Half an hour later, Lancelot left the Domain of Spirit Thought.
During this time, he experienced all six levels of the Domain of Spirit Thought.
Without using the Flow Method, Lancelot roughly estimated the differences between the various support effects.
The first level has the weakest effect, roughly doubling the speed of thought processing, with a similar increase in comprehension, and consumes 15 credits per hour.
The effect of level 2 is about 1.8 times that of level 1, and it consumes 25 credits per hour.
The effect of level 3 is about three times that of level 1, and it consumes 40 credits per hour.
The fourth layer is 10 times more effective than the first layer, resulting in a dramatic increase in power and a qualitative change, consuming 100 credits per hour.
Five layers, 15 times the effect of one layer, 150 credits per hour.
Six floors, 20 times the effect of one floor, 200 credits per hour.
Lancelot also specifically tested the additional effects of Flow Method.
He discovered that after reaching the fourth level of Flow Method, the state of Heightened Focus became completely useless.
A state of Absolute Focus does have some positive effects, but they are not significant.
Only at levels 1-3 can a state of Heightened Focus provide additional benefits.
The first level is particularly effective; with a state of Heightened Focus, it is almost as effective as the second level.
The only cost is consuming some high-energy foods.
Compared to the cost of academic credits, it's incredibly cost-effective.
"Hmm... Levels 2 and 3 are pretty useless, and levels 5 and 6 are too expensive, plus they don't offer any significant improvement over level 4. From now on, I'll only go to levels 1 and 4 for my cultivation."
"Level 1 is a regular practice, maintaining a state of Heightened Focus. Its effectiveness is no less than Level 2, and it's mainly used to accumulate inspiration and experience."
"When you have accumulated enough inspiration and experience, or when you encounter a bottleneck, then go to the fourth floor and break through with all your might."
After finalizing his training plan in the Domain of Spirit Thought, Lancelot headed to another secret location.
Totem World.
There are a total of 7 dominant powers standing at the pinnacle of the Astral Realm.
These forces each possess their own powerful and representative methods, and all of them control Miracle Creation.
The [Elemental Crucible] of the Adrian Federation.
The [Golden Holy Grail] of the Northern Spirit Empire.
The [Gate of Myriad Worlds] and [Hand of Hell] of the Devils of Hell.
The Pantheon's [Eternal Blazing Sun], [Chaos Stele], and [Hall of Heroic Spirits].
The [Ancient Ring of the Abyss] of the Demons of the Abyss.
The World Tree Alliance's [Death Note].
The [Bloodline Atlas] of the Primogenitor Mountain.
Miracle Creation are Miracle created under the operation of the Astral Realm laws, containing incredible power that even fascinates Eternity powerhouses.
Various factions have used numerous Miracle Creation as templates to produce many treasures with similar functions.
Although most of these treasures are less than one-hundred-millionth as effective as the original, they still possess incredibly magical power.
For example, the Primogenitor Mountain used the [Bloodline Atlas] as a template, drawing upon a negligible amount of power from this Miracle Creation to create its offspring—the [Evolution Totem].
Evolution Totem can emit special waves that stabilize an organism's gene chain, greatly reduce the probability of malignant mutations and gene aberrations, and optimize and improve bloodlines to a certain extent.
For an individual, its usefulness may not be particularly obvious, but when placed on the scale of an entire civilization, Evolution Totem are undoubtedly a strategic treasure.
Think about it, if we create more Evolution Totem, we can make their fluctuations cover the entire race.
Over time, even doing nothing can lead to the evolution of the bloodline of the entire clan.
No force can resist such temptation.
Especially for races with bloodline diseases, Evolution Totem can even help them curb disease outbreaks at their source and gradually eliminate them.
Take, for example, the bloodline curse of the Gendaya Tribe.
If there are enough Evolution Totem, the bloodline curse will automatically disappear in just two or three hundred years.
However, Evolution Totem are too expensive.
Even the lowest-level Evolution Totem is four stars.
More importantly, this stuff is usually in short supply; to buy in large quantities, you need connections.
Note that the connections mentioned here refer to connections at the Astral Realm level, which are not of the same value as connections in the Elven Plane.
Without connections, buying Evolution Totem from the Astral Realm black market can cost ten times more, and you're often ripped off.
The Astral Realm is far from peaceful.
Simply put, Evolution Totem is a large-scale version that can simultaneously cover the Gene Stabilizer of many people.
To put it more clearly, the design inspiration for the Northern Spirit Empire's Gene Stabilizer came from the Miracle Creation [Bloodline Atlas].
Essentially, Gene Stabilizer and Evolution Totem are related items.
The difference lies in the fact that the former leans towards technological means, is more materialistic, and focuses on the individual.
The latter leans towards magic, idealism, and adaptability to the group.
The Holy Sword Academy's training ground— the Totem World —was created using a six-star Evolution Totem as its core.
The academy uses special methods to adjust the strength of totem fluctuations, dividing the entire Totem World into six major regions.
They correspond to Lower Transcendent, Mid-Rank Transcendent, Upper Transcendent, Legendary, Epic, and Demigod respectively.
Under the influence of totem fluctuations, the genetic chains of Transcendent individuals become extremely stable, greatly reducing the probability of danger when awakening new Ability Energy.
Moreover, since they share a common origin, the fluctuations of Evolution Totem and Gene Stabilizer do not conflict; in fact, they can complement each other.
"As expected of the holy land of the Alliance's Innovation School, with the help of this Totem World, the problem of insufficient Gene Stabilizer has been greatly made up for. No wonder the mortality rate of the Innovation School Ability Energy in the academy is so much lower compared to the outside world."
I just don't know how the academy got hold of the Evolution Totem. Did they get it from the Astral Realm black market?
Lancelot felt the strange energy fluctuations coming from all directions, and the comfortable feeling surging from the inside out made him close his eyes contentedly, and many guesses began to sprout in his mind.
The pricing structure of Totem World is similar to that of the Domain of Spirit Thought.
The six regions are divided into six areas, and the further back you are in the area, the more credits you consume per hour.
However, Lancelot was only Third-Tier Transcendent being, so the first district was sufficient for him.
After experiencing it for about ten minutes, Lancelot turned around and headed towards the exit. "Time to go. Next stop, the Holy Sword Stairway!"
A vast sea of crimson-gold clouds surged and rolled, while two enormous white jade pillars stood tall.
The names of outstanding figures who have emerged from the academy throughout history are engraved on the left pillar, including Dean Urta and Department Head Steel Tiger.
On the stone pillar to the right, the names of the current students of the Holy Sword Academy appear.
[Holy Sword Ranking]
First place, fifth year, Innovation Department, Milton, Class 925.
Second place, fifth year, Sublimation Department, Simoni, Class 914.
Third place, fifth year, Mechanics Department, Xunnier, Class 912.
Fourth place, fifth year, Sublimation Department, Hadrian, Class 908.
Fifth place, fifth year, Innovation Department, Beaufort, Class 905.
Sixth place, fourth year, Sublimation Department, Lujin, Class 902.
7th place, fifth year, War Rider Department, Baka, Rank 893.
100th place, fifth year, Magic Department, Howell, Rank 703.