Jameson's Progress
Dante's practice and progress with the Primal Ape technique were pretty rapid. By the time he had spent about 10 hours practicing, he was already at the peak of the Beginner Knight level.
He stopped here and didn't bother to start meditating because that would take time. He simply planted a Quantum Aetherium Conduit into his avatar that would allow it to passively absorb Astral Energy to generate spiritual essence.
After doing this, he brought his main body onto the clone and felt the true power and familiarity course through him. Interestingly, his AI chip instantly received a ping from the subordinate chip in his protagonist that immediately filled Dante in with the details of the fellow's actions during this time as well as a few requests.
Dante did not take long to parse this information and when he did, he was thoroughly speechless.