Changes at the Junction Point and the Test

After accepting this weighty gift of knowledge, Benjamin did not linger.

"Then, Mentor, Senior Sister, Senior Sister Starfall, I'll take my leave first. I wish your research every success." Benjamin gave one final bow before turning toward the battleship's teleportation array area.

"Then I should be going too..."

Viola had just started to rise when Clark grabbed her head with one hand and pressed her back down. "Where do you think you're going? This is the battleship you bought."

Expressionless, Clark lifted Viola before him as though she were a baby chick. "And I need to have a proper discussion with you about calling me an old man earlier..."

"Gulp!"

Viola swallowed hard and forced out a smile. "C-can we make peace?"

Clark smiled "gently" and dragged the struggling Viola out of the lounge.

Benjamin wiped away nonexistent cold sweat from his brow. After silently mourning his senior sister for a moment, he decisively stepped onto the teleportation array.

Upon returning to the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, the scorching sulfurous scent rushing toward him, along with the distinctive spiritual fluctuations generated by the operation of the Incense Divinity Path, slightly loosened the string in Benjamin's heart that had been taut from recent outside developments.

He did not rush to deal with other affairs, nor did he immediately immerse himself in researching the newly acquired Starfall Spirit Awakening Technique. Instead, he flew straight toward the Sixth Energy Convergence Point.

That was where the final core node of the Cross-Space Energy Transmission System was located.

The alarming incident on Wizard Starfall's side had not taken much time, but it had reminded Benjamin of how precious and urgent time was.

Whether for the unavoidable Wizard War eighty years from now, the advancement of his own cultivation path, or the complete refinement of the Incense