Just because Jake had agreed to go with Anya didn't mean he'd given up on his Aether Core. He was aware that at his current pace, creating a stable Aether Core could take several months.
It was a great training for his Spirit Body, but every day that he passed the Aether density on B842 was increasing substantially. After just one week, the density had exceeded 30 points. This was evidence that the Evolvers were progressing quickly and the surge in density each morning matched the time when the Players finished their Ordeal and left the Red Cube.
If he spent months training without hunting or participating in any Ordeal, he would soon be left behind. Although his training could not be neglected, there was a simple way to speed up the creation of the Aether Core and that was to increase his Extrasensory Perception and Intelligence.
And in order to do that, he had to solve the Aether limit issue.
