For the next several hours, Victor and Krul engaged in passionate intimacy.
Their passionate encounter spanned every corner of the manor, from Victor's bedroom to the spacious living room, the luxurious bathroom, the indoor swimming pool, and eventually even the kitchen, where they experienced the playful novelty of nothing but an apron.
After their extended session of intense passion, the afternoon sun was already beginning to set.
At this moment, Krul lay completely exhausted in the bedroom, having succumbed to pleasant fatigue from their vigorous activities.
Coincidentally, it was precisely then that the three Kocho sisters returned home.
However, the expressions on all three women's faces appeared rather somber and dejected.
Seeing their obvious disappointment, Victor immediately guessed the unfortunate outcome of their journey.
"What happened? Were you unable to locate your parents' souls?"
Kanae nodded with a heavy sigh.
"We searched everywhere, but we couldn't find any trace of their souls."
In truth, they had already anticipated such a result from the beginning.
After all, their parents had been deceased for many years. Even if souls did exist in their world, they would have long since moved on to their next incarnation or achieved enlightenment.
If reincarnation was indeed real, their parents might very well have been reborn as entirely different people by now.
Despite their mental preparation, such harsh reality remained difficult to accept emotionally.
Victor gently patted each of their heads in comfort. "Don't worry, we'll explore other methods in the future."
"Yes."
The three sisters nodded, gradually setting aside their disappointed emotions.
Just then, Shinobu noticed the obvious disorder throughout the manor and detected the unmistakable intimate fragrance lingering in the air.
Her fair cheeks immediately flushed bright red with embarrassment.
Kanae, standing nearby, quickly realized the situation as well and adopted a similarly shy expression.
Although she remained a virgin herself, she wasn't completely naive about such matters and naturally understood what had transpired here.
Only the innocent Kanao Tsuyuri maintained her characteristically confused expression, completely oblivious to the implications.
Kanae said with a crimson blush, "I'll go clean everything up."
"Sister, let me help you too."
After all, the mess had been created by her beloved Victor, how could Shinobu have the nerve to let her elder sister clean it alone?
"Ahem, thank you both for your assistance," Victor replied, feeling somewhat embarrassed himself.
They had indeed gotten rather carried away earlier. He made a mental note to exercise more restraint in the future.
Over the following days, Victor devoted most of his time to intensive cultivation.
Occasionally, he would open the chat group to converse with the various girls or spend quality time with his women, engaging in mutually satisfying intimate activities.
From time to time, Alisa would also visit to spend leisure time with him.
Time passed steadily day by day.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had elapsed.
That morning, after finishing breakfast, Victor addressed all the girls around him with an important announcement, "I'm going to be away for several days."
"Why do you suddenly need to leave for multiple days?" his women asked with puzzled expressions.
Victor rarely ventured out for extended periods these days.
Even when he did leave the manor, it was typically to accompany the girls on romantic dates or shopping expeditions.
"I can sense that my cultivation bottleneck has finally begun to loosen, so I need to find a suitable location for secluded breakthrough cultivation."
At this time, Victor's realm had reached the late Golden Core stage, meaning his next breakthrough would advance him to the prestigious Nascent Soul realm.
The spiritual disturbance caused by a Golden Core to Nascent Soul breakthrough was extraordinarily massive and dramatic.
The protective formations he currently possessed were insufficient to conceal such tremendous spiritual power fluctuations.
Therefore, he absolutely had to locate a completely isolated area where no one could possibly witness his advancement.
Shinobu asked with concern, "Where are you planning to conduct your breakthrough retreat?"
Victor didn't reply verbally, but simply pointed upward toward the ceiling.
"In the sky?"
"No, in outer space."
If there existed a place that was truly deserted and completely isolated from civilization, it would undoubtedly be the vast void of space far beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Not only could he safely break through there, but even if he were to undergo a heavenly tribulation, it wouldn't attract any unwanted attention from the mortal world.
"Please be careful and return to us quickly," the girls said with obvious worry.
