Exlor
Spiritual route is the best route. It is pretty much the jack of all trades for him. His mech depends on his spiritual prowess, his products depends on his spiritual prowess, his personel empowerment depends on his spiritual prowess. And from what we see from his mother, his spiritual prowess will also be his life saving weapon given time. So let's go
Ves said it to Master Moira once. Money is just a means to power. Heâs thinking about all these ways to bring in money when he should just increase his power. The Mech Pilot Cultivation is the best way to amass power quickly without too many people noticing. Especially with higher tier civilizations noticing his glows.
Conundrum, the new price of 2 Fast Pass to open 1 chapter, makes it hard to keep up with Exlor output of 3 chapters per day. I am curious to see how Gloriana, Cynthia and Helena will say about the different paths. Also maybe the Larkinson Experts pilots. I do expect to ear about the fellow mechs designers of the Clan.
Ves should probably offer to make totems for all those Religions who are shutting him out. Explain that his totems merely offer a convenient "interaction point" for the deity in question and not a replacement. Hype it up by requiring "true followers" at the ceremony. Point out that Yilvani, Superior Mother and Vulcan all can and WILL refuse to let "non believers" pilot their mechs. Who cares if Vulcan can't be sold if a "holy mech" line makes it in the market instead. Slip in a backdoor of "tolerance for allied gods" to all his totems too. The Trojan trick worked great with the Hexers after all! I predict a future where religious tolerance is the norm for the most fanatic religions. (Expecially because the "evil gods" will explicitly be 5sc ones)