Time passed little by little, and the start of the World War drew very near.
Blue Star's roster of participants still consisted of those same ten people.
Although Lin Nian, who had developed a Beast Taming Space, Gu Qingyi, who had been trained by Manager Ying, and Fang Lan, who had been cultivating under Pine God, were already confident enough to challenge India's Psychic King, Snowfield's Time King, and Divine Eagle's Mechanical King, none of them had issued a challenge yet.
The main reason was that, shortly before the World War, those three from India, Snowfield, and Divine Eagle had timed their entries into the Breakthrough Secret Realm, hoping to advance from level 6 to Legendary.
Naturally, Lin Nian and the others could not challenge them while they were in the Breakthrough Secret Realm.
Clearly, these people had chosen a different path from Lu Ran, opting to maximize their levels before the war.
Those who had made the same choice as Lu Ran were the group from Xia Country. They were in no hurry to break through to Legendary, instead continually assimilating their inheritances as Divine Emissaries.
Although level was an important factor in determining victory in battle, so were the foundations of one's various skills. With the Familiars' inheritances, steady progress could also rapidly improve their strength, so Xia Country's group naturally had no need to gamble in the Breakthrough Secret Realm.
If anything went wrong, the losses would outweigh the gains.
That day.
Lu Ran was cultivating Soul Enhancement within the Time Domain.
Flame Spirit, Soul Enhancement, and Time Acceleration were among the few Beast Taming Skills Lu Ran possessed that could directly boost his Pet Beasts' combat power.
Of these, because Flame Spirit had devoured Life Flame, Lu Ran found it difficult to raise its level further,