First and foremost, the biggest gain was the progress bar.
On the Wristwatch, the one o'clock indicator had been filled completely with dazzling gold.
Not merely filled—it was practically overflowing!
Under Ji Jue's frenzied grinding, he had already reached over seventy percent progress in just a month. Now, after swallowing the Furnace's experience package in one gulp, the progress bar had burst completely.
If Ji Jue had possessed a Matrix and received a Supreme Goodness's Blessing, he would have advanced long ago.
Fortunately, reality was not some shitty gacha game. The excess "experience points" had not gone to waste—all those insights and changes had thoroughly fused with Ji Jue's abilities and soul.
No one said that reaching the limit of Tier One meant one had to advance to Tier Two. In fact, when Chosen Ones had a choice at lower levels, they would usually accumulate as much as possible before advancing only once their abilities could no longer improve.
They maximized their own numerical values to the greatest extent possible.
Professor Ye and Wen Jie had reminded him of this countless times: every advantage and strength gained during the Summoning stage would be amplified exponentially during the Metamorphosis, Rebirth, and Transcendence stages.
There was a reason why unaffiliated Chosen Ones were looked down upon by major organizations these days.
They lacked guidance, Matrices, all manner of assistance and support, and even theoretical instruction. Sometimes, starting too fast at the starting line meant lacking the strength to keep going. When enemies became a combination of mechanic monsters and stat monsters, Chosen Ones who had overdrawn their potential could only suffer bitter defeats.
But Ji Jue's current condition... was no longer a matter of insufficient foundations.
His foundations had been stuffed full by the Furnace's massive experience boost, to the point that