RE: LORD OF TIME

The ranks of pills, potions, and artifacts were divided into nine ranks. The lowest was Rank One, while the highest was Rank Nine.

But even among the same ranks, there was a difference.

The minor healing potion that William had found in Lucas’ storage ring was one of the most common Rank One potions and could be bought anywhere in the market.

Similarly, the Molten Spirit Pill was also a Rank One pill. But compared to a minor Rank One healing potion, it was extremely rare.

If the price of a minor healing potion in the market was generally around 30 gold coins, then the price of a Molten Spirit Pill was about 150 gold coins, almost five times that of a minor healing potion.

Moreover, because of its high demand among Star Warriors, it was very difficult to buy this pill normally.

As the pill entered William’s body, it transformed into a burst of energy and rushed towards his Aether Core.

The huge amount of Aether Energy contained within the Molten Spirit Pill was enough to push a middle-stage Star Warrior to the peak of the Star Warrior Realm.

Although William’s energy requirement for a breakthrough was far higher than that of other people because of the large capacity of his core, the energy from the pill was still sufficient to push him from the middle stage to the peak of the Star Warrior Realm.

The main reason was because he was already very close to reaching the peak of the Star Warrior Realm and didn’t need much energy.

Moreover, most people could only absorb a small amount of energy from the pills they consumed, while the rest of the energy would go to waste because their bodies couldn’t properly absorb all the energy contained within the pills.

But William’s Time Star Codex was of an extremely high level. With his cultivation technique, he could absorb almost all the energy from the pill, making his breakthrough exceptionally smooth.

As the energy of the Molten Spirit Pill reached his core, the Time Star Codex worked at full speed, and William’s core continued to refine the energy.

With every passing minute, the amount of Aether Energy within his core increased. Along with its quantity, its quality was also increasing, making his Aether Energy even more powerful.

Time slowly passed, and around thirty minutes later, when William had refined more than half of the energy from the Molten Spirit Pill, his Aether Core finally reached its limit.

His core began to pulse like a heartbeat, and with each pulse, the quality of his Aether Energy increased.

William didn’t lose focus. Instead of getting distracted by his imminent breakthrough, he focused his mind on the remaining energy of the Molten Spirit Pill.

If he didn’t control this energy using the Time Star Codex, the energy would slowly dissipate as his Aether Core couldn’t absorb it for the time being.

But William had no intention of letting it go to waste, as this energy could help him shorten the time he needed to break through to the Star Commander level after reaching the peak of the Star Warrior Realm.

A few minutes later, the pulsing of William’s core reached its peak, and the next instant—

Bang!

A burst of energy erupted from it, and the total amount of Aether Energy William possessed increased greatly.

Along with it, he also felt his body becoming stronger rapidly, making him let out a satisfied sigh.

But what truly surprised, or even shocked, William was the increase in his soul power.

Normally, the increase one received in soul power wasn’t very high before reaching the Star King level.

From a breakthrough from the middle stage to the peak of the Star Warrior Realm, a person’s soul power would only increase by 2 or 3%.

But just now, he felt his soul power increase by almost 15% after this single minor breakthrough.

Even if the Soul Spring Trait doubled his soul power permanently, the increase should have only been about 4 to 6%.

But the increase in his soul power was far too high.

’Is this also an additional effect of the Soul Spring Trait?’

William couldn’t help but think as he looked at the information of his Soul Spring Trait.

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---) Soul Spring (Epic Grade): Your soul has reached a perfect state without any imperfections. Permanently increases your soul power by two times. Once every seven days, you can use Soul Burst, temporarily increasing your soul power by ten times for a short period of time.

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Looking at the information, William could understand everything mentioned in his trait, but the starting information of his trait made him a bit confused.

"What does it mean by my soul has reached a state of perfection? Is this high increase in my soul power related to this?" He pondered with a thoughtful look, his eyes flickering slightly.

’If it’s true that this perfect state has such an effect on my soul power, then I might be able to condense a very high-quality soul in my Sea of Consciousness when I break through to the Star King level.’

As this thought came to his mind, William took a deep breath and once again focused on the remaining energy of the Molten Spirit Pill.

He had already reached the peak of the Star Warrior Realm.

But to break through from the peak of the Star Warrior Realm to the Star Commander level, one had to control their Aether Energy extremely effectively and compress it into liquid form within their Aether Core.

Once the energy within his core turned into liquid, its quality and intensity would reach an entirely new level, allowing him to break through to the Star Commander level.

Not wanting to waste the remaining energy of the Molten Spirit Pill, William began to refine it, compressing his existing Aether Energy inside his core.

Around fifteen minutes later, he refined all the energy of the pill, and the color of the Aether Energy within his core turned dark blue from the previous pale blue.

But still, it was far from being compressed into liquid.

If William practiced normally using the Time Star Codex, he felt it would take him about a month to fully compress his energy into liquid.

But he had no intention of waiting that long.

’Once I sell that mine and get enough credits, I will immediately buy some useful things to break through to the Star Commander level as soon as possible...’

He thought as he clenched his fists, feeling his newly increased power.

Another thing that surprised William was that the acceleration effect of Time Acceleration had reached 1.8× with his breakthrough.

Previously, when he broke through from the early stage to the middle stage, it had increased from 1.5× to 1.6×.

But this time, the increase was double that of the previous one.

"Now I am certain Time Acceleration will definitely reach at least 2× after I break through to the Star Commander level," William muttered to himself and began practicing again to quickly adapt to his new strength.