Chapter 597 - 366: Advancement to Divine Tier (3)

Chapter 597: Chapter 366: Advancement to Divine Tier (3)

The whole family—Granny Li Xiang, Jiang Jianguo and his wife, Li Xiang, Jiang Cai’Er, and their three children—was enjoying a blissful time together.

This year, the New Year was still marked by various celebrations, but Li Xiang was eager to stabilize his Realm, so he went into seclusion early. Jiang Cai’Er told him not to worry. With her around, she would be sure to make the Spring Festival lively and exciting.

It’s worth noting that the tradition of setting off firecrackers had been preserved.

Originally, in ancient times, firecrackers were used to drive away the Nian Beast. Later, as times changed, they were banned to protect the environment because there was no such thing as a Nian Beast.

However, with the arrival of the Apocalypse, the "Nian Beast" had reappeared. Legend had become reality.

In a secret chamber in City No. 03, Li Xiang had been in seclusion for over three months. He had not only stabilized his Divine Tier Realm, but had even advanced a minor realm. Two Spirit Fish had formed within his body, bringing him to Tier Thirty.

The side length of his Otherworldly Warehouse had expanded to 1,073,741.824 kilometers. It was a perfect cube, and its volume had grown to 1.237 quintillion cubic kilometers.

During this time, he had killed an unknown number of Space Exotic Beasts and accumulated a massive amount of Achievement Points. Now that his Realm had reached Tier Thirty, his physical body could withstand greater speed and strength. He spent over a billion Achievement Points to increase his speed to 300 kilometers per second and his strength to a staggering 15,000 tons of Giant Power.

His Endurance had also greatly increased. He could fly at his Extreme Speed of 300 kilometers per second for seven days and seven nights straight. If he cruised at 200 kilometers per second, he could fly for over a month without stopping.

At this speed, he could reach the Moon in about twenty minutes.

For comparison, the third cosmic velocity—the minimum initial speed required to escape the Sun’s gravitational pull and leave the Solar System—is 16.7 kilometers per second.

Although he now had the ability to fly out of the Solar System, his speed was still too slow!

If he considered Pluto’s orbit to be the edge of the Solar System (about 40 AU), it would take him about 7.5 months to get there from Earth. If he used the International Astronomical Union’s standard (the heliopause), it would take about 1 year and 10 months to leave the Solar System.

If he took the largest possible boundary, the Oort Cloud, the journey would take approximately 1,581 years.

"Still too slow. Long-distance interstellar travel is not yet feasible," Li Xiang lamented.

’After all, 300 kilometers per second seems fast, but it’s only one-thousandth the speed of light.’

’The first-generation Aerospace Carrier developed by Jiang Cai’Er is even slower than me; it would probably take over ten hours just to reach the Moon.’

’The carrier’s onboard fighter, the Profound Bird-3, on the other hand, only needs one or two hours to reach the Moon. That’s because the Profound Bird-3 Fighter is much smaller, while the Aerospace Carrier is simply too massive.’

’Actually, the Profound Bird Fighter existed back in the era of peace. They had reached the second generation, but the project had to be suspended to deal with the Apocalypse.’

’Later, after City No. 03 was established, Jiang Cai’Er restarted the project. She developed the Profound Bird-3, testing has begun on the Profound Bird-4, and the Profound Bird-5 is still in development.’

’All of this was possible thanks to the progress in controlled Helium-3 nuclear fusion technology.’

As for the Underground Cities of other nations, forget about Aerospace Carriers and aerospace fighters; many were on the verge of exhausting their old resources. As time went on, it wouldn’t be impossible for them to regress to a World War II level of technology. ℯℯ𝘭.

It was no exaggeration to say their civilization was a generation ahead.

After coming out of seclusion, Li Xiang said his goodbyes to Jiang Cai’Er. Then, with a flicker, his form vanished and he reappeared in outer space. Not long after, he was near the Moon.

The surface of the Moon was crawling with a dense swarm of Space Exotic Beasts, and nests were everywhere. The original human bases had long since become beast lairs.

Li Xiang observed for a while. His Nine Nether Falsehood-Breaking Gaze saw everything with perfect clarity. ’Deep inside the Moon, within the Dark Cosmos Dimension, several Divine Tier Space Exotic Beasts are still fighting for dominion over it. One of them is especially valiant and powerful; a victor should be decided before long.’

Li Xiang did not attack rashly. With another flicker of his form, he moved far away from the Moon. He searched through space until he found a large asteroid field containing over a thousand asteroids, with a total estimated mass of at least a million tons.

He reached out and grabbed. An earthy-yellow light flared as he used his "Star Meteor Flowing Sand" Divine Technique to envelop an asteroid weighing over a thousand tons. He began to compress and refine it. After more than ten hours, he had compressed the entire asteroid into a single grain of Star Sand the size of a soybean!

A single grain of Star Sand that weighed a thousand tons!

Li Xiang repeated the process. He spent over fifty days creating a full one hundred grains of Star Sand, each weighing around a thousand tons.

As his power had increased, he had been unable to find a suitable weapon. Only this Star Sand was perfectly suited for him.

"Defensive Stance: Star Ring Protection." Li Xiang activated his Divine Technique. The one hundred grains of Star Sand began to orbit his body at a hypersonic speed of Mach 70 to 80, forming a defensive layer that radiated with starlight.

This defensive layer couldn’t be shaken by a nuclear explosion, let alone the High-Energy Particle Cannon of an Aerospace Carrier. An ordinary Divine Tier being would have absolutely no hope of breaking through his Defense.

With a single thought, Li Xiang switched to "Offensive: Galaxy Pouring." The one hundred grains of Star Sand shot out—WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!—so fast that they caused ripples in space itself. There was no weapon on Earth that could compare to this terrifying power.

Even a peak Saint Tier expert would be killed instantly by a direct hit, and a mere graze would be fatal.

Li Xiang practiced these two techniques relentlessly, honing them until he could switch between them at will, control them with a mere thought, and perfectly blend their offensive and defensive capabilities. Only then did he flash away, heading straight for the Moon to begin the slaughter.