hindu and Celestial Bureaucracy Pantheon in the lands of Asia before the Pantheon broke the world up to make their hidden dimensions." 

"God and Trihexa are starting their big end-of-the-world dance. God almost kills himself using forbidden seals and rituals to seal Trihexa away... Only for the Jade Emperor, Buhdda, and Son Wukong to jump him at the end." 

My face twitched as unbidden, I imagined some angel-like figure being kicked on the ground by a monkey with an oversized stick, a Daoist with a sword in hand. And finally, a fat monk all at the same time.

I cleared my throat as I said wryly. "Thats... An imaginative scene. So they killed god, I assume?"

To which my sponsor gave me a look and said dryly. "Hell no, the Jade Emperor is a bastard cultivator. He took him hostage to have a hundred beautiful angels of both genders packaged up and handed over as his concubines and to serve as eunuchs in his court."

I was silent for a long moment before I said helplessly. "That... It is certainly cultivator behavior, especially in the almost hentai titty land DXD."

To which my sponsor coughed and then said a bit sheepishly. "Actually. The world is darker and with its, might makes right porn logic. Things can be... A little nasty, so you had best watch out for young masters of certain clans and bloodlines. Especially the Greeks."

He then cleared his throat and added. "Yes, half humans as in demi-gods, specifically can also cultivate as well. But only with pure divinity can a half-human cultivate. Half youkai, half-devils, and such CANNOT cultivate at all keep in mind even if the other races have found ways to copy cultivation spells at the least if not the strength gain and stages."

I nodded in understanding with my sponsor, taking a breath before he cleared his throat and asked. "So, any final questions before you go then?" 

After a moment of thought, I nodded and asked curiously. "Won't I need an unrivaled cultivation method or whatever to reach the peak of the world? Or is that something I am going to have to look forward to hunting for?"

My sponsor looked at me before laughing and said. "Dude, you have a mantra core. So long as you drown yourself in the Eight Mantras. I could see you literally in a few days as you break out of your universe."

He shook his head before saying bluntly. "You have the most broken ability in cultivation, basically. The more you rage, the more you fuck, the more prideful, the more greedy you are, and more. The faster you grow. The rank of a cultivation manual doesn't matter at all besides giving you a guiding hand to grow and shape your power."

I nodded in understanding, and with that, he waved his hand, which created a portal in the air with him smiling and saying knowingly. "I look forward to seeing another Jake who knows how to throw hands, however. Don't turn out to be one of those eldritch monsters or wizard Jakes who hide behind universe-breaking magic alright."

I smiled before I said knowingly. "You gave me the inheritance of Asura. The guy who literally beat his universe's creator god to death. If I couldn't throw hands with the best of them when I myself reach bullshit Dragonball levels. Then who the hell will?"

With that, I was sucked into the portal with my sponsor laughing as I went.

-

The trip through the portal beyond reality and into the weirdness was quick and painless, beyond it expanding my pool of mana through seeing the eldritch truth beyond reality.

Not too much to say... The color purple tasted like piano wires, honestly.

But with a soft thump, my feet hit the ground in a walking motion, and I came to a stop. As the sounds of cars and civilized life hit my ears.

Then, with another thump ringing out, I looked down with a raised eyebrow as a backpack fell out of another portal... Literally onto my damned shoe covered foot.

"Well, that's rude." I muttered as I leaned down to take the piece of paper from the bag that was stuck to it.

[Here is your paperwork which includes a passport, and I decided to give you both a good bit of cash and an international bank account with a good bit of money on it. Just in case you decided to be a traveling hobo going around the world to take in the sights and probably get your ass kicked across the world.]

My lips twitched at that before I snorted with some amuesment before I took out the envelope and with a hum of thought I put away the cash... Which was clearly chinese Yuan and a bank card into the wallet which was also in the larger bag.

With that however. I muttered. "Now where the am I, is the question?"

And it didn't take me long to realize as I left the alleyway that I could understand the local language perfectly as well speak it before I saw enough to realize where I was and that realization made me chuckle helplessly.

"Dude, I get you don't want to just drop me off in Kuoh Japan. But dropping me off in the southern most giant chinese city in Shenzhen is a bit much right?" I muttered to myself with a shake of my head.

And Shenzhen was... A very modern city to say the least so with a shrug I decided to just to the local library to get onto the internet to get some public information.

I needed to find out what Sects were in the local area. How restricted were cultivation techniques. And most importantly... Where I could buy my own flying sword.

Because it was actually making me annoyed seeing a bunch of overdressed assholes proudly flying over my head with their noses up in the sky as they by on straight longswords!

I quickly made my way to the local library without any fuss as it was next to one of the central bus stop locations and I got onto one of the computers and began looking up the information I wanted.

First... Shenzhen being in southern china was also on closer side of India and the southern, smaller nations which meant the Hindu Pantheon's forces were also in the area.ul

And both cultivation manuals were HEAVILY restricted with divine oaths by both the 'mortal' government and the sects in China, like guns were normally.

"Wait... I can go buy a giant hunting shotgun without a permit in this world. But I can't get a bottle tier cultivation technique without working for the government or joining a Sect... Or marrying into a clan???" I muttered with a groan.

And just to check things. I also looked into America with my face twitching, as America, home of the brave and free didn't restrict cultivation manuals. At all. It was written into their own Declaration of Independence that ALL free men had the right to defend themselves with whatever means they could use.

Which meant cultivation, blood magic, and forbidden rituals were free game in America to learn... This led to it being very chaotic at times as America was built by men trying to escape European slave masters who wanted to turn all of America into magical reagent farms with how primal and untainted the magic was on the continent.

'Should... I just ran off to America to learn the forbidden arts of magic fuck you in all the ways? Although the masters of magic, cultivation, and supernatural creatures of America weren't inherently strong.'

'They are fucking vicious to people who cause issues which is good if I want to keep my head down.' I mused to myself.

And then with a hum, I instead looked to the local sects... As I had a feeling I was dropped here in Shenzhen for a reason beyond being a damned ways away from Japan anyway.

Then I blinked at the so-called most powerful sect in the province. "Ten Hearts Sect... Well this is interesting." 

The Ten Hearts Sect was a sect that focused on the use of emotions for cultivation. Be it for the powerful void that was the Heartless Path of no emotions. The path of dual cultivation in yin and yang. The slaughter god path was the dao losing yourself to your emotions to fuel your power.

I focused... Long and hard on the slaughter god path, as it was honestly perfect for me.

Having a cultivation path that inherently allowed me to control and feed my emotions for more power? Wasn't that giving wings to a tiger in my case of having a Mantra Reactor?

I brushed a hand across my face before I said. "Well. I was thrown here for reason. Time to see if I can join the local murder hobo band."