He was preparing to make a single push for a breakthrough, and that required an enormous amount of strength. Merely surpassing 200% was not enough for him to charge toward the 200th floor and claim the nationwide reward.

"Two more times."

Noah’s eyes were filled with determination.

Two days later, Noah finally walked out of the cultivation room, his mind feeling slightly hazy.

The recovery time had become longer and longer, nearly doubling after each attempt. Including the previous sessions, this period of secluded cultivation had lasted a full three days.

Of course, the results were equally astonishing. His Combat Art had increased by 46%.

Only a small portion of the divine aura surrounding the Rain Stone Tablet had been consumed, with nearly 90% of it still remaining.

It could only be said that a Legendary item truly lived up to its name. Exhausting its power was not something that could be done in a short period of time. If Noah were to fully utilize it, his willpower would reach an unimaginably terrifying level.

"The next time I enter the mysterious space, I’ll have to wait another 64 hours," Noah muttered.

The recovery time was becoming longer and longer, but the effects of improvement were also getting stronger. Noah believed that the remaining 90% of the divine aura could be completely consumed after only a few more sessions.

"It’s time to head to the Civilization Convergence Zone."

Before leaving, Noah planned to deploy the Medium Spirit Vein first. After all, its existence would also increase the Civilization Index and might even help Blue Star Civilization rise a few more ranks on the Civilization Pillar.

He opened his friend list and noticed that Roland had already sent him a message.

"It’s actually there?"

Noah was slightly surprised.

The coverage area of the Medium Spirit Vein reached as high as one million square kilometers, far surpassing that of a Small Spirit Vein. Noah had originally planned to deploy it in the central region of Starfall Country.

However, the experts from the Supernatural Management Bureau suggested placing it in the eastern region of Starfall Country instead.

The world will indeed had its own preferences. Things that were more beneficial to it naturally received greater favor. There was no doubt about that.

World Origin was the most valuable.

After that came World Shards, Spirit Veins, the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and similar items.

Medium Spirit Veins and the Nine Provinces Cauldron belonged to the same general tier. Although the former was superior, the gap between them should not have been too large.

The reason there had not been much difference in rewards when contributing World Origin, World Shards, and Small Spirit Veins before, while the Medium Spirit Vein now provided vastly greater rewards than the Nine Provinces Cauldron, was because the world will itself was continuously growing stronger.

It was not that the world will had been unwilling to provide greater rewards before.

It simply had not been strong enough to do so.

"That makes sense. According to the original pattern, Epic items only provide designated rewards for 5th Order experts. If Legendary items only granted designated rewards for 6th Order experts, and Mythical Grade items only granted designated rewards for 7th Order experts, then the rewards would be far too underwhelming."

Normally, contributing an Epic item like a Medium Spirit Vein could at most yield a designated reward for a 6th Order existence, while a Child of Civilization could receive rewards up to the 7th Order level.

Of course, that would only happen after the world will had grown incredibly powerful.

Blue Star’s world will was clearly still far from that stage. If Noah had not been a Child of Civilization, it would not even have granted a 6th Order designated reward. At most, it would have provided two designated rewards for 5th Order experts.

"Looking at it this way, did I actually suffer a loss?"

Noah clicked his tongue.

Naturally, he was only joking.

On the surface, it looked like he had lost out on huge benefits, but that was not actually the case. Becoming a Child of Civilization was not the end. As he continued making contributions in the future, he would eventually gain even higher identities and statuses.

The same contribution carried completely different value when the world will was weak compared to when it had become powerful.

"Improve Refinement."

Noah did not forget the other reward. After making his choice, his Refinement authority was successfully upgraded to Level 12.

...

[A change has been detected in Blue Star Civilization’s civilization information. This civilization’s ranking on the Civilization Pillar has changed.]

The moment Noah entered the Civilization Convergence Zone, a light screen appeared before him.

[Blue Star Civilization]

[Civilization Level: First Level Civilization]

[Civilization Index: 51,304,220]

[Racial Potential: Excellent]

[Highest Awakener Rank: 5th Order Expert]

[Ranking: 11,579]

"Already above ten thousand now."

