Chapter 784: 洞天星球时代

At that moment, Yuan Qinghua was completely bewildered. But after the initial shock, came overwhelming joy! The players in those forums were indeed a powerful reserve force, capable of strategizing behind the scenes and bringing him sufficient surprises. What lay before him was one such enormous surprise: the mystery of the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands.

"It is precisely their invention—the Solar Alignment Weapon—that has allowed our planet to take another step forward in understanding our prehistoric Chinese mythical history!"

Yes! Prehistoric mythical history. The giants of civilization had advanced once more, with new history revealing the past. It seemed the ancient mystery of the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands was now fully unraveled. After all, this was a very practical question: where did the spiritual energy of heaven and earth come from? Ancient myths, too, had to obey the fundamental laws of physics and chemistry. What they saw now was clearly the only ancient explanation: setting up formations in the outer heavens to gather the true "essence of the sun and moon," transforming it into blessed lands for cultivation.

"However, having obtained this ancient secret, I now have an idea for this era of the Nine Provinces planet," Yuan Qinghua said, a faint smile playing on his lips. "The grandmaster 'Mount Akina Car Speed' has truly been a great help..."

Days passed quickly. The entire Nine Provinces planet experienced immense turmoil and upheaval. Not only had the colossal elemental beings from distant planets suffered a crushing defeat, losing two Celestial Emperor transcendent beings, but the Nine Continents nations had not achieved victory either, as they also failed to see the inscriptions on the far side of the moon. Simultaneously, all their satellites and mechs had crashed near the moon, and they had watched helplessly as their spoils—the two massive transcendent corpses—were seized. The only victors were the tiny creatures that had emerged from within the moon. Everyone knew this was just the beginning—the dawn of a new era.

At this time, conferences were being held across the continents to discuss new strategic countermeasures. Leaders from various nations gathered. Central Continent, as the strongest nation, had its leader, Ji Wuxiang, speaking: "Everyone, although we suffered a crushing defeat and lost all our military equipment, we have still achieved a certain degree of success!"

"What do you mean?" a leader asked.

"Please welcome the representative of the ancient divine beasts, Yuan Qinghua!" the Central Continent representative announced.

Everyone was surprised. The next moment, a young man of normal physique slowly walked out and looked around. "Greetings, everyone. We hail from ancient times..." He spoke in a way that captivated and moved everyone. "In that distant ancient era, just like now, there were 'Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin'..." It was a prehistoric ancient mythical history, one where their three great clans had long been engaged in warfare. As for their kinsman who had sacrificed himself, they were deeply grieved, but to protect this land of old, what did death matter to them? This was a necessary price to pay to ensure their enemies would not evade their ambushes.

After a while, Yuan Qinghua finished speaking. Ji Wuxiang took over, standing up. "Although our lunar exploration satellites failed to obtain the ancient inscriptions on the far side of the moon in that battle, through these ancient divine beasts, we can also acquire a transcendent cultivation system. The resurgence of spiritual energy is now inevitable!"

At these words, all the leaders showed joyful expressions. How could they not covet the individual power wielded by those colossal beings? Although they held immense power, they were still ordinary people. A single knife or gun could kill them. Who wouldn't long for longevity? Who wouldn't desire individual transcendent power to contend with mechanical civilizations?

What mattered now was that even without the moon's far side, obtaining the cultivation system of the ancients was still excellent. "Let's first discuss the current situation," Ji Wuxiang said. "In reality, we didn't suffer excessive losses. The true losses were sustained by that civilization of colossal elemental beings, who failed to acquire the technological civilization they desired... We, however, have gained two complete civilizations, putting us at the same starting point as the Moon Dwellers inside the moon. But observations suggest that while those Moon Dwellers reside within the moon, their technological civilization is not as advanced as ours; in fact, it's far inferior."

Beside him, a blond old man remarked, "Perhaps it's because they developed two civilizations simultaneously, dispersing their energy, falling into mediocrity, and excelling at neither."

"That's likely the case," everyone present nodded, finding it reasonable.

After some discussion, it was finally Yuan Qinghua's turn to address the assembly. "Everyone, this is our cultivation system! The two major systems: Buddhist and Daoist!" Yuan Qinghua naturally wouldn't hand over more than these two foundational systems. "I suggest that from now on, we reform our education model, incorporating those ancient principles into students' lives as core studies!"

"Is it the Celestial Venerable?""To enlighten all beings, that must be a sage from ancient times...""Is it too harsh for young students to learn the daily routines of this sage?""Only through hardship can one become strong!""May all people walk the path once trodden by the sages, and may everyone in the world become a sage!"

