While Yin Chuan pondered where the Heavenly Dao Will of the Integration stage had disappeared to, the third natal spirit puppet returned to the Earthly Void Realm with a small quantity of such will.
For the Heavenly Dao of the Earthly Void Realm, currently in the Tribulation Crossing stage, this meager amount of Integration stage Heavenly Dao Will was barely enough to whet its appetite.
However, Li Qi could do nothing about it.
Occasionally, his own fat pig of a Heavenly Dao would try to act cute and beg for higher-level Heavenly Dao Will in the old way, but when it became too annoying, Li Qi would simply smack it away with a couple of forceful slaps.
It then hid in a corner of the Heavenly Dao space, weeping pitifully and feeling weak and insignificant.
The Heavenly Dao of the Earthly Void Realm wept.
It wasn't crying because Li Qi had slapped it.
The main reason it cried was that it finally understood that its meals were going to be significantly worse in quality for a long time to come.
As for Li Qi, he spent about half a month in the Earthly Void Realm and found another very good place to live that he liked.
This was again near a small village.
Li Qi had discovered that his favorite kind of environment had always been to have a small village nearby.
Then, he would be neither too close nor too far from that village, only occasionally passing by his home when the villagers worked.
This way, it wouldn't be too lively, nor too deserted.
Li Qi seemed to have never changed this preference. After all, when he was in the Flying Sand Sect, he also preferred to live in the back of the mountain, a place neither too deserted nor too lively.
As for the small village where Li Qi resided this time, its name was very ordinary, called Little Creek Village.
As for the villagers...
Although their appearances all seemed unfamiliar to Li Qi, their gentle attitude towards outsiders was no different from the villagers Li Qi had seen in other villages.
Li Qi then continued to live there. However, unlike the small wooden hut he had built before, this time Li Qi had upgraded significantly, building himself a nice and simple courtyard.
"Tribulation Crossing stage, just a little bit more."
At this moment, Li Qi leaned lazily by the gate of his small courtyard, not doing any work, appearing quite indolent.
More than a decade had flown by in the blink of an eye.
The higher one's cultivation realm, the more blurred the concept of time seemed to become.
What would be a long period for mortals passed by so quickly before Li Qi's eyes.
During these more than ten years, Li Qi had basically not focused on cultivation. It wasn't that he had become completely lazy.
It was simply that he had already reached the peak of the Integration stage more than ten years ago, and the accumulation and improvement of his spiritual energy had already reached its limit.
The most Li Qi could do was to further refine his already perfect realm before he could grasp the sliver of opportunity needed to break through to the Tribulation Crossing stage.
But unfortunately, after such a long time, even Li Qi himself felt that there was nothing left to refine in his realm.
"If I still can't grasp the chance to break through to the Tribulation Crossing stage, I'll truly be wasted."
A faint self-mocking smile appeared on Li Qi's face as he muttered to himself.
Of course, it wasn't that if he couldn't break through to the Tribulation Crossing stage in a short time, Li Qi would truly be wasted.
For Li Qi, who had infinite lifespan, there were still many random attribute points that he had not yet experimented with.
If he truly wanted to pass the time, he could simply pick a few niche random attribute points and study them for several decades, and time would pass.
With this thought, Li Qi's mind stirred, and he projected his divine sense into his system panel.
Rows upon rows of attribute points appeared before Li Qi.
Just as Li Qi was about to carefully examine the many types of attribute points he possessed, he suddenly withdrew his divine sense focused on the system panel.
He raised his eyes slightly, his gaze shooting directly towards the outside of the Earthly Void Realm.
Seeing someone approaching outside the Earthly Void Realm, Li Qi's expression became somewhat surprised.
With a flash of his body, Li Qi vanished from his spot and appeared outside the Earthly Void Realm.
There, he saw Xu Tianzong standing quietly.
It had been dozens or hundreds of years since they last met, but for cultivators like Li Qi, this was not a very long time.
In comparison, it was only equivalent to a few months' separation for ordinary people, not too long.
However, in these dozens or hundreds of years of separation, Xu Tianzong's aura had become increasingly powerful.
The last time they met, Xu Tianzong was only at the eighth heaven of the Integration stage, but now, he had reached the peak of the eighth heaven of the Integration stage.
It was uncertain when Xu Tianzong might break through.
At that time, Xu Tianzong could be considered a top-tier expert in this region.
And Xu Tianzong had achieved such significant growth in only about a hundred years. If other Integration stage cultivators saw this, they would likely express their admiration.
After all, to advance from the eighth heaven of the Integration stage to the peak of the eighth heaven of the Integration stage in about a hundred years was an efficiency that few Integration stage cultivators could achieve.
But for Li Qi, he was not surprised at all.
While Xu Tianzong's progress was indeed significant, it was important to remember that Li Qi himself was an even greater anomaly.
In the past, Li Qi's cultivation realