Events unfolded just as expected. When the Grand Artisans learned that people from Materialized Heaven wished to take a stake and cooperate with them, they all readily agreed.
Materialized Heaven, the source of imaginary number spatial technology, still possessed the deepest understanding of it. With its support, they would surely seize the initiative and stand out from their many competitors in one stroke.
Under the Patent Act advocated by Li Chen, Puppet Masters could not monopolize a technology and enjoy the fruits of its development alone.
All Puppet Masters had to uphold the principle that the faction's interests came first and advance technology together. Thus, registering this technology meant making it known to other Puppet Masters, and anyone with sufficient standing and authorization might gain access to it.
All they could do was maintain their one-step lead and get a head start on development.
If Materialized Heaven was determined to pluck the ripe peaches, they would have little power to resist. Materialized Heaven also set the relevant technical specifications and universal standards, making it the de facto authority on the rules. With the nearly limitless financial backing of the Myriad Heavens Merchants' Association as well, they stood no chance against it.
Even taking another ten thousand steps back, the successful development of this system owed much to the underlying principles Li Chen had generously made public. Even its rune formations and Mind Cores ultimately originated with him.
As the saying went, when drinking water, do not forget the one who dug the well. Whether judged by sentiment or reason, they could not refuse.
Soon, an enormous and intricate commercial magic array was established, along with an affiliated organization named the Origin Prosperity Commercial Alliance.
This alliance was jointly founded by the inventors of the technology, Li Chen, and his many