Research

When the transport ship took off from the Southern Martial Homeworld, the dark golden sky beyond the portholes was simulating dusk.

The clouds had been filtered pale violet by the energy barrier, drifting slowly beneath the ship like a glowing sea.

Xu Wuyi sat by the window, with more than a dozen metal cases piled before him. The deep-purple spheres of light inside cast a gentle glow through the dim cabin, their silvery-white patterns flowing slowly across their surfaces like countless bolts of lightning trapped in amber.

Captain Liu's voice came from the cockpit, carrying an excitement he could not suppress.

"Grandmaster Xu, the route has been planned. It will take roughly five days to return to the Federation. We'll pass through three Star Realm passages on the way, just as we did coming here."

Xu Wuyi acknowledged him, leaned back in his seat, and closed his eyes.

The rules of Order circulated slowly within him. Energy Crystals floated through his blood, while the Order network in his bones operated steadily.

The energy conversion field of Refine hovered beside his heart. Pale-blue motes of light rotated slowly, while runic patterns borrowed from the Southern Martial Spiral Structure flowed across its surface.

Over the past ten days, he had made a minor optimization to Refine.

It was not a major structural overhaul. He had merely added a layer of spiral patterns to the conversion field's surface, allowing energy to undergo a preliminary breakdown before entering the field.

The results were obvious. With the same Energy Crystal, the optimized Refine shortened the refining time by nearly twenty percent and increased the energy conversion rate by nearly ten percent.

Although the speed of bodily strengthening had not increased noticeably, it at least proved that the spiral structure truly had value.

He opened his