After completing the synthesis of [Coordinate Lock], Daniel did not hesitate to once again trigger Time Stream and enter another repetition.
The reason he had chosen to synthesize the God Rank Skills so quickly was simply to test their actual effects.
And each of these God Rank Skills had proven to be extremely satisfying.
After several more loops, Daniel’s figure appeared within the Desert of Time.
He stood before the portal leading to the past, carefully observing the surface of its frame.
It was then that a sudden and powerful suction erupted from the portal.
Daniel instantly recognized that this force was utterly irresistible.
Almost on reflex, he activated Time Stream.
Only because of this reaction did he escape the fate of being dragged inside.
Even so, he realized this portal was not like the others.
The rest required either activation or a specific token.
But this one seemed to pull him in automatically, provided certain conditions were met.
Faced with such a dangerous anomaly, Daniel chose to avoid it altogether and continued into the next repetition.
Without realizing it, all of Daniel’s avatars together had experienced nearly a full year’s worth of time.
And yet, despite all of this, he had never once detected the presence of another being altering the timeline.
It seemed time-related powers were exceedingly rare in this world.
Especially those involving reversal of time—aside from himself, he had never seen another.
Among his countless repetitions, Daniel stumbled upon a very special half-plane.
This half-plane was overflowing with herbs of every type, nearly every medicinal plant he had ever seen or heard of, and many more he had never encountered.
If these herbs could be brought back, it would be an enormous boon to humanity as a whole.
What was most striking was that this plane contained not just herbs, but a wide array of other plant life as well.
Its environment was perfectly suited for cultivation.
Within this realm, Daniel finally discovered an herb he had long been seeking—one that was exceptionally rare.
[Chaotic Time Grass]
[Effect: When touched or used, it throws the user into a chaotic state, appearing across unstable timelines.]
This Chaotic Time Grass was not only rare, but it was also an indispensable ingredient for synthesizing another God Rank Skill.
[Chaotic Consumables (Passive)]
[Effect: Your consumables no longer deplete upon use, their effects are amplified tenfold, and any temporary effect becomes permanent.]
...
Unknowingly, Daniel had already gone through three hundred repetitions.
And even so, he felt there were still vast parts of the world left unexplored.
Still, his efforts had not been in vain.
After endless dives, he finally reached the bottom of the Stormy Sea.
And after many repetitions, Milla too had begun to notice the strange cycles of repeated time.
But Daniel did not care whether she realized it or not.
At this moment, all of his attention was fixed on the deepest trench of the sea.
For there, hidden away, lay something extraordinary—a sprawling Undersea Forest.
[Undersea Forest (Plane Entrance)]
Daniel paused in surprise when the message appeared before his eyes.
So it was true—at the very bottom of the Stormy Sea, a portal to another plane had been hidden all along.
This was the reason he had spent so long cycling through repetition after repetition.
If not for his quest, he never would have forced his true body into this place.
Carefully recording the coordinates, Daniel made no move to enter.
Instead, he raised his hand, snapped his fingers, and activated Time Stream.
...
But unlike the countless repetitions before, this time he did not return to the moment just after leaving the Exile Plane.
Instead, he rewound to the point right after leaving the Desert of Time.
At this juncture, Milla had not yet exiled him.
When she saw him appear again, Milla instinctively called out a greeting.
But before she could finish, Daniel interrupted her.
"We can return now. But before that, I need you to open a portal to the Exile Plane for me."
"Hm?"
Milla’s face flickered with surprise.
"Lord Daniel, have you already decided to be exiled?"
Daniel nodded, his tone calm.
"Yes. Once you open the portal, you may leave. I will handle the rest myself."
At this moment, Milla still had no idea that Daniel could traverse time.
For in this version of the timeline, her intuition had not yet triggered.
The only reason she had begun to sense something before was because Daniel had replayed the same moment far too many times, each time appearing directly in front of her.
That repetition had stirred her instincts.
But now, Daniel had shifted the timeline back a little further.
And so naturally, Milla had no inkling of what was truly happening.
Hearing his words, Milla’s lips curved into a faint smile.
"Haha, it seems Lord Daniel no longer has any need of me. But before I go, I want to confirm—Lord Daniel, you can return from the Exile Plane on your own, can’t you?"
"I must warn you, I have no means to rescue you from there."
Daniel nodded.
"Rest assured, I can return."
Milla said nothing more.
She simply opened a portal.
After leaving behind that gateway to the Exile Plane, she departed.
Daniel stepped into the Exile Plane briefly, summoned the Tree of Faith, and then vanished again—reappearing at the bottom of the Stormy Sea.
After culling a swarm of silver-rank monsters, he still failed to find any trace of a gold-rank creature.
It was a pity.
If he could have located even a single gold-rank specimen, he could have cultivated platinum-grade monster eggs.
That would have been a tremendous boost to humanity.
But for now, it was only a dream.
Meanwhile, his avatars continued working tirelessly.
Using Flashback, they gathered the rare items Daniel had carefully logged in past cycles.
He had planned every route long ago.
As his avatars moved along their assigned paths, Daniel’s figure appeared once more in the Chaotic Hills.
It was time.
Time to have a serious conversation with Kogmaw.
By now, Daniel had wrung nearly all possible value out of him.
The abyssal creature could only serve as muscle—but undeniably powerful muscle.