CHAPTER 163: CHAPTER 162 VERSION UPDATE

Five months flew by in the blink of an eye.

During these five months, the entire world underwent tremendous changes.

As the concentration of Spiritual Qi gradually increased, the arrival of Spiritual Energy Revival became a well-known fact. Every day, vast numbers of people explored famous mountains and rivers, searching through ancient texts in an attempt to find things related to Spiritual Qi.

Although these things are not enough to transform ordinary people, they can still bring unimaginable wealth.

Even a small fragment of writing about Spiritual Qi or a single seed containing it can be sold for millions at exorbitant prices.

A unique kind of Spiritual Qi rush swept the entire world.

Besides, even original commodities gradually began to market themselves under the so-called Spiritual Qi concept.

In the stock market sector, any industry related to Spiritual Qi seemed to take off. Spiritual Qi health supplements, Spiritual Qi wellness teas, and Spiritual Qi fragrant liquors became hot new industries.

Undoubtedly, the center of this Spiritual Energy Revival era is Luocheng.

Originally a third-tier small city, it seemed to revert overnight to an ancient imperial dynasty from thousands of years ago, becoming an irreplaceable core city of the Federation.

Housing prices skyrocketed tenfold in just a few months, while the upper-class aristocrats and wealthy merchants desperately flooded into Luocheng, pushing the small city into a phase of rapid development.

Beimang Mountain became a military zone from the moment the Spirit Vein was revealed, with any entry and exit strictly forbidden.

In name, Li Hao took charge of the Beimang Spirit Vein, collaborating with various forces to delineate interests in the Spirit Vein, while his own power was also rapidly expanding.

However, contrary to what people might have expected, the biggest beneficiary in this Spiritual Energy Revival was not the Li Family behind Li Hao, but the Federation Archaeological Association.

Once the situation in the Beimang Spirit Vein stabilized, Mu Chunqiu, a master of the Federation Archaeological Association who had explored the Beimang Tomb, brought forth a Cultivation Technique and demonstrated the powerful cultivation at the second level of Qi Cultivation.

The first cultivator of the Spiritual Energy Revival era appeared, thus unveiling the curtain on cultivation.

To acquire cultivation techniques, all parties ceded interests and strictly divided cultivation zones on Beimang Mountain.

All forces raced against time to train their own cultivators, and within just five months, over a hundred cultivators emerged successively.

If not for the limitations of Spiritual Qi, the number of cultivators could have been multiplied several times over.

While the world was teeming with life and competition, Lu Yan was also about to face the next version update.

[Version update progress: 99.8%]

Looking at the numbers above, Lu Yan began making final preparations to greet the next version.

In the initial time of the five months, Lu Yan adapted to his rapidly growing cultivation and commenced the Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation.

With the support of the Supreme Dao Foundation, the Foundation Establishment Realm was almost devoid of bottlenecks for Lu Yan, requiring only the accumulation of Magical Power to smoothly break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment Stage.

However, this was not an easy task for Lu Yan.

Accumulating Magical Power required a large amount of Spiritual Qi, but the Spiritual Energy Revival version was most lacking in Spiritual Qi.

Lu Yan attempted to cultivate using the Spiritual Energy Fission Battery, but the Spiritual Energy needed to advance in the Foundation Establishment Stage multiplied by tens of times. Even after exhausting an entire Spiritual Energy Fission Battery, the mid-Foundation Establishment Stage was still far off.

Considering that he did not know when the Cyber Version would arrive, Lu Yan saved the remaining Spiritual Energy Fission Batteries and abandoned the idea of continuing cultivation in the Urban Version.

Subsequently, Lu Yan turned his attention to the Soul Banner.

Initially, to swindle the various forces, Lu Yan concocted a name for an Underworld, leading everyone to take it as truth.

Especially impressed by his integration of the Celestial Dao manifesting as the Emperor’s phantom, everyone saw it as a symbol of the Lord of the Underworld.

This led to substantial grassroots worship for the Underworld.

All the manifested ghosts and deities, the Lord of the Underworld, and even the Soul Continent were enshrined at altars.

Among these, the most notable was the Warrior who first appeared during the initial mutation at Beimang Mountain.

Whether it was ghosts, the Lord of the Underworld, they were too remote for ordinary people without vivid images, whereas the Warrior, as the first member of the Underworld to appear, was fully captured by ordinary people.

Thus, the Warrior received a colossal amount of Incense Power, with the help of the Giant Spirit God, successfully advanced to Foundation Establishment, completing the ghost transformation.

Now the Warrior has also become one of the ghosts and deities of the Underworld, known as the Dharma Protector.

Aside from the Warrior receiving mass faith, more Wish Power converged on the concept of the Underworld, attaching to the Soul Banner.

Unfortunately, the time was too short, and the amount of Wish Power was insufficient to refine the Soul Continent, so Lu Yan temporarily sealed it up.

Once enough Wish Power accumulates, he plans to use it to refine the Soul Continent, creating a true Netherworld.

Having packed his things, he quickly departed from the Phoenix Mountain Manor, choosing a secluded place to take out the things prepared in advance.

Hundreds of textbooks such as Advanced Mathematics, Calculus Reader, and Philosophical Principles in Natural Sciences were scattered.

Alongside a vast amount of Daoist and Buddhist scriptures and classic texts of the philosophers, almost piling up around Lu Yan.

In Lu Yan’s storage bag, there was also a medium-sized bag full of similar books. If this version update did not yield satisfactory results, the remaining books could be used in subsequent versions, ensuring a generous supply.

In addition, Lu Yan copied many versions of the Heavenly Dao Code, interspersed among them, even casually tossing a few gold bricks into the pile.

Once everything was prepared, Lu Yan waited for the final moment to arrive.

As the progress again flashed at 99.9%, Lu Yan began to see changes, with the version update interface appearing before him.

[This Urban 1.0 Spiritual Energy Revival Version has ended!]

No version modification values appeared, which was within Lu Yan’s expectations, since Spiritual Energy Revival was already a new version.

The Spiritual Energy Revival version was crafted by Lu Yan himself, aligning with his interests, so he had no reason to disturb the version order.

But then, the interface before Lu Yan suddenly darkened, and cracks appeared in his vision against the pitch-black background, imbued with a certain indescribable malice.

Lu Yan immediately felt a chill, as his Divine Soul within the Sea of Consciousness formed a Dharma Seal, and radiated with a majestic sun-like brilliance, partially dispelling the undisguised malice.

[Version update progress complete, you may choose one of the following versions to update.

Ascension Version: Through the ages, countless prodigies strive only to ascend to the Upper Realm for continued longevity and freedom. Is there truly freedom in the world after ascension? Who throughout the ancient ages can validate eternal life?

Demon Version: In archaic times, demons ran rampant. The celestial gods bestowed True Techniques, establishing a foundational legacy for humanity!

Longevity Version: Young friend, what are you hesitating for?]