Grand Elder's Backup Plan

Champa opened his mouth. Since Vados had said so, he could only wave Gran away. "Get lost already, kid. Stop standing there making me mad."

"Then I'm heading back, Lord Champa, Vados. I'll be back soon. Goodbye."

Gran took out the Universe Legend Cube, jumped inside, and turned into a streak of light that vanished from the God of Destruction Realm.

Only Champa and Vados remained.

Champa stood with his hands behind his back, looking quite pleased.

Covering her mouth, Vados snickered. "Lord Champa, weren't you furious just now? Why are you so happy again?"

Champa harrumphed. "Didn't Gran just say that? As long as he wants to, he can go into seclusion and break through at any time. Of course I believe him, so why should I still be angry?"

If anyone else had said that, Champa would never have believed it. But since Gran had said it, he had no doubts whatsoever.

The only reason he had been angry earlier was because Gran had wasted such a good opportunity.

"Yes, apparently Gran enters a state of Enlightenment whenever he comprehends martial arts. What a monster."

At that, Vados let out an odd laugh. "Oh ho ho~ From now on, Gran is my Disciple too. When I meet my other brothers and sisters later, I'll have to show him off to them."

"And me, me too! I'm going to show him off to the other Gods of Destruction as well..."

On Gran's side, he controlled the Universe Travel Cube as it sped back toward Universe 7.

In fact, when he had comprehended the Third Layer State of Mind, he truly could have broken through during that opportunity.

But...

Gran had no control over how long the breakthrough would take. He remembered that when he had broken through to