Kai traveled alone to the ruins of the Zekiran Monastery, a once-sacred place now sunk into a dimensional fold. Legends said the monks there walked between timelines, training their minds to see truth through chaos.
Inside, Kai activated the Time Training Room embedded in his Voidwalker Domain.
> [Time Acceleration: 50:1 | Training Mode Engaged]
For what felt like weeks, he fought against Rift echoes—recordings of Elias's past moves, stored in Kai's memory via Temporal Echo. He studied patterns, reverse-engineered spells, and built counter-forms.
> [New Ability Learned: Rewind Frame – Once per battle, redo a 3-second window with perfect execution.]
When he emerged, only minutes had passed in the real world.
Nyx was waiting. "We may not have time to train forever," she said, "but you're the only one who can."
Together, they activated an ancient Rift Beacon hidden beneath the monastery.
A map unfolded—new Riftlines, forming a spiral.
At the center: Valefor Crater, where the last Counter-Core was sealed… and where Elias would finish his Ascension.