Blood will flood the streets

Recalling how he was captured and tortured without any chance to fight back, his eyes frosted over. His silver irises surrounding that black hole-like pupil, became like the terrifying gaze of the cosmos itself. 

"I cannot, and I will not allow this to happen again. My power should be at the third level of the true cultivator stage, but it's not enough to annihilate the Black Lotus, I'll need my power to reach the peak of the true cultivator stage before I attempt it. Based on my cultivation speed in the superior mortal stage, it will take around five months. I'll do that as I comprehend the next level of Portal. However, I still don't understand why I don't seem to have a physique. I have the traits from the space rune, and my personalized rune is greatly enhanced, but my body doesn't feel different. Wait, why is my hair golden?"

As he thought of why his hair had changed color, an enormous suction force of spiritual qi erupted from all his hair strands. 

"My body can draw spiritual qi on its own, but the speed is at least hundreds of times slower than the one of my hair. Let me guide this energy into one singular skin cell to see how long it will take to fill up"

The mortal evolution stage consisted of filling the cells of the body in stages, respectively the skin, bones, organs, meridian veins, the acupoints, eyes (one stage for each eye), brain and then using the energy and experience from the previous stages to form a core (dantian). The skin, being the largest organ, would generally take the longest to complete, as such it was extremely necessary to know how long it took to fill one cell.

Time passed slowly, before an enraged and sad roar erupted from Samuels sitting figure. 

"NOOOOO, what is this speed? 10 MINUTES, a whole 10 MINUTES to fill one singular cell. At this rate I will turn to dust before even reaching a percentage of completion. 30,000,000 years to fully complete just my skin refinement. GOD DAMN IT! I would much rather be an ordinary mortal evolution stage and cultivate at a normal speed than die of old age due to being too powerful"

"How can I ever get revenge at this rate?"

What Samuel failed to realize was that his rune and eyes were devouring spiritual qi from the air at a rapid speed, not to fill his cells, but rather to continue to improve his talents. As this happened, the devouring rate of his hair increased. Slowly but surely. 

"No, I can't continue to wallow in this depression. I'll comprehend Portal, realize the effect of my new eyes, and make a defensive technique before I go to take revenge. I won't mess with the powerhouses of the Black Lotus, but I will rid this realm of that old fucking shadow bastard and that lady. If I can't progress in my cultivation any further, blood will flood the streets and everyone will remember the bane of evil that is me, Samuel!