Chapter 6017

He closed his eyes.

Inside him, chaotic force surged like a roaring river, yet beneath the turbulence lay a depth as vast and silent as a star-filled abyss.

A breath later, he sealed its light away.

On paper, Julian’s upper-realm seventh grade should have utterly crushed Jared’s eighth-grade celestial rank. The difference in realm alone was enough to overwhelm most cultivators.

But chaotic force was no ordinary power. Forged through countless battles across realms, tempered by life-and-death struggles, it narrowed the gap.

Jared felt ready to test that truth.

Even so, he knew every leap forward had been purchased with the stretched time inside the tower. Without it, time outside would close in again.