Like a god towering above the mortal realm; beyond the limit, there was no longer any self

"Three second awakenings..."

"Let's see what their effects are!"

Rubbing his hands together, Xu Xiaoshou looked expectantly at the red interface in his mind.

The awakening skills still came without descriptions. Each lay there alone as nothing but a name, waiting for the host to uncover its uses himself.

"World-Apart Independence..."

Xu Xiaoshou's gaze first settled on the name of this second awakening for "Concealment."

Among such crude names as Berserk Giant and Explosive Stance, this one truly carried an air of grandeur.

Without further thought, Xu Xiaoshou activated the skill.

"World-Apart Independence!"

The world before his eyes seemed to turn unreal after that cry.

Yet it was not quite so. Through "Perception," Xu Xiaoshou saw... that even his "Perception" could no longer see him! He stood alone where he was, feeling utterly isolated from the entire Apricot Realm.

Even as the master of the Apricot Realm, he could no longer mobilize any power within this world or beyond it to target himself while in the state of World-Apart Independence.

"So fast!"

"This spiritual essence is draining..."

"Draining" was no longer enough to describe it! Xu Xiaoshou already possessed Endless Vitality, Full of Vitality, and Conversion at Holy Emperor Lv.0.

At this moment, the spiritual essence in his ocean of energy—even all the power throughout his body—was being rapidly "eradicated."

In barely three breaths, nearly sixty percent of his essence, energy, and spirit had been wiped out! By rough calculation, even with the three endurance passive skills running constantly, his spiritual essence would be depleted in at most ten breaths.

At the same time, due to Endless Vitality and Conversion, his physical and mental condition would likewise plunge to rock bottom.

"This spiritual essence is burning away far too quickly!"

"What exactly does 'World-Apart Independence' do? Could it really be