Two hours after Ji Yuan left, Qin Hao finally let out a sigh of relief, and his aura rapidly began to weaken.
His aura plummeted, dropping from comparable to a Chaos Master to an Eternal True God, before finally stabilizing at the True God level.
At the same time, Qin Hao's body rapidly expanded. From one hundred thousand kilometers to one million, then ten million, until it finally stopped at twelve light-years.
Returning to a size of twelve light-years was not an expansion of power, but rather a continual shrinkage of it. In his hundred-thousand-kilometer form, he had been comparable to a Chaos Master. Now, he was merely a True God with a somewhat larger body.
The level of his divine power, destructive force, strength, and every other aspect were declining.
The forceful compression and enhancement of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique also gradually lost their effect at this point. It was not exactly a side effect, but Qin Hao would need at least a thousand years of nourishment and recovery before he could use it again.
What the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique consumed was not divine power, but more the body's capacity to endure. It was like an ordinary person who, after prolonged hard labor, needed time to recover. Otherwise, their body would be unable to withstand it, leaving hidden injuries behind.
The nature of it was similar.
However, this was not a problem with the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique itself. Rather, Qin Hao's cultivation of the technique had not yet reached a state where he could withstand such power.
As a top-tier body-tempering technique, the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique was exceptional in both endurance and recovery speed. Otherwise, it would not have created existences like War Gods one after another.
Battle was a contest of strength, recovery ability,