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Li Xingkong expanded his cultivation by clearing remote farmland, building a cave dwelling, and growing Body Tempering Grass. After he gave Wu Ting and Tang Cheng basic magical abilities, Tang Cheng convinced his father, Tang Tianci, to meet Li Xingkong and support his work.

• Li Xingkong leased abandoned farmland in Xiurong Village and began growing Body Tempering Grass after the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s management crisis left the land payment unresolved.
• Li Xingkong assessed his cultivation and resolved to improve his strength, then used sword qi to clear and level the remote fields and built a cave dwelling in a loess cliff.
• After a month of secluded cultivation, Li Xingkong had tempered fourteen more bones and welcomed Wu Ting and Tang Cheng, who had discovered him tending the fields.
• Li Xingkong agreed to teach Wu Ting and Tang Cheng, giving each a simplified Qi Refining Method and the Rejuvenation Technique and Explosive Counter Spell spell seeds.
• Tang Cheng visited his father, Old Tang, and proved his abilities by casting a shield spell that survived handgun fire and a rifle burst during tests at a concealed facility.
• Old Tang agreed to support Li Xingkong, then brought Tang Cheng and two guards to Xiurong Village to meet him.
• Tang Cheng introduced his father, Tang Tianci, to Li Xingkong, who welcomed them and led them home to discuss cooperation.

Li Xingkong agreed to help build Guanghan City on the moon, testing his spells at Wanli Shitang and developing a Vacuum Technique for the first lunar team. The modified team prepared for a secret landing on the moon’s far side, with the rocket expected to launch within days.

• Old Tang proposed that Li Xingkong join the Guanghan City Plan as chief engineer, and Li Xingkong agreed to cooperate on lunar construction and Body Tempering Grass.
• Li Xingkong studied how to survive the moon’s hazards and traveled to Wanli Shitang to test the Water Repelling Art under pressure.
• During a confrontation at sea, Li Xingkong stopped and dragged fishing boats into the Jiaolong, after which the crew detained the boats and their occupants.
• Li Xingkong descended to the deep seabed, studied the Water Repelling Art’s pressure resistance, and began adapting it for vacuum survival.
• Li Xingkong reached Late Qi Refining after tempering all 206 bones, while Tang Cheng and Lou Zhiwu introduced the fourteen people selected for the lunar mission.
• Tang Cheng outlined a plan to establish the settlers as people of the Moon, and Li Xingkong gave the group the Vacuum Technique and solar-energy support.
• Tang Cheng and the researchers tested the Vacuum Technique in a vacuum chamber, and every participant completed the tests without abnormalities.
• Li Xingkong inspected the sea-based rocket and its limited payload, learned the landing would take place on the moon’s far side, and returned to cultivate as launch preparations continued.

Li Xingkong mastered gravity-based flight, traveled into space to collect orbital debris, and returned to Earth Star after confronting an Eagle Country fleet. After reaching Qi Refining Perfection, he prepared to carry supplies to the moon, told his parents about the journey, and began learning a protective spell.

• Li Xingkong studied gravity and used his insights to master the Moonlight Qi Refining Method and the Cloud Falling Spell, then received a graduation task to reach the moon carrying more than 5,000 tons of supplies.
• Li Xingkong clung to the lunar expedition’s rocket, entered space, gathered orbital debris, and discovered that solar energy and cosmic radiation affected his cultivation.
• Li Xingkong brought the debris toward Earth Star, evaded an Eagle Country shell, and sank its lead warship before Divine Land’s fleet escorted the remaining ships away.
• Li Xingkong completed Organ Training, reached Qi Refining Perfection, and learned that Foundation Establishment would develop his Divine Sense.
• Li Xingkong asked Lou Zhiwu to arrange 5,000 tons of supplies for his unaided trip to the moon, prompting Old Tang to divide the available payload among researchers.
• Li Xingkong returned to Hedong and told his parents he was going to the moon, demonstrating his flight and strength to reassure them.
• Li Xingkong returned to Wanli Shitang and began studying the Golden Light Technique to protect himself from radiation and physical impacts.

Li Xingkong took Moon-Chasing Island to the Moon, helped expand the lunar base, and secluded himself to cultivate the Heavenly Evolution Foundation Establishment Method. He emerged as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and returned to find the lunar base transformed.

• Li Xingkong and Lou Zhiwu prepared Moon-Chasing Island, a 5,000-ton sealed research station, and launched it publicly with Li Xingkong lifting it into space.
• After losing the planned trajectory, Li Xingkong used ground control’s guidance to steer Moon-Chasing Island to the Moon and set it down beside the lunar base.
• Li Xingkong helped the researchers expand their mountain cave base, carving out a large abode and compressing rubble into bricks for construction.
• Li Xingkong began studying the Heavenly Evolution Foundation Establishment Method in seclusion, spending months learning how to form a Divine Sense Seed in his pineal gland.
• Li Xingkong activated his Divine Sense Seed and spent years constructing the Qian Hexagram, which greatly improved his thinking, memory, and synesthesia.
• After reaching Foundation Establishment, Li Xingkong left his cave, lifted and moved a mountain peak, and returned to find the lunar base expanded with buildings and paved ground.