As for why Ian Song didn't just kill the two of them outright, the answer was simple: he still needed them as live test subjects for his formations.
The next moment.
Ian sat cross-legged again, sinking into his sea of consciousness to contemplate the second Dao stroke. Several days passed in this state of deep research.
"Mm!"
Suddenly, Ian rubbed his forehead, feeling the strain of overusing his mind. No wonder the Creation Heaven Diagram's inheritance required passing the Divine Soul Heaven Staircase—the real challenge was that researching the Creation Heaven Diagram consumed an enormous amount of mental energy.
Even for him—whose soul had undergone fourteen metamorphoses—just a few days of continuous deduction left him feeling mentally exhausted.
If it were an ordinary Mid Heavenly God, they probably wouldn’t even qualify to study the Creation Heaven Diagram.
"Hey, when are you going to find a way to fix me?" The little loli glared at Ian, cheeks puffed out in frustration.
"Don't rush! I'm working on it, aren't I?"
Ian chuckled, then took out a drop of Origin Source Power and swallowed it. As expected of a rare saint-grade treasure, just one drop instantly restored his spent energy and left him feeling unusually vigorous.
"Here, take it!"
Ian directly stuffed a bottle of Origin Source Power into the little loli's hands—over thirty drops in total.
"Hmph! Don’t think giving me stuff will earn my forgiveness!"
The little loli pouted, looking every bit the proud tsundere.
On impulse, Ian reached out and pinched Mira Skylar's soft cheeks, grinning: "Kid, don't be ungrateful. Sure, you lost your cultivation, but with this Origin Source Power as your foundation, once you start training again, your future achievements will definitely surpass what you had before!"
"Let go!"
The little loli shrieked.
"No way!"
"Jerk! I'll bite you to death!"
After a round of playful bickering with the little loli, Ian went back to researching and deducing the Heavenly Dao rhythm hidden in the second Dao stroke.