Divine Land has now entered a new stage of development, and with the arrival of extraterrestrials, the expansion of Divine Land will only accelerate.
The location where Li Xingkong secluded himself for cultivation naturally changed as well. Originally, there was no problem with seclusion on the moon, but now, the fluctuations in Magic Power caused by his seclusion would affect the entire moon.
Moreover, this time they need to borrow the tiger's power and spread their aura, so the moon is not a good choice.
The most suitable place in the entire Solar System is the Sun.
For Li Xingkong now, while venturing deep into the sun's interior is difficult, operating within the sun's corona is no longer a problem. As long as his Magic Power is activated, the corona is no different from a hot spring for him.
Therefore, Li Xingkong chose the corona as the location for this seclusion. He only needed to release his aura, and with the help of the solar wind and electromagnetic storm, he could easily spread this aura throughout the entire Solar System.
Sometimes, spiritual practice is like this, creating an involuntary barrier between people and the mundane world.
Li Xingkong had just returned from deep space and had only been at home for a few months when he was about to begin his seclusion again.
Although those who cultivate themselves have long lifespans, they spend most of their time in cultivation. In reality, they may spend less time in society and interacting with people than an ordinary person.
Many of the people I met before this retreat may no longer exist after I emerge from it. The more I experience these changes in the world, the less I naturally want to interact with people.
Even a named pet can cause grief for over a month when it dies, let alone a person.
After quickly telling his parents and those on the other side of the Divine Land, Li Xingkong transformed into a golden ray of light and Luffy towards the sun.
Upon reaching the corona, Li Xingkong found a relatively stable spot among the layers of feather-like structures and plunged into it.
The ion streams, stretched into strands, sprayed over Li Xingkong's body like giant feathers. The Magic Power shield flowing around his body isolated him from all danger, leaving only a warm and soft touch.
It looks like a giant bird's nest.
As he was casually swept over by layers of ion streams, Li Xingkong felt as if he had turned into an egg, and the entire sun was like a bird incubating its eggs.
After isolating himself from the dangerous jets and high temperatures, Li Xingkong felt an unparalleled sense of warmth even before he began his cultivation.
The scorching sun provided endless energy to his cultivation methods; even the Golden Core within his body paled in comparison to this behemoth.
With the energy provided by the sun, Li Xingkong no longer hesitated. He unleashed his aura, activated Hexagram, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his seclusion.
Previously, the progress of refining the Golden Core had reached 4.43% of the 0-turn stage. After returning to Earth Star, due to the development of various events, his cultivation level did not improve much. Although the calculation of the Hexagram did not stop, it was indeed much slower.
After reviewing his current cultivation progress, Li Xingkong set himself a small goal.
First, push the Golden Core aside and turn it around!
Judging from his current cultivation speed, it would take Li Xingkong nearly 200 years to push his Golden Core to the next level.
To be precise, it was 192.
This was already the safest estimate. For every 0.01% increase in cultivation progress, Li Xingkong reserved a week to let his Hexagram work out, to ensure that every step of cultivation would achieve a 100% success rate.
This timeframe is a conservative estimate, a minimum timeframe to achieve the Golden Core One Revolution cultivation in the safest way. If you are lucky, or if you discover some hidden patterns after multiple cultivation sessions, the cultivation speed can be even faster.
However, the cultivation of the Golden Core is based on prudence, and it is not worthwhile to take shortcuts in order to speed things up.
After one's cultivation level improves, one can still change the Qi Refining Method, and it's not too late to Body Refining Foundation Establishment, but there is no way to modify this Golden Core.
If it can't be fixed, then you can only start practicing from scratch.
It's only 200 years.
Li Xingkong estimated the time. It seemed like a long time, but now Li Xingkong's perspective had shifted from the level of an ordinary life form to the cosmos.
For Divine Land, 200 years is enough time for it to develop into a behemoth, but for the entire galaxy, 200 years is just a fleeting moment.
Even for those major powers that come here to explore, 200 years wouldn't be enough for them to explore even a corner of this star field.
The concept of time is indeed different between long-lived and short-lived species, and Li Xingkong now understands this deeply.
Although the lifespan of cultivators in Divine Land has been extended, from less than a hundred years to a thousand years of immortality, this is indeed a thousand times greater than that of the former Earth Star People. However, for those advanced civilizations, their lifespan is still far from being considered immortal.
Furthermore, they are now quite different from Li Xingkong Li Xingkong, who has already overcome the Physical Body Tribulation and even briefly postponed the Soul Tribulation.
Even the third tribulation, the Mayfly Tribulation, could be considered to have a clever way of being exploited because of the Taiyi Ice Soul Divine Light.
However, although his lifespan was extended, after coming into contact with these advanced civilizations, Li Xingkong also discovered something else.
My own methods of protecting myself still lack imagination.
Leaving Kingdom of Fixed Light, even the phantoms of the Sihali Kingdom are much more reliable than Li Xingkong is now, because no matter what happens, they don't have to personally get involved.
Even if you could defeat everyone in the ring, how would you defeat the people behind the scenes through a screen?
After this spiritual practice, I need to reflect on this and find a suitable way to protect myself.
Calming his mind and clearing away all distracting thoughts, Li Xingkong closed his eyes.
Overthinking is pointless; what you have in your hands is what matters. It's been a long time since my last retreat, and I've accumulated too many things that need to be sorted out. It's best to take things one step at a time.
As the Hexagram shifted, the Magic Power within Li Xingkong's body surged forth like a flood, spreading in all Magic Power through the shield and forcefully pushing the surrounding solar ion flow away from its course.
If you were to look at it from Earth Star, you would be able to clearly see that a sunspot has suddenly appeared on the entire surface of the sun.
Compared to other naturally formed sunspots, it looks like a mole that has been artificially placed on it, permanently located on one side of the sun, and its position does not change at all no matter how the sun rotates.