His soul has now lost 85% of its negative immunity, clearly indicating that a soul-related daze counts as a negative status.

Mr. Baiyi immediately withdrew and, when he glanced at that faint consciousness, his gaze changed.

It seemed somewhat disappointed, yet also relieved.

This entity can now indeed have its rules altered by him, and it can use the power of the giant statue.

However, due to Mr. Baiyi’s involvement, a rift has appeared between the Heart of the Giant and the Guardian.

Simply put... it cannot go too far away; once it leaves, it cannot use the Giant Power, which of course has a limit, approximately at the Tier Nine Legendary level.

This also represents the true strength of Scavenger Sed.

Seven years ago, Scavenger Sed could directly enter the Dark Night World to take the Heart of the Divine Abomination because he had overwhelming power.

This is actually the reason the Federation did not retrieve the Heart of the Giant.

After all, a Tier Nine Legendary was like a glitch during the two hundred years when the Sword Saint’s blood and qi began to wane, allowing Sin City to remain.

Until... Sin City was destroyed by its legislators.

But due to the nurturing of Giant Power, even when Sed was eventually cut off from the Heart of the Giant’s energy, he could still kill Legendary-level Madness Modified Warriors.

So in a sense, it was a loss and a gain.

Overall, it was still developing in a positive direction, since even a Tier Nine wouldn’t be obedient, rather a nuisance.

Baiyi began setting new rules for the Guardian; the new rules will place a Tier Nine Legendary here as a Guardian, potentially becoming a free Legendary in the future.

In any case, it’s not a loss.

Baiyi pondered over adding the final rule.

[Except for intrusions by those without tokens, fully immerse in cultivation.]

After reviewing the complete rules, Baiyi exited this newborn consciousness.

Hum~

And at that moment, the pool of hearts underwent dramatic change, a humanoid phantom appeared faintly, and soon, a youthful boy emerged before Baiyi.

He looked about seventeen or eighteen, seeming to be... the appearance when Baiyi removed the heart, the form during the conversion of evil thoughts after awakening Light and Dark.

Baiyi was somewhat silent; he reached out, and instantly, the figure before him was drawn over and he wiped his face.

A slight burnt smell came, and an iron mask appeared on his face.

Releasing his hand, Baiyi walked with this silver-masked figure toward the Heart of the Giant.

While he was seated cross-legged beneath the Heart of the Giant, silently honing his abilities and deepening his connection to the Heart.

Meanwhile, Baiyi continued attaching metal to those extending heart blood vessels.

Gradually, through constant testing, a frequency stabilized among some of the Energy Conversion Devices.

But it wasn’t enough yet; transforming Qi and Blood Power or Giant Power into the energy Baiyi needed was still far off.

He needed to convert some things into unique energy, and these energies in the blood vessels needed to become extremely gentle, to the extent that even Ao Xi could absorb them.

Only then could the Heart of the Giant be used safely.

Otherwise, Baiyi didn’t want the Celestial City, built with the entire Federation’s effort, to collapse due to slight fluctuations in the core.

With continuous research, Baiyi began to feel strained; it seemed his transformation knowledge was insufficient.

Half a month later, Baiyi stopped his research and began investigating the transformation device of the Star Sea Battleship.

In five days, with the aid of numerous materials, a slightly lower-level transformation device appeared on the panel; this is Star Core A-02.

Although not at the pinnacle, Baiyi could easily get started now and manufacture it using Star Core Alloy.

Skill points were maxed out, with a flood of knowledge constantly pouring in, and Baiyi seemed to be persistently creating this transformer.

The extent of its capabilities was clear at a glance.

Just when the torrent of knowledge was about to stop, a special skill point was applied.

In an instant, with a hum, Baiyi’s Spiritual Power began to be consumed again.

A more advanced transformer gradually emerged, and many of Baiyi’s insights started to verify this transformer, with various experiments in his mind heading in different directions.

Gradually, the near-perfect A-02 also had new developments.

As Baiyi’s Spiritual Power was consumed to 80%, he decisively activated Spirit Recovery, hum~

A vast reserve of Spiritual Power poured into his mind, catching a spark of brilliance in Baiyi’s eyes.

The problem was solved.

Once the most important energy issue of Celestial City is resolved, Baiyi wouldn’t need to exert much more effort on the remaining framework.

Although this project is indeed massive.

Once Baiyi completed the various energy transformations, this underground base was slowly filled with Blood Qi.

There was a hint of satisfaction in Baiyi’s eyes: "Mr. Ao Xi."

Ao Xi appeared next to Baiyi, his Soul Fire in the eye sockets was deep blue, and his tone had warmed: "Mr. Baiyi."

Ao Xi felt himself growing amidst this vast Blood Qi, realizing that if it originally took him a thousand years to advance a level, absorbing this Blood Qi could allow him to ascend once a year before reaching Legendary.

Even during high-intensity work once per year.

This progress was alarming, but akin to divine blood in its Blood Qi nature.

Not just him, but even those skeletons would transform and gain wisdom within this Blood Qi.

This brought Ao Xi great joy, even temporarily suppressing the negative feelings of exploitation and deceit.

If Baiyi could capture and torment Or for him, then he wouldn’t even want to leave.

"You seem satisfied with the Blood Qi here, but you still have another task."

"What is it?"

"Once the Blood Qi here reaches a level you can’t absorb, inform me with the Power of Contract. That would indicate a problem with the transformer, and if not promptly resolved, you could also be in danger."

Baiyi’s gentle voice made Ao Xi’s Soul Fire flicker slightly; he nodded softly, his hoarse voice adjusting to gentler tones: "Alright, no problem."

"Good, the expansion will have to wait a bit longer, as other alchemists will handle it."

With those words, Baiyi’s figure quickly disappeared, reappearing at the City Lord’s Mansion.

"Golden-level Alchemists, assemble."

The soft-spoken words spread across the city instantaneously; in a flash, presences appeared, converging toward Baiyi’s location.

Ultimately, they paused at the City Lord’s Mansion’s entrance, entering in an orderly fashion.

Their eyes were full of anticipation, clearly understanding what the Celestial City represented; Baiyi’s records weren’t secretive.

Three Grandmasters, the most likely candidate to become the youngest Sage in history, or even the youngest Great Sage.

The existence of such nature in the Celestial City must harbor the highest achievements he has attained; if they could get involved....

No, they’ve already become involved, thus their eyes brimmed with excitement and anticipation.

Once the attendees were nearly complete, Baiyi glanced around; Dongwu City’s Golden-level Alchemists gathered were four, without exception.

From over three hundred cities, 297 alchemists attended.

Thus, a total of 301 Golden-level Alchemists came from the entire Federation.

Counting himself, this Legendary, that’s 302 in total.

Of course, it didn’t exclude those who didn’t wish to come, but in any case, it wouldn’t surpass four hundred.

Still, there were too few alchemists.

If it were the Star Federation, tens of thousands might have come, and for the Floating City, as long as the most crucial components were constructed by Sages, everything would be completed in a month.

Nevertheless, Baiyi wasn’t disappointed, for these people were already sufficient.

"I believe self-introductions aren’t necessary; from the over three hundred present, the technology masters are the fewest, with alchemists the most."

"This time, Celestial City consists of a technology master, along with two alchemists and one to two transformers."

"Form teams yourselves, and shortly I’ll assign each group’s work section. The Military Equipment Bureau, Treasury, and Resources Department will fully cooperate."

He announced again throughout the city: "Recruited alchemists, prepare yourselves; for those yet unrecruited, enroll for selection by each Golden-level Squad Leader."

"The new era of Alchemy... is coming!"