The academy hall buzzed with the impending awakening, but for Caelus Kross, it was just another stage for public humiliation. Lena Ashborn, the golden daughter of the influential clan that had taken him in, didn't even bother turning her head when her friends mocked Caelus. "Why should I ever waste my kindness on a defect?" she scoffed, her voice sharp enough to cut glass, dismissing his pathetic E-Grade Mana Affinity against her genius A-Rank. Ren, a special class student, echoed the sentiment, politely but firmly telling Caelus, "It seems like you and I were simply never destined to walk the same path." This public shaming, a constant backdrop to Caelus's life, fueled a quiet rage in the transmigrator. He vowed to correct every injustice, starting with the very first step into the Origin Ascension Domain. The moment of truth arrived with system chimes and flickering lights. Caelus, desperate for the cheat all transmigrators received, watched his vision glitch, heard deafening static, and saw a terrifying red "System Error! Talent Awakening Failed" flash before his eyes. But then, a violent shimmer, a cosmic whirlpool, and the impossible happened: "Talent Awakening Successful. You have awakened the SSS-Rank Skill: Endless Extraction." His cheat wasn't just overpowered; it was system-breaking. His first test of this legendary power came with a simple newbie dagger. With a mental command, he extracted its impurities, watching it evolve into a Rare 1-Star 'Newbie Dagger' and his Combat Score instantly jump from 1.0 to 2.0. The world still saw him as a defect, but Caelus now held a secret that would shake its very foundations. This power was his key, and he knew he would need it to survive and thrive in a world where the Ashborns would surely discard him the moment his meager benefits ran out.

Stepping into the Newbie Plains, Caelus found himself amidst a brutal landscape where survival was paramount. His mission: hunt ten fierce beasts. He soon witnessed a desperate clash between a player and a mutated boar. The player, battered and paralyzed, lay teetering on the brink of death. A dark, calculating idea sparked in Caelus's mind. He crept silently from the bushes, not to help, but to exploit. With a swift, cold strike of his newly enhanced dagger, he ended the player's struggle. "This is a game-like world. Even if I kill you right here and now, nothing permanent happens to you in reality just yet," Caelus calmly lectured the cooling corpse, justifying his actions with the harsh reality of the Domain: "The strong survive, and the weak... well, they just become premium loot for the strong." The true reward came next. Over the player's corpse, a golden prompt appeared: "Target Detected. Would you like to Extract?" Caelus mentally clicked yes. "Extraction successful... You have successfully extracted the Talent: Body Enhancement (D-Rank)." His Combat Score rocketed from 2.0 to 5.0, his average physique instantly replaced by chiseled muscles that radiated raw strength, tearing through his cheap linen shirt. This confirmed the terrifying scope of his SSS-Rank talent: he could extract powers from other players. He then extracted from the Elite Boar carcass, learning that humans yielded talents/skills, while beasts provided raw stats and physical materials like Fresh Boar Meat. Bolstered by his new power, he faced a pack of four common boars. Despite his vastly increased stats, his lack of combat experience showed; he stumbled, flailed, and barely scraped by, realizing that raw power alone wouldn't guarantee victory. He needed skill, and he needed more diverse talents to overcome his crippling E-Rank mana affinity.

Caelus's E-Rank Mana Affinity continued to precede him. Encountering Alex's party, he was immediately recognized by Riya, who questioned his claims of clearing boars. Arnold, a burly member, looked at Caelus with undisguised disdain, prompting Caelus to retort sharply, "Hey, dumbass, if you look at me like that again, I will beat you up." His "boasting" about clearing the boars was met with skepticism, but then he casually pulled out 10kg of freshly butchered boar meat from his inventory, stunning the group. This concrete evidence of his prowess, however unexplained, marked the beginning of his subtle domination. Just as the global trading system activated, Caelus seized the opportunity. He began selling his excess boar meat, first for 20 Origin Credits, then wisely increasing it to 30 for cooked portions, quickly accumulating wealth. When the Reputation System unlocked, Player 555, Caelus's anonymous identity, swiftly claimed the first two Reputation Points for being the first to trade and complete a quest. His combat score, now 8.5 after leveling to Level 2 and implicitly acquiring Fire Manipulation (as he uses Fireball later), earned him another Reputation Point. The Wealth Leaderboard soon followed, with Player 555 sitting at the undisputed number one spot, garnering yet another Reputation Point. Caelus was rapidly establishing an economic and reputational monopoly in Server 513, all while maintaining his facade as a talentless E-Rank. His path to power was not just through combat, but through strategic resource control and information arbitrage, quietly setting himself apart from the "elites" who still dismissed him.

Returning to his dorm after a day of secret grinding, Caelus was met with an unexpected, intimate assault. Sylvia Reign, the esteemed school beauty from the Special Class, burst into his room, pounced onto his lap, and without a word, bit his neck. Caelus, though bewildered, felt a notification chime: "You have formed a bond with a Vampire. As a result, you have gained the skill: Blood Manipulation (Common, 1-Star)." Sylvia, with flushed cheeks and sharp fangs, revealed herself as a True Vampire, her race changed by a powerful talent. She needed his blood daily to stabilize her powers, and to Caelus's annoyance, she was physically much stronger than his current Combat Score of 24.15, making resistance futile. Ever the pragmatist, Caelus seized the opportunity, demanding 100 Origin Credits for each blood donation, escalating to 150 for "takeout" portions. Sylvia, initially surprised, eventually agreed, solidifying a bizarre, lucrative contract. Just as Caelus began to process this new entanglement, an urgent, ominous system notification flashed globally: the Azure Origin Planet had failed to meet its dungeon clearance threshold over 250 years, forcing it into an "Alpha Phase" with immediate "World Quests" and a dire threat of "removal from the bracket of the Origin Network." Mass hysteria erupted across the planet. Caelus, now bound to a powerful, possessive vampire and facing an existential threat to his new home, realized the stakes had just escalated dramatically. He needed to accelerate his growth, uncover more secrets, and leverage his unique talents to survive this rapidly changing reality.

