Jia Yan’s strength has always advanced quickly, but each step has been a solid footprint.

This time, upon reaching the Star River level, he instantly achieved a new tier and height. After attaining this new prowess, he secluded himself in a white dwarf, and now his strength has significantly increased compared to when he initially reached the Star River Level.

Such a situation is extremely rare for Jia Yan.

However, it couldn’t be helped; Jia Yan’s prolonged seclusion resulted from the subtle pressure from the outside world.

"Haha, if someone knew that I’m just desperately secluded because of senior Evolutionary Creatures that died at their evolutionary level, they might laugh at me."

Jia Yan quickly entered the Subspace Interior using his Subspace Talent, leaving the place he had stayed for five years without a shred of attachment.

He was pondering that if anyone knew he was crazily cultivating due to the fate of Evolutionary Creature predecessors, they might find it amusing.

In truth, Jia Yan didn’t know that very soon he would be immensely grateful for his own power.

Indeed, it wouldn’t be long before he felt gratitude towards himself.

Because the effort over this period was not wasted at all; at least within the immense Flame, enduring much pressure, Jia Yan’s strength improved, and in a future phase, he would benefit from this prowess.

Of course, these developments would only be clear to Jia Yan in the future.

"Alright, now I’ll return to Taia to see. When I left, this nation was still integrating the Northern Star Domain, I’m unsure how things are now, but I expect there should be no problems. Other forces and nations of the Northern Star Domain probably don’t know of my departure, and even if they do, they certainly wouldn’t dare oppose Taia."

Jia Yan thought for a moment, feeling it’s time to visit Taia again.

Just after departing from the surface of that flaming white dwarf into subspace, Jia Yan identified the direction of Taia and prepared to fly there in one go.

"Hmm? Feeling a bit weak?"

Jia Yan paused abruptly and stopped inside the subspace.

While preparing to move, he unexpectedly felt a bit weak physically.

It only then occurred to Jia Yan that he had spent five years within the white dwarf. For a Middle Stage Star River creature enduring such a terrifying gravitational and pressure environment for five years, it would be an intensely grueling process.

And while Jia Yan’s recovery power as an Evolutionary Creature is formidable, the process would undoubtedly have drained immense energy and potential. In such an environment, there were no supplements, and the energy needed for mass conversion and cellular requirements was also vast, leading to his current physical exhaustion being quite normal.

"I must rest for a moment; otherwise, with such physical condition, if any changes occur, there might be issues."

Uncertain if any changes might happen, Jia Yan knew maintaining his state at all times was paramount, so he waited silently inside the subspace for a while.

During his recovery, Jia Yan slowly moved away from the subspace around the white dwarf’s surface, worried about the gravitational forces or any celestial changes that might suddenly eject him. If he were blasted into the center region of the white dwarf, he would undoubtedly meet an unexplained demise.

Indeed, even with his strength, Jia Yan still feared certain things, like the center region of the white dwarf.

In large celestial bodies, white dwarfs are not the most formidable; many Stars are mightier than white dwarfs, but they should not be underestimated. For instance, the white dwarf that Jia Yan was just in—it’s surface temperature isn’t excessively high, only a few thousand degrees, emitting weak light.

Yet, within its interior, the temperature would instantly rise to millions of degrees, and its gravity would become incredibly daunting, hundreds or even thousands of times stronger. Such a place could lead even Jia Yan to death.

So keeping a distance is always preferable.

Moreover, Jia Yan could find external substances suited for recovery.

"Great, I can directly use external meteorites for recovery. Although their energy isn’t substantial, they are material, and my body can still devour them to some extent."

Here, Jia Yan underwent approximately three months of recovery.

During this recovery, Jia Yan discovered another advantage of being at the Star River level—he could directly devour much interstellar material. For instance, a small meteorite he attacked, his mouth needle pierced it, and the condensation fluid flowed out, rapidly dissolving the interior material, turning the celestial rock into a softened liquid ball, gradually being devoured into his mouth.