I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

【Kunlun Mountain - New Summit (8849 meters above sea level)】

Time: 06:00 AM

The rising sun cast a long shadow of Gu Qing.

He stood on the flat jade platform that had just cooled down, with a surging sea of ​​clouds beneath his feet and a deep blue sky that was almost black above his head.

This is the new pole of the Earth, the top of the world in a physical sense.

The air was so thin that any ordinary person would suffer brain death from lack of oxygen within three minutes, but for Gu Qing, who had already achieved Foundation Establishment, every breath here was as sweet as honey.

"The foundation is in place, and the dragon vein is connected."

Gu Qing opened the system's [Sect Construction] panel, preparing to begin his "grand plan".

However, when he saw the exchange prices of those rows of buildings and facilities, his previously triumphant expression instantly darkened.

[Searching for the "Kunlunxu" preset plan quote...]

[Main Building: Taiqing Hall (bears the sect's fortune and has its own defensive formation)]

Price: 500,000 Credits.

Gu Qing: ...Sell me out.

[Infrastructure: Disciple's Abode (Basic Spirit Gathering Effect, Capacity: 3000 people)]

Price: 150,000 Credits.

Gu Qing: Is it okay to let the students sleep in tents?

[Core Functional Area: Alchemy Room (with its own earth fire channel)]

Price: 80,000 Credits.

[Core Functional Area: Training Ground (Gravity Adjustment System, up to 10 times the normal gravity)]

Price: 120,000 Credits.

【Mountain Protection Formation: Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation (Beggar's Version)】

Price: 300,000 Credits.

Gu Qing looked at his balance in the lower right corner, which had shrunk rapidly due to the "mountain building" he had just created, and felt a sense of suffocation.

"System, you're robbing me."

Gu Qing gritted his teeth, "I just created a miracle that caused a global sensation. Hasn't my credibility skyrocketed?"

[System Reply:]

[Reliance settlement has a lag. Currently, the world is in a state of "extreme shock," which has not yet translated into sustained and stable "belief."]

[Furthermore, the mountain-building activity the host just performed consumed a huge amount of energy, amounting to overdrafting.]

To fully construct your envisioned "sacred ground for human cultivation," the total required Faith Points will be approximately 3,500,000.

Three and a half million.

Gu Qing felt a wave of dizziness.

At the current rate of growth, even if everyone on Earth worshipped him as a god, it would still take some time to collect them all.

But the Void Army's outposts are almost here.

If all that's left on Mount Kunlun is a bare platform, what will we use to defend ourselves? What will we use to teach the first generation of human cultivators?

Are we supposed to hold the opening ceremony in an open-air square and have everyone just starve?

"Can't we be downgraded?"

Gu Qing tried to bargain, "For example, for the Taiqing Hall, could we use ordinary white marble instead of the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing jade?"

[System notification: Downgrading is possible. However, ordinary materials cannot withstand high concentrations of spiritual energy. If you do not use system-provided "spiritual materials," your building will crumble like paper during the first lightning tribulation or the void beast tide.]

Gu Qing fell silent.

Yes, he can't build shoddy construction projects.

This is not just a vanity project; it is humanity's last bastion.

If the fortress is not strong enough, those young people who have just begun to have hope will only be sent to their deaths if they come in.

"So, I have neither money nor time."

Gu Qing paced on the platform, his leather boots making a crisp sound as they stepped on the jade floor.

"I need a windfall. A windfall that can make me instantly rich and fill this 3.5 million shortfall."

……

[Temporary forward base at the foot of Kunlun Mountain]

Time: 06:30 AM

Dozens of military off-road vehicles kicked up clouds of dust and came to an abrupt stop outside the blockade line.

Li Guozhong jumped out of the car, and before he could even put on his winter coat, he held up his binoculars and looked into the distance.

There is no need for a telescope at all.

That towering peak, rising abruptly from the ground, is like a pillar supporting the sky, abruptly piercing the originally gentle horizon.

The morning sunlight shines on the mountaintop, reflecting a sacred and inviolable golden light.

"This is... a miracle."

Professor Wang stood beside Li Guozhong, this veteran of materialism, his eyes filled with tears.

"The Earth's crustal plates did not break apart, and the surrounding ecosystem was not destroyed. It was like performing minimally invasive surgery, giving the Earth a new backbone."

"Chief! The media is getting out of control!"

A publicity officer rushed over anxiously, "Reporters from all over the world are flocking here! The number of viewers watching the live stream on foreign websites has exceeded two billion! Everyone is asking, what's up there?"

Li Guozhong lowered his binoculars and took a deep breath of cold air:

"What is it? I'd like to know too."

"Send a drone up there! I want to see the view from the summit!"

"Report! No!"

The communications soldier shouted, "There's a strong electromagnetic storm above 5,000 meters! Our Wing Loong UAV lost contact as soon as it flew in! That's a restricted area!"

Li Guozhong clenched his fist.

Is this "their" attitude?

They demonstrated power, yet refused to communicate?

……

【Kunlun Mountain - Summit】

Gu Qing was certainly not refusing to communicate.

He's just holding back a big move.

"Since we can't afford the actual product..."

Gu Qing looked at the option called "Holographic Reality Projection" in the system shop.

This option is relatively inexpensive, requiring only 50,000 Faith Points.

Its purpose is not to build real houses, but to create a mirage that is also incredibly realistic.

"Whether you're in real estate or cultivating immortality, the principle is the same."

Gu Qing's eyes gradually turned crazed, the look of a gambler about to throw all his chips onto the table.

"What if we don't have money to build a house?"

"Then let's sell pre-sale apartments first! Let's make a PowerPoint presentation first! Let's show investors the grand vision for the future!"

"As long as all of humanity believes that there is a real heavenly palace on Mount Kunlun."

"Then the immense power of their combined faith will be enough for me to... materialize this heavenly palace!"

This is called "crowdfunding for immortality cultivation".

This is also called "when falsehood is taken for truth, even truth becomes falsehood".

Gu Qing looked at the system panel and pressed the button hard.

"System, pour all the remaining power into it."

"Don't try to save me money."

"I want a super trailer that's so clear you could see it from the moon!"