Ian called this psionic metamorphosis 'Spirit Energy Sublimation'. Every Spirit Energy User advances their spirit energy after possessing it for some time.
He himself underwent the same process. Foresight View began with observing mist to foresee good or bad omens, progressed to the Retrospective World, and further to observing more distant matters, all representing successive sublimations.
This time, Miles' sublimation is something unprecedented on the Spirit Disaster Path — making friends again and finding meaning in life in Xiawei Territory, considering this land as a second homeland, which is perhaps crucial for Miles.
Naturally, Ian was pleased with this development.
As the person Ian considered, in the future, as the Supreme Spirit Sect's first 'Protector Knight', he definitely hoped that the Protector Knight would not just be a profession that could only cast shields.
