Music has endless ways to explore.
Some time ago I spent a lot of effort trying to figure out how to use the scales and turn them into "stand-alone" systems.
Here is an example where I form an Ionian-Phrygian scale, where I look for the important tones, and the cadential chords.
Everything is much better explained in my blog (in English and Spanish):
https://komptools.blogspot.com/2023/05/escala-jonico-frigia-ionian-phrygian.html