In the Dragon Spine Secret Realm, Song Chi's figure reappeared on the mountainside.

This time, he didn't sit cross-legged on the spot, but quickly strode towards the area above Dragon Whale Mountain.

Having achieved a breakthrough to the Fourth Rank with his Guidance Technique, his Spiritual Force skyrocketed from "Twenty-three Uses With One Mind" to "Twenty-seven Uses With One Mind." Life Sublimation not only includes the physical aspect; the Spiritual aspect also experienced substantial improvements.

Although his Divine Thought State Spiritual had been reached quite early, the improvement of Spiritual Force was by no means diminished because of that.

Apart from the significant increase in the speed of Law Comprehension brought by the leap in Spiritual Force, more importantly, the simultaneous minor accomplishment of both the Space and Light Origin Laws warranted a move to a new location to continue comprehension, as staying in the original place was no longer appropriate.

The height to which Song Chi ascended this time was extremely exaggerated, after all, it was an Intermediate Achievement of the Space Law.

When he reached an altitude that resonated with his current degree of Law Comprehension, Song Chi sat down in an area where the Space Origin Core became increasingly clear and began his comprehension during the Law Amplitude Phase, which would last for a full ten years.

In just the second year, Song Chi pushed the comprehension of Space Law into the gateway of Intermediate Achievement thanks to the exaggerated rate of improvement during the Law Amplitude Phase.

By the fifth year, his comprehension degree of the Space Origin Law had reached 43.4%.

In the seventh year, the comprehension degree of the Space Origin Law officially broke through 45%.

At this point, Song Chi stopped his comprehension of the Space Origin Law and switched to a manifestation point of the Light Origin Core to start comprehending the Law of Light.

In the eighth year, his comprehension of the Law of Light reached 22%.

With the aid of an Intermediate Crystal of the Law of Light Attribute and the inherently easier nature of the Law of Light compared to the Law of Space, Song Chi's progress was rapid.

By the tenth year, a week before the end of the Law Amplitude Phase, Song Chi's comprehension of the Law of Light finally settled at 25.6%.

However, this did not mean that the two Laws would not make much progress in the short term.

The very reason Song Chi had specifically kept the last week free was to maximize the use of the Law Amplitude Phase.

He first left the Dragon Spine Secret Realm and, once back at Green Moon Manor, immediately activated the "Shaking Light 32 Order" within his Ancestral Torch.

The Shaking Light Star Tower — this time when he projected logged in, it just so happened that no other members were present, so Song Chi didn't think much of it and promptly went to the second level of the tower.

But the moment he reached the second level, his brows raised slightly; there was a member comprehending the Shaking Light Chaos Stele, and from the silhouette, it seemed to be a female member.

Song Chi made no noise and cautiously retreated to the first level.

Shortly after his departure, footsteps sounded from the second level.

Once the person came down from the second level, Song Chi finally saw the full appearance of the member.

Even though it was only a projection login, one could guess from her graceful figure that her looks were likely outstanding.

"Hello, number 32 Waking of Insects, I just joined the Star Tower not long ago!"

Faced with his proactive greeting, the member he had not met before merely glanced at Song Chi and nodded lightly, as a response, showing no intention to introduce herself.

Uhh... Song Chi didn't mind too much, and at that moment, a spatial fluctuation suddenly emitted from the login platform next to him as another Star Tower member logged in.

Since the Shaking Light Chaos Stele needed a few days to recover on its own, Song Chi decided to stay in the Star Tower and didn't choose to log off. Once the aloof female member logged off, number 22 Mystic Fox came over, laughing and explaining:

"Ha ha, you were rebuffed, huh? She is the 'Bai Mei' we've mentioned before, number 30, and besides you, the only member who passed the 61st challenge in the trial task. That's just her personality; don't take it to heart, for if it were a battle atop The Great Wall, Bai Mei would never disappoint anyone."

Song Chi nodded slightly. In truth, he hadn't really cared anyway. The other party had responded to him earlier; she just hadn't introduced herself, which was actually fine.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed and, as the recovery period for the Shaking Light Chaos Stele was about over, Song Chi immediately went to the second level.

This was his third time comprehending the Shaking Light Chaos Stele, and also the first after his breakthrough to the Fourth Rank.

When he felt wrapped in the dense Chaos Qi, Song Chi could distinctly sense the difference from when he was at the Third Rank.

If staring at the Shaking Light Chaos Stele now at the Fourth Rank could be considered normal vision, then at the Third Rank, it was more like looking at flowers through the fog. Although sometimes glimpses of the true essence of the stele could be caught through the mist and various insights were gained, compared to the present, it was vastly different.

It was only now that he fully understood why the elders had previously not recommended making excessive use of the Chaos Stele comprehension opportunities at the Third Rank.

Time flew, and under the powerful analytical ability of his Double Pupils, a mass of Law Comprehensions continuously flooded into his mind. Fueled by the horror of the Law Amplitude Phase and the efficient absorption by the "Twenty-seven Uses With One Mind" Spiritual Force, his comprehension degrees of both Space and Light Origin Laws surged dramatically.

However, the only concern was that one of the two Origin Laws he was currently comprehending had entered Minor Accomplishment and Space Law had actually reached Intermediate Achievement. Therefore, the difficulty of further comprehending these Laws had geometrically increased from before, so even though his current comprehension of the Chaos Stele was very fruitful, the actual increase in Comprehension Degrees was not substantial.

Space Law 45.1% → 45.3%

Law of Light 25.6% → 26%

Despite the frightening gains compared to last time, this must be considered average given the bonuses of the Law Amplitude Phase.