After making thorough preparations, Victor took flight into space under the anxious gazes of all his women.
Following a brief period of high-speed flight, Victor swiftly departed Earth's atmosphere and entered the infinite void of outer space.
"So this is what the true universe looks like?"
Victor couldn't help but pause momentarily to admire this extraordinary sight he had never witnessed before.
Compared to the gorgeously enhanced universe depicted in online astronomical photographs, what stretched before his eyes was pure nothingness and absolute darkness.
This was the authentic face of the cosmos.
Those spectacular star-filled images of space were actually just products of extensive digital processing and artistic enhancement.
Victor randomly selected a direction and continued flying deeper into the cosmic void.
Soon he passed Earth's moon and continued advancing into the profound depths of space.
After traveling for an indeterminate period, the Earth behind him appeared no larger than a tiny grain of sand.
"This distance should be sufficient."
At such an extreme remove from civilization, absolutely no one should be capable of detecting whatever occurred here.
With this reassurance, Victor settled into a cross-legged meditation posture in the vacuum and began practicing the Return to Origin Art.
Time flowed by second by second.
As the hours passed, Victor became surrounded by majestic spiritual energy so dense it was visible to the naked eye.
The cultivation aura emanating from his body gradually transformed and steadily intensified.
In what seemed like an instant, three full days had elapsed.
BOOM!
Suddenly, a spiritual pressure far exceeding the Golden Core realm erupted from Victor's body without any restraint whatsoever!
In a single moment, every meteorite and piece of space debris within a radius of thousands of kilometers was instantly reduced to cosmic dust!
Simultaneously, clearly visible cracks appeared in the very fabric of space itself.
Back on Earth, Shinobu, Krul, and the others seemed to sense something profound and looked up toward the sky with instinctive recognition.
"Was that overwhelming sensation just now from Victor?"
"Yes, it absolutely must have been him!"
"Three days have passed, I wonder when he'll return to us."
"Don't worry. He'll be back very soon."
Not only were Shinobu and Krul eagerly awaiting Victor's triumphant return, the girls in the chat group shared their anticipation.
[Stelle: Missing my husband for the Nth day in a row.]
[Lumine: Has it really been that long? It's only been three days.]
[Stelle: Don't you understand the meaning of 'a day feels like a year'? I can't wait to see him again!]
[Bai Yuekui: If you truly can't endure the wait any longer, you could enter cultivation retreat. Time passes much more quickly when you're practicing.]
[Stelle: Damn, that's a strategy I never considered!]
[Belle: Time for me to cultivate. See you later.]
[Kiana: Me too.]
[Bai Yuekui: ...]
[Lumine: Are you girls really going to cultivate? You clearly just want to make time pass faster! I'm too embarrassed to call you out directly!]
[Rin Tohsaka: You've already exposed them completely.]
[Tokisaki Kurumi: Oh my, Mr. Victor certainly is popular with the ladies.]
[Tsunade: Why do so many women fall for harem-building men? I genuinely don't understand.]
[Shinoa Hiiragi: Perhaps this represents the natural charisma of truly powerful individuals?]
[Bai Yuekui: That's not the only factor. Victor isn't merely strong, he's also remarkably handsome.]
[Shinoa Hiiragi: Very true indeed.]
[Tsunade: Wait a moment, why did Lumine go offline as well?]
[Bai Yuekui: Uh, I suppose she went to cultivate too?]
[Rin Tohsaka: Good heavens, you were just criticizing the others, but aren't you behaving exactly the same way?]
Five additional days passed in the blink of an eye.
By this time, the terrifying spiritual pressure had completely dissipated and everything had returned to peaceful tranquility.
Victor slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath of stale air, and declared with genuine excitement, "Finally, I've achieved the breakthrough!"
He carefully examined his current cultivation level and strength, "So this is the legendary Nascent Soul realm? The power is absolutely terrifying!"
With his present capabilities, he could literally crush an entire planet with a single hand!
As expected of a Nascent Soul realm master, truly horrifying beyond imagination!