The next morning…
Sol woke up in Nicole's bed.
Although Nicole had strongly insisted he return to his own room after their two rounds of "exercise" the night before, Sol's stubbornness ultimately prevailed—and they ended up sleeping together for the whole night.
All in all, the results had been… extraordinary.
Nicole could still act tough everywhere else, but inside Sol's room, there wasn't a single trace of that sharp tongue left.
Sol reached over and gave both Anby and Nicole a gentle squeeze—just to "borrow" a bit of their good luck for the day.
He hadn't had much luck with his daily draws over the past week, so he figured today might finally be a turning point.
With both Nicole's and Anby's fortune combined, he was bound to strike gold.
He had managed to swindle twenty billion Dennies from the black market dealers—and today, he intended to spend it all in one go.
"Alright, System," Sol thought with excitement. "It's draw time!"
Twenty billion Dennies meant two thousand pulls—twenty guaranteed gold cards, over sixty random golds, and two hundred purples. It was the first time he'd ever been this extravagant.
In his mind's eye, the system's prize pool blazed like a storm of light.
In just two minutes, two thousand beams of radiance burst forth—white, green, blue, purple, and gold merging into a dazzling rainbow before being absorbed into his system space.
Sol dove his consciousness into the space, immediately ignoring the white, green, and blue cards.
Those low-tier cards could probably build a thriving nation in some apocalypse, but for him? Utterly useless.
Among the purple cards, he tossed aside the random equipment and clothing, but used every single skill card.
From the Type-Moon world's various thaumaturgies, Faerûn's arcane traditions, Norse runes, to martial arts from wuxia and xianxia, and over a dozen other obscure abilities—he absorbed them all.
From that moment, Sol officially became a true hexagon warrior—proficient in all forms of combat and sorcery.
If before he could only "part the Earth's crust" with brute force, now he could do it in style.
Next, he turned his attention to the gold cards.
There were sixty-six random golds. He used all of the skill-type ones—Unlimited Blade Works, Materialization of Imagination, Omega-Class Magnetic Field Control, Five Thunder Method, Innate Primordial Magnetic Body, Type-III Perpetual Motion Engine: Stellar Particle, and more.
If the two hundred purple skills had broadened his versatility, then these golds elevated his power ceiling to a whole new level.
The Omega-class magnetic control came from the Marvel universe; the Type-III Perpetual Motion Engine from Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo?; together, they catapulted Sol's strength from planet-class to planetary destroyer level, granting him the absurd trait of a true perpetual motion engine.
The "Type-III Perpetual Motion Engine" could create energy from nothing, defying the universe's law of entropy and inevitable heat death.
Its peak instantaneous output might not exceed the energy of a dying star—but stretched across infinite time, it was essentially the power of creation itself.
As for his golden equipment, there are items such as: Cosmic Stringwave Electromagnetic Lance, Stellar-Grade Cognitive Computer, Bloodthirsty Scythe, and the Skeleton Key.
Each was extraordinary—the weakest could restore his health by harming enemies, while the strongest could shatter galaxies.
He even obtained thirteen one-time resurrection artifacts.
Resurrection was precious, but in the infinite multiverse, it was almost… ordinary.
Still, it meant he'd become even harder to kill—always a good thing.
Dozens of potential uses for all this equipment flashed through his mind in an instant, but he set those thoughts aside for now and looked toward the ten self-selected gold cards that remained.
A hundred choices appeared before him, each a treasure in its own domain.
After intense cross-comparison using his enhanced cognition, Sol finally selected the ten that best complemented his current abilities.
Soul Enhancement:
Demon Soul Crystal Lv.7
Angel Soul Crystal Lv.7
Mortal Soul Crystal Lv.7
Sage Soul Crystal Lv.7
The fusion of these four crystallized essences transformed his soul—powerful enough now to directly interfere with reality itself, capable of snuffing out the consciousness of life across multiple planets.
His spiritual acuity and mental faculties also reached new, transcendent heights.
Attribute Enhancement:
Universal Magnetic Resonance
Gravitational Manipulation Lv.7
Eternal Electric Field Lv.7
Transcendent Perception Lv.7
Energy Control Lv.7
These allowed him to sense and control electromagnetic currents at a galactic scale, potentially spinning magnetic vortices with power exceeding 750,000 horsepower, enough to birth true black holes.
At that level, he'd wield galactic-class offensive capability.
Equipment Enhancement:
Emperor Armor and its Construction Knowledge.
This granted Sol the ability to summon the Emperor Armor—akin to a "Final Emperor"-type set.
Due to his unique physique, he could channel the energy of an entire star through it.
But what mattered more was understanding its construction principles. Combined with his [Transcendent Perception], it gave him a genuine chance of harnessing the force of a million suns.
System Enhancement:
Golden Dawn · Silver Star System Integration
This was a comprehensive advancement framework from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn from Toaru Majutsu no Index—spanning from mortal to godhood. It finally solved Sol's biggest problem: his powers had become too chaotic.
The Silver Star system focused on philosophical and metaphysical ascension—evolution from human, to god, to the unknowable Dao.
There were ten tiers in total.
Tier I–VIII: Mortal to Demigod.
Sol currently stood at Tier VIII, a freshly transcended demigod—still defined by the limits of physics.
Even if he could obliterate half a universe with one strike, he was still just a demigod—limited by the rules of reality itself.
To reach Tier IX, one must transcend logic—to embody concepts themselves.
To make one plus one equal three.
To turn gravity into repulsion.
Those who could destroy single or multiple universes with a thought—they all belonged to Tier IX.
In Honkai: Star Rail, the Aeons were Tier IX beings—conceptual gods embodying the Paths themselves, capable of remaking entire universes with a whim.
Above them was Tier X—the Hidden God, or the ineffable essence of the Dao itself.
The Silver Star system described Tier X as theoretical—yet Sol believed it was real.
In his mind, the System itself was likely a construct of that level.
He'd seen hints of it before—in his very first template, Yan Shuangying, with its impossible, reality-breaking skills that clearly transcended Tier IX limits.
…
When all two hundred billion Dennies were finally spent, Sol's power had once again leapt to unimaginable heights.
After a brief moment of rest and adjustment, he was ready for his next adventure.
His destination?
The world next door—towardsthe Astral Express.