A biting cold wind swept across the planet's surface, kicking up clouds of dust.
The dust settled over Lin Zhen, making him look like a statue that had remained motionless for years.
It had been a year. He had sat meditating here for a full year.
For Lin Zhen, that year amounted to twenty-four years!
The Eye of the Storm was almost completely deserted. At least, on Intersecting Continent, on the planet where Lin Zhen was located, not a single person had come by in an entire year.
The ground trembled faintly, as though a sinkhole had appeared and caused the surrounding earth to collapse inward.
With a boom, the Treasure Hunting Vine burst out of the soil.
The Treasure Hunting Vine was covered in God Stones, with the occasional supreme treasure among them, their light flickering.
After emerging from the ground, the Treasure Hunting Vine coiled around Lin Zhen like a quiet giant python, silently waiting for its master to awaken.
Snap!
Lin Zhen's finger twitched slightly, and a clump of hardened dirt fell away.
His eyes flew open, gleaming like stars!
Hah!
He exhaled a breath of stale air, and starlight suddenly burst outward from his body!
He had broken through! Mid Stage of the God Realm!
Twenty-four years of accumulation had not only allowed Lin Zhen to break through from the Early Stage Peak of the God Realm into the Mid Stage, but had also carried him a considerable distance forward.
His Star Power had risen from 3.5 billion to 3.8 billion. If he reached the Mid Stage Peak, his Star Power would reach 4 billion.
After breaking through, Lin Zhen raised a hand. Everything on the Treasure Hunting Vine fell into his Inner World, while the vine itself turned back into a thin thread and wrapped