"Existing within the Time Loop, yet with your consciousness outside it?"
Jiang Han's eyes widened. When he first discovered Qin Hao, he had assumed Qin Hao happened to be in an awakening period too, which was why they had been able to meet.
As for the earlier change in Qin Hao's strength...
One's cultivation could indeed improve during an awakening period. Jiang Han himself was proof of that. When he fell into the Prisoner World all those years ago, he had only been at the Heaven and Earth True God peak.
He had only ascended to Eternal True God after entering the Prisoner World.
Unfortunately, that was as far as he had gotten. He awakened for only a hundred days every hundred eras, the equivalent of one day per era.
All told, Jiang Han had only spent a few thousand days awake, and he also had to endure the Time Loop's erosion of his consciousness and divine soul.
He had no time to cultivate at all.
Simply managing to awaken again and again was already good enough!
That was also why Jiang Han had his maid prepare medicinal broth for him after he awakened.
It was to keep his divine soul and every other aspect of himself in the best condition possible, preparing for his next awakening. Otherwise, if he could no longer awaken...
Jiang Han would truly be in trouble.
Yet Jiang Han had never imagined that Qin Hao could remain conscious within the Time Loop, fully aware of its existence.
Moreover...
This state, entirely different from their awakening periods, had already lasted almost a year.
"Junior Brother Qin, how did you do it?" Jiang Han grew somewhat eager. "Was it because of the Epoch Set?"
"It has nothing to do with the Epoch Set." Qin Hao shook his