When the Flagrant Swordmaidens finally found a way to discharge the remnant energy inside the god crystals in the form of electricity, they quickly got the ball rolling.
Two days after the first successful test, they managed to stabilize the output of the god crystal. It wouldn't discharge all of its energy in a single instant anymore and could be commanded to release a stable output.
Another day after that, the god crystal project managed to get a god crystal to release its energy in the form of heat, electromagnetic radiation, sound waves and more.
While the researchers hadn't managed to find a way to shape the output of a god crystal into an antigrav field or something similar, it was only a matter of time before they found the key.
A week after the initial test, the god crystal project finally managed to solve their most important goal, which was to get the god crystals to siphon energy from the astral winds!