The First Patriarch: Streaming My Cosmic Harem

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Karma Store

Azriel stared at the glowing holographic layout in absolute, paralyzed disbelief.

Just seconds ago, he had been feeling like an absolute king, riding the high of his newly accumulated 19,576 Karma Points.

He had genuinely thought he was rich enough to buy out a decent chunk of the store.

He was wrong.

He wasn’t rich.

He was practically a cosmic beggar.

The "Top Hot-Selling Products" section on the main page wasn’t designed for a Level 1 streamer.

It was clearly curated for high-ranking cosmic entities or veteran dimensional travelers.

The prices weren’t just high; they were downright astronomical, stretching into millions of Karma Points.

His violet eyes darted across the trending items, his modern brain automatically processing the sheer absurdity of the listing names and their terrifyingly grand price tags:

COSMIC TRENDING DEALS — RECOMMENDED FOR PRODIGAL CREATORS

[Item Name]: Primordial Law of the Abyssal Tyrant (Ultimate Inheritance Skill Book)

Description: Instantly grants the user perfect mastery over the Forbidden Laws of Gravity and Void, allowing one to crush entire star systems with a single thought. Perfect for breaking the pride of high-ranking matriarchs.

Rating: 4.9/5 — 56 Reviews

Price: 12,000,000 KP -> 8,500,000 KP (30% Flash Sale!)

Stock: Only 2 left in this quadrant!

[Item Name]: Nine-Refined Chaos-Severing Divine Sword (Origin Artifact)

Description: A blade forged in the heart of a dying primordial star. Its edge ignores physical and magical defense entirely. Grants the wielder absolute authority over spatial cutting.

Rating: 5.0/5 — 89 Reviews

Price: 5,200,000 KP

Shipping: Free Interdimensional Delivery.

[Item Name]: Abyssal Ardor Bloodline Awakening Reagent — Sovereign Tier (Consumable)

Description: Purifies your current Abyssal Ardor Bloodline from Rank D straight to Rank S, forcefully triggering a worldwide celestial phenomenon and granting absolute masculine supremacy over any female within a 10-mile radius.

Rating: 4.8/5 — 138 Reviews

Price: 3,800,000 KP

[Item Name]: GrandMaster Shackle-Breaker Nullification Seal (Divine Utility)

Description: A passive, one-time-use talisman that immediately shatters any tracking curse or binding spell placed by an Overlord-level powerhouse or higher, entirely reversing the feedback to paralyze the original caster.

Rating: 4.7/5 — 450 Reviews

Price: 500,000 KP (Lowest price on the main page!)

"Five hundred thousand for the cheapest thing on the front page?!" Azriel screamed internally, his eyes nearly popping out of his skull as he stared at the Shackle-Breaker Seal.

He looked down at his own pathetic balance of 19,576 KP.

If he tried to check out any of these front-page items, the system’s automated shopping cart would probably laugh him out of the interface.

Even the absolute lowest item on the screen, required over twenty-five times his current net worth.

He let out a weak, defeated sigh, his confidence taking a massive financial hit.

He had survived two grueling nights under a world-class powerhouse, successfully captured the hearts of higher-realm viewers, and his payout was still basically pocket change compared to the true treasures of the universe.

’Calm down, think logically,’ Azriel told himself, aggressively rubbing his face to shake off the financial dread.

’This is just the main landing page showing the most expensive luxury items to tempt me. There has to be a filter option.’

With a trembling finger, his mind navigated to the search bar at the top of the e-commerce interface.

He bypassed the millions-KP flashy banners, clicked on the filter drop-down menu, and aggressively clicked: [Sort by: Price: Low to High].

"Come on, show me the budget section," he muttered under his breath, desperately hoping the system had something viable for a Level 1 streamer who was scheduled to head to a brutal imperial training ground at dawn.

The holographic interface rippled, the rows of multi-million Karma Point luxury items dissolving into particle light before rewriting themselves.

The flashing banners for star-system-crushing laws disappeared, replaced by a much more modest, albeit slightly insulting, selection.

SEARCH RESULTS — FILTER: PRICE (LOW TO HIGH)

[Item Name]: Basic High-Calorie Energy Bar (Consumable)

Description: Instantly restores 50% of an Awakened’s stamina. Guaranteed to stave off starvation during grueling training sessions.

Price: 5 KP

Reviews: 2.3/5 — 120K reviews

[Item Name]: Mortal-Tier Iron Dagger (Mundane Weapon)

Description: A standard iron blade forged by an amateur human blacksmith. It has no magical properties, dulls quickly, and will likely shatter if it comes into contact with anything harder than a common forest wolf’s skull.

Price: 25 KP

Reviews: 2.3/5 — 109K reviews

[Item Name]: Novice Aether Compression Technique (Skill Book - Common)

Description: A bottom-tier manual detailing how to slowly draw raw Aether into your body. The execution speed is excruciatingly slow, comparable to filling an ocean with an eyedropper.

Price: 500 KP

Reviews: 2.3/5 — 134K reviews

Azriel scrolled past the absolute garbage, his thumb flicking rapidly across the holographic screen until the prices finally began to climb into the thousands, the tier where items actually became useful for someone in his unique predicament.

His eyes locked onto a section labeled [Recommended for Low-Rank Charmers & Streamers].

[Item Name]: Drifting Wind Foot Technique (Agility Skill Book - Rank B)

Description: A footwork technique that allows the user to move like the wind. Excellent for evading heavy, predictable attacks.

Price: 4,500 KP

[Item Name]: Abyssal Ardor Bloodline: ’Iron Core Resilience’ (Passive Skill)

Description: Permanently hardens the user’s internal organs and skeletal structure. Increases baseline Endurance by 2% and allows the physical body to absorb heavy impact forces, converting a small percentage of incoming blunt trauma into raw stamina.

Price: 8,000 KP

[Item Name]: Charm Overdrive: ’Heart-Lock’ (Active Skill - Rank A)

Description: For 60 seconds, target a single individual. If their emotional trust or passion toward you is already high, this skill temporarily bypasses their logical defense mechanisms, inducing a brief state of absolute compliance. (Cooldown: 24 Hours).

Price: 12,500 KP

Azriel stared at the three options, his finger hovering over the checkout button.

But just as he was about to finalize the purchase, a flashy, golden pop-up banner suddenly animated itself right in the center of his vision, forcing its way to the top of his recommendations.

His eyes locked onto the title of the item, and his breath hitched. It was an ability book priced at exactly 21,000 KP.