In an alternate-dimensional spacetime, on a habitable planet.
Kurumi had seen Li Donglin more than once.
Even his peak Epic strength had not brought any earth-shaking change to the honest man's demeanor.
"Miss Tokisaki, these are the cultivation resources I've collected over the past few years. They aren't much, but..."
Seeing Li Donglin take out his storage device, Kurumi sighed again.
"Uncle Li, to be honest with you, my power system differs from the free energy between the universe. I was originally at the Epic realm. If I want to break through in this universe, I'd have to cultivate from scratch."
Li Donglin did not withdraw the hand holding out the storage device. Instead, he asked nervously, "How long would it take to cultivate from scratch?"
Kurumi gave Li Donglin a helpless look. She truly did not know whether the man beneath that honest exterior was genuinely simple-minded or merely pretending. Who would encourage someone to cripple their own realm and start cultivating again?
Perhaps he truly was worried about his daughter.
Kurumi fell silent for a moment, then her cherry blossom-colored lips parted. "Three or four years at the least. More than a decade at the most."
"Ah? Then... I'll have everyone give you their cultivation resources..."
"Uncle Li." Kurumi did not know whether to laugh or cry. "That would only let me confidently break through to the Transcendent Realm in a very short time if I could cultivate wholeheartedly, without interference, with abundant resources. Besides, didn't Sister Molis say it too? It's also possible that I've already exhausted my potential. Even if I cultivate again, I might not reach that realm."
Li Donglin fell silent.
Yet he still placed his storage device on the table in Kurumi's room.
"Uncle will be leaving first. These things are useless to