6th Plane, Invincible!

"So, dog, is that the cake and flowers?" Tessa asked, her tone derisive.

Nylon revealed a puzzled look. "How did you know I was going out to get cake and flowers?"

Tessa froze, sweat beads forming. She messed up big time, and for some reason, she thought stuttering, "I-I-I… Y-You dog…" would salvage the situation.

Fortunately, Amary the Head Maid was there to pick up her slack.

"I sincerely apologize, young Nylon, but I told the young miss the objective of your little excursion," she said calmly. "As the Master of the Household, it was only right for her to know what you were up to."

"Y… Yes, that's absolutely correct!" Tessa accepted Amary's quick save, thanking her with a thumbs-up behind the back. The Head Maid giggled, while Tessa continued by saying, "A Master must know at all times where the dog is— Wait… Is that a woman's scent I smell on you…?"

Her eyes suddenly darkened. A scary aura unleashed itself as Tessa's whole vibe changed to something terrifying.

"A woman's scent?" Nylon looked confused. "Must've been the florist at the flower shop."

Ooom…

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Tessa was back to smiling and arrogantly pointing her nose up. "That's good—very good—because I fear what would've happened to you if I found out you, my dog, were with… another bitch."

For the briefest of moments, that same darkness that emerged earlier returned—and did so with many times more momentum. But just as quickly as it appeared, it disappeared. This left Nylon tilting his head in bewilderment, wondering why it had become so chilly all of a sudden.

"Anyway, mutt, I have an order for you!" Tessa changed the subject.

'I've been demoted from 'dog' to 'mutt'? What's next, 'runt'??'

"Your order," Tessa continued, getting real close to Nylon's well-sculpted face. "It's to go on a date with yours truly, hoho~!"

"...A date…?"

It took Nylon repeating it for Tessa to realize what she said. She flushed red, and while frantically waving her hands in front of her, said, "N-No, not a date! A-A… walk…! Yes, a walk with my dog—that's all this will be, and you're coming!"

"...Okay…" Nylon didn't have much of a choice anyway. The young miss was the boss.

"G-Good, then you better go and get some sleep in preparation for tomorrow!" Tessa commanded, on the verge of tears. "Make sure to not let the bedbugs bite— I-I mean, go die! Just die while you sleep! Suffocate!!"

'This girl is a lost case…' Amary sighed while watching her master fumble so badly.

As soon as Nylon quizzically left for his room in the Guest House for Male Servants, Amary realized that she had some comforting to do as well.

"A-Amary, I… I… The wrong thing…" Tessa teared up, leaping into the Head Maid's arms. "I said the wrong thing again—waaa…!"

"Haiz… You silly, silly girl," Amary said as she gently brushed her delicate fingers through her master's hair.

It took quite a while for Tessa to calm down, but eventually all the lights went out in the manor. However, in the guesthouse where Nylon was the sole resident, the night was far from over.

WHOOOSH!

If not for the fact that he was the only one around, the disturbance he was creating with the circulation of Atmospheric Spiritual Energy surely would've alerted the whole neighborhood.

|Spiritual Condensation Pills| jumped into his mouth one by one, pushing his breakthrough closer and closer to the overflow point. Until eventually, at the peak of the night, it arrived—

—A Breakthrough!

OOOM!

6th Plane of Awakening, Invincible!

Triple improvement to all physical attributes!

"Now I don't need to fear the vastly superior Mystery Plane cultivators," Nylon declared confidently.

If the two Mystery Plane thieves he fought tooth and nail to kill came around again, he wouldn't require more than a simple hand wave to slaughter them. Dozens could come at him at the same time, and he'd still be able to defeat them.

Of Nylon's stash of |Spiritual Condensation Pills| that he multiplied not long ago to a value of 'X4,' more than 90% of them still remained. This was plenty enough to take him to the pinnacle of the Invincible Plane. However, it was best to equalize, thus he chose to switch his focus to his Body Cultivation.