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Time passed quietly.
In the blink of an eye, another half-year had gone by.
During this half-year, aside from the shocking day when the Gold Temples reacted, the Sanctuary remained extremely peaceful. Most of the Saints continued their training in an orderly manner.
Jiang Chen was no exception.
In this half-year, his Cosmo had once again clearly improved, reaching a new level of completeness and he was only a step away from the Sixth Sense.
And just as Jiang Chen was about to grasp it—
From the Zodiac Temples, another beam of light once again pierced the sky.
"The Aries Temple…" Jiang Chen looked up with a hint of surprise in his eyes but that surprise only lasted for a moment.
He quickly thought of a certain figure: The Aries Gold Saint Mu, disciple of Shion. Clearly, he had arrived at the Sanctuary and officially inherited the Aries Gold Cloth.
He glanced toward the Sacred Mountain.
At that moment, the Aries, Gemini, Virgo, and Sagittarius Temples were all glowing faintly with golden light, representing that four of the Twelve Gold Saints had now gathered.
If nothing unexpected happened, in the coming few years—
Aside from the mysterious Libra Gold Saint, the remaining Gold Saints would also gradually appear and once they were gathered, that event would likely begin.
"Sage…"
"Kanon…"
Jiang Chen murmured softly, then shook his head and refocused on his training.
…
One year after returning to the Sanctuary…
Boom!
A majestic aura erupted from Jiang Chen's body. Within him, the Zodiac Temples of his inner Cosmo fully took shape in that instant.
His Sixth Sense began to awaken and spread outward. In just the blink of an eye, the Sixth Sense was born. It was originally early evening, but the moment Jiang Chen's Sixth Sense awakened, the sky above the Sanctuary dimmed.
One by one, stars began to appear in the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
From the Sacred Mountain, the Twelve Zodiac Temples once again burst into dazzling brilliance. Golden light pierced the heavens, and even the Gold Sacred Cloths trembled in response.
In Aries Temple —
Mu, who had been sitting cross-legged, deep in meditative training, suddenly opened his eyes.
"What's happening? Why is the Gold Cloth reacting?" His expression was one of shock and disbelief.
…
Gemini Temple —
Sage also opened his eyes.
"This sensation… is it Chen?"
Surprised, he stood up instantly, gaze involuntarily shifting toward the Gold Cloth next to him.
…
Virgo Temple —
"He's finally reached that point," Shaka whispered softly. Though his eyes remained closed, his face held a touch of admiration.
…
Sagittarius Temple —
"It's Chen…" Aiolos murmured.
One after another, the Gold Saints were shaken.
Even Alex, in the Pope's Hall, walked out and his eyes widened as he looked down.
"What an incredible Cosmo… and it's not even the Seventh Sense!" Alex muttered to himself with eyes full of shock. And amidst that shock, he seemed to notice something, his gaze instantly turned to the Zodiac Temples.
There, he saw something astounding: A temple slowly emerging from illusion into reality.
"The Ophiuchus Temple!" He blurted the words aloud.
At that moment, his brother's words from long ago came flooding back.
His thoughts raced.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen, immersed in this breakthrough, was unaware of what was happening around him. His body was fully absorbed in the transformation of his Cosmo. Comprehending the Sixth Sense wasn't exactly a transformation, it was a natural emergence, once the Cosmo was refined to a certain level.
It had been this way for Sage, Shaka, and the others.
Now, the same was true for Jiang Chen.
As his inner Zodiac Temples reached completion, an illusory 13th constellation just beyond the Twelve Temples began to appear faintly. This mysterious sign pushed his Cosmo to full maturity. And at last, he crossed the enormous threshold.
This moment brought Jiang Chen a transformation on every level.
…
Beneath a pitch-black sky, the Zodiac Temples radiated dazzling light. At that moment, within the Sanctuary, the attention of all the trainee Saints, candidate Saints, and even the official Saints was involuntarily drawn toward the source.
Amid their focused gazes, a faint and flickering new constellation appeared above the Zodiac Temples.
"Wh-what is that?"
"That's the Zodiac Temples."
"I'm not talking about those. Didn't you see it?"
"See what?"
"That! Above the Twelve Zodiac Signs… isn't that… a new constellation?"
"It really does look like one!"
"Whoa… there's actually a constellation above the Twelve Zodiac Signs!"
Exclamations of astonishment erupted throughout the Sanctuary and as they cried out, in the pitch-black sky, the stars twinkled and connected into constellations.
No one knew how much time had passed… But eventually, the darkened sky began to return to normal.
"Hahh…" Jiang Chen exhaled a long breath of turbid air. Seated cross-legged, he slowly opened his eyes.
A hint of joy flashed across his face. After more than three years, he had finally crossed the most critical threshold of his Cosmo.
He had reached the Sixth Sense.
Only now could he truly be considered a qualified Saint.
After all, merely awakening Cosmo wasn't enough to draw out its true power, only by reaching the Sixth Sense could one fully wield the strength of their Cosmo.
Just like this moment—
Even without using his Ki, and even disregarding his Saiyan-level physique, purely relying on Cosmo, Jiang Chen felt that if he went all out, he might already be on par with Frieza.
And this was just him having barely stepped into the Sixth Sense.
Let alone the Seventh Sense, if he continued refining the Sixth Sense, his power would increase dramatically. If he broke through to the Seventh Sense, Jiang Chen suspected that his strength might rival, or even surpass, his current combat power.
After all, his Cosmo wasn't like others'.
It was more akin to the Great Cosmo from Omega, not the regular Cosmo possessed by typical Saints. Reaching the Seventh Sense for him would mean he had fully completed his personal "Great Cosmos".
The power he could unleash at that point… would be unimaginable.
Of course, achieving that level would be incredibly difficult.
The Great Cosmos wasn't just the Zodiac Temples, or even just the 88 Constellations. In the vast universe, the number of constellations was unfathomable. Even just in the observable universe, the scale was terrifying.
Based on Jiang Chen's knowledge from his previous life:
The observable universe is a sphere with a diameter of 93 billion light-years. One light-year equals about 9.46 trillion kilometers, meaning the observable universe spans about 1 hundred million trillion trillion kilometers. It contains around 2 trillion galaxies, possibly hundreds of sextillions of stars, and even more planets.
With such a vast universe, how many galaxies, how many constellations existed, only the heavens knew.
Even if the Seventh Sense didn't require manifesting the entire observable cosmos, even a prototype of it would still be tremendous in scale.
To embody a cosmos that massive… Even thinking about the power it could release made one's scalp tingle.
Of course, with such overwhelming power… Came equally overwhelming difficulty.
To fully manifest his Cosmo and reach the Seventh Sense would be an unprecedented challenge.
And it was not something that could be achieved in a year or two. Even ten years, or twenty years would be far from enough.
It might not even be possible in a thousand years, unless exceptional circumstances occurred. Still, compared to the traditional Saiyan training path, this was clearly another fast track to growing stronger.
Jiang Chen eyes gleamed as he slowly stood up but just as he rose—
A deep, resonant voice echoed in his ear:
"Chen, come to the Pope's Hall!"
The voice was familiar.
"Yes!" Jiang Chen steadied his mind, nodded slightly, and headed straight toward the Pope's Hall.
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(To Be Continued…)
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