Dawn, 2015.
The Ink Moon emerged from the far end of the horizon, its scarlet radiance spilling across one corner of the world as it sought to rival the sun.
Standing atop the city wall and gazing toward the horizon where the Ink Moon rose, Feng Qi knew that humanity did not have much time left. It was time to change humanity's path of development.
That year, humanity began liquidating its stockpiled resources in Fate City.
Resource sites, Space Items, spirit plants, spirit minerals... Vast reserves were traded for Blood Crystal Stones that year.
It was also from that year onward that Dawn City residents' daily cultivation resource allotment rose to three hours. Building combat power became humanity's foremost objective.
A wave of universal cultivation swept in. Dawn, 2124.
The Elf King's lifeform completed a breakthrough, changing from a palm-sized infant into the appearance of a two-year-old child. This greatly enhanced the Elf King's combat power.
Especially in telekinetic control, she could easily lift an entire mountain.
As for her physical body, although she was only in the earliest stage of growth, its strength was already comparable to Zhang Daowen, who had cultivated the Blood Sacrifice Cauldron for many years. The price was the investment of tens of billions of resources.
The progress in technique development and the growth of her strength filled the Elf King with confidence in the coming Final Battle. Dawn, 2249.
The Ink Moon occupied one-third of the world.
That year, the Scarlet Institute officially introduced a technology from the previous timeline: the Memory Transfer Device. It was a chip the size of a fingernail that could be implanted into allies to assist in uploading memory data.
Though the chip seemed insignificant, it cost nearly thirty million Blood Crystal Stones to make. It used spiritual energy