Under the system's "Dual Cultivation" buff, every "exchange" was a perfect fusion of energy and soul.
Athena's pure divine energy continuously cleansed Cloud's body and spirit.
Meanwhile, Cloud's powerful, dominating "Ultimate Power" seed nurtured Athena, making her control over her abilities increasingly masterful.
Life couldn't get any better than this.
One week later.
When Athena tested her strength again, she was astonished to discover that her Absolute Domain—already stabilized at 90%—had silently taken another massive leap forward!
"Oh my god! 93% Absolute Domain!" Athena covered her mouth, eyes full of disbelief. "I... I just trained with you every day... and my strength..."
"Basic stuff, nothing special." Cloud casually held her slender waist, looking completely calm while internally laughing madly. "Silly girl, did you think we were just doing simple 'mmm' and 'ahh' at night? That's called 'Partner Yoga Soul-and-Body-as-One Energy Exchange Deep Training'! Know anything about technique?"
As the biggest beneficiary of "Dual Cultivation," Cloud's changes were even more "terrifying."
During these seven days, he hadn't deliberately trained at all—just spent every day with Athena, enjoying this rare tenderness and tranquility.
Yet his realm was quietly, silently advancing toward that sacred territory.
Every fusion of body and soul with Athena was like adding the most crucial fuel to his about-to-boil kettle.
Finally, on the seventh night, when the two reached another peak of "great harmony of life," Cloud felt that seemingly unbreakable bottleneck within him—like ice melting in spring rain—pop open.
No earth-shaking aura eruption.
No heaven-and-earth-destroying phenomena.
Everything seemed so natural, so perfectly timed.
He had broken through.
[DING! Congratulations, Host! Your Absolute Domain has successfully reached 100%!]
[Your life level is undergoing transformation! Breaking through the limits of mortal flesh!]
[New realm unlocked! Congratulations, Host—you have successfully comprehended: Ultimate Power!]
In that instant, Cloud felt the entire world look different to his eyes.
He could "see" the law-lines flowing through the air, "hear" the subtle sounds of the river of time rushing past, "touch" the fragile nodes in the walls of space.
He felt that with a single thought, he could erase Mount Wutai from the map.
He was no longer "human."
He was a walking "law," a "god" wearing human skin!
Even more ridiculous—after his breakthrough, because his foundation had been so incredibly deep (absorbing the Emperor's leftover energy, plus dual-cultivating with a divine descendant), his realm continued climbing at a slow but steady pace!
[Ultimate Power rising: 10%... 20%... 30%!]
Only after reaching the 30% threshold did that climbing momentum finally slow to a stop.
Cloud slowly opened his eyes. A flash of golden divine light passed through them before returning to their profound, still-as-ancient-wells depths.
He looked at Athena in his arms—exhausted from "training" and sound asleep—and a gentle smile spread across his face.
"Thank you, my goddess."
He lowered his head and pressed a love-filled kiss to her smooth forehead.
...
The next morning, Cloud immediately opened his "attribute panel."
[Name: Cloud]
[Realm: Ultimate Power (30%)]
[Bloodline: Chaos Divine Bloodline (Evolution 25%)]
[Four-Dimensional Attributes:]
[Constitution: 230] (Peak ordinary human = 10)
[Strength: 230] (Peak ordinary human = 10)
[Agility: 230] (Peak ordinary human = 10)
[Spirit: 250] (Peak ordinary human = 10)
[Skills Possessed: ... (Data overflow, collapsed)]
[Source Points: 285,000]
Looking at this "explosive" attribute panel, Cloud nodded in satisfaction.
[System Sass Time: Host! Allow me to offer my most sincere praise for this blindingly magnificent attribute panel!]
[Constitution 230! This means if you get hit directly by a cruise missile, you'll at most feel your skin itch a bit—and you could catch the warhead with your teeth to use as a bottle opener!]
[Strength 230! This means you need to sneeze toward empty areas, otherwise you might cause a small-scale typhoon! Bending an aircraft carrier with your bare hands? That's just a warm-up exercise!]
[Agility 230! If you entered the Olympics, the 100-meter dash timer would probably break the moment you started running!]
[As for the highest, Spirit 250! Host, you're basically a BUG! Spirit is the hardest of the four stats to improve, yet you just maxed it! Thank the War God Athena's friendly donation of spirit fragments, plus your day-and-night diligent dual cultivation with Ms. Athena Asamiya! Now a single thought from you could make every man in the world question his life; a single glance could make every woman want to bear your children! You are... a walking spiritual nuclear bomb!]
[In summary, Host, you're now a hexagon warrior with all stats maxed—plus two extra sides! Who else?!]
"Alright alright, stop the flattery." Cloud was getting embarrassed from this "rainbow fart" bombardment. "Stay low-key, understand? Low-key."
His mouth said that, but his heart was blooming with joy.
Just then, his phone buzzed. An encrypted message from Mature.
The content was simple: "The matter you assigned has been handled..."
...
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