[ Current Integration: 3.1% → 3.12% ]
Victor exhaled deeply. That was the longest single night of his life.
The sensation of the technique finishing was overwhelming. It wasn't a rush of power like a cultivation breakthrough—it was subtler. Deeper. Like a part of him had unlocked that had always been missing. He could feel the integration happening even now. It was slow—but it was constant.
Elder Mo descended slowly from the air, his robe fluttering lightly as he landed. His aged eyes studied Victor with quiet admiration.
"Well done," the elder said, arms behind his back. "You've done what many geniuses fail to do. With this technique, your bloodline will no longer stagnate."
Victor turned his gaze to the moonlight. "It didn't feel like a single night. It felt like…weeks."
"That is the illusion of harmonization," Elder Mo replied. "When the spirit fights to sync with the very foundation of who you are, time itself bends within the spiritual plane."
