Cultivator vs. System: The Complete Series: A LitRPG Cultivation Box Set

CULTIVATOR VS. SYSTEM ©2022-2023 VALERIOS This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of the authors. Aethon Books supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Aethon Books www.aethonbooks.com Print, eBook formatting, and cover design by Steve Beaulieu. Cover art provided by Paris Ioannou. Published by Aethon Books LLC. Aethon Books is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead is coincidental. All rights reserved. CONTENTS The First Step 1. The Lost Cultivator 2. The Bar-Dwelling Scholar 3. The Essence of Cultivation 4. Bargains and Blind People 5. Automatons 6. Natural Triumph 7. Anatolia 8. A Slave’s Life 9. Fake Arms, Real Hearts 10. Righteous Fury 11. The Mines of Lonely Mountain 12. Meet the Kobolds 13. Breaking the System Ultimatum 14. Fortune of Ten Generations 15. Freedom or Death 16. The Battle of Lonely Mountain 17. A Snack That Bites Back! 18. Gaze Into The Future 19. Meeting Resistance 20. Heavenly Execution 21. Pinhead Cores 22. A New Adventure 23. The Desert Jewel 24. Mastik Trevendale 25. Monkeys and Eagles 26. Entering the Ruined City 27. Treasure Hunting 101 28. Bug Problems THE FIRST STEP CULTIVATOR VS. SYSTEM: BOOK 1 1 THE LOST CULTIVATOR "Let’s try this one more time." The city guard sitting behind the desk tapped a finger on the hard wood, betraying his irritation. "Name?" he asked. "I really don’t see the point of this," replied the young man sitting across from the mustached soldier, slightly tilting his head to escape the sunlight reflecting off the guard’s iron helmet. "Long Fang." "Long, then." The man scribbled a word on the parchment in front of him. "There is a point, kid, and we’re staying here all day until you begin to make sense. Occupation?" "Young master." "Okay, look"—the guard slammed his pen on the desk, using a thumb