Looking at the light screen, Noah revealed a satisfied expression.

Blue Star Civilization’s ranking on the Civilization Pillar had advanced by more than 500,000 places. Compared to the previous jump of over 70 million places, it did not seem as shocking, but the higher the ranking, the harder it became to climb further. In terms of actual value, this improvement carried even more weight than the last one.

The most astonishing change was undoubtedly the Civilization Index, which had now surpassed 50 million, dozens of times higher than before.

One had to know that the Star Sea Civilization, ranked first, only possessed a little over 300 million Civilization Index points.

Clearly, such an absurdly high Civilization Index was mainly because of Noah himself.

Compared to ten days ago, his strength had risen to an entirely different level. Not only did he possess several Epic items, but he even had Legendary items now.

Even the Black Abyss Civilization, ranked 1,000th, did not have a Civilization Index as high as Blue Star Civilization’s.

However, Blue Star Civilization’s racial potential was still too low. It was only rated as Excellent and could not compare to the civilizations ranked ahead of it, whose racial potentials were either Outstanding or Legendary. Because of that, its ranking was still somewhat lower than expected.

[Congratulations to Blue Star Civilization for ranking between 10,000 and 100,000 among the First Level Civilizations on the Civilization Pillar. The following reward has been granted: Blue Star’s overall comprehension has slightly increased.]

"Comprehension."

Noah’s eyes lit up. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

He had not expected the reward for reaching the top 10,000 to 100,000 rankings to be an increase in comprehension.

When combined with the previous increase in cultivation aptitude, even though both improvements were only slight, there was no doubt that the people of Blue Star would cultivate much faster in the future.

Noah became even more excited about the rewards for higher rankings.

He believed that the next time he entered the Civilization Convergence Zone, Blue Star Civilization would definitely break into the top ten thousand on the Civilization Pillar.

Without wasting any more time thinking about it, Noah left the rented room and quickly headed toward the Sky Piercing Tower.

...

The changes in Blue Star Civilization on the Civilization Pillar immediately attracted the attention of interested parties.

The previous rapid advancement in ranking had already been discovered by the Recorder at the time, and Blue Star Civilization was placed on the list of key concerns. This time’s change was naturally also quickly noticed.

"Look at the Civilization Pillar quickly, that Blue Star Civilization..." A Recorder suddenly cried out in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

"The Child of Civilization of Blue Star Civilization is here?"

"Quick, let me see."

Nearby Recorders rushed to the Civilization Pillar, vying for a look. When they saw the information on Blue Star Civilization clearly, they were all stunned, and exclamations of ’Holy cow’ constantly rang out.

Their abnormal behavior also aroused the curiosity of others at the Civilization Pillar.

"What’s going on with this Blue Star Civilization?"

"Ranked eleven thousand, that’s not low. How come I’ve never heard of this Blue Star Civilization?"

"Holy cow, what the heck is this Civilization Index? And Blue Star Civilization’s racial potential is only Excellent?"

Soon, everyone was shocked.

When they learned from a Recorder that Blue Star Civilization was a newly ascended civilization that had been in the Civilization Convergence Zone for less than a month, they were even more shaken.

In just one month, they had a Five-Order expert Awakener?

This promotion speed was too exaggerated, even the Sky Dragon Civilization wasn’t this heaven-defying.

"Could it be a Breeder Civilization?" An Awakener’s face turned pale.

"If it were a Breeder Civilization, it wouldn’t appear on the Civilization Pillar. At most, it would have Breeder tendencies," another Awakener explained. "It’s possible they concentrated the entire civilization’s strength to nurture a few individuals, or perhaps Blue Star Civilization has a super heaven-defying Awakener, or there are other reasons."

Regardless of the reason, Blue Star Civilization was deeply imprinted in their minds.

If it was a Breeder Civilization, then of course it was best to stay as far away as possible. If it wasn’t, then they definitely had to try their best to befriend it.

More and more people began to pay attention to Blue Star Civilization, inquiring about all information regarding Blue Star Civilization within the Civilization Convergence Zone.