Zol and Mason sat in the void alone, cultivating and observing with time slowly ticking. Days passed as the intensity slowly increased.
While still slow, it increased nonetheless. There was the occasional void creature that came by and was quickly made short work of.
Fortunately for the men, the cosmic mana waves never came close to their location.
A few supernovas had also occurred over the few days they sat there cultivating, spreading huge amounts of solar essence and the generated shockwaves washed over the duo, yet they remained where they sat.
From time to time, Mason would try to engage Zol in conversations, and he would sometimes give a reply or simply ignore him, especially when he began his shenanigans.
A little over a week later, a change suddenly occurred.
The pulsating veil tear suddenly released a much stronger beat than what they felt before, instantly making Zol and Mason back away billions of kilometres.