I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 545 He will eventually return, bringing back everyone's hopes!
Cold comes and heat goes, the four seasons change.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye!
Time has now entered the fifteenth year of the Extraordinary Era.

During this period, Nangong Hong and the others remained on Mars and did not leave.

Originally, they were only scheduled to stay on Mars for a maximum of two years.

However, because they discovered the cultivation site left behind by Xia Yuan, the group has stayed there until now.

Of course, this decision was not just Nangong Hong and others' idea.

Li Qingxuan and Minister Xie also told them to stay on Mars for a while longer, to see if they could wait for Xia Yuan to appear.

After all, more than a decade has passed since Xia Yuan left.

Of the 150,000 source crystals he left behind, less than one-fifth remain.

If Xia Yuan is still unable to solve the source energy problem, then based on the current development, the source crystals will be completely exhausted in five years at most.

Actually, Xie Xuan and Li Qingxuan didn't originally want to develop the extraordinary abilities so quickly, but Xia Yuan told them to just proceed according to the normal plan before he left.

Without Xia Yuan's approval, how could they have consumed so many source crystals?
However, in recent years, the human leadership has been intentionally reducing the consumption of Source Crystals.

Except for necessary consumption, everything else has basically stopped!

Of course, apart from a very few high-ranking officials, almost everyone else was unaware of this issue.

Of the few people currently on Mars, only Nangong Hong and Ji Xuan know the specifics.

The remaining four people knew nothing about this.

However, despite not knowing it, no one objected to staying on Mars.

You could even say they wish they could stay here as long as possible.

You have to understand that the cultivation environment here is a huge opportunity for them, and naturally no one wants to miss it.

Of course, they did not forget their main task.

The group's main purpose in coming to Mars was to gather intelligence and, incidentally, to build a basic temporary base in order to lay the foundation for future formal development of Mars.

Therefore, every now and then, the group would transmit the collected intelligence back to Earth.

This naturally includes Xia Yuan's matter.

During their subsequent exploration of Mars, the group discovered several more places where Xia Yuan had once cultivated.

However, to their disappointment, they did not find Xia Yuan in these places.

Over time, they lost all hope!

More than three years.

If Xia Yuan were here, he would have already shown up!
"It's time to go back!"

Looking at the group of people still cultivating in the distance, Ji Xuan murmured to himself.

Although they had brought enough source crystals and cultivation resources with them before coming to Mars.

But now there are very few left.

The remaining source crystals are no longer enough to support them to stay on this planet any longer!

"I wonder where the Origin Ancestor went?"

According to Mills and the other three, the main purpose of their trip to Mars was to explore and build a Mars forward station.

But only he and Nangong Hang knew the truth.

The most important thing this time is to find the ancestor.

Although some discoveries were made, the ancestor was ultimately not found.

"What's wrong, Ji Xuan? You recently broke through to the third stage of the Wind Intent Realm, why the expression?"

"Could it be that they're reluctant to leave Mars?"

Just then, Ji Ruxue walked over with a smile on her face.

Ji Xuan shook his head with a wry smile.

As one of the few people who knew the inside story, he couldn't be happy at all.

Even though his strength has improved tremendously in the past three years.

Not only did his cultivation level break through to the eighth stage of the Transcendent Realm, but his Wind Intent also broke through to the third stage.

As for breaking through to the late stage of Dark Force in swordsmanship, it can only be considered icing on the cake at best.

With his strength at the third stage of the Wind Intent Realm, unless he raises his swordsmanship to the peak of Dark Force, his strength improvement will not be significant.

The transition from the late stage to the peak of Dark Force can even be described as a qualitative change!
This level of martial arts mastery allows one to fully utilize the physical strength of a Transcendent Realm cultivator.

Moreover, his strength and qi have been refined to the extreme, far surpassing what the late stage of internal energy can achieve.

It is no exaggeration to say that, at the same level, a peak Dark Force cultivator can even defeat a late-stage Dark Force cultivator in one move.

