My health recovery is incredibly fast.

In the second plan, the Temple thought placing the transit station in the sky would be a good idea. The maximum altitude of the Extreme Storm was about 20 kilometers away from the boundary of the starry sky. Within this space, the wind and waves were calm, there was sunshine and light, and there was no high-pressure seawater. The only threat was the possible presence of interstellar demons.

How should I make this decision?

The wealthy and powerful temple decided that it wanted both options.

The celestial transit station was used as a regular transit station. It was used to stand in the open and attract the attention of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons.

The underwater transfer station is an emergency structure used in times of crisis, serving as a safety net. For reasons of secrecy, the construction of this transfer station had to be carried out discreetly.

Therefore, a meticulous construction plan was devised for the temple.

Before setting off, Xia Zuo obtained the detailed plan from Christo.

He was tasked with assisting the team of giant creators in the outer sanctuary to build an underwater transfer station.

Their primary responsibilities include creating and maintaining specialized engineering golems, removing environmental barriers related to toxins, and secretly monitoring everyone in the colossus creator team.

All other passengers who were not involved in the project were required to meditate deeply in their respective rooms until they were woken up.

Anru has no experience working underwater, so she is not a member of the engineering team, and Xia Zuo needs to keep this a secret from her.

On the eleventh day after departing from the Eastern Continent, the transoceanic airship fleet arrived at the center of the extreme storm.

After Xia Zuo and Anru entered deep meditation, Xia Zuo left the room alone and met up with the other group members. Together, they descended to the underwater darkness zone via a makeshift shuttle track.

Starting from that day, for the next 60 days, Xia Zuo would only return to the airship during rest periods every few days, until the underwater transfer station was completed.

On the 10th day after the airship fleet set sail again, the view outside the porthole suddenly changed from a stormy night to a sunny midday, and the fleet officially bid farewell to the extreme storm and sailed into the waters near the western continent.

After flying west for another three days, most of the passengers on the passenger airship were transferred to four cargo airships.

The passenger airship continued westward.

Meanwhile, the cargo airships docked on an island and began constructing a floating transit station above the extreme storm. Once completed, this transit station would be launched into the sky in a grand display, flying directly above the extreme storm.

The colossal team of creators who participated in the construction will set off westward again after completing their work here, to build a teleportation hall in the old site of Starry Night City in the Starry Night Kingdom.

On the passenger airship, Xia Zuo stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of his cabin, watching the cargo airship slowly descend. His gaze swept over the outline of the island below, and after a moment's thought, he said:

"This should be Mittel Island, right? I remember when I was a teaching assistant, one of the students in the Poison Alchemy Department served as a marine here, guarding the island... I wonder how Professor Kurov is doing now... With the expansion of the academy's enrollment, even ten consecutive hours of deep meditation would be a luxury for him... And Dim, this castle manager travels all over the country. Now that the Starry Night Kingdom has expanded its territory, he's probably too busy to handle everything."

"You've got quite a few things to say," Anru said with a smile. "Have you considered going to see the former circus members?"

“This…” Xia Zuo pondered for a few seconds, “I do have this idea. But it might be difficult to find them. After the circus disbanded, they scattered to different places to live their own lives.”

In fact, Xia Zuo had already made up his mind to find the members of Audrey's Circus.

This relates to a question hidden deep within my heart.

Why would a cheat system mislead the host into rapidly leveling up?

Based on this misconception, Xia Zuo clearly remembers that in the first year or so after he transmigrated, he was constantly thinking about how to gain experience more quickly.

When he first joined the circus, Chazo was a receptionist who was responsible for selling tickets and arranging shows.

During a chance encounter at a circus rehearsal, he witnessed the fire-breathing man, Vans, spewing flames, which solidified his resolve to become the fire-breathing man and replace Vans.

Vans is of bad character, addicted to drugs, and even tries to steal money for his drugs, which displeases Audrey, the head of the circus.

Shazo's idea of ​​training fire-breathing to replace Vanss was approved by Audrey, and from then on he embarked on the path of mainly adding [Vitality].

Now, doesn't all of this seem a bit too coincidental?

If Xia Zuozhu had added any of the other attributes instead of [Vitality], he would never have become a pureblood mage, which led to a series of encounters on the Eastern Continent.

What made Xia Zuo start prioritizing [Vitality]?

It was Vans's fire-breathing rehearsal.

