War Begins

The advancement of a Self-Built Civilization differed from that of an established civilization. With an established civilization, advancement was direct; the roads ahead had already been paved. As long as the advancement requirements were met, the relevant technologies could be unlocked and the corresponding buildings constructed.

A Self-Built Civilization was different. Its technology had to be upgraded first, then the technology used to upgrade buildings, troop types, and heroes. Only then could the civilization itself advance.

Taking Xu Yang's current Myriad Dao Academy as an example, he first needed to raise technologies such as the Heavenly Craftsmanship Creation Method to the Seventh Rank. Then, using Seventh-rank technology, he had to raise the ranks of buildings such as White Jade Capital, Heavenly Craftsman Institute, and Mingxiao Daoist Academy. Only then could he elevate the Myriad Dao Academy into a Seventh-rank civilization.

This required an enormous investment of resources. The Heavenly Craftsmanship Creation Method in particular was a bottomless pit.

This was where the benefits of "datafication" came into view. Civilization Technology could be researched, and it had a datafied progress bar. That progress could be directly raised through methods like "spending money," or slowly advanced through independent research.

As long as one had enough Tongtian Coins, supplemented by all kinds of resources and technological items, one could directly raise the level of technology. This applied to the Fifth and Sixth-rank, the Seventh and Eighth-rank, and even the Ninth and Tenth-rank were no exception.

In fact, no other resources were even necessary. As long as one had enough Tongtian Coins, one could directly raise the rank of Civilization Technology.

Within this Tongtian Tower, Tongtian Coins were omnipotent. As long as the quantity was sufficient, there was almost nothing they could not accomplish. Whether upgrading technology or advancing heroes and troop types, the