The two are simply not comparable!
During these three years, Sikong Yang also successfully broke through to the peak of Dark Force by using the cultivation place left by the Origin Ancestor.

Everyone else was still a little short and had not been able to break through.

Besides martial arts.

All six of them broke through to the second stage of the Law Intent Realm, and without exception, they all comprehended the second Law Intent Realm.

This can be said to be their biggest gain!
As for their cultivation levels, apart from Ji Ruxue and Mills, everyone else has already broken through to the eighth level of the Transcendent Realm.

Nangong Hong, who cultivated the fastest, only needed to open up the last meridian to break through to the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm.

At his current cultivation speed, six months would be enough for him to break through.

Until then.

Simply by accumulating Qi and blood strength and completing the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body, one can completely reach the peak of transcendence.

In other words, he is very likely to break through to the peak of the Transcendent Realm within the next five years.

Based on this calculation, Nangong Hong only needs to cultivate for twenty years to reach the peak of the Transcendent Realm.

It should be noted that the lifespan of a Transcendent Realm cultivator is as long as two hundred years.

At that time, Nangong Hong was only in his early fifties, having lived only one-fifth of his life.

This cultivation speed is nothing compared to Xia Yuan's, but it is definitely very fast for others.

Of course, it's easy to cultivate to the peak of the Transcendent Realm, but it's much more difficult to break through to the Unity Realm!
Regarding how to transform the spirit into the soul, there are still people who have been able to find a definitive method.

But for Nangong Hong, now is clearly not the time to worry about this.

For them, the energy source issue is the most pressing matter at present.

If the problem of lacking source energy cannot be solved, then talking about breaking through to the Unity Realm is meaningless.

"Alright, get ready. We'll be returning to Earth in three days!"

Upon hearing Ji Xuan's words, apart from Nangong Hong, the others all showed a hint of reluctance on their faces.

Once you return to Earth, you won't find a place like this for cultivation!
Of course, as everyone's strength increased, the effects of these places gradually diminished.

As Nangong Hong's martial arts skills have grown stronger, it has become almost impossible to work against him!
This is mainly because these places are just traces left behind when Xia Yuan was cultivating.

It may have been very effective for them at the beginning.

However, as the group progressed to higher levels, the artistic conception left behind could no longer bring about a qualitative leap.

Secondly, Xia Yuan's martial arts and law realms are actually not much higher than Ji Xuan and Nangong Hong's.

Naturally, it won't have much effect!
To put it bluntly, Xia Yuan only possessed the realm, but lacked the corresponding insights.

This is also the biggest problem he faces.

"It seems like more than four years have passed since we set off from Earth. I wonder what Earth is like now?"

Ji Ruxue couldn't help but sigh.

She hadn't been back for so many years, and she did miss it.

Upon hearing Ji Ruxue's words, everyone's expressions varied, and no one spoke.

Ji Xuan sighed silently.

"I wonder if the Source Ancestor has already found a way to deal with Source Energy!"

Minister Xie recently reported that there are now less than 20,000 source crystals left.

No matter how much we cut back, it will probably only last for five years at most.

Five years from now, the path to extraordinary achievement will collapse.

To solve this problem, we must find a way to address the energy source.

If it cannot be found, then even if the ancestor returns, it will be of no use.

"I'm still too weak!"

Nangong Hong clenched his fists, a hint of resentment in his eyes.

This was the first time he had felt a profound sense of powerlessness.

If his strength were sufficient to traverse the universe, then there would be no need to place all hopes on the Origin Ancestor alone.
……

In the blink of an eye, three days later.

With a sense of reluctance and helplessness, Nangong Hong and the others embarked on their journey back to Earth.

And just as some of them had predicted.

After more than four years of development, human society has undergone tremendous changes.

The most significant change was the connection between Earth and the Moon.

In recent years, with the development of technology, there has been a considerable amount of interaction between Earth and the Moon.

The People's Federation had previously announced a major piece of news.