Those present fell into contemplation. This was indeed a good choice: universal cultivation.

Yuan Qinghua, with a solemn expression, declared, "As for your Solar Alignment Weapon, it was a commonly used method in our Primeval Cultivation Era. We established grand spiritual energy formations to create spiritual energy sacred lands! These became Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands!"

Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands...! Many felt their minds go blank. They had thought their method, the Solar Alignment Weapon, was unique to them. Who would have thought it was already prevalent in the ancient transcendent mythical era?

"Yes," Yuan Qinghua said proudly, his eyes sweeping across the audience. "Everyone, when you focus the light into a beam, its destructive power is naturally infinite. But if you expand the range of that focused beam to illuminate an entire area of land, encompassing a valley, wouldn't that create a Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land? Cultivating within such a place, with abundant energy, would allow cultivation to advance a thousand miles in a single day!"

Everyone was astounded. So that's how it is!

The Lunar Radiation Weapon subtly aligned with the destined resurgence of spiritual energy, enriching the world. This was the first step, the initial salvo, to reform the planet's overall environment. But the Lunar Weapon couldn't keep exploding indefinitely. The Solar Alignment Weapon, however, was for long-term resurgence, drawing in energy from the extraterrestrial universe to form even richer cultivation blessed lands. This was the second step! After all, the Solar Alignment Weapon was sustainable. Their civilizational development had perfectly matched with the preordained fate.

"We understand," a powerful figure said, completely convinced and impressed, unable to help but think inwardly: *As expected of a divine beast serving a powerful being from ancient civilization, truly sacred.*

In less than five years, a new era erupted, known as the Era of Spiritual Energy Resurgence. The nine-year compulsory education system began to transform into something extraordinary. Renowned universities were established in valleys designated as Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands. These valleys contained energy storage formations, dense spiritual energy, and a colossal mirror was erected in the sky above.

"Did you apply to the Radiation Department at Sino-Indian University of Science and Technology?""I applied to the Electromagnetic Department!""I'm going for True Qi Engineering Mechanics!"

Countless individuals were discussing and filling out their university applications. This modern social education system—the university system, which offered education for all without discrimination and selected talent—surpassed the formal systems of sects and schools, proving to be extremely egalitarian and fair.

There were no sects in this world. In fact, it could be said that the major nations were the largest and most prominent sects on this cultivation planet! With the nation as their sect, cultivation became a daily practice for the populace. Each year, hundreds of millions of students on this planet yearned to break through the competition. Every year, when the college entrance examination results were announced, the top three scholars would emerge from various provinces. This brought immense glory, and these unparalleled geniuses would be greatly valued and employed by the nation.

The cultivators of this world still bore the title of "Moon Diviners." Whether through technology or transcendence, Moon Diviners continually explored the laws of the universe, walking the path of truth. This sentence was inscribed on the first page of every textbook.

As people continuously cultivated, the spiritual energy in the land affected by nuclear radiation began to deplete again, and the radiation lingering in the air gradually thinned. Manufacturing and detonating Lunar nuclear weapons to bombard the entire world again was unrealistic. At this moment, even Xu Zhi was astonished by the creation of the "Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands"; they had solved a problem that even Xu Zhi hadn't been able to solve! Why had he previously gone to Mercury to build power stations? Because planets too far from the sun lacked sufficient radiation and energy, resulting in thin "spiritual energy." But now, they had successfully solved the core problem of distant planets not being able to draw in energy by gathering the sunlight.

"What an astonishing cosmic cultivation civilization," Xu Zhi murmured, a smile spreading across his face. "The previous sandbox simulations were not a true universe, not a real planet, lacking even an atmosphere or a distant, real sun... therefore, they hadn't developed like this. This, now, is a true evolution of a cosmic civilization!"

Xu Zhi mused that if cultivation civilizations truly existed in the universe, they would very likely be structured this way. Perhaps this was an inevitable stage of civilizational development. The transcendent beings on the planet implemented a "long-distance Dyson Sphere" method, establishing "Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands," sacred cultivation grounds, and various top-tier sects across the planet.

"This is the true evolving civilization," Xu Zhi softly said. "This is the truly possible path for cosmic civilization development. Those so-called cultivation planets are all deceptive... Reaching this level of development would inevitably involve establishing similar structures, setting up formations in the atmosphere above to draw in energy from the cosmos, and refining some kind of 'magnifying glass' artifact for sect fortune to form Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands and gather energy..."