The Wonderland Space.
After returning for dinner, Nolan spent some intimate time cultivating with the girls. By the time it was late at night, he noticed that the Adventure EXP on his character panel had reached a terrifying number:
[Adventure EXP: 98,352,000,000]
An unprecedented amount, enough to directly push him to level 190!
Without hesitation, Nolan poured a massive amount of Adventure EXP into leveling up:
Adventure EXP -94.5 billion
Lv180 (6,232,310,000 → 220,000+/9 billion) → Lv190 (6,232,310,000 → 220,000+/10 billion)
A warm sensation spread through his body, making every cell feel alive with joy, like lying under the covers with a girl on a cold winter night.
[Your level has increased to Lv.190. Your evolution has reached a new stage. You may obtain a "Racial Speciality." Please choose.]
At the same time, a notification appeared on his panel. Nolan looked at the available traits:
[Power of Boundaries: Grants the ability to distort the boundaries of all things and their governing rules, and to freely enter the boundaries and the gaps between them.]
The ability to distort boundaries… damn, that sounded a bit outrageous. If he directly twisted the boundary between humans and pigs, could he just turn a person into a pig?
And if he reversed the boundary between sky and earth, would it create a bizarre phenomenon where the ground became above and the sky below?
Nolan was quite interested in this ability, but he decided to check the other two options first in case there was something even stronger:
[Ragnarok: Highly effective against beings possessing the concept of "god." Designate a world and force the fate of all divine beings within it toward death. Every hundred years brings a "Minor Divine Calamity," every thousand years a "Major Divine Calamity," and after ten thousand years, an "Ultimate Divine Calamity." The power of these calamities scales with your own strength.]
This trait was undeniably powerful, but its scope was somewhat limited. It only targeted god-related beings, and Nolan had no reason to wipe them out without cause.
He then turned his attention to the third option:
[Genesis: Condense energy and matter into a "Fusion Singularity." The singularity can infinitely compress energy and matter without losing control, until you choose to release it. If enough energy and matter are compressed, its release can even create a "universe."]
A straightforward offensive ability. Under the right conditions, it could replicate something akin to the Big Bang and give birth to an entirely new universe.
Combined with his limitless Imaginary energy, wouldn't creating universes become as easy as playing around?
But after thinking about it, even if he created a universe, it wouldn't be very useful. For it to evolve life, especially intelligent life, would take tens or even hundreds of billions of years.
And an empty universe wouldn't grant him any cultivation progress.
Even if it were for resources, he would still have to wait for billions of years for it to slowly develop. By then, he likely wouldn't even need those resources anymore.
Thus, among the three traits, "Power of Boundaries" was clearly the most suitable for him.
After making his choice, Nolan instinctively understood how to use it. He casually gathered a cluster of air and attempted a simple test:
"Boundary between sparse and dense."
Air molecules were originally extremely dispersed. But after he twisted the boundary between sparsity and density, that cluster of air instantly turned solid.
This "solid air" remained completely transparent, yet it could now be touched. Its molecular density had become incredibly high, so much so that even when Nolan squeezed it with force, it didn't budge.
With his current strength, he could rival Aeons head-on, so his physical power was naturally immense.
And yet even that level of strength couldn't compress this "solid air" any further, proving just how unbelievably dense its molecular structure had become.
At such extreme density, while its volume remained unchanged, the oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and other components within the air were already approaching the threshold of nuclear fusion.
Nolan felt that as long as he used the "Power of Boundaries" to slightly increase the density of this "solid air," he should be able to trigger nuclear fusion.
With the "Power of Boundaries," he had essentially gained the ability to handcraft a hydrogen bomb. In future battles, he could simply grab a handful of air, compress it into a "hydrogen bomb," and throw it at his opponent.
Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.
And this was only the most basic application of the "Power of Boundaries." Everything in existence had its own boundary. This single ability could give rise to countless different uses!
While thinking this with excitement, Nolan briefly checked his character panel:
Name: Nolan Walker
Level: Lv190 (6.2 billion → 220,000+/10 billion)
Race: Human
Title: Adventurer Beyond Legend
Innate Talent: Entangling Affection
Skills:
- Lumine's Musou · World Lv.10 ( Void Starsea Manifestation)
- Flowing Sky Shot: Arcane Level Lv.10 (Frostglow Arrow)
- Star Abyss Power Lv.10 (Transcendence)
Specialties:
- Beloved by Maidens (Exclusive)
- Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree (Exclusive)
- Threads of the Northern Wind (Exclusive)
- Spiritual Core (Exclusive)
- Imaginary Energy
- Drifter of the Imaginary Sea
- Devour All Things
- Heroic Spirit Affinity
- Distance Between Stars
- Trinity
- Human Refinement
- All Phenomena as Dream and Illusion
- Power of Boundaries
Adventure EXP: 3.852 Billion
His EXP progress had reached 6.2 billion, and he still had around 3.8 billion Adventure EXP left, just enough to level up once more.
However, Nolan chose not to level up immediately. He planned to accumulate enough for ten levels and jump straight to level 200 in one go.
At his current rate of gaining Adventure EXP, it wouldn't take long. His sword god avatars had cleared Ethereals throughout the night and earned over 90 billion Adventure EXP.
In total, they had only cleared around thirty to forty Hollows, and there were still many more like them on that planet.
For now, there was no need to worry about running out of Hollows. Of course, clearing them was also beneficial for that planet's civilization.
It meant that returning to normal life was just around the corner.
…
Over the next two days, while continuing to control the "Lumine Sword Gods" to clear Ethereals, Nolan also went to Fontaine to find a way to invite Chiori and Navia to move into the Wonderland Space.
Since both of their affection levels were already maxed out, he found an opportunity to express his feelings, gave them some Affection Skills as gifts, and they agreed.
Navia, in particular, was quite straightforward. When Nolan expressed his desire to become her lover, she accepted immediately.
Nolan was a bit of a flirt, so Navia wasn't surprised that he had feelings for her. And since she also held a considerable fondness for him, she simply followed her heart and agreed.
Chiori, on the other hand, was more hesitant. She was a very independent and strong-willed woman. Although she did have feelings for Nolan, she had never intended to become someone's lover or depend on anyone.
Nolan spent quite some time persuading her in her shop, leaving her thoroughly flustered, and only then did she reluctantly agree.
During these two days, aside from inviting Chiori and Navia to the Wonderland Space, Nolan also found an opportunity to max out the remaining bit of Chevreuse's affection.
As expected, he successfully obtained a new Affection Skill as well.
(End of Chapter)
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