Since the sixteenth year of the Extraordinary Era, everyone has been able to apply to travel to the Moon Star.

Even ordinary people can do it.

Of course, it's not without conditions.

First, there's the cost of going to Moonstar, which is 500,000 Kyushu coins for a round trip!
This price is naturally unaffordable for the average person.

But you should know that this is a journey to the moon and stars.

A price of 500,000 is really not expensive, it can even be said to be extremely cheap.

For those who can afford it, spending 500,000 yuan to travel to the moon and stars is absolutely worthwhile!
After all, in the past, even if they had the money, they wouldn't have had the opportunity.

And the facts have proven that this price is indeed not expensive.

Within just one day of the application channel opening, more than 500,000 people across Earth applied.

Moreover, the number continues to increase over time.

However, if you are only going to the Moon for tourism, you can only stay on the Moon for a maximum of one month.

This is because, on the one hand, Xinyuan City is not yet very large in scale.

On the other hand, it's because ordinary people can't stay on the moon and stars for too long.

Although the number of people residing on Moonstar has increased compared to previous years, most of them are still extraordinary individuals and martial artists.

In addition, the residential area of ​​Xinyuan Energy is now open to the public!

Anyone who is a transcendent being at or above the Body Tempering Realm can apply for residency status using contribution points.

Each person has 5 contribution points.

Of course, these 5 contribution points are just for applying for a qualification, just like a household registration.

Only those with household registration can settle permanently in Xinyuan City and purchase property.

Currently, not only have most Grandmasters applied for residency status, but even some Body Tempering Realm transcendents from extraordinary forces have done so.

Imagine.

With extraordinary development, more and more people will settle in Moonstar in the future.

……

Aside from Xinyuan City, the biggest change has been in the number of extraordinary individuals.

During this period, the number of human beings with extraordinary abilities has been increasing day by day.

Five years ago, there were fewer than one hundred extraordinary individuals outside of the Origin Academy.

But now it has exceeded two thousand people!

Moreover, the number of extraordinary individuals at the Innate Realm has exceeded three hundred.

As for the Grandmasters at the Transcendent Realm, their numbers haven't increased much.

There were fewer than thirty people.

One reason is the long cultivation time required for the Source Energy Body Tempering Technique. Another reason is that in recent years, the human race's higher-ups have increased the difficulty of obtaining contribution points.

This applies not only to those extraordinary forces, but also to the three extraordinary academies and the Origin Academy.

This resulted in very few students from the three extraordinary academies successfully awakening their powers.

Only a very small number of the most outstanding geniuses have recently awakened successfully.

Most of these people's awakening was achieved because they had powerful connections and were able to gather the resources needed for it.

Otherwise, the number of people who could awaken now would probably be less than ten.

It's worth noting that the three extraordinary academies now have a combined total of nearly 1500 students.

Even if they weren't cultivating the Awakening Method, if they had the same resources as the Origin Academy in the past, there would be no way so few people could have broken through to the Grandmaster level.

The resources that the three extraordinary academies can currently obtain are less than half of those of the Origin Academy.

This is the treatment given to top geniuses.

Those students with average grades only accounted for one-third or even one-quarter of the total.

That means you can only get forty or fifty contribution points a year.

As for extraordinary forces from the outside world, there are even fewer of them.

Even the presidents of the three major forces, such as Wang Wei and Zhao Tianxing, only receive thirty to forty contribution points each year.

As a result, the two of them have still not awakened to this day.

However, Reinhardt, the president of the Dawn Society, had already successfully awakened six months ago!

He is also the only Grandmaster who awakened outside of the three extraordinary academies.

However, in recent years, for some reason, Leon Lai has often been secretly sabotaged.

He initially thought the Hall of Judgment was targeting him, but after making inquiries from various sources, he ruled out that possibility.

However, Reinhardt was also well aware of this.

The person who has this ability is very likely one of the top masters.

As for a Grandmaster, that's probably unlikely.

