Su Bai gently stroked the warm, translucent blue diamond-shaped crystal in his palm.
Feeling the pure Mental Law origin contained within it, a surge of delight rose in his heart.
"Using the [Jade and Stone Burn Together] Divine Ability this time, the Jade Stone Demon's Bloodline Power consumed less than one ten-thousandth! It was practically negligible!"
He carefully examined himself internally. Aside from a slight numbness from using the secret technique, his left arm, which had only just regained its flesh-and-blood form, had indeed suffered little damage to its bloodline origin—far below what he had expected.
"Just as I thought!"
A sharp gleam flashed in Su Bai's eyes. "Refining these mechanical lifeforms, which lack real flesh, independent physical bodies, complete Primordial Spirits, and even soul fluctuations, is more like purifying an extraordinarily complex energy structure than forcibly refining a living creature with a complete life cycle and a stubborn will to resist."
"The consumption is naturally far lower, yet the efficiency is astonishingly high!"
This discovery set his heart ablaze.
"If that is the case, then those several hundred blue points of light in the Deep Blue World... if I can successfully refine them all..."
Su Bai's heartbeat quickened slightly. "Wouldn't that mean I could obtain several hundred Mental Law crystals of such high quality?!"
Several hundred!
Every single one contained Mental Law origin comparable to the Peak Deity Transformation level!
What did that mean? It was enough to drive any Deity Transformation Cultivator who cultivated mental-type laws mad!
"Don't think that far ahead. First, let's see what this crystal can actually do."
Suppressing his turbulent thoughts, Su Bai made a prompt decision and sat down cross-legged. Though he was within the colorful bubble illusion, the posture was more out of habit than necessity.
He held the blue Mental Law