The normal timeline.
Year 3 of the Imperial Calendar, year 53 of the Konoha Calendar.
After returning from his expedition to a parallel world, where he had smashed Super Six Paths Madara, Uchiha Mai enjoyed a few happy days with his two wives before opening the system interface to take stock of his gains over the past few years.
[Style points: 130,000]
A half-star draw cost 100, a one-star draw 300, a one-and-a-half-star draw 1,000, a two-star draw 5,000, and a two-and-a-half-star draw 20,000.
With 130,000 Style Points, Uchiha Mai could make another six two-and-a-half-star draws, but he chose not to.
His last two-and-a-half-star draw had given him [Body's Esoteric Principle: Microcosm Cultivation Method], along with a custom-made Bronze Cloth.
Over the intervening years, Uchiha Mai had cultivated his microcosm to the Seventh Sense, the level of a Gold Saint. He had even upgraded the bonus Cloth into the Phoenix God Cloth, surpassing ordinary Gold Cloths.
Even disregarding its future potential and judging only by his current achievements, this [Microcosm Cultivation Method] was worth more than ten thousand two-star prizes.
Uchiha Mai estimated that the method's true rating was at least four stars.
If he kept drawing from the two-and-a-half-star prize pool, the rewards would most likely be far inferior to the [Microcosm Cultivation Method] and do nothing to improve his strength.
More importantly, two new prize pools had opened beyond the two-and-a-half-star pool.
``` [Three-star prize pool: each draw costs 100,000 Style Points.]
[World Prize Pool: each draw costs 100,000 Style Points.
Note: this is a hidden prize pool, unlocked only after the host has completely conquered a world. Spending 100,000 Style Points unlocks access to a new world.
The host may choose the location and time of their first entry into that world.
The host may