What made Xia Zuo completely abandon exploring the mechanism of free attribute points and add all the remaining free attribute points to [Vitality]?

It was when the circus stopped performing in the fortress of Piaget that Vans left without saying goodbye.

Therefore, there is something wrong with Vans.

…It might just be baseless speculation, but Xia Zuo still wanted to investigate Vans properly.

Let's start by finding the big sister, Audrey.

Xia Zuo stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the guest room for a long time, until the sun was setting before he came to his senses and went to the restaurant with An Ru'er for a meal.

The passenger airship flew westward for three days, and a black line rose above the sea level, marking the coastline of the western continent.

As they approached, the medieval buildings came into view, just as Xia Zuo had left, as if nothing had changed.

Soon, the airship arrived over the former Starry Night City.

Two years ago, the Starry Night Kingdom moved its capital to the vicinity of the Grand Canyon in the Storm Mountains and established the new Starry Night City. The Starry Night Academy also moved there.

The former site of Starry Night City has been transformed into an airship port city specifically for visitors from the Eastern Continent, an airport city with numerous airship docks.

After the passenger airship docked at the dock dozens of meters above the ground, Xia Zuo and Anruer stepped off the airship and walked down the spiral staircase of the dock to the arrival platform to meet Dim, who was waiting there.

Chapter 1 The Bloodline Problem

"Hi~ Dim, long time no see." Xia Zuo waved and smiled.

Dim was still the same as always: a thick beard, muscular arms, a suit of leather armor, and a long sword. He was only approachable when he smiled; otherwise, he had a serious and imposing expression.

Dim walked towards Xia and his companion, first crossing his arms to examine them closely for a moment, then breaking into a smile, extending his right hand, and saying as he shook hands:

"Haha, you two have changed so much! I thought I had mistaken you for someone else. Come on, follow me. The airship is ready, we'll head straight to the royal city. The headmaster has prepared a banquet, just waiting for you."

Dim led the way into the suspended corridor and headed toward another dock, where several smaller airships were moored, each equipped with multiple propulsion units, seemingly designed for rapid transit within the kingdom.

Shazo walked beside Dim and inquired about the kingdom's recent situation.

Dim waved his right hand, making a splitting motion, and said:

"As you may know, the professors of Starry Night Academy have officially separated from the kingdom's upper echelons. Now, the Starry Night Kingdom is a nation jointly operated by various levels of parliament. Although the head of the academy is still the nominal king, he basically no longer manages the affairs of the kingdom."

"Our only requirement for the Kingdom Council is to consistently send a sufficient number of students into the academy each year to train more alchemists and mage apprentices. Other than that, matters such as natural disasters or rebellions are not within the academy's scope of work; those will be handled by the resident mages stationed in each province and city."

Xia Zuo knew about the plan to counterattack the Starry Sky Demon's Nest and clearly understood that Starry Night Academy was doing this in order to focus its efforts on cultivating a large number of mages faster and better, in order to prepare for the future large-scale training of Eternal Mages.

All of this depends on two elements: a spiritual carving knife and a person whose bloodline has been awakened.

The spiritual carving knife was in Xia Zuo's hands, and he was confident that he could use it to quickly cut the spiritual body and create his own elemental body.

Therefore, the biggest variable in the entire plan is the bloodline awakener.

Anyone who possesses extraordinary power will become arrogant, conceited, and unruly.

Taming a group of bloodline awakeners and training them into mages loyal to the temple will certainly not be an easy task.

Thinking of this, Xia Zuo asked:

Are there many bloodline awakeners entering universities each year?

Dim's expression was somewhat complicated, and a hint of worry flashed across his stubble-covered face.

"The number isn't that many yet, but it's increasing every year. The year before last, we enrolled 110 students, and only 4 of them were bloodline awakeners. Last year, there were 120 new students, and 7 of them were bloodline awakeners. This year, there are 125 new students, and the number of bloodline awakeners has reached 11."

Dim stroked his beard. “The most troublesome thing is that quite a few freshmen enter the academy without awakening any bloodline. But one day they suddenly become bloodline awakeners and gain special abilities. These examples of awakening happening right before our eyes have a great negative impact on their studies.”

Dim sighed.

"Well, as you know. To advance to the level of a mage apprentice, a student needs to pass the test of deep meditation and complete their first training session. For students with natural affinity for magic, the success rate is less than 10%."

