After the Azure Flame Grand Tournament ended, the Time Doppelganger had remained in the River of Time, cultivating. His Time Laws had reached Fourth Tier Perfection.
One more step, and he would break through to the Fifth Tier.
In theory, the Time Doppelganger could easily advance to the Fourth-Level Venerable Martial Realm, perhaps even the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
After all, his Time Laws had reached Fourth Tier Perfection; he had not merely entered the Fourth Tier. Likewise, if Qin Hao's True Self brought his Destruction Laws to Fifth Tier Perfection, his cultivation would stand a real chance of reaching the Sixth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
"The Devouring Doppelganger's cultivation is slower," Qin Hao thought, shaking his head. For now, the Devouring Doppelganger had only mastered First-Order Devouring Laws.
True, the Devouring Doppelganger followed the Devouring Great Dao. And because he had absorbed and refined the Undying Lord's Devouring Soul, he could continue cultivating along that path in the future.
But first, he needed to master enough Laws.
"The Devouring Doppelganger has also reached the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm."
The Devouring Doppelganger had been cultivating in the Star Region on the Fourth Floor of the Supreme Sword Tower, mainly to devour the matter there.
Devouring was the Doppelganger's very purpose!
The more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he devoured, the higher his cultivation and the greater his strength!
Even the Devouring Laws were closely tied to what he consumed.
Though the Star Region on the Fourth Floor of the Supreme Sword Tower was barren, it still held many things the True Martial Continent did not.
Planets, Meteorites...
The Devouring Doppelganger could consume them all.
After devouring vast quantities of matter, his cultivation had soared until it matched Qin Hao's True Self and the Time Doppelganger.