If a Grandmaster truly wanted to target the Dawn Society, there was no need for him to secretly sabotage them.

Since they are operating in the shadows, they must be wary of the Dawn Society's strength.

This also greatly annoyed Reinhardt.

Not only him, but even the Grandmaster behind the Dawn Society was furious.

It's already harder to get contribution points now, and now people are making things difficult for us.

However, the Dawn Society has never been able to find out who was targeting them.

The person in the shadows acted with extreme secrecy, leaving no trace whatsoever.

Everyone could only guess that it was because the contribution points had become more difficult to obtain.

Such a guess is indeed quite reasonable.

As contribution points become more difficult to obtain, the struggles, both overt and covert, are intensifying.

There are still lessons from a few years ago.

So basically everything is still within the rules and has not triggered large-scale disputes as before.

However, if this continues, people will likely take the risk again due to the lack of cultivation resources.

After all, cultivation resources are limited.

If you don't fight with every possible means, you will eventually fall completely on the path to transcendence.

For those geniuses, this is absolutely unacceptable!

Of course, those affected by resource issues are mainly extraordinary individuals outside of the Origin Academy.

Origin Academy, on the other hand, was not affected much.

Or rather, at least the top geniuses and strong individuals were not greatly affected.

In the past few years, the number of Grandmasters in the Origin Academy has reached five.

It was Bai Zhengyu, Wei Lingjun, Liu Xiaoyan, Situ Yanran, and Payne.

If we add Nangong Hong and others, the number of Grandmasters has now exceeded ten.

The number of people at the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm reached nearly thirty.

Deans of the three extraordinary academies, such as Wan Chen, are all at the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm.

However, although there are quite a few Grandmasters at the sixth level of Transcendent Realm, there are not many who can reach the late stage of Dark Force and the second stage of Law Intent.

In particular, only three people have reached the second stage of the Law of Intent.

They are Wei Lingjun, Cecilia, and Qin Xue.

Indeed, apart from Wei Lingjun, the other grandmasters failed to comprehend the second stage of the Law's meaning.

The reason why Bai Zhengyu and the others were able to break through to the Grandmaster level was because their martial arts realm had reached the late stage of Dark Force.

As for Cecilia and Qin Xue, both of them are currently at the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm.

However, Qin Xue had only recently broken through to the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm, while Cecilia was not far from becoming a Grandmaster!

She'll probably become a Grandmaster in less than two years.

Aside from these people, the most prominent figures at Origin Academy in recent years are Fang Yuanhang, Ye Tian, ​​and Xuan Yuan Yungui!

First is Fang Yuanhang, who has now broken through to the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, and is currently the only person who has broken through to the late stage of Dark Force in martial arts while at the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm.

Such martial arts talent is comparable to that of Nangong Hong back then!
The late stage of Dark Force almost signifies that the path to becoming a Grandmaster is already smooth.

He could become a Grandmaster in just five years at most.

If one can break through to the second stage of the Law Intent during this period, then it will probably take three years to break through.

Next is Ye Tian.

He awakened in the tenth year of the Extraordinary Era.

Five years have passed, and he has already reached the fourth level of the Transcendent Realm, and his martial arts realm has also reached the mid-stage of Dark Force.

He is in no way inferior to Fang Yuanhang.

The most talented of them all is Xuan Yuan Yun Gui, who has now reached the fourth level of the Transcendent Realm.

His cultivation speed is even faster than Ye Tian and Fang Yuanhang, and he can even be said to be the fastest cultivator in the history of Origin Academy.

This is naturally because he broke through to the mid-stage of Dark Force when he was at the second stage of Transcendent Realm.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will most likely break through to the late stage of Dark Force at the fifth level of Transcendent Realm.

Of course, there were several very talented people among the last batch of students at Origin Academy.

For example, Jiang Yunpeng, Noah, Shao Yanfeng, and Wang Xuan have all broken through to the third stage of the Transcendent Realm.

