For the unconscious, the passing of time bore no feeling. 

After a long while, Xia Lei’s fingers finally twitched. He opened his eyes. He peered down and found that his clothes had returned to its original state but his body was still a tad bit rigid from the coldness. There were still chills coming from inside his bones, it felt pretty awful. 

But as soon as he realized that he still had his physical body, Xia Lei was relieved. After taking the final AE capsule, Xia Lei was worried that some form of intense chemical reaction would have transpired and caused his body to disintegrate. Thankfully, the paranoia was in vain. 

Evolution was slow. While he had swallowed the last AE capsule and activated the last leg of his evolution, it did not mean that he’d reach its apex form right away. There was a process of indefinite duration but Xia Lei was confident that he wouldn’t attain his final form very soon. 

Xia Lei struggled to clamber up from...