Caelus, now understanding the brutal realities of the Domain, found a new target for his Endless Extraction: his unsuspecting friend, Albert. He repeatedly invited Albert to Arena matches, not for friendly sparring, but to systematically extract his combat experience and talents. Albert, confident in his B-Rank Lightning Domain and Combat Score of 7-8, was bewildered as Caelus one-shotted him again and again. Each defeat yielded valuable "Combat Experience" for Caelus, refining his clumsy movements. Eventually, after persistent grinding, Caelus successfully extracted Albert's "B-Rank Talent: Lightning Domain," along with the "Rare 1-Star Skill: Compressed Lightning Shot" and "Common 1-Star Skill: Lightning Step." Albert, stunned by Caelus's overwhelming secret strength, finally pieced together that his friend was the mysterious Player 555 and vowed absolute secrecy. With new combat skills and a deeper understanding of the Domain's economy, Caelus turned his attention to the trading hub. He initiated a systematic market exploitation: purchasing cheap Common 1-Star weapons and armor for 25-50 Origin Credits, then using Endless Extraction to refine them into Rare and Epic grades. He resold these upgraded items for massive profits, easily undercutting existing merchants. A Rare 1-Star spear, bought for 25 OC, resold for 300 OC. An Epic 1-Star Windbreaker Dagger, acquired by upgrading a Rare one, boosted his Combat Score from 10.55 to 12.55 and was listed for 2,000 OC. Within hours, he amassed 2,715 Origin Credits, effectively cornering the market and establishing himself as a formidable economic force. He even shrewdly haggled down the price of a "Weapon Manifestation" skill card from 200 to 40 Origin Credits from a naive seller named Mia. Caelus was rapidly becoming an unstoppable, albeit covert, power in both combat and commerce.

Caelus plunged back into the Domain, now driven by the "Become the Town Leader" quest. He navigated the Newbie Plains to an unexplored zone, where he single-handedly annihilated a Level 4 Tyrant Boar, a Tyrant-Level Fierce Beast with a Combat Score of 13.0, easily outmaneuvering it with his enhanced speed and newly acquired skills. This feat earned him not only an E-Rank Charge talent but also a Rare Treasure Chest. From the chest, he obtained a Vitality Reservoir Fruit, boosting his HP, and the Tempest Combat Set, which he immediately extracted to Epic grade. This set, with its "Eye of the Storm" passive, perfectly synergized with his Lightning Domain, halving mana costs and stacking critical hit chances. A further stroke of luck saw his E-Rank Saber Light talent merge with his D-Rank Weapon Manifestation, forming the D-Rank "Weapon Light Barrage" talent – a rare feat of talent resonance. Next, Caelus efficiently extracted Mana-Infused Ironwood Logs and Refined Stone Blocks directly from the environment, bypassing manual labor. He then stumbled upon Maple Town, an NPC settlement, just as it faced a devastating beast tide. Caelus, with his formidable Combat Score of 15.55 (soon to be 19.75 after leveling to 4 from quest rewards), single-handedly defended the Town Heart, earning the eternal allegiance of the NPCs. This completed his Town Leader quest, granting him a level up, a Profession Card, the Town Ledger, and the blueprint for Automated Harvesting Fields. Most significantly, he received a Legendary Retainer Summoner Card, which he used to summon Prime, a Level 4 Golden Knight with a Combat Score of 15.8 and a Holy Attribute Origin Skill. As Town Leader, Caelus immediately issued server-wide gathering quests to his player base, offering safe EXP while he covered the 5,000 Origin Credit cost, effectively turning his server into his personal, grateful labor force. The final piece of the chest loot, a mysterious Treasure Map, hinted at real-world secrets and awaited his attention.

Caelus's relentless grinding continued, pushing him to Level 5 and a Combat Score of 24.15. He acquired more diverse talents like D-Rank Shadow Hand, which he used to decimate a massive mixed beast colony, and later Spark Ignition, Tremor Authority, Poison Application, and Laser Manipulation from other players. During this rapid ascent, the Origin Network revealed "Mod Slots" and a "Mythical Raid Card," hinting at deeper cosmic mechanics. A critical reversal struck when his newly acquired Chaos Dragon Heart was severely nerfed, dropping his Combat Score from 500 to 132 (Iron I) and HP from 510 to 160 due to his E-Rank affinity – a furious Caelus cursed the system. The world itself ascended to the Middle Expanse, and the true nature of dungeons as mana-siphoning tools of other races was revealed. Back in reality, the school announced a mandatory combat assessment tournament. Caelus, now wielding a terrifying 24.15 Combat Score, easily crushed Brad's fist, a special class student with a CS of 31, during a confrontation. Instructor Aron, furious, threatened to call the Player Association, but Caelus calmly revealed he had an Epic Streaming skill, capable of recording the entire fight, thus exposing Toby's killing intent. This was Caelus's first public face-slap, a clear demonstration of his hidden power. Lena's plot to have him killed outside school was revealed, countered by Leonard Reign, Sylvia's protective Gold Rank brother, who was actively seeking Caelus. Sylvia herself, having dropped out of school, moved into Caelus's new Dragon Luxury Estate, demanding his blood daily. Caelus's journey spiraled into multi-world conflicts, inter-dimensional raids, and the acquisition of a Dungeon Master Profession, allowing him to spawn dungeons. His power grew monstrously with his Aura Rank reaching 10, the Mythical Class Skill Origin Reflection, and even extracting the Inferno Control class from another player, solidifying his role as a force to be reckoned with.