Ultimate Sublimation Pathway!

On the flying artifact, Yuan Ziyi cradled the Inheritance Stone and examined it over and over, her emerald eyes gleaming as if she wanted to swallow the entire stone whole.

"Pavilion Master Yuan, don't accidentally use it."

Jiang Chuan could not help but say.

"If only I could use it."

Yuan Ziyi said regretfully, "Unfortunately, I'm no longer a first-rank class holder. High-level class inheritances like this possess a complete inheritance system. You have to begin cultivating from the first rank. Once you miss that chance, it becomes useless."

That was also why, after the secret realm's mutation, only first-rank class holders were allowed to enter.

Seeing Jiang Chuan's indifferent expression,

she could not help saying, "Mr. Jiang, do you know what this inheritance represents?"

"What?"

Yuan Ziyi took a deep breath and tried to calm herself. "The God of Craftsmen inheritance is the ultimate class every artificer dreams of. Across the entire human race, there are no more than five people with the title of God of Craftsmen! Every one of them is someone major powers compete to recruit. A single God of Craftsmen can sustain a family's foundation for hundreds of years!"

"It took the Yuan family three hundred years to develop to its current state through the Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm, but a God of Craftsmen only needs thirty years."

"Perhaps even less."

"To elevate a family into the ranks of the top powers!"

Thirty years?

That was still far too long.

Jiang Chuan thought that with the abilities he currently possessed, let alone thirty years, if he failed to raise his family into a top power within three years, it would be a complete disaster.

But he did not crush Yuan Ziyi's hopes. He simply nodded in agreement. "Not bad."

Yuan Ziyi suddenly asked, "Mr. Jiang, you haven't changed classes yet, have you?"

Jiang Chuan guessed what she wanted to say.

He waved a hand. "I'm not interested in becoming an artificer. By the way, when we get back, take me to the Class Transfer Temple."

With the Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm resolved, all four of his attributes had reached their maximum of 1,500 points.

It was time for him to change classes.

Otherwise, if his level could not continue rising, his attributes would not be able to increase any further.

Yuan Ziyi was slightly stunned. "The Class Transfer Temple? You want to change classes?"

"Yes."

"There is indeed a Class Transfer Temple in Tianyuan City," Yuan Ziyi said, though there was a trace of hesitation in her tone. "But..."

"But what?"

Yuan Ziyi considered her words before speaking. "Mr. Jiang, may I ask how much you know about changing classes?"

Jiang Chuan asked, "Isn't changing classes just obtaining a combat class? Is there anything else to it?"

Yuan Ziyi smiled softly, her veil trembling slightly. "Then let me explain it briefly."

She sat up straight. "Changing classes is not merely obtaining a combat class. It is a transformation in one's level of life."

"A class holder undergoes three transformations in their lifetime, and the first-rank transformation is the most important of them all."

"It determines the upper limit of your future growth."

"Growth limit?"

Jiang Chuan became interested.

"You should know that every time a class holder levels up, their attributes naturally increase. The amount of this increase varies according to talent and is also known as the base growth value."

Yuan Ziyi said, "An F-rank class holder has a base growth value of 1 point, while an E-rank class holder has 2 points, and so on."

"Before the first rank, every level grants a fixed increase to all four attributes based on that growth value."

"But after changing classes..."

"A class holder's base growth value changes."

Jiang Chuan nodded. "I knew that much."

An S-rank class holder had a base growth value of 7 points.

An SS-rank class holder had a growth value of 8 points.

An SSS-rank class holder had 10 points.

That was what humanity generally considered the maximum base growth value.

But in reality, the true maximum was far beyond that. Jiang Chuan had already shattered that limit tenfold. His attribute growth per level was now a full 100 points!

Could it be...

After changing classes, could his growth value increase even further!?

Yuan Ziyi said, "After investigation, Federation scholars discovered that there are three methods of changing classes in the Source Realm."

"The first is the most common and ordinary method. After changing classes, your growth attributes can increase by twenty to thirty percent."

"It has a negligible effect on a class holder's strength."

Jiang Chuan calculated instinctively.

Twenty to thirty percent meant only an additional twenty or thirty growth points for him.

That truly was not much.

Yuan Ziyi said, "The second class-change method is called Sublimation. It requires a specific class-change ritual, usually supported only by the core resources of top academies or major powers."

"After Sublimation, your growth attributes per level increase by sixty to seventy percent!"

"You are naturally far stronger than ordinary class holders."

"Thus, after the second rank, class holders are divided into ordinary class holders and Sublimated class holders."

At this point, Yuan Ziyi's tone became solemn. "Mr. Jiang, I suggest you do not go to Tianyuan City's Class Transfer Temple. It only offers the ordinary class-change pathway, not the Sublimation pathway. With your talent and potential, an ordinary class change would be such a waste. Once you reach Stellar Crown Academy, they have a complete Sublimation ritual. You can undergo a Sublimation class change there!"

After hearing her out, Jiang Chuan nodded but did not immediately state his position.

He noticed that Yuan Ziyi had mentioned only two methods.

So he asked, "What about the third?"

Yuan Ziyi's movements paused.

"The third class-change method is called Ultimate Sublimation." Her gaze became distant. "Ultimate Sublimation can increase the base growth value by a full hundred percent—in other words, double attribute growth!"

"Don't be fooled by the mere thirty to forty percent attribute difference between Ultimate Sublimation and Sublimation."

"You must understand,"

"at levels thirty-five and sixty, class holders undergo two further transformations on top of the first!"

"If you lay a solid foundation for the first transformation, each subsequent transformation will allow you to ascend another step higher!"

"However..."

She shook her head slightly and smiled bitterly. "Ultimate Sublimation exists only in legend. It is said that only those top alien races in the core regions of the Source Realm can accomplish it. Humanity has entered the Source Realm for thousands of years, yet not a single Ultimate Sublimation genius has appeared."

Jiang Chuan asked curiously, "Why is that?"

Yuan Ziyi said, "There are rumors that one of the conditions for Ultimate Sublimation is that all four attributes must be raised to their maximum values."

"But this world seems to have placed a curse upon humanity. Even the strongest SSS-rank talents among humans have a base growth value of only 10 points."

"Yet alien races can reach that standard with ease."

"They can even surpass it."

"For example, the Blood Cat race that eyes the south covetously. Their royal-blood descendants are born with a growth value of 18 points, nearly twice that of an SSS-rank talent..."

"As for those so-called maximum values, no one has ever known what they truly are."

Raise all four attributes to their maximum values...

Jiang Chuan's expression did not change at all, but his hand involuntarily clenched.

Others did not know the maximum first-rank attributes.

But he did!

All four of his attributes were at the Extremum of 1,500 points. Even after he acquired the C-rank talent [Strength Enhancement], his Strength had not exceeded that value. That proved it truly was this world's limit!

In other words,

he had already completely fulfilled the conditions for Ultimate Sublimation?!

One hundred attribute growth points, doubled directly, would become two hundred points. Who could possibly have a more solid foundation for changing classes than him?!

"Mr. Jiang?"

Seeing him lost in thought, Yuan Ziyi called softly.

"Oh."

Jiang Chuan came back to himself and smiled. "Then I'll listen to you. I'll wait until I reach Stellar Crown Academy before changing classes."

He did not ask further about what was special about the Ultimate Sublimation ritual.

Yuan Ziyi had only heard of the concept secondhand and certainly did not know the details. Once he reached Stellar Crown Academy, he could find a way to investigate it himself.