When the two qualities merged, she suddenly understood a profound truth:
True power does not come from conquering nature, but from dancing in harmony with it.
"What if instead of trying to control these elemental spirits, we sought to form true partnerships with them?" she whispered to herself.
Guided by this new concept, she developed a device that harnessed geothermal energy through cooperation with underground elemental spirits.
This device required no complex magic array or expensive materials; it operated solely on a friendship pact with the earth element spirits.
Although its efficiency was not as stable as the magic generators of the sages, it boasted powerful sustainability and almost no environmental burden.
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As the effects of the Dream Realm dust continued to ferment, two civilizations began to diverge onto completely different developmental paths.
The city-states of the sages fell into deep internal fragmentation.
