39: Chapter 39 Accelerated Layers, Fifty Years of Foundation

Wang Pingan sent the c-class time acceleration card into the Divine Core.

The moment the card shattered, silver-white law patterns burst forth from the surface of the Divine Core, colliding violently with the golden timeline of his SSS-Grade Master of Time within his body.

Two forces of law intertwined, tore at each other, and clashed, before suddenly merging.

Large ripples of time appeared in the sky of the Divine Kingdom, spreading outward in circle after circle.

Wang Mu was organizing the formation disks on the high ground of the Artillery Battalion when he suddenly felt the light above him change.

The speed of the sunrise and sunset accelerated abruptly.

The sun crossed the sky in just a few breaths, and nightfall was dispelled by the morning light.

The alternation between day and night flickered so fast that the naked eye could only see a gray-white blur.

The bag of high-quality grain Wang Shan was holding to feed the horses fell to the ground; he looked up at the sky, his hair standing on end.

One day in the outside world originally corresponded to two years in the Divine Kingdom.

After superimposing five times the speed.

One day in the outside world meant ten years in the Divine Kingdom.

Five days meant fifty years.

The first year passed very peacefully.

Following the Artillery Battalion manual previously established, Wang Mu had the five hundred gunners train in rotations.

The Psionic Heavy Cannon underwent live-fire calibration every three days, and the gunners had developed muscle memory for the three-step process of charging, cooling, and calibrating.

Wang Shan divided the five hundred Heavy Cavalry into three rotating teams: one for training, one for rest, and one for patrol.

The tacit understanding between the Cavalry and the Iron Hoof Warhorses grew better and better; some cavalrymen didn't even need to pull the reins for the horses to coordinate their turns.

In the third year, the population exceeded fifteen thousand.

The new generation of citizens was born in an environment where spiritual energy and blood energy coexisted, making their physiques stronger than the first generation of citizens.

Some children could already sense the flow of spiritual energy in the air before they had even begun formal cultivation.

In the fifth year, Wang Mu expanded the combat regulations of the Spiritual Energy Artillery Battalion to thirty-two terrain versions.

Plains shelling, high-ground suppression, hilly infiltration, fortress sieges, and indirect fire in dense forests—each terrain had corresponding artillery placement maps and retreat routes.

Wang Shan subdivided the Cavalry charge tactics into three core strategies: cone-shaped breakthrough, horizontal sweeping, and flanking maneuvers, and conducted countless joint drills with the Heavy Infantry shield walls.

In the eighth year, the first batch of elite citizens broke through to Qi Refining Stage 5 and Body Forging Stage 5.

This speed would be considered fast in any new Divine Kingdom in the outside world, but it was just normal progress in Wang Pingan's Divine Kingdom.

The 20% bonus from A-Grade Comprehension was always in effect, and the efficiency of the citizens in deducing cultivation techniques and comprehending combat skills was much higher than in ordinary Divine Kingdoms.

From the tenth to the fifteenth year was the critical period for the overall qualitative change of the legions.

The Xianwu Meat Grinder Array was constantly being refined through repeated drills.

Wang Mu discovered that there was an information lag between the Artillery Battalion and the Heavy Infantry, and the artillery impact points sometimes didn't align with the pace of the shield wall's advance.

He spent two years designing a system of flag signals and drumbeats.

The flag signals controlled the firing direction of the Artillery Battalion, while the drumbeats controlled the advance pace of the Heavy Infantry.

After superimposing the two sets of signals, the coordination error between the Artillery Battalion and the Heavy Infantry was reduced to within three breaths.

Wang Shan was not idle either.

In the twelfth year, the Heavy Cavalry completed joint combat training with the Spiritual Energy Artillery Battalion.

The strategy was simple and brutal: the Artillery Battalion would first blast open the enemy formation, the Cavalry would follow the artillery fire to charge into the breach, and the Heavy Infantry would then press forward to cut off the retreat.

The three forces meshed together more and more tightly.

In the twentieth year, the population exceeded twenty thousand.

The Northern Military Camp was expanded twice, with the Heavy Infantry camp, Artillery Battalion, Cavalry camp, logistics camp, and infirmary all having independent zones.

After multiple crop rotations and expansions, the spiritual rice yield in the eastern spiritual fields was stable, and the Purple Cloud Peach Forest had become a sizable sea of spiritual fruits.

The Red Blood Ginseng Field next to the Mysterious Blood Pool in the northwest spread out in continuous patches, and the power of blood energy was so dense that one could feel the heat even standing at the edge.

In the twenty-fifth year, Wang Mu broke through to Qi Refining Stage 7.

He was the most talented among the first generation of Cultivation Citizens and had never slacked off in over fifty years.

On the day he broke through to Stage 7, the crimson flame saber in his hand emitted a hum on its own.

