In his laboratory, Saine gazed thoughtfully at a wisp of golden flame before him.
This pale golden flame was Emperor Flame. Since his last return to the Wizard Civilization, he had made some progress in researching how to integrate it.
After another long stretch of fighting in the Minghe Empire, Saine had gained fresh insights into his Ashes of Fire Profound Truths through actual combat and casting forbidden-spell-level magic.
It seemed that mages could acquire knowledge and advance their levels outside the laboratory as well.
The exceptionally fierce front lines could also serve as another "experimental platform" for the mages of the Wizard World!
Besides studying and applying Emperor Flame, Saine subsequently researched several other types of rule fire, including void devouring flame and chaos fire.
His investigations were not limited to the arcane truths of the fire element. During his stay in the relatively safe rear of the Netherworld Empire Battlefield, Saine also conducted several rounds of dialectical research into his Mechanical Arcana and body-tempering arcane truths.
In recognition of Saine's outstanding performance on the front lines of the civilization battlefield, the Minghe Empire sent him a considerable supply of its finest specialty resources.
Since Saine was neither a dark-element nor an undead-element mage, the Minghe Empire selected resources that matched his attributes as closely as possible.
During this time, a Level-6 Pharaoh visited Saine's Ash Fortress. Merri, the chief steward of the True Spirit Tower, received him.
The Level-6 Pharaoh claimed to be from the Pharaoh Temple and a follower of Her Highness the Tenth Pharaoh King. He had come specifically to deliver several flames of death fire with unusual rule attributes to Saine.
Even a fallen giant still had much to offer. The Minghe Empire had already lost half its territory to the Evil Tide Civilization's overwhelming