Chapter 184: Great Evolution [Bonus]

The temporal dilation of the Void Ascension Battlefield distorted the very flow of time, making the boundary between fleeting hours and endless days almost meaningless. While only half a day had passed in the outside world of Sky Jade City, a full twenty days had already bled away within the pocket realm.

Within the golden-lit cavern of the immortal beast, the air was thick and Jin Rou sat in a strict lotus position, his spiritual power finally stabilized, though his physical body still bore the faint scars of the corpse beetles' mandibles. He breathed in a slow, rhythmic cadence, circulating his Qi, but his focus was not entirely on his own internal spiritual sea. His eyes, filled with a profound, quiet awe, kept drifting toward the man sitting a few paces away.

Lin Yuan was also seated in a lotus position, completely immersed in his consolidation. The faint mist of his Spirit Severing aura hovered around him, dense and immovable as a mountain.