Although Li Pan said he was going to capture some UHW, he had no intention of joining the hustle at Copernicus. If Li Fagui couldn't gather enough forces, wouldn't he have to face the lightning strikes himself in the end? All in all, he just needed to put on a show, get the job done, and call it a day.
So, upon entering the lunar surface, Li Pan made a beeline for the Copernicus water plant as soon as he arrived, remotely striking and bursting the high-pressure water tanks one by one before charging into the reservoir. He waved the White Flag wildly, releasing the True Qi haphazardly. Water that spurted skyward condensed in the vacuum and, with the empowerment of Profound Dark Qi, enveloped the reservoir's essence in layers, solidifying into a thick frost armor of ice. Soon, it formed into a massive iceberg as thick as a turtle's shell.
After completing the setup, Li Pan escaped into the ice; shrinking into the Formation, he never came out.