Moreover, all four of them broke through to the mid-stage of Dark Force in martial arts at the third stage of Transcendent Realm.

He is absolutely a genius on par with Ye Tian and Fang Yuanhang.

Unfortunately, this year's class produced Xuan Yuan Yun Gui, which dimmed the brilliance of the four of them.

Besides the four of them, nearly ten others have broken through to the second stage of the Transcendent Realm.

Among them, Long Youzhu's understanding of the laws of the universe has improved the fastest, even surpassing Xuan Yuan Yungui.

According to Li Qingxuan, Long Youzhu will probably be able to break through to the second stage of the Wind Intent Realm soon.

By then, her skill level might be able to catch up with Jiang Yunpeng and others.

"These kids are cultivating so fast! Sometimes I feel like I'm really getting old!"

Dean's room.

Li Qingxuan couldn't help but sigh.

He has been stuck at the seventh level of the Transcendent Realm for a long time.

As others break through to become Grandmasters one after another, he may soon be surpassed by those who come after him.

"Yes, there are more and more geniuses these days!"

Xie Xuan nodded, but there was little joy in his eyes.

On the contrary, there is deep concern.

"Ugh!"

After a moment, he sighed softly.

Just now, he received news that Nangong Hong and the others were returning.

But in the end, none of them encountered Xia Yuan.

He originally thought Xia Yuan would be on Mars.

But to their surprise, Nangong Hong and the others stayed there for several years without seeing him.

In this case, it can only mean that Xia Yuan had already left Mars long ago.

"Minister Xie, you're worrying too much."

"Before he left, Fellow Daoist Xia said that he would definitely come back in at most twenty years."

"Isn't there still seven years left?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xuan couldn't help but give a wry smile.

Yes, there are still seven years left.

However, with the development over the years, the consumption of source crystals has been increasing.

Despite the increased difficulty in obtaining contribution points in recent years, the consumption of source crystals has been kept within a certain range.

But the remaining time probably won't last seven years at all.

Moreover, what he is most worried about now is not that Xia Yuan has not returned yet.

In Xie Xuan's opinion, even if the 150,000 source crystals that Xia Yuan took out back then were not the limit, he probably could not take out that many source crystals again!

If the reason for the disappearance of the source energy still cannot be solved, then even if he comes back, it will not be of much significance.

Of course, Xie Xuan did not place all his hopes on Xia Yuan.

For the past decade or so, countless scientists and researchers with extraordinary abilities have been working tirelessly to find a solution!

As for the direction, it is naturally to study the essence of energy sources.

Xia Yuan once said that.

If we can analyze the nature of source energy, then it may be possible to find the reason why source energy disappears.

Therefore, in recent years, almost all research has revolved around this topic.

However, there has been no progress.

Even though technology has made great progress compared to a decade or so ago.

The energy contained in the source energy completely surpasses the scope of modern technology.

If Xia Yuan cannot solve this problem, then the path to transcendence may truly be in vain.

of course.

If things truly become unmanageable in the end, Xie Xuan has already prepared for the worst.

He doesn't want to see this happen unless absolutely necessary.

At this moment, Li Qingxuan continued:

"Minister Xie, based on my understanding of Fellow Daoist Xia, he never does anything he's not sure of."

"It was he who took the initiative to propose accelerating the pace of Extraordinary's development."

“If Fellow Daoist Xia had no solution, he would never have made this decision.”

"Moreover, from another perspective, the fact that Fellow Daoist Xia has not returned yet means that he may have already found a way."

"Otherwise, he would probably have returned long ago, and he would not have waited until now without showing up."

These words weren't just excuses Li Qingxuan used to comfort Xie Xuan; they were genuinely what he thought.

He wasn't worried at all throughout the entire process.

Because Xia Yuan never worried about this kind of issue.

That's enough!
He believed that Xia Yuan would eventually return.

And it will return carrying everyone's hopes.

At that time, a new chapter in human history will truly begin.
(End of this chapter)