158: Chapter 158: The Nation's Name is Established, Tianyuan! Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Everything is now arranged; we can proceed with the acceleration.

However, before accelerating, Xu Xuan still needed to check Hu Zi Mei's lifespan.

Lest Hu Zi Mei's lifespan be insufficient...

He opened the resident panel to check their lifespans.

[Current Resident Lifespan: Average 300 years (As Spiritual Qi Recovery progresses, resident lifespan will also increase with their strength.)]

Seeing that the average lifespan was listed as 300 years and could continue to rise, Xu Xuan was finally at ease.

Once everyone had entered the Floating Island, Xu Xuan used his voice transmission ability to broadcast to the entire city.

"My people, the Floating City will enter an era of closed acceleration. One day on the Lord Continent will be ten years within the Floating Island!"

"And you will enjoy a ten-year period of peaceful development."

"I hope everyone will cultivate diligently during this era of closed acceleration. Only by strengthening your bodies can you resist foreign enemies and protect our Floating City home!"

At this moment, a new immigrant asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what is our Floating Island called?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we don't seem to have a country name."

Facing the inquiries coming from the ground, Xu Xuan, standing atop the high tower, pondered for a moment.

Indeed, he had never given his territory a name.

He had been using the system's default, Floating Kingdom.

The name wasn't bad, but it lacked a certain class.

Looking at the walls surrounding the Floating Island, Xu Xuan thought for a while.

"Tianyuan."

Just two simple characters, yet they encapsulated various meanings.

Grand Preceptor Wen, riding on the Black Kirin, gently stroked his beard and savored the name.

"Tianyuan, it is indeed fitting."

"The country name chosen by Your Majesty contains the essence of the Floating City; we are a city in the sky."

"From another perspective, our country shall live as long as the heavens and be as indestructible as a fortress."

On the other side, Nvba, Yang Jian, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Lv Bu, Zhao Yun, and the others were all murmuring the name 'Tianyuan.'

For this kingdom in the sky, it was indeed fitting and not cliché.

At this time, Grand Preceptor Wen stroked his beard and said, "Generals, as we enter the era of acceleration, we can also engage in ten years of quiet cultivation, undisturbed by the outside world."

Yang Jian looked toward the training grounds: "Ten years... I can train even more fierce generals for the Divine General Camp."

"Ten years? To me, it's just the blink of an eye." Su Daji showed a calm expression; a ten-year timeframe was far too short for her.

Meanwhile, atop the tower, Xu Xuan had already begun to seal off the islands, officially entering the era of acceleration.

This time, Xu Xuan also entered the island with them.

Before the sealing, Xu Xuan instructed Jung Jae-soo, Yamamoto Chizuru, and the others to use the insect corpses to restore the farmland and plant camphor spirit wood extensively within the territory.

Then, Xu Xuan clicked to start the acceleration!

Instantly, the several Floating Islands were surrounded by a giant space-time sphere, beginning the era of acceleration.

Though called an era of acceleration, time within the islands felt no different.

It was only the time outside that seemed to be frozen.

From the high tower, Xu Xuan watched a flock of birds flying overhead.

Isolated outside the space-time sphere, the birds in the sky seemed completely frozen, appearing to fly at an incredibly slow pace.

Enclosed within this space-time sphere, Xu Xuan finally relaxed a bit.

The high-intensity combat on the Lord Continent had lasted for a long time.

During the era of acceleration, he could find some leisure amidst the work to handle internal affairs.

Standing on the high tower, Xu Xuan raised his hand and summoned the control panel.

"It seems I can terminate the acceleration at any time. If anything happens outside, I won't have to panic."

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan looked at the territory before him.

One day in real-time, ten years of accelerated era within the Floating Island—Begin!

[Year 1: Most of the newly joined citizens have mastered the Qi refinement method, and the majority have begun to enter the stage of Battle Qi Martial Artist.]

[Year 2: Xu Xuan inspected the streets with Su Daji and Hu Zi Mei, seeing many women with large bellies on the main roads of the royal city.]

[Year 3: Some old citizens have mastered elemental power and begun using the earth element to build houses; new buildings like dormitory blocks have started to rise from the ground.]

[Year 4: A large number of new immigrants have integrated into the country of Tianyuan, learning to use Chinese characters and speak fluent Mandarin.]

[Year 5: Generals like Yang Jian, Chi You, Zhao Yun, and Lv Bu have begun training recruits, transforming them into special unit types.]

[Year 6: The number of children on the streets has significantly increased; the Floating City, which once had only adults, has begun to echo with the sounds of children playing.]

[Year 7: Wooden buildings in the urban area have been largely phased out, replaced by brand-new residential buildings constructed with elemental power.]

[Year 8: The population on the main island has increased from 500,000 to 750,000, with a large number being newborn children.]

[Year 9: Everything has stabilized; Xu Xuan enacted a population control law, and the population on the Floating Island is no longer increasing.]

[Year 10: The cultivation of the entire population has broken through to the Peak Realm of the early stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery, and average lifespan has increased to 500 years.]

In the blink of an eye, Xu Xuan had spent ten years on the island.

His appearance hadn't changed at all, but his mindset had become more steady.

Over the ten years, he discussed military strategy with Grand Preceptor Wen, Zhao Yun, and others.

He discussed matters of state governance with Mr. Mo.

He also sparred with Yang Jian, Lv Bu, and the others, gaining a deeper understanding of actual combat.

It was just one acceleration; only one day had passed in the outside world.

However, as Xu Xuan emerged from the accelerated state, he felt it was well worth it.

The dilapidated Floating City before him had undergone earth-shattering changes during the ten-year acceleration.

Residential areas over ten stories high were built across the island, and every resident was allocated a room.

Though small and somewhat like dormitories, the residents' satisfaction was very high.

They didn't even need elevators; most residents' strength had reached the Peak Realm of the early stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery, and they could jump straight down from the tenth floor.

Residents had long since grown accustomed to this way of moving between floors; in the newly built housing, even stairs were omitted to maximally compress the usable area of the residential district.

Residents who entered the Peak Realm of the early stage also possessed the ability to use elements.

To cook, they could simply hold the bottom of a pot and use the heat from their palms to stir-fry.

To bathe? They would directly condense water droplets from the air to envelop their bodies.

Electricity? Aside from inventions like the light bulb that Xu Xuan had created, he hadn't had time to make things like televisions, so the residential areas didn't use much electricity anyway.

One could say that in just ten short years, the changes to the Floating Island were immense.

Looking at the residents' cultural attributes...

[Current Territory Civilization Progress: Entered the Spring and Autumn Period (mixed with some modern concepts)]

This civilization progress was quite abstract.

Because Xu Xuan, a modern person, was there, his every move was imitated by the people.

Xu Xuan's words and his thoughts were eagerly studied by the island's residents.

Overall, the entire Floating Island had been completely transformed.

There were still four chances for acceleration left, but Xu Xuan didn't plan to use them yet.

Because accelerating further now wouldn't improve much.

Instead, he would quietly wait for the alien invasion in five days and for the Floating Island to fully enter the middle stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery.

"I've already spent ten years here. I wonder what surprises those invaders will bring me in five days?"