"Whoosh."
After a brief daze, Huang Tian's consciousness returned. He opened his eyes, saw the familiar room, and knew he was back at the Long'an City Branch on Azure Star.
He steadied himself, then silently declared, "For my mission reward, I choose the first option: the power of the Mid-Seventh Stage!"
Boom!
A moment later, an incomparably vast surge of energy poured into his body, turning into pure Star Power that spread through every inch of him. His aura rose at a pace visible to the naked eye.
About three hours passed. As the sun sank outside the window and scattered golden light, his steadily rising aura finally stopped, as though it had struck a bottleneck.
"Seventh-Stage Perfection. Not bad."
A satisfied smile appeared on his face. Without the karmic mission, even with his rapid cultivation speed and all the resources he could want, he would have needed nearly two years of hard work to reach Seventh-Stage Perfection. Yet how little time had it taken now? Even counting the interval before his karmic identity refreshed, it had been only two months.
To cultivate from early Seventh Stage to Seventh-Stage Perfection in two months—hardly anyone would believe it.
If I break through to Eighth Stage now, Wendu, the Civilization Temple's deputy master, will certainly be astonished. He may test me again afterward, but that won't be a serious problem. Once I reach Eighth Stage, I can handle it calmly. As for the four Supreme beings standing at humanity's pinnacle, they might become a little curious about me, but only a little. They travel among the great universes and must have seen plenty of people who cultivate at astonishing speeds. I'm not that extraordinary yet, and they may not even have time to notice me...
His thoughts clear, Huang Tian set the