After Li Xingkong had mentally calculated and reviewed all the problems that arose during these major battles, his observations over the past few days had finally become somewhat valuable and not a waste of time.
After that, when Divine Land began to discuss and formulate measures to clean up the environmental impacts of the nuclear war, Li Xingkong left first.
Although atmospheric cleanup is hard work, it's not too difficult for Divine Land right now. While the cleanup process might not be very fast, its impact on Divine Land isn't actually as significant as one might imagine.
With a space carrier, breaking through Earth Star and reaching space is a simple matter. Moreover, Divine Land is developing very well on the Moon. Even if Earth Star cannot restore its normal climate in the short term, the Moon can begin to support Earth Star.
Besides, if this matter really needed to be dealt with urgently, someone would naturally come to Li Xingkong; there was no need for him to rush to help.
I've been on this space carrier for a few days now; it's time to go back and relax.
Flying towards home, after passing several coastal cities, Li Xingkong saw a rather peculiar sight in the distance.
Behind them, endless clouds of smoke and dust shrouded the entire sky, while ahead, a ray of golden sunlight shone down, making the sky seem to be divided in two. The junction of the gold and gray hues was exceptionally distinct, as if the smoke and dust had been forcibly cut in half.
After flying upwards for a distance following the intervals between sunlight and clouds, Li Xingkong quickly discovered the reason for this scene.
The entire Nation-Protecting Grand Formation of the Divine Land resembled a sphere placed on the ground. Upon reaching this location, the height of the formation exceeded that of the dark clouds, blocking the layers of smoke and dust that surrounded it from all sides.
Standing at such a high vantage point, it's even more obvious that this great formation, amidst the boundless dark clouds, has managed to break through a massive circle, allowing sunlight to pass through and illuminate the earth.
The situation is much better than expected in Divine Land; at least on Divine Land soil, the aftereffects of the nuclear war have not spread.
The areas that need to be processed are those newly incorporated into the territory of Divine Land. The overall workload has been reduced by half, which is indeed a good thing.
When it comes to environmental management, Li Xingkong really doesn't have any good solutions right now. The only thing he can do is use his Divine Sense Divine Sense to gather the smoke and dust within its range. But Earth Star is so vast that his current range of Divine Sense is negligible compared to the entire Earth Star.
Ultimately, it all comes down to cultivation level. Putting everything else aside, if I were to reach the Foundation Establishment Perfection now, covering the entire Earth Star with my Divine Sense wouldn't be a problem.
Therefore, cultivation cannot be stopped. It seems that my next seclusion plan needs to be put on the agenda. The only way forward is to achieve the Foundation Establishment Perfection as soon as possible and enter the Golden Core.
Although the Foundation Establishment stage has many wondrous uses and methods of Divine Sense, the longer one stays in this stage, the more one realizes that what Foundation Establishment cultivator can do is limited. There are still many things one wants to do but has no clue about, and there is still much knowledge that one can only roughly understand at this stage.
To see the world more clearly and in greater detail, one's cultivation level must be raised to a higher level.
"By the way, System, there will be an assessment Foundation Establishment Perfection, right? Can you give me a sneak peek at this assessment?"
Thinking about improving his cultivation, Li Xingkong suddenly remembered something: there was an assessment for improving his cultivation, and it wasn't something he could just do whenever he wanted.
"In principle, it shouldn't be disclosed, but given the current situation, even if you knew earlier, there's no one else who could offer you any help. So, telling you in advance wouldn't hurt."
The system's words were indeed a bit discouraging, but they weren't entirely wrong.
Even if Li Xingkong knew the exam questions in advance, he had no way to cheat.
The assessment at the Qi Refining stage was already quite rigorous, but at that time, gathering the power of the Divine Land might have been of some help. However, Li Xingkong didn't think that with the current level of technology, it could be of any help to him at the Foundation Establishment stage.
" The Foundation Establishment Stage assessment is relatively simple; you just need to be able to completely control the surface of a planet."
"The complete control mentioned here includes, but is not limited to, the following abilities: controlling clouds and rain, moving mountains and seas, changing the course of rivers, reshaping landscapes, and the Earth's surface refers to the area from the atmosphere to the crust."
"Note: Formations and weapon crafting are the key areas."
Upon hearing the system's question, Li Xingkong began to doubt his own ears.
"Control Earth Star? Me?"
Li Xingkong pointed to himself, his face filled with disbelief.
He had just used his full strength once, and even with his destructive power, he could only barely open a gap on Cherry Blossom Country Island, not completely cleave the entire island. In the eyes of Earth Star, this attack was at most like scratching a finger.
The requirement for him to achieve the Foundation Establishment Perfection is to be able to control the entire Earth Star. Isn't that a bit too much of a leap?
And look at the requirements for these assessments; they're all incredibly outrageous.
While magic can be used to summon clouds and rain, the system here is clearly not referring to the simple act of using magic to create rain. Rather, it means he needs to have complete control over the climate of the entire Earth Star. The clouds and rain mentioned here are just general terms.
He needs to be able to make it rain wherever he wants, and to make it rain exactly the exact millimeter he wants, down to the last millimeter.
It's a complete copy of the Dragon King of the Jing River.
Moreover, it's not just rain; he also needs to be able to precisely control other weather phenomena, such as wind, thunder, and even disasters like typhoons and tornadoes.
Not to mention the subsequent reconstruction of the landscape, which would have been impossible without Magic Power.
At least for now, Li Xingkong has absolutely no idea how he's going to accomplish this.
Perhaps, as the system prompt suggests, achieving these things ultimately depends on the formation.
No wonder the system revealed this question to me without hesitation. What difference does it make whether I tell it or not?
Even if we gathered all the current technological power of the entire Earth Star, it wouldn't be enough to provide him with much help.
After learning about the content of the assessment, Li Xingkong's subsequent cultivation plan became quite clear.
Improve cultivation level and design formations.
These two items are the main tasks for the subsequent cultivation.
Whether it was the system's good intentions or not, a cursory glance at the content of this assessment revealed nothing related to space, which was a good thing for Li Xingkong.
The array formations alone are enough to give him a run for his money. If spatial elements are also involved, Li Xingkong will have even more headaches.
I'm not saying anything more. I'm going back to prepare for my next retreat.
However, before that, I still need to refine the External Core. With the help of this thing, my cultivation speed will definitely be much faster.