And so, with Moira's assistance, Lorien suddenly discovered that the task at hand became much easier, and even the energy consumption was greatly reduced.

Sensing this, Lorien felt puzzled not knowing what was happening, however, he wasn't about to waste such a great opportunity as he immediately took advantage of it and strengthened his efforts.

'I don't know what's going on, however, I can't waste it!'

Of course, unbeknown to him, this was Moira's doing as she was guiding the evolution from the sidelines, optimizing it, and fixing problems and issues when they arise.

She added some parts while removing others that would be detrimental in the long run.

This continued for a while as a quarter of the reserved dream energy got consumed; Only then did things finally settle down.

'Finally, it's over!'

Opening his eyes slowly, they shone with a faint golden light as mysterious lines could be seen looming inside of them.

Those lines looked like intricate inscriptions that were carved by nature itself.

Frankly, they didn't look like something humans can make.

However, sadly, this incredible sight didn't last long as soon afterward, those lines silently faded away causing the eyes to return to their normal state.

*Hufffff*

Releasing a long sigh of relief, Lorien immediately began checking his abilities to see what changed, after all, even though he did his best to guide this transformation, things could still go astray.

'Well, let's first check my [Clairvoyance], even though I don't use it much, I'd hate to lose it!'

Thinking of this, he immediately began testing it as he hoped for the best.

'Hmmm... Nothing changed, I can still see the future, moreover, it became much easier, additionally, I can feel like there is another ability linked to it!'

Feeling this new ability, Lorien immediately recognized it as one of the new 'ocular prowess' he awakened.

'Those abilities are really weird, once awakened, I instinctively knew how to use them, it's as natural as moving my arms.'

'Well, whatever, let's organize things now.'

Reaching here, Lorien started mumbling out loud.

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"My eyes now have three abilities."

"The first is 'Copy' which allows me to copy the knowledge, experience, and abilities of others, this ability corresponds to the 'Migeiko'."

"The second is 'Clairvoyance and Lock' which allows me to see the infinite future possibilities and affect them by choosing the ones I prefer or simply eliminating the ones I don't like, this ability is a combination of the 'Heavenly Eye' and my own 'Clairvoyance'."

Sensing those two abilities, Lorien couldn't suppress the joy in his heart as a huge smile appeared on his face.

"Hahahahaha, great! those powers are really useful to me! and even though they could still be blocked by those who possess the power of 'Time', such cases are very rare."

"Well, the stronger the target the harder it is to affect them, and it is not able to affect those who are much stronger than me."

"Ughh, whatever, I shouldn't be too greedy, the gains are already great..."

Thinking of this, Lorien finally turned his attention to the final ability, feeling a bit shaken.

This ability wasn't something he guided or created himself, rather, it silently appeared on its own, moreover, it's quite absurd.

"This ability is called 'Time Anchor', it is not an 'active' ability, rather, it is a 'passive' one."

"All it does is anchor me to the 'Present' making anyone who wants to attack my 'Past' pass through the 'Present' first."

"Moreover, it could help defend against attacks such as time reversal and acceleration, It is basically a passive defensive ability that counters time attribute attacks."

"Tsk, While it's just a 'Passive' ability, it's incredibly useful, it feels as useful as the two abilities I made myself."

Thinking of this, Lorien's smile grew even wider as he started laughing out loud.

"HHAHAHAH, I am really lucky! to think such an ability would be born on its own!"

However, what he didn't know was that the culprit behind all of this was standing right next to him rolling her eyes at him.

'Luck my ass! If it weren't for my help, don't mention 'Time Anchor' you'd even have difficulty forming the first two abilities!'

'Tsk, not to mention the energy you currently have, multiplying it by ten wouldn't be enough to create such powers.'

'Well, whatever, I have to get back to my beauty sleep, I hope this guy doesn't wake me up that soon.'

'He really knows how to mess things up!'

Shaking her head, Moira couldn't help but yawn as she then silently disappeared from her position leaving Lorien alone to celebrate his success.

"Hhahaha, this went greater than expected! and there is still enough Dream Energy to create the 'Nightmare Realm'!"

Still smiling happily, Lorien continued to explore those newfound abilities with great interest.

'Well, now that this ability became so strong, it would be bad not to give it a name.'

'Umm...Most if not abilities are based on 'Time', so, They should be called 'Chrono-Eyes'.'

'Yes! That's the name!'

Nodding slightly, Lorien felt satisfied with this name, after all, he knew that his naming ability was quite bad, and it would be hard to think of anything better.

Shaking his head, Lorien quickly threw those thoughts aside as he turned his attention to the [Dream Path].

The moment he absorbed the seed and optimized his ability, he instantly reached the peak of the [Awakened] stage thanks to his already immense power.

So, there is no need to accumulate energy and developed his ability like normal people; he could instantly reach the next level whenever he wanted.

'I already began, there is no need to stop, moreover, the ability I just got was nothing but a surprise, the main objective of this path is the [Inner Dream] stage where I can strengthen my will.'

Thinking of this, Lorien decided to leave the test and exploration of his new ability for the latter as he immediately closed his eyes getting ready to 'breakthrough' to the next level.

'Don't let me down...'