Despite this, Song Chi was quite satisfied. After all, compared to others, just his comprehension degree of 26% in the Law of Light far exceeded most newly promoted Zhulu Warship Captains, not to mention the Space Law that had directly reached Intermediate Achievement; even the captains of some ordinary Battleships would be embarrassed if they heard of it.

This time, however, he didn't comprehend any new Shaking Light secret technique, which left Song Chi feeling a bit disappointed.

But that was just a sliver of feeling, since there were still plenty of secret techniques waiting for him to comprehend in his family's Dragon Spine Secret Realm. For now, having obtained "Shaking Light's Arrival" from the Shaking Light Star Tower was enough; there was no need to force the rest.

...

In the Dragon Spine Continent, within the underground warship summoning room of Green Moon Manor, Song Chi's spiritual force returned to him.

Without rushing to visit the Dragon Spine Secret Realm a second time, Song Chi's gaze lingered on the various components of Cang Qiong.

With the warship having been promoted to Fourth Rank and the great frontier war looming, it was time to comprehensively enhance all the components of Cang Qiong once again.

Not to mention anything else, the main cannon, warship armor, energy shield, and sky patrol radar had to be upgraded to the Sixth Rank without fail.

As for the required resources, there was no need to worry about the Fifth Rank Floating Land Origin; the Spirit Mechanism Synthesis Platform at the Ruins Market had, in the last near twenty years, synthesized over twenty thousand strands, more than enough for enhancing various components.

And the Titanium Crystal? Don't forget the Sequence Subsidy provided by the family.

With 3000 a year, and nearly twenty years now passed, he could once again draw tens of thousands of Titanium Crystals from his family, which was also more than sufficient.

Other than that, the most important was the Sixth Rank Floating Land Origin. Such high-level Floating Land Origin was extremely limited in production even for the Song Family, and there was no way to exchange for it.

Fortunately, over sixty years of trading in the Ruins Market, Song Chi had also luckily obtained it several times. Just from one trade with the Qingtian Tribe, he had obtained ten strands, including ten strands from an Emperor Ruins Source Stone, meaning Song Chi currently had twenty-two strands of Sixth Rank Floating Land Origin at his disposal.

It wasn't a lot. If he wanted to enhance Sixth Rank Floating Land Origin, that definitely wasn't possible, but it was enough to upgrade many components to the Sixth Rank.

After clarifying this point, Song Chi finally left the warship summoning room.

In his personal courtyard, when Song Chi reappeared, he found that the yard was already full of people, including the family elders, and cousins like Song Qi and Song You.

Everyone knew that Song Chi had completed his Law Amplitude Phase after advancing to the Fourth Rank; otherwise, they would not have come to disturb him.

"Brother Chi, congratulations on being promoted to Zhulu Warship Captain!"

Among the crowd, Song Ting, who was now nearly ninety years old, smiled and congratulated him:

Due to Song Chi's strong support, Song Ting also became a Cruiser Captain a few years ago. Compared with family members of the same age, this promotion speed was definitely at the top.

The key was that she had used various High Rank Divine Soul Type resources provided by Song Chi. After advancing to the Third Rank, she transformed the spiritual force into the Divine Thought State, and per Song Chi's advice, she comprehended the Law of Light.

With the help of the Law Fruit of Light and ten years of comprehension in the Dragon Spine Secret Realm, her Comprehension Degree of the Law of Light reached 0.39%, and she had realized the "Dragon Whale State" secret technique, making her almost a prodigy among the Third Rank Cruiser Captains.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Song Chi thought for a moment, and took out several medals from Cang Qiong.

He left one for his grandparents,

One for his first uncle and his wife,

One for his second uncle and his wife,

One for his fourth uncle and his wife,

And one each for his father, mother, and Song Ting, making a total of seven.

"This medal is called the 'Shadow Medal.' Once activated, as long as it's within 6000 light-years, it can summon the projection of Cang Qiong to assist in battle. If you encounter danger in the forthcoming Great Frontier War, just activate it!"

Upon hearing the explanation, everybody suddenly understood and then solemnly stored their Shadow Medal away.

They had a considerable understanding of the combat power of Song Chi's flagship. Even though it was just promoted to a Zhulu Warship, its combat power was far from that of an ordinary Zhulu Warship; even if it was just a projection, it could probably easily suppress an ordinary Fourth Rank Unit.

That was everyone's thought.

If Song Chi knew this, he would certainly object.

With Cang Qiong's current combat power, even if it were only a projection, it could easily suppress a life form at the Peak of the Fourth Rank; even a slightly more ordinary Zhulu Warship could be suppressed as well.

After settling these matters, Song Chi chatted with the elders for a while, then recoiled Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and headed straight for Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain.

With less than two years left before the Great Frontier War, he had to make the most of this final time. Not to ask for too much, but at the very least, he needed to master one more secret technique.

As his own Guidance Technique broke through to the Fourth Rank and his Comprehension Degree in two Origin Laws surged, every secret technique he mastered meant a great increase in combat power for Song Chi, including later in the Mythical Mecha Form of "Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong."

At the vault of the Dragon Spine Divine Mountain, "Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong" was pulled back, and only Song Chi remained in the high sky.

But after a moment, a subtle ripple of space flashed by, and the figure of Song Chi that had been hovering above the sky vanished in the previous second. When he reappeared, he was already standing at the foot of Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain. With an Intermediate Achievement in the Law of Space, he had reached a point where his mastery of the Law of Space was noteworthy.

He didn't go directly to the Dragon Spine Secret Realm but went first to claim his Sequence Subsidy.

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