[Cultivation, Limit-Breaking Third Layer, Eight Hundred Times Cultivation Speed, the Benefits of Limit-Breaking]

[Just as the prophecy of your death from the Future shook you to your core and sent a chill through your entire body, another upheaval struck!]

[A terrifying force, formless and intangible yet imbued with the wrath of the laws of heaven and earth—]

[[Karmic Law Punishment] pierced straight through the Secret Realm's layers of isolation and the shielding of the [Heavenly Secret Creation Jade Butterfly], ignoring space and every obstruction as it hurtled directly toward you!]

[Its destructive aura instantly suffocated you, leaving you unable to summon even the slightest thought of resistance. You had no doubt that even the faintest brush of it would annihilate both your body and soul!]

[At that moment, with your life hanging by a thread!]

[The [Heavenly Secret Creation Jade Butterfly], which had remained dormant against your chest, suddenly erupted with an unprecedentedly dazzling radiance!]

[A vast, ancient, majestic aura, seemingly above even the laws themselves, spread outward and enclosed you like the sturdiest shield.]

[The [Karmic Law Punishment], powerful enough to obliterate a [Golden Core Powerhouse], struck that radiance and silently melted away like ice and snow beneath a Blazing Sun, vanishing without a trace!]

[With the crisis averted, a lingering thought carrying a hint of weariness and relief entered your Sea of Consciousness alongside the Jade Butterfly's fading glow. It was Lin Feng's voice:]

["The mechanisms of the [Spacetime Token] are ever-changing and inscrutable. Even I have yet to fully comprehend them.]

[From experience, the spacetime it connects to each time you use it seems to follow a certain pattern:]

['If the number of uses is odd, it connects to the Past; if even, it connects to the Future.'"]

["It would be inconvenient to say more about its other mysteries. Explore and master them yourself!"]

[As his voice faded, the Jade Butterfly's light withdrew completely, returning it to its simple, ordinary appearance, as though the mighty power that had resisted heavenly punishment had never appeared.]

[Still shaken, you realized that the strength of that Karmic Law Punishment had far exceeded your imagination,]

[Had the [Heavenly Secret Creation Jade Butterfly], a Heavenly Venerable Spirit Treasure, not automatically protected its owner at that critical moment, you would already have been reduced to dust!]

[This gave you a far more tangible understanding of the dangers awaiting you in the Future.]

["Even though I now know how I'm seemingly destined to die... that doesn't mean there's no chance to turn things around!"]

[You forcibly suppressed your fear, your gaze turning resolute as it settled on the [Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal].]

[Was this the "Sliver of Vitality" that Chen Qingyan had purchased for you with his life, according to the [Eye of Illusion]'s assessment?]

[There were two main possibilities:]

[The first was the single remaining use of [Rewind].]

[After all, this was a genuine [top-tier True Treasure of the True Lord level]. Under certain specific conditions, its [Rewind] power might truly be able to twist the predetermined course of Destiny.]

[The second, and most practical, was to rely on [Amplification] to increase your strength as quickly as possible and break through to [Foundation Establishment]!]

[Once you entered [Foundation Establishment], you would unlock the [Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal]'s third ability, which might well be the true key to breaking out of this predicament!]

[You leaned toward the latter, because if [Rewind] could truly change fate so easily, Chen Qingyan himself would never have reached that point.]

[With your thoughts clear, you hesitated no longer and immediately devoted yourself to cultivation.]

[And this time, with the passive blessing of [Amplification], your cultivation speed underwent an earth-shattering transformation!]

[Preliminary testing revealed the following: base increase:]

[Under the constant effect of [Amplification], your cultivation speed increased roughly twelvefold (meaning one year of cultivation accumulated twelve years of Dao Attainment).]

[If you also actively employed [Blue Talent: Twice the Results with Half the Effort], your speed doubled again, reaching twenty-four times the normal rate!]

[The [Twice the Results with Half the Effort] Talent itself also halved the Dao Attainment required for Limit-Breaking (reducing it from Five Hundred Years to two hundred and fifty).]

[This meant that one month of cultivation was equivalent to accumulating four years of Dao Attainment!]

[With this heaven-defying efficiency, you needed only two months to complete your first Limit-Breaking as naturally as water flowing into a channel!]

[The benefits of Limit-Breaking were immense:]

[Your [Essence]—including your [Fortune], [Cultivation Speed], and even the most crucial aspect, your [Rank]—all improved significantly.]

[The increase in your Rank far exceeded even the improvement gained when advancing from Late Qi Refining to perfection!]

[You felt that your current self could effortlessly crush countless versions of yourself from before Limit-Breaking.]

[Another speed increase: your cultivation speed doubled again from its previous level! Your overall efficiency now reached ninety-sixfold (one year of cultivation rivaled ninety-six years)!]

[You continued cultivating with single-minded dedication.]

[The second Limit-Breaking required Five Hundred Years of Dao Attainment]

[(reduced to two hundred and fifty years by [Twice the Results with Half the Effort]).]

[With ninety-sixfold efficiency, you successfully broke through to [Qi Refining Limit-Breaking Second Layer] in [Year 125].]

[This improvement to your [Essence] was even more pronounced, and your Rank once again soared.]

[Your cultivation speed more than doubled again from its second-layer Limit-Breaking level, bringing your overall efficiency to roughly two hundredfold!]

[The third Limit-Breaking required eight hundred years of Dao Attainment (four hundred years after halving).]

[Driven forward at the frenzied pace of two hundredfold efficiency, you successfully entered [Qi Refining Limit-Breaking Third Layer] in [Year 129]!]

[Your [Essence] underwent a dramatic transformation!]

[You felt as though the level of your life itself had undergone an Ascension,]

[Your [Rank] was so high that you suspected it might already rival that of a cultivator newly entering [Foundation Establishment], though you lacked a point of comparison and could not be certain.]

[Your cultivation speed quadrupled outright, and your overall efficiency skyrocketed to eight hundredfold!]

[Your [Fortune] also improved visibly!]

[Over these past few years in the Secret Realm, the number of [Ancient Relics] and [Jade Bone of Foundation Establishment Cultivators] you found had clearly increased,]

[You estimated that your current [Fortune] was probably already comparable to the [Green Talent: Slight Fortune] you had drawn during your second simulation!]

[The fourth Limit-Breaking still required eight hundred years of Dao Attainment.]

[You remained utterly focused, having long since resolved that, so long as no fatal external threat arose, you would cultivate relentlessly within this Secret Realm until the day you successfully reached [Foundation Establishment]!]