After reaching the Star River level, this concept becomes even more pronounced.

The disparity in strength between the initial stage and middle stage is even greater than at the stellar level. A middle stage Star River level existence can easily defeat twenty early galaxy level powerhouses.

This is why many beings feel even more despair after reaching the Star River level.

Once you think you’ve climbed to the peak of a mountain, you’ll find there’s another peak twice as high, and even higher peaks beyond that.

Rather than viewing the Star River level as a single level, it might be better to understand it as a grouping of strong ones who reach a certain degree within the galaxy, hence categorized as Star River level. If one must distinguish, the initial level experts are seen as a great level called Star River level, whereas the middle stage existence represents another level, and even the domain master level can be considered a higher great level, although they are essentially only mid-level galaxy existences.

Beyond that, there are absolutely the most supreme beings in the entire Milky Way, known as ’high-rank Galaxy Level’ or ’peak of the galaxy’ existences.

Yet Jia Yan has not heard of or seen any high-ranking existences nearby so far, at least not in the fringe regions of the Milky Way. The only place he knows for sure would have them is the center of the Milky Way, a gathering place of the galaxy’s true strong ones!

The center of the Milky Way is a place that Jia Yan and many strong ones yearn to visit but lack the courage to even mention.

It’s not just the distance; the bigger problem is that it’s genuinely more chaotic than the outside world, and strong ones who go there will clearly feel their stature diminished—because there are plenty of strong ones like you around.

Even if Jia Yan reaches the Star River level, in the heart of the Silver Heart, he would still be considered an extremely strong person, but not like in the outside world, where he could easily dominate a vast starfield. In fact, if he really went there, a Star River level initial stage existence might only manage to govern a few stellar galaxies in such a place filled with dense stars, dangers, and constant threats from black holes and the gigantic black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

The feeling of being able to easily dominate a starfield in the outer realm is entirely different, and once there, due to the influx of strong ones, the native central strong ones of the Milky Way are even more powerful, making survival extremely difficult. Even a Star River level existence might unintentionally offend a major power and end up being pursued to death.

"Forget it, let’s not think about the Silver Heart right now. Although I will definitely go there in the future, and even attempt to reach a place stronger than the entire Milky Way, which is the Giant’s World that subspace led me to... But they are not my immediate goals. My primary goal now is to survive any possible attack by a Star River level army, possibly even a domain master level one!"

Jia Yan silently contemplated many things, but he did not stop his actions.

The matter on the white dwarf star, Jia Yan conducted operations here because this material cannot be found elsewhere, and it is in a state of super density where even electrons are fragmented, making it extremely pure.

Here, Jia Yan slowly absorbs material, and his body functions like a sponge. Because the material is extremely dense, it allows Jia Yan to absorb and integrate more.

In the area full of explosions and bright flames, the gigantic thirty-kilometer Giant Mosquito Body rapidly expands.

This expansion doesn’t mean his body has physically grown larger; instead, his newly evolved body quickly absorbs the external material through Jia Yan’s condensation fluid, and then he silently replaces his old cells with the new material.

After this operation, the replaced cells become extremely dense cells.

Although these operations cannot replace all the material in Jia Yan’s entire body, maybe not even one percent, this replacement is a profound change for Jia Yan.

"Very good, progress is just as I anticipated, about to succeed."

Jia Yan first observes his body, knowing that every environment of such replacement cannot have errors. If errors occur, they could lead to cellular disarray and ultimately his death.

The first step, and also the most crucial step, is to convert external materials into part of his body through his condensation fluid. Due to the different materials, his body undergoes similarly dense changes, although the change is considerable. The general organ properties of that portion of the body remain unchanged.

This methodology is probably achievable only by evolutionary creatures, perhaps even only by Jia Yan individually.

Anyway, Jia Yan silently makes the first transformation. Next, he gradually understands his body, and after a moment, he transforms into the first part of the change.

"It has succeeded, and it’s highly compatible. The organ I transformed is even stronger than before. Yes, as long as there’s no rejection reaction, these dense cells will undoubtedly strengthen my body. After all, they are dense..."