"YOU CAN ASK TO STRENGTHEN YOUR AFFINITY WITH THE ELEMENTS. YOUR COMPREHENSION OF LIFE AND METAL IS ALREADY HIGH. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CRAFT MORE POWERFUL ARTIFACTS IF YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR CORE ELEMENTS HAS IMPROVED."

"Those are not my only choices, correct?"

"ALMOST ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE." The Subjugation King affirmed. "YOU HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED A SHALLOW UNDERSTANDING OF THE WATER ELEMENT AND RECENTLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THE FIRE ELEMENT. YOU CAN CONVERT THEM INTO A CORE SPECIALIZATION THAT CAN ALLOW YOU TO PRODUCE ARTIFACTS WITH STRONG ADVANTAGES. ASIDE FROM ITS TRADITIONAL ADVANTAGES, THE WATER ELEMENT ALSO POSSESSES A STRONG RELATION TO SPACE ELEMENT IN YOUR NATIVE SEA OF STARS. THE FIRE ELEMENT CAN MORE EASILY ENABLE YOU TO REPRODUCE SHIPS AS POWERFUL AS THE ONE THAT HAS ENDURED THE STORM WITHOUT RELYING ON THE POWER OF A FIRE GOD."

Ves was not too interested in developing a stronger specialization in the water element, but it was different for the fire element.

Fire was energy. Energy translated to power. Power was everything.

There were good reasons why the Big Two prioritized the acquisition of the Fire Scroll over all of the other Sacred Scrolls during their rebellion.

The Fire Scroll must have played a pivotal role in upgrading the overall power of their mechs and warships in the years after the Age of Conquest.

If the mechers and the fleeters recognized the importance of mastering the power of fire in the modern age, then Ves was no different!

The Dominion of Man's heavy reliance on the Spark Reactor and the Fire Elemental within was a strong example why everything ultimately came down to energy.

If Ves was able to gain a stronger affinity towards fire, it would not be impossible for him to grant all of his living mechs access to greater energy.

He would no longer have to rely so much on Master Benedict Cortez to supply his living mechs with an E energy reactor like his signature Endex System.

Ves would be able to install his own E energy reactors to his works!

His luminar crystal weapons also possessed a strong synergy with the fire element. It would be easy for him to enhance the firepower of many energy beams by infusing them with a greater concentration of fire energy.

Aside from all of these possible benefits, Ves would find it a lot easier to design Carmine mechs that could establish Bloodfire Pacts with their bonded mech pilots.

"I have the same concerns about improving my affinity towards fire as I do with space, but… it is a tempting idea." Ves responded. "I just need to figure out how to fully incorporate this additional factor into my work approach."

The shadow of the Subjugation King did not take any action to sway Ves to this choice.

"@#$&Y&^#@#@."

"YOUR DOMAIN IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. IT MUST BE SHAPED INTO A FORM THAT FULLY CONFORMS TO YOUR CULTIVATION AND YOUR GOALS. THIS IS NOT A LIGHT DECISION FOR YOU TO MAKE. IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF IMPAIRING YOUR DOMAIN DUE TO MAKING THE WRONG DECISIONS, THEN IT IS BETTER FOR YOU TO LET IT FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR ORIGINAL CULTIVATION. LIFE AND METAL ARE ALREADY POWERFUL AND USEFUL COMBINATIONS."

The risks were certainly considerable. Ves had to be absolutely sure whether he wanted to change his design philosophy before he was ready to go down this route.

"What about safer options? There has to be a boon that can improve my work without adding so many complications."

"#&@&#@&#."

"YOU CAN ALLOW YOUR PARTIALLY SPLIT SOUL TO BEAR THE RISKS INSTEAD. THIS PURPLE PARASITE IS AN ODDITY THAT IS INTERESTING TO SEE IN A CULTIVATOR AS WEAK AS YOU. AS IMPRESSIVE AS IT IS TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE MANAGED TO SPLIT YOUR SOUL WITHOUT DRIVING YOURSELF TO MADNESS, THE RESULTS ARE NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE. YOU ARE NOT FULLY UTILIZING THE ADVANTAGES OF YOUR CONDITION."

Though Ves wanted to dispute that, the powerful God King probably knew a lot better about these kinds of matters.

"What do you suggest, then? Blinky has been useful in my work. He is also helpful in combat, as you yourself have witnessed through your clone."

"#@$&#&@#&@."

"IT IS BECAUSE A TRIVIAL SHARD OF MYSELF HAS FOUGHT AGAINST YOU THAT I AM CONVINCED THAT YOU ARE NOT MAKING PROPER USE OF YOUR 'BLINKY'. IT IS IMPRESSIVE FOR A SOUL OF THIS NATURE TO DEVELOP ITS OWN ITS INTERNAL UNIVERSE. YET IT IS NOT A TRUE UNIVERSE FOR IT IS ABSENT OF ANY ACTUAL MATTER. THE HEAVENS CAN CHANGE THIS. THE BOON YOU HAVE EARNED MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO CONVERT YOUR ENTIRE UNIVERSE INTO A MATERIAL SPACE, BUT IT SHOULD AT LEAST BE ENOUGH TO OPEN UP A SPACE THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HOST A SHIP, IF NOT AN ENTIRE PLANET."

Ves lit up when he heard this suggestion!

This was an incredibly attractive choice! He had always been wondering how the hell he was supposed to transform the Blinkyverse from a purely imaginary space into a material space.

He truly had no idea how he could make this conversion through ordinary means. Not even his mother was able to come up with a viable solution, and she was the one that expanded and optimized the Imaginary Universe Method in the first place!

It made far too much sense for him to ask the heavens to transform his Blinkyverse, because Ves seriously doubted whether anyone in the Red Ocean could produce a similar result.

There was a possibility that future advancements in the fields of phasewater technology, hyper technology and E-

technology may change that, but it would probably take decades before Ves gained the chance to engineer this transformation.

Ves also recognized that the larger his Blinkyverse became, the more costly it would be to convert it into a material universe.

If he chose to transform Blinky's internal universe at an early stage, then there was a large possibility that the material space would continue to expand further without requiring any exceptional measures.

Ves could save a huge amount of effort and resources in converting the entirety of his Blinkyverse into a material space in advance!