Saine ultimately remained in his Ash True Spirit Tower for 136 years.
Sure enough, he stood everyone up for the Imperial Council at the time he had told Befu about. Fortunately, Befu postponed it by another hundred years for him.
At least no major matter had been delayed.
The Faceless Mask had successfully undergone a qualitative transformation, rising to the level of a Civilization Supreme Treasure!
However, Civilization Supreme Treasures differed from one another as well.
Saine could tell that although the Faceless Mask had received fifty years' worth of Source Power of Rules infusion from the Wizard World's Mother Plane Will, it had only just crossed the threshold among Civilization Supreme Treasure-grade items.
It was far inferior to the Magic Cube.
"Without drawing upon too much power that breaks the balance, raising the Faceless Mask to this extent is already quite good."
"This Magic Conductor still has room to improve. At worst, I can find ways to refine it properly in the future." Saine spoke as he looked at the pristine white mask before him.
After another round of upgrades and adjustments, the two black-red crystals on the Faceless Mask's forehead had vanished.
The entire mask had once again become flawlessly white.
Only by observing the mask closely and activating the rule patterns contained within it could one see that, compared to before, it possessed quite a few additional functions.
Of course, at this stage, the Faceless Mask's greatest capability for Saine was neither its amplification of light, fire, and Sound Wave System Element Profound Truths, nor the True Eye and Eye of Illusion it came with, but the "Darkness Space" ability it now possessed.
Only after acquiring this ability could Saine fulfill some of his next plans.
After leaving the laboratory, Saine put the Faceless Mask back