Arthur opened his eyes in the time chamber. His foundation was complete. Perfectly consolidated. Every one of the 81 stars shone with flawless brilliance.
He stood and stretched. His body felt light. Powerful. Ready.
"Two years of subjective time remaining," Arthur said. He checked his internal sense of the time dilation. "That's more than enough for the next step."
His expression grew serious.
The foundation was done. His martial spirits were upgraded. Now came the most important task, one he'd been putting off because his memories had been incomplete.
Mastering the 999,999 Dao Paths.
That was his original goal. The reason he'd created all those soul clones in his past life. Each clone had been tasked with mastering a different path of the Dao. Fire, water, sword, spear, formation, alchemy, space, time. Every conceivable path that existed in the multiverse.
