Three weeks passed in a blur, and throughout that entire span of time, Edward did not relent in his cultivation for even a moment.
Still seated cross-legged, his posture unchanged, Edward had advanced to the late stage of the True Mage realm, his mana core now bearing the inscription of his 941st mana circle. The speed of his progress was nothing short of abnormal. Before tempering his body, he had averaged roughly twenty mana circles every three days, a pace already considered impressive by most standards. Now, with his body fully tempered and his foundations reinforced, that speed had doubled, reaching forty mana circles per day with unwavering consistency.
At that rate, over the course of twenty-one days, he had successfully inscribed an average of eight hundred and forty mana circles, each one stable, precise, and perfectly anchored. His growth was steady, relentless, and terrifyingly efficient, as though cultivation itself had bent to accommodate his will.
