Chapter 572 - 349: Breakthrough! Breakthrough!

Chapter 572: Chapter 349: Breakthrough! Breakthrough!

The only way to upgrade before the finals was to use the 200x accelerated time flow in the Time Tower.

Without a moment’s delay, Li Wen vanished from the villa.

He transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for the Time Tower in the core area of the Source Net branch.

Thanks to his second-place rank on the total ranking list and his pre-booked time slot, he entered a core cultivation chamber with almost no waiting.

The heavy metal door closed silently behind him.

Li Wen didn’t hesitate, immediately pushing the time flow multiplier to its maximum limit of 200x.

The surrounding space was instantly enveloped by an even denser layer of temporal energy, and the sensation of time’s passage became vague and distant.

Once the 200x flow rate had completely stabilized,

Li Wen sat down cross-legged, focused his mind, and adjusted his condition to its peak.

’Let’s begin.’

With a thought, he decisively sent the upgrade command to the panel.

[Scholar Class meets upgrade requirements. Upgrading...]

The cold, mechanical text flashed through his consciousness and vanished.

Immediately after—

BOOM!!!

A vast, majestic torrent of Spiritual Power materialized out of thin air.

It ignored the barriers of spacetime, erupting from the void.

It poured down violently and unreservedly into Li Wen’s sea of consciousness.

This torrent was a deep, dark gold.

Under the impact of this irresistible torrent, Li Wen’s sea of consciousness was instantly stretched, widened, and reshaped.

His 19,900-zhang-tall Primordial Spirit manifestation was also completely submerged by this golden spiritual torrent.

Inside the Time Tower’s cultivation chamber, space twisted violently, stirred by the sudden arrival of this terrifying spiritual energy.

Li Wen’s consciousness bobbed in the torrent, guiding the immense power that could have burst the sea of consciousness of an ordinary Star Lord.

He converted it into nourishment for the metamorphosis of his own Primordial Spirit and Law origin.

A transformation concerning the sublimation of the soul had begun, accelerated 200-fold.

Only five days remained until the finals of the Cosmic Peak Genius Tournament.

But here in the Time Tower, he had more than enough time to complete this crucial transformation.

...

Inside the Time Tower, it was absolutely silent.

Only the veins of Law throbbed in the intangible spacetime.

Li Wen sat cross-legged, his mind completely immersed in the depths of his sea of consciousness.

His towering Primordial Spirit manifestation was currently undergoing a total, bone-deep transformation.

Its height was climbing, inch by inch, steadfastly moving from 19,900 zhang toward the 20,000-zhang chasm that symbolized the realm of a Tier Two Star Lord.

His sea of consciousness seemed to resonate, the formless spiritual torrent solidifying into points of starlight, which were then ravenously devoured by the massive Primordial Spirit manifestation.

Every inch of its growth was accompanied by a sublimation of the Primordial Spirit’s essence.

The very instant the Primordial Spirit manifestation touched the 20,000-zhang mark—

HUMMM!

A grand hum originating from the depths of his soul reverberated throughout his sea of consciousness.

Brilliant light erupted from the manifestation’s core, instantly illuminating his entire conscious space.

The most significant change occurred behind the manifestation.

The single, giant halo that had previously hovered behind its head, radiating a sacred glow, suddenly split, solidified, and became two!

The newly formed halo was larger than the original and was layered with it.

They rotated slowly around the majestic Primordial Spirit manifestation, one inside the other.

The twin, shining halos made the already dignified and sacred Primordial Spirit manifestation appear even more august and solemn.

An aura far vaster than that of a Tier One Star Lord naturally began to emanate from it.

Tier Two Star Lord, achieved!

Time flew by at a 200x rate.

After a full forty days had passed inside the tower, the transformation triggered by the Scholar level-up was finally complete.

The brilliant light receded, and the Primordial Spirit stabilized.

Li Wen’s Primordial Spirit manifestation now stood majestically at a height of 22,000 zhang, its twin halos slowly rotating and emitting a heart-palpitating dignity.

With every movement, it seemed capable of creating ripples in spacetime and mobilizing even greater amounts of Primordial Power and Wish Power.

Li Wen slowly opened his eyes, a silver-gold divine light flashing in their depths before vanishing.

He glanced at the timer in the tower, the corners of his lips turning up. "It certainly took a while. Forty full days."

The time was slightly longer than he had estimated, but the feeling of power after the breakthrough made him feel that every single second was worth it.

"I still have sixty days," he murmured, his eyes gleaming. "Just enough time to test out the 230% comprehension boost from a Lv. 23 Absolute Focus."

Over the past two months, he hadn’t just accumulated an astronomical amount of Scholar experience.

He had also raced against the clock inside the Time Tower to comprehend the Time Law.

He had long since pushed his comprehension to the peak of the Late-stage Saint Realm, and was just a single step away from breaking through to Tier One Star Lord.

"Absolute Focus, activate!"

As the thought formed, the twin halos of the Primordial Spirit manifestation in his sea of consciousness suddenly accelerated their rotation.

A power even greater than he’d had at Lv. 22 instantly augmented the core of Li Wen’s consciousness.

A 230% comprehension boost!

’This 10% increase is surprisingly significant.’

The threads of the Time Law inside the Time Tower, which were already clear, now became unprecedentedly vivid.

He could clearly see the intricate network woven by the Law threads.

He could more easily capture the fleeting nodes and deeper patterns in the Law’s operation.

For the deep changes that had once been obscure and difficult to understand, ideas now flowed like a spring.

He immediately immersed himself, greedily reaping the benefits of this surge in comprehension.

Inside the Time Tower, another two full months slipped by quietly.

When the tower’s soft vocal prompt announced, "Daily training time limit reached," Li Wen was roused from his deepest state of comprehension.

He slowly stood up, his aura harmonious and restrained, as deep as an abyss.

At this moment, the Time Law Dao Seed within his body—that silver core—had expanded to its absolute limit.