Note: The following events occurred during the two-week training period in the Pocket Universe, spanning 16 subjective years... Like a timelapse.
Part 1: Runar's Breakthrough - Month 8 (Day 1 Outside)
The training complex hummed with concentrated energy as Runar sat in the deepest meditation chamber. Eight subjective months had passed since they'd entered the Pocket Universe—barely a real-world days (about 3-4 minutes).
Celestia was in an adjacent chamber, consolidating her recent physique breakthrough to Peak Divine Grade. That gave Runar time to focus on his own cultivation bottleneck.
He'd been stuck at Meteor Forging 3333/3333 for over a month now. Not due to lack of foundation—his foundation was diamond-hard, perfected beyond measure. The problem was something else entirely.
