Victor stood motionless as the system panel floated before his eyes.
[Evolution Points: 11.4 Trillion]
A faint smile appeared on his face.
Eleven trillion Evolution Points.
Just a few days ago, such an amount would have been beyond imagination. Now it belonged to him alone. It was enough to transform every aspect of his existence.
He did not hesitate.
There was only one thing that deserved his immediate attention.
His Eternal Body.
Although his regeneration had already reached a terrifying level, allowing him to recover one hundred times faster than ordinary beings, Victor understood that regeneration alone was not enough.
If he wished to stand at the peak of the universe one day, his body itself had to become an eternal fortress.
"System. Upgrade the Eternal Body to the Seventh Layer."
[Ding!]
[Consuming Evolution Points...]
[10 Million Evolution Points deducted.]
[Eternal Body has advanced to the Second Layer.]
A warm current spread through every vein in his body.
His flesh shimmered with a faint divine radiance before returning to normal.
An indescribable purity filled his body.
Every poison, venom, toxin, disease, and harmful substance instantly lost all meaning before him.
Nothing in existence could corrupt him anymore.
Without stopping, Victor continued.
"Continue."
[Ding!]
[100 Million Evolution Points deducted.]
[Eternal Body has advanced to the Third Layer.]
Another transformation began.
This time it was deeper.
Every single cell of his body awakened.
They became living fortresses capable of destroying viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, and every microscopic lifeform the instant they entered his body.
His body had become perfectly self-sterilizing.
Even the most terrifying plague in existence could never infect him.
Victor calmly watched the notifications.
There was no excitement on his face.
Only anticipation.
"Continue."
[Ding!]
[1 Billion Evolution Points deducted.]
[Eternal Body has advanced to the Fourth Layer.]
His bones trembled.
His muscles contracted.
Victor felt his body adapting to concepts rather than environments.
Absolute zero.
The burning core of a star.
The vacuum of space.
Crushing gravity.
Lethal radiation.
None of them could hinder his body anymore.
His regeneration would function perfectly regardless of where he stood.
The universe itself had lost another method of killing him.
"Continue."
[Ding!]
[10 Billion Evolution Points deducted.]
[Eternal Body has advanced to the Fifth Layer.]
A loud crack echoed from inside his body.
His skeleton was reconstructed from the most fundamental level.
His muscles became denser.
His skin glowed with an almost metallic luster before returning to its ordinary appearance.
Victor slowly clenched his fist.
The air exploded.
He had not used any strength.
His body alone had become unbelievably durable.
Even before regeneration activated, ordinary attacks would barely leave a scratch.
Only those vastly stronger than him could hope to damage this body.
"Continue."
[Ding!]
[100 Billion Evolution Points deducted.]
[Eternal Body has advanced to the Sixth Layer.]
The world around him seemed to breathe.
Mana poured endlessly into his cells.
Every breath replenished his stamina.
Every heartbeat generated limitless vitality.
Victor immediately understood what it meant to have almost endless stamina.
He could now fight for years without rest.
As long as there was even the slightest trace of energy around him, exhaustion would never reach him and he had infinite mana to sustain his stamina forever.
"Continue."
[Ding!]
[1 Trillion Evolution Points deducted.]
[Eternal Body has advanced to the Seventh Layer.]
Boom!
A terrifying pressure erupted from Victor’s body.
Golden runes appeared beneath his skin before dissolving into every cell.
His soul trembled violently.
Instead of separating from his body, it merged with every fiber of his existence.
His consciousness expanded.
His brain was no longer the center of his mind.
Every single cell carried his awareness.
Even if his head were destroyed, his consciousness would remain alive.
Mental attacks.
Fear.
Illusions.
Soul manipulation.
Memory alteration.
Possession.
Every one of them had become meaningless.
Unless someone erased every cell of his body from existence, his soul could not truly be destroyed.
The transformation lasted several minutes.
Pain surged through every part of his body.
His flesh felt as though it were being torn apart and rebuilt countless times.
However, compared to the agony of creating the Eternal Body for the first time, this pain was insignificant.
The Evolution Points had absorbed most of the burden.
Finally, everything settled.
Victor slowly opened his eyes.
His pupils had become unimaginably deep, as though countless stars were hidden within them.
He looked down at his hand.
It appeared completely ordinary.
Yet he knew this body had already crossed into the realm of the divine.
Infinite stamina.
Near indestructibility.
A soul fused with every cell.
Unless someone completely disintegrated him at the cellular level, soul attacks alone could never kill him.
Victor slowly closed his fingers into a fist. The surrounding space rippled. For a brief moment, he almost felt invincible.
Then he smiled and shook his head.