“Innate affinity is rare and hard to come by, but the awakening of bloodline power is something that happens from time to time. It’s very easy to provoke students’ nerves and stimulate them to study the so-called bloodline awakening method. Every day I catch a few students who don’t study properly and only know how to take crooked paths, confiscate their sketchbooks, and lock them in a dark room.”

Xia Zuo rubbed his chin, exchanged a glance with Anru, and said to Dim:

"That sounds like quite a problem. Does the head of the department have any plans?"

"The head of the academy ordered Professor Barry and Professor Kemmings to jointly develop an alchemical instrument for detecting bloodline concentration, and to regularly test students who are restless and eager to awaken their bloodline power."

Dim shook his head with a helpless smile. "Blood concentration is tested every two months. Tsk tsk, you have no idea, the testing site is more lively than a party. All the students gather together, from all grades, noisily discussing who's blood concentration has increased and who's stagnated. Humph, if they had this much energy when they were studying, the little dark room wouldn't be so full all the time."

The three walked and talked, and soon boarded a small airship.

Dim, with his large frame, sat in the cockpit, pressed buttons, pushed the control stick, and skillfully steered the airship out of the dock, heading west according to the directions of the aerial beacon.

After flying out of the city walls of the old Starry Night City, vast forests and mountains stretched to the horizon, and the trade routes on the ground were bustling with activity, with pack animals pulling carts slowly through the mountains.

Here, airships seem to be a symbol of status and prestige. So far, Xia Zuo hasn't seen a second small airship flying in the sky.

Xia Zuo, sitting in the back seat, asked Dim:

Are airships common in the kingdom?

“No.” Dim set the autopilot, took out a carrot and chewed on it. “Only professors from Starry Night Academy can use the airship. To be precise, only high-ranking mages who have undergone the loyalty ceremony are qualified. No one else, whether they are high-ranking officials of the kingdom or resident mages, is allowed to come into contact with the airship.”

"Is the carrot alright?" Xia Zuo asked, looking at the carrot in the other person's hand.

“Of course it’s great. Hmph, it’s as energetic as a stallion.” Dim pulled out two carrots and gave one to Xia Zuo and one to Anru. “Now I don’t have to run around anymore, it just stays in the stable every day, playing with its dear wives. It’s a pity that the Demon Hunter School’s mutation inducer will sterilize the recipient, otherwise, Carrot would have enjoyed the ‘fun’ of raising children.”

Speaking of his wife and family… Xia Zuo squeezed Anru’er’s small hand. After discussing it, the two decided to hold the wedding in the Starry Night Kingdom. If the Dean agreed, they planned to get married at the academy and have Professor Kurov and the Dean serve as their witnesses.

Xia Zuo noticed that An Ru'er's hands were a little cold... This was a sign of her nervousness.

Xia Zuo changed the subject, saying, "Dim, tell me about the bloodline awakeners in the academy. What types are they?"

“The head of the academy specifically asked me to talk to you about this.” Dim took out a roll of parchment from his leather armor and handed it to Xia Zuo. “This is a list that lists all the bloodline awakeners recorded throughout the country in the past 5 years. Take a look first, and then we’ll talk.”

Chapter 2 Plane Signals

The awakening of bloodline power is the starting point for a human to embark on an extraordinary path.

The temple categorized bloodline power into two main types: [Self-Enhancement] and [Manipulation].

Self-enhancing bloodlines can strengthen an awakened individual's abilities in certain areas, including but not limited to flexibility, muscle strength, reaction speed, memory, and endurance. The awakened bloodline power of a pure-blooded mage significantly increases physical vitality and also falls under the self-enhancing category.

Self-enhancing type is relatively common, and about 80% of awakened individuals belong to this category.

Manipulation-type awakeners are relatively few, accounting for approximately 19%. These awakeners possess the ability to manipulate certain types of things, such as controlling fire, air, or magnetism, making them highly compatible with the path of a mage. The Temple has modified the basic meditation method specifically for manipulation-type awakeners, significantly increasing their success rate in completing their first training session.

Currently, if the success rate of cultivation for those with innate affinity is set at 100%, the success rate for those with manipulative awakenings is over 80%, and the success rate for those with self-enhancing awakenings ranges from 50% to 80%.

Among the many bloodline awakeners, about 1% awaken both self-enhancing and manipulation abilities.