Three weeks passed.
One week remained before the exchange.
Runar hadn't left the training dimension.
Every cell in his body had crossed the galaxy-level threshold. The energy he had accumulated over three months was enough for two realm crossings, and it sat inside him like a compressed storm — vast, dense, pressing outward against his control without actually breaching it. He held it with 1% of his consciousness. Not because holding it was difficult. Because releasing it now, before his comprehension was ready, would be wasteful. He would not attempt something this size on an incomplete foundation.
The remaining 99% went to comprehension.
The Principle of Genesis had been deepening for three months. It was close to its peak now — the layers narrowing, the distance between his current understanding and the full principle measurable rather than vast. The Principle of Elements had caught up to it over the past three weeks. Both sat at around 91% complete.
