Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 1077: Chapter 654: The Battle Begins

Advancing one's own civilization is different from advancing an existing civilization. In an existing civilization, once you advance, the path ahead is already paved, and you just need to meet the advancement conditions to unlock related technologies and constructions.

Creating and advancing a civilization from scratch, however, requires first improving technology, then using that technology to upgrade buildings, troops, and Heroes, before finally advancing the civilization.

Take Xu Yang's current Wandao School as an example, he needs to first advance the Heavenly Mechanics Methods and other related technologies to Seventh Rank, then use those Seventh Rank technologies to upgrade the White Jade Capital, Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute, and Mingxiao Taoist Institute, before finally being able to elevate the Wandao School to a Seventh Rank civilization.

This requires a huge investment of resources, especially for Heavenly Mechanics Methods, which can be described as a bottomless pit.

At this time, the advantage of "datafication" becomes apparent because the technology of the civilization can be developed, having a digitalized progress tracker. This progress can be directly boosted through means such as "money consumption," or through slower self-research.