The energy storm in the region where Mechanical Valley was located lasted a total of twenty-one years.
This truly was an exceptionally rare, massive energy storm.
The sweeping of this energy storm signaled that, afterward, the reserves of Sage's Stone in the surrounding region would increase considerably.
But Saine would not care about such a "small matter."
Once he entered a research state, more than twenty years were no more than the flick of a finger to Saine.
If not for the specialized high-level Intelligent Robots monitoring the situation around Mechanical Valley for him, Saine, immersed in experimental research, might not even have known when the storm ended.
Sixty-three years later.
In the laboratory, Saine stared intently at a wisp of jet-black flame before him.
This flame had been extracted by Saine from the body of a Level-4 lifeform orc within the Ancient Ruins of the Source Energy Civilization.
This jet-black special energy was remarkably similar to the power wielded by the Destruction Spring Saine had encountered years ago.
However, unlike the Destruction Spring, which possessed surging power capable of toppling mountains and overturning seas, the Destruction Power within the Level-4 orc corpse before him was undoubtedly far more insignificant.
Moreover, the passage of endless time had caused the Source Law Power within this orc corpse to leak away severely.
After exhausting every possible effort, Saine had extracted only this single wisp of power.
Yet the appearance of this jet-black flame five years ago had thrilled Saine beyond measure.
It was also after obtaining this flame that Saine immediately began a new round of research into the Flames of Ash.
Saine's path toward Truth was one where Mechanical Element and Flame Element magic advanced side by side.
It was also interwoven with auxiliary branches such as light magic, potion-making,