Just as Cain smiled at the sight of his newly forged weapon, his expression suddenly shifted. His eyes widened, and a violent tremor rippled through his entire body, as if something had detonated deep within him.
For an instant, he braced himself, unsure of whether this surge signaled danger or instability. But then the sensation fully unfolded, and a profound realization struck him.
It was not bad news.
It was astonishingly good news.
"Hahaha… yes. Finally. My soul force has evolved into the ArchDeity Rank!" The excitement in Cain's voice was raw and unrestrained, the kind of exhilaration he rarely allowed himself to show.
The higher one ascended, the harder it became to elevate soul force beyond one's cultivation base. Even after evolving his Primordial, Astral Rebirth, and Essence Evolution Paths of Power to the Late Prime Deity Rank, his soul force had stubbornly remained short of the ArchDeity threshold.