Holding the blade that had been with him for decades, Wang Mu felt that the blade had merged with his own spiritual energy.

In the same month, Wang Shan broke through to Body Forging Stage 7.

His physical body was now so hard that ordinary iron swords would only leave a white mark when striking it.

The Iron Hoof Warhorse had been running under him for over twenty years; man and horse were as one, and during charges, his speed was 30% faster than new cavalrymen.

From the thirtieth to the fortieth year was the most stable and solid phase for the entire Divine Kingdom.

There were no foreign invasions, no resource crises, and no natural disasters.

Wang Pingan also did not frequently issue divine oracles.

He only made adjustments at key nodes: allocating spiritual field proportions, verifying legion establishment, checking the lifespan of the Artillery Battalion's crystal tubes, and approving the culling and replacement of Cavalry warhorses.

Everything else was left to Wang Mu and Wang Shan.

Over the decades, the two men had grown from ordinary citizens who were first granted cultivation techniques into generals capable of independently leading legions of thousands.

In the thirty-fifth year, Wang Pingan made an important decision: to control the population growth rate.

The Divine Kingdom's area was only 250 square kilometers; if the population expanded infinitely, pressure on space and resources would reappear.

He issued a divine oracle to tighten birth quotas, prioritizing the quality of the existing legions.

In the forty-second year, the crimson flame saber and Black Iron Shield underwent nourishing changes.

After long-term exposure to blood energy and spiritual energy infusion, many weapons became more comfortable to use for their owners.

The flame-light runes on the crimson flame saber became brighter.

The protective patterns on the Black Iron Shield became thicker.

Although the refined steel heavy armor still suffered wear and tear, it had become better suited to the citizens' physiques after repeated repairs.

These changes were not written in the mall's ratings, but they would save lives on the battlefield.

In the forty-fifth year, Wang Mu and Wang Shan jointly organized simulation drills for plane fragments.

Based on the terrain data provided by Wang Pingan, they built four types of training grounds: valleys, ruined cities, mining areas, and forests.

The Heavy Infantry learned to split into small formations within ruins.

The Artillery Battalion learned to disperse and set up cannons when high ground was insufficient.

The Cavalry learned to intercept at the edge of forests, no longer blindly venturing deep inside.

The legion transformed from a plains-based strong force into a war system capable of handling complex battlefields.

In the forty-eighth year, the spiritual energy and blood energy on the first batch of elite citizens began to become thick enough to be visible to the naked eye.

When Cultivation Citizens practiced breathing techniques, white mist swirled around them.

When Martial Dao Citizens tempered their bodies, red light flowed beneath their skin.

Wang Mu was already standing at the peak of Qi Refining Stage 8.

Wang Shan had also reached the peak of Body Forging Stage 8.

Only one final step remained to reach Stage 9.

In the fiftieth year, the effect of the c-class time acceleration card was exhausted, and the silver-white superimposed patterns slowly faded from the sky of the Divine Kingdom.

The flow of time returned to the original rate of two years per day.

Wang Pingan stood above the sky and opened the Divine Kingdom panel.

[Divine Kingdom Area: 250 square kilometers.]

[Population: 29,362.]

[Immortal Martial Heavy Infantry: 2,000.]

[Spiritual Energy Artillery Battalion: 500.]

[Heavy Cavalry: 500.]

[Reserve Combat Citizens: 6,800.]

[Wang Mu: Qi Refining Stage 9 Peak.]

[Wang Shan: Body Forging Stage 9 Peak.]

[Legion Baleful Aura: Stably formed.]

[Xianwu Meat Grinder Array: Multi-terrain version perfected.]

[Spiritual Energy Artillery Battalion: Combat system perfected.]

[Heavy Cavalry: Charge system perfected.]

Five days exchanged for fifty years.

It was worth it beyond measure.

Wang Pingan descended to the Northern Military Camp.

Two thousand Heavy Infantry knelt in unison.

Wang Mu led the Artillery Battalion in a salute.

Wang Shan led the Cavalry in dismounting.

A tiger of baleful aura slowly emerged above the main camp, its blood-colored tiger eyes looking down upon all living beings.

Wang Pingan looked at them, looked at those citizens, weapons, warhorses, and heavy cannons that had been polished by time and the flames of war for half a century.

"You are ready."

Wang Shan looked up, fighting spirit oozing from his very bones: "Divine Lord, as long as you give the order, your subject can lead the Cavalry to trample through any enemy formation."

Wang Mu cupped his hands: "The Artillery Battalion can fight continuously, military supplies are sufficient, and the formations have been rebuilt according to the terrain of the plane fragments."

Wang Pingan nodded.

There were three days left until the assessment, which meant six years within the Divine Kingdom.