"Almost there," us muttered as he hurriedly absorbed the monster cores. It had already been 14 hours since he entered the dungeon, and soon, he would begin his journey through hell.


    Boom


    Suddenly, us felt a surge of power within him after absorbing the 600th monster core. Finally, all nine cores had formed, signalling that he could break through and be a Saint.


    In his case, he would be Nine Saints in one body.


    He quickly prepared to bathe in lightning; however, just as he wasing to terms with the battle about to ur—despite knowing the heavens couldn''t interfere—golden clouds began to form.


    Then, From within the golden clouds, torrents of Tribtion runes started pouring out.


    Buzz


    The lightning source diagram appeared and began absorbing the torrents of Tribtion runes. us was left speechless as he felt his cores begin to expand.


    He quickly wiped the shock from his eyes and chose to break through first before asking any questions. Retrieving loads of Mountain Dew and Qi Sea Expansion Elixirs, he immediately started absorbing them.


    The cores began expanding.


    At first, each had a diameter of 10 kilometres, but as more and more Tribtion runes were absorbed, they began to grow evenrger.


    The first core expanded to a whopping 25 kilometres before it finally stopped. Its size alone was enough to make him one of the most powerful Saints in the world.


    In one of the Spirit Master ss lectures, us learned about the significance of core sizes. In fact, he knew that his 10-kilometre cores before breaking through were already more than enough to ce him among the top-tier Saints.


    A cultivator''s core determines the kind of monster they could be. The bigger the core, the more powerful they were.


    And he had nine massive ones. That was insane.


    But that wasn''t what shocked him.


    When us sent his consciousness into his soul sea, he discovered the cores were undergoing yet another transformation beyond their expansion.


    The first change he noticed was a literal sea appearing within them, surrounded by shimmering rings. It was a mesmerizing sight.


    Something that could hold one''s gaze all day.


    The sight made him wonder what kind of changes would ur when he became a Sage. But for now, he had to set those thoughts aside. His priority was first to be a Saint.


    Ten minutes passed, and the runes continued pouring in. us sat calmly, absorbing the Mountain Dew and Qi Sea Expansion Elixirs he had brought with him.


    Hisdies had insisted he prepare thoroughly, as they cared deeply about his well-being—and his star juice, which was making them much stronger.


    They were obsessed with it. Thankfully, they were all powerful warriors, so he didn''t have to worry too much about their safety.


    An hourter, thest core finished expanding.


    us expected the tribtion to end, but he was shocked when he realized his first Star Core had started forming into a Sage Core. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire


    Forty minutester, the first Sage Core was formed, and us immediately felt his body overflowing with powerful energies. The first two doors in his soul sea opened wide, and star energy surged from within, filling his soul sea.


    The Dragon and the Demon Bead began absorbing some of the energy. In fact, they were only taking in a small portion of the energy pouring in.


    The remaining energies were all going into his cores.


    Five Sage Cores had formed three hourster, and us was still under the effects of the Tribtion Runes.


    The cores continued forming, and seven hours after the tribtion began, it finally ended with us forming seven out of nine Sage Cores.


    "This is madness," He muttered, flexing his arm as he felt the power filling it. It was so dense that he felt he could easily cleave through a mountain with just a punch.


    "I have be very strong." He quickly esses his status page to look at the changes. He is feeling very powerful at the moment.


    ___________


    Name: us Hanson


    Age: 17


    Talent: Celestial Elemental Overlord | Overlord Poison Master


    ss: Weapons Overlord | Poison Illusionist Overlord


    Bloodline: Dormant


    Physique: Nine Reincarnation Divine Body


    Realm: Saint


    Star Core Formation: 7/9


    Strength: 7,300@@novelbin@@


    Agility: 8,370


    Stamina: 8,340


    Defence: 7,600


    Intelligence: 8,100


    Health: 22,000


    Star Qi: 2,900,000,000


    Stat Points: 17,600


    ___________


    "Damn, with these stats and points, I will have a shot then. For now, I will only add 2000 points to Strength, Agility, Defense, and Stamina."


    us quickly added 2000 points to these four stats. That will give him some urge over his opponents, considering this stat is for someone nearing the great sage stage.


    Plus, he still has 9,600 points remaining; he can add them ordingly when the situation calls for it. The only downside is he still hasn''t be a Sage like he expected a few minutes before the 7th core formed and he opened his eyes.


    us didn''t immediately check the skills he had received. Instead, he dived into his soul sea to check the changes that had urred.


    He expected great changes to ur, but now that he was looking at it, he could only smile and move to the key areas he needed to be at.


    He checked in the Dragon and could tell it had be very powerful again. He used the info skill he had to check its stats, but as expected, only a few details appeared.


    But even so, he can tell the dragon has be a menace that can rival a transcendent.


    ___________


    < Name: Chaotic Nirvana me Dragon >


    - The Legendary Nine-Headed Forbidden Fire Dragon


    - Threat Level: SS (High)


    - Grade: Tier 7


    -- A fire dragon born from the fusion of Nine Forbidden me elements. Each Element has its own aspects, abilities and properties.


    -- Each element will have its own personality when the Fire Element reaches the Third Stage. Also, each element will have its own body if you want.


    -- The stronger you grow, the stronger they be.


    ___________


    us wasn''t interested in knowing more; he only knew and felt that the dragon, now with one fully awakened me element, would go a long way on this trial.


    Since he couldn''t use summons and external items, he resolved to use his own element as a summon to level the ying field.


    He moved to check the [Seal of ughter] and [Seal of Poisons and Illusion]. Each showed no major changes aside from faintly emitting ughter illusions and poison energies.


    Next, he examined the Demon Bead (Pentaface Bead). He didn''t expect any changes like the seals, but upon cing his hand on it, he discovered the fourth face had unlocked, making it 4/5.


    The skill he received was an AOE attack with devastating effects that could immediately plunge a battlefield into chaos. Its name says it all:


    [Chaos Reverie].


    It had three forms, each a menace to any battlefield it would be used on. us didn''t want to jinx it, but he hoped for arge-scale battle soon just to test his new skills.


    With the four faces unlocked—Face of Harrows, Face of Despair, Face of Starvation, and now Face of Anarchy—he was left with just the Face of Discord to unlock.


    Only then could he finally open the Demon Bead and uncover what made it one of the Ancient Forbidden Relics.