One trillion years—that was the deadline Ash had set for himself to make significant progress along the Meta Road.
Not too long ago, when Minx stepped into Pantheos, he altered the flow of time for the entire verse.
Now, a single year in the outside world would mean an entire era passing for everyone within Pantheos.
'A year… that should be enough time for little Nia to wrap things up,' he mused, his gaze drifting to Emma, who stood across from him.
At present, he knew Nia was working on Reality Four—something that would normally be obliterated in the blink of an eye.
But this time, for the final Reality, she was taking her time, carefully crafting her own reality as she went.
All of this, however, circled back to Ash and the reason he would need essentially ten trillion years to fully ascend the Meta Road.
Beyond his desire to savor life as a reclusive, overpowered master, the path he had chosen was vastly different from the 5th Wall that Minx had attained.
