The Black Qilin departed, and Evan Chu returned to his secluded cultivation chamber. This time, his goal was to break through to the early God-Emperor Realm before emerging again—and once he did, he’d head directly beneath the mine’s earth layer to seize the Violet Cloud Crystals.
Although the divine power within the Timewheel Bracelet was abundant, it still wasn’t quite enough for Evan. He needed far more divine energy than others to raise his cultivation, and he was keenly aware of this fact.
He took out a huge pile of God Stones from the Coiling-Dragon Ring—every one of them top-grade, with quite a few God Crystals mixed in. Back at Rainbow Court, Evan had won five hundred million Violet Cloud Crystals, and in addition to those, Mistress Elena had also given him a mountain of God Stones.
After all, five hundred million was no small sum, so using God Stones as collateral was perfectly normal. Evan split his focus, holding God Stones in both hands and absorbing them frantically, falling into a meditative trance like an old monk entering enlightenment.
For a cultivator, time was worthless. Evan practiced day and night, endlessly absorbing divine energy as his Chaos Divine Power circulated again and again. He had no idea how much time passed, but suddenly a crisp sound echoed within him—the sound of a breakthrough. He’d reached mid-stage God-King Realm.
But he wasn’t satisfied with this realm. With a wry smile, he began consolidating his breakthrough, then resumed his frenzied absorption. This cycle repeated over and over, and in a blink, hundreds of years passed. Now, he’d advanced to late-stage God-King Realm, just a step away from breaking through to God-Emperor.
That last step was both easy and impossibly hard for Evan. Sometimes a single flash of insight was enough to break through; other times, even centuries weren’t enough. And inside the Timewheel Bracelet, time barely counted—hundreds of years inside were just a few years outside.
He’d already burned through nearly half his God Stones, and the cost was starting to feel unsustainable. But unless he reached the God-Emperor Realm, he refused to leave. This time, he planned to convert all his Violet Cloud Crystals into God Stones—and the only place to do that was the Treasure Consortium, the one force rich enough to handle such a trade.
Breaking through to the God-Emperor Realm was almost torture for Evan. He kept hitting the bottleneck at late-stage God-King, and during this period, he split off his Wind Golden Body and Thunder Golden Body. He also let his other Golden Bodies cultivate on their own.
Now Evan had six avatars—not because he didn’t want more, but because the agony of splitting his soul was simply unbearable. Even with his monstrous endurance, he could barely withstand it, which showed just how excruciating it truly was.