One Step to Heaven

Andorhal Reservoir had been built cheaply and quickly for one important reason.

Cheating.

Through cheating, Zhou Ming had stolen vast amounts of power from the mana web for his own use.

He had first infiltrated the mana web known as Azure Power and carved out a small piece of personal "territory" at the end of a strand of magic.

On this private "little patch of land," and with the system's help, he had evaded the control and surveillance of the mana web's administrators, brazenly carrying out the illegal business of stealing magical power and doing as he pleased.

The power contained within the mana web was so immense that it could truly be described as inexhaustible.

What could Zhou Ming do if he controlled such limitless power?

Cast spells without limit.

Take Azure Impact, a Level 1 spell that consumed 1 unit of Azure Power. Zhou Ming had originally only been able to cast a few hundred of them, but now?

The power of the entire mana web was at his disposal.

He could cast countless spells.

A virus.

A virus that had invaded the mana web... Some people would probably think of that term first.

That was right. Zhou Ming was the virus. He felt that honestly accumulating magical power was far too slow. He might as well steal the mana web's highest authority and obtain the same "unlimited usage rights" as Guild Master Karosinasri of the Azure Hand Guild.

More than that, Zhou Ming felt that it was not enough for him alone to gain "unlimited usage rights." He was an emperor; he could not possibly do all the work himself. He needed to find a group of people to make proper use of the vast power within the Azure Power mana web.

Thus, Zhou Ming became an