Within a barren Plane, not even life had been born. It was utterly silent and lifeless. Such desolate, deathly Planes were everywhere throughout the Void Realm, too numerous to count.
After all, Planes truly suited for living beings to survive and multiply were not found everywhere. Barren and silent Planes made up a portion of them.
Sterman descended onto this barren, deathly Plane. After inspecting his surroundings and finding no living beings or powerful entities, he located a hidden cave and slipped inside.
Sterman had come so cautiously to this barren, deathly Plane because Lord Merlin, the mysterious and powerful being within the Illusion Space, was going to help him condense a Mental Core.
For hundreds of years, ever since learning of Merlin's existence, Sterman had almost never stopped practicing the Mental-Training Method. Though he had not felt any direct increase in strength, the Mental-Training Method had indirectly helped him greatly.
Without the Mental-Training Method, Sterman could never have reached his current heights.
However, the most critical step in the Mental-Training Method was becoming a Seventh-level Mental Power User and condensing a Mental Core. Sterman had tried to condense a Mental Core a century ago, yet had never succeeded.
The Mental Core was a threshold. Cross it, and one could reach an entirely new realm. Fail to cross it, and the Mental-Training Method could not unleash its true power.
Now, Merlin had made up his mind to help Sterman condense a Mental Core. That was why Sterman had so carefully found this barren, deathly Plane and quietly prepared to condense one.
Sterman swiftly sank his consciousness into the Illusion Space and stood respectfully before Merlin. He was grateful from the bottom of his heart that Merlin was willing to help him condense a Mental Core.
He knew that his bloodline