[Lastly, I want to extend my sincerest gratitude to Lin Guang. Without his guidance, this paper might have remained an unrealistic fantasy from years ago.]

[It's no exaggeration to say that he contributed to more than seventy percent of this research.]

[In fact, I have a few hypotheses from him that, although not as easily verifiable, might take longer to refine. However, if any of them are validated, the results will certainly be no less significant than this report.]

"...!!!"

What?

Lin Guang did that too!

And... there's more results?!

Just as Qiu Yuan was struggling to suppress his inner surprise.

The scene in the office suddenly changed in the next moment.

The virtual shadows of Qiu Yuan and Li Jiatu appeared at the bottom of the 618th floor of the Sky Arena, in that space — this was evidently the handiwork of Li Jiatu.

Thump thump.

Thump thump.

Beneath the dome, the sound of a heartbeat was incessant in the ears.

Beside the pool gradually reaching the bottom, two figures, one large and one small, sitting cross-legged, emanated a powerful aura, seemingly having entered a brand-new stage.

Four-Star.

Tier Four.

However, their auras, and the will flowing within them, far surpassed ordinary Four-Star and Tier Four levels, requiring even Six-Star True Masters to regard them seriously.

"Greed is distinguishable."

Li Jiatu looked at the two below, smiling as he spoke.

"Both are unsatisfied."

"The greed of a fool would devour his own foundation, ending in total failure."

"But the greed of a wise person enlarges the cake, allowing everyone to eat more, and by following in his footsteps, gains more benefits than if he were alone."

The old man blinked, eyeing the faintly visible Black Crown atop Lin Guang's head.

"That's why it's called [Sovereign Power]."

"Now, do you still have any objections?"

Qiu Xiao remained silent for a long time, his expression changing bit by bit, eventually returning to his initial look.

Then, he gazed at the boy in the trench coat and the girl with nine large tails below, calmly speaking: "In the future, whoever has an issue with him, I will have an issue with them."

In his tone was an unmistakable air of businesslike formality.

......

October 30th.

Lisa and Lin Guang stayed in the Upgrade Secret Realm for a full three days, only emerging this afternoon to meet up with Chelina and Vishdair, who had just finished school.

After three days apart, they could distinctly sense that the girl's mood had significantly improved. Her lively eyes were filled with unprecedented confidence, and her aura was pure and enormous with no hint of losing control.

After this three-day baptism, her level finally caught up with, and even surpassed, the majority, leaping from the consistently last-ranked Level 36 among the group to break through the barrier between tiers, elevating to Tier Four.

Level Forty!

Even with everyone currently at the Purple stage and equipped with Dao Marks, the bottleneck at Level 40 was not easily bypassed, and accumulating energy was no simple feat.

The rarity of the Upgrade Secret Realm lies precisely in this.

It's worth noting that Vishdair and Chelina are still stuck at the bottleneck of Level 39.

Though Chelina is already almost done accumulating energy to break through Tier Four, Vishdair only encountered this bottleneck two days ago and is just starting. A conservative estimate for her breakthrough is about half a month more.

It may seem like a lengthy period, yet it's actually an incredibly swift pace.

With daily expenses on Tier Five potions and the ability to freely use an Advanced Training Room with projection and sparring features, and with training data analyzed and summarized regularly by Longteng University's professional training team alongside Lin Guang to create training plans, this speed has been achieved.

As for Lin Guang...

He's even more astonishing.

Not only did he break through this huge bottleneck, but he also reached Level 43, officially becoming a Four-Star Spirit Master.

In these three days, with his extraordinary bearing capacity and seemingly insatiable greedy True Intent, he didn't need to stabilize his status after breaking through the Great Tier, and continued aggressively advancing, almost absorbing the pure energy accumulated over years in the 618th floor Secret Realm entirely.

The pool, glowing like a gem, got drained to its bottom by him and Lisa in partnership, leaving not a single drop unshared.

This valuable Upgrade Secret Realm can next be activated probably at least seven to eight years later.

......

Night.

After dinner, the family lazily squeezed onto the white sofa. Despite there being plenty of space available, they still chose to cuddle together, with tails and ears randomly brushing against each other, leaving traces of wolf and fox fur everywhere.

At this moment, the TV was showing the news.

The calm voice of the news anchor came through.

[Official latest news.]

[The cause of the network fluctuation in parts of Coastal City yesterday from 3:15 to 3:20 p.m. has been identified as being due to a Five-Star Peak Spirit Master concentrating True Intent and successfully advancing to True Master.]

[Let's congratulate the birth of a new pillar of Great Xia.]

[However, the network is not beyond the law.]

[A True Master pointed out that this newly advanced True Master needs to pay the fine for disrupting order as soon as possible, or the reassessment of their Credit Level rating after advancement will be affected.]

Vishdair, leaning sideways against Lin Guang, casually remarked while using her scarlet-painted fingers to scroll through her phone, using the news as background sound: "Such a thing exists too."

The advancement of a Six-Star True Master is no small matter anywhere.