Creed was still staring at his body in amazement.
Even though he had washed away the grime from his breakthrough, he still felt… different.
Stronger. Faster. More powerful.
Before absorbing the Primordial Energy, he had only been at 30% progress toward breaking into Stage 1, still far from becoming a Bronze-level Awakened.
But now?
The system had flooded his body with so much pure, refined Dimensional Energy that he had actually broken through instantly!
That wasn't normal. At all!
Most people had to train, refine their 9 meridians, and then push their bodies to the limit before they even touched a breakthrough.
And here he was, just absorbing some random energy and jumping straight to Stage 1 like he was skipping levels in a game!
"Heh. Overpowered protagonist moment." Creed muttered, cracking his knuckles.
Then—
[Ding!
Congratulations, Host, for reaching Stage 1!
Rewards: 10 Primordial Essence.]