"There is no need to become arrogant. The universe is far larger than I know. I still have a long way to go."
His attention shifted toward another unfinished task.
The remaining elemental domains.
Without hesitation, Victor spent twenty seven billion Evolution Points to comprehend the remaining seven elemental domains.
Countless insights flooded his mind.
Fire.
Water.
Wind.
Earth.
Metal
Lightning.
Darkness.
Every law unfolded before him with astonishing clarity.
Immediately afterward, he spent another fifteen billion Evolution Points.
The Space Domain.
The Time Domain.
The two supreme domains were instantly mastered to the First Grade.
Victor slowly exhaled. He looked at his combat prowess again.
[Combat Prowess: 1.05 Million Mega Stars]
He was more than 10 times stronger than a while ago.
Yet his attention was focused elsewhere.
"System."
"How many Evolution Points are required to comprehend the Chaos Domain?"
[Ding!]
[Required Evolution Points: 5 Trillion.]
Victor fell silent.
He had expected something outrageous.
Even then, five trillion still exceeded his expectations.
Chaos truly deserved its title as the supreme element.
He smiled bitterly.
"We will leave Chaos for later."
"Now I want to understand the Time Domain."
"What exactly can it do?"
The system responded immediately.
[Ding!]
[Time Domain First Grade.]
[You may reverse time by up to one month. Beyond that limit, your life force will begin to be consumed.]
[Beings two major realms above you are immune to your Time Domain.]
[You may stop time for one minute without cost. Extending the duration will consume your life force.]
[You may accelerate time by up to three times without cost. Greater acceleration will consume your life force.]
Victor’s eyes widened. A genuine smile appeared on his face.
Finally.
He had escaped the curse that had haunted him since obtaining temporal power.
Although limits still existed, normal usage no longer demanded his life force.
That alone was an enormous improvement.
Then he remembered something.
The World System had mentioned a powerful blood essence had merged with the planet a while ago. He didn’t have time to think about that that time. But now he could think.
"System."
"You said an extraordinary blood essence had fused with this world."
"Show me its location."
A golden map immediately appeared before his eyes.
Without wasting another second, Victor disappeared.
Space folded around him.
An instant later, he arrived inside a massive mountain far away from human civilization.
Deep beneath the mountain lay an ancient cave.
The air was silent. No living creature dared approach this place.
Victor calmly stepped forward. His eyes scanned the surroundings.
Then he softly spoke.
"Time Domain."
A gray radiance expanded outward.
The entire cave was swallowed by a silent temporal field.
Everything froze.
Victor raised his hand.
"Time Reversal."
Boom!
The cave trembled violently.
Mana erupted from Victor’s body like an endless tsunami.
The consumption was terrifying.
Casting this technique once consumed more mana than unleashing a Mythical Spell hundreds of times.
Fortunately, his newly evolved Eternal Body could handle such expenditure easily.
His expression never changed.
The world itself began moving backward.
Broken stones floated into the air.
Dust returned to the walls.
Time continued reversing.
Soon a shattered golden red vial reformed into its original state.
Moments later, the projection of the Demonic Dragon Planet’s president appeared.
Behind him floated the entrance to the White Dungeon.
Everything continued reversing exactly as it had happened.
Victor stopped the reversal just before the avatar crushed the vial.
The president’s avatar suddenly turned around.
His eyes widened with disbelief.
He had sensed absolutely nothing.
Even as a mere avatar, his true body was a Grade Ten Domain Master.
His perception surpassed countless worlds.
Yet somehow, a human had appeared beside him without crossing space.
He could never imagine the truth.
Victor had not entered the cave.
He had entered the past.
Victor smiled gently.
For some reason, that innocent smile sent an inexplicable chill through the avatar.
Before the avatar could react, the golden red vial vanished from his hand.
It instantly appeared in Victor’s palm.
Victor snapped his fingers.
The avatar shattered into countless particles before disappearing completely.
Silence returned to the cave.
Victor examined the crimson golden vial.
"What exactly are you?"
The system answered immediately.
[Name: Ice Fire Elemental Phoenix Blood Essence.]
[Grade: 8.]
Victor’s breathing became slightly heavier.
"A Grade Eight Blood Essence..."
He looked at the crystal vial with unconcealed curiosity.
"Can I use this somehow?"
Far away on the Demonic Dragon Planet, the president abruptly opened his eyes.
A strange sense of unease filled his heart.
He instinctively felt that something important had changed.
Yet no matter how hard he searched his memories, he could not identify what had happened.
At that exact moment, a communicator lit up before him.
"The ministry has summoned me."
He frowned slightly before standing up.
"I will think about this later."