China had now been divided by Fu Yun and the others into five major regions: the Donghai City District in the northeast, the Imperial Capital City District in North China, the Modu City District spanning Central and East China, the Guilin City District in South China, and the Xi'an City District in the northwest.
Centered around these five city districts, many smaller cities had sprung up nearby. Although the population and economy had yet to recover to their pre-cataclysm levels, basic living supplies had mostly been restored. Some engineers who had learned magic had even modified much of the modern equipment, giving every city both a technological and magical atmosphere.
Fu Yun had also conducted a census of the humans in the five regions. In the end, more than forty million people had survived in China after this catastrophe, and 99% of them were young people between the ages of sixteen and thirty-five.
Everyone was now working hard to cultivate. The former subordinates of the Void God King, the experts from every faction Lu Yang had left behind, and the captured experts of various races had all become humanity's teachers.
Fu Yun had established more than thirty cultivation academies. Anyone with talent was recommended by the teachers at those academies to Fu Yun's Mage Tower. There were currently as many as two million talented students, but cultivation resources were scarce. That was why the Red Flame Crystals Lu Yang had brought back made the Void God King so happy that he did not even have time to argue with the Blazing Demon God.
"I never expected Earth to have improved this much after I was gone for only a few years." Lu Yang was pleasantly surprised. "In that case, Earth can hold its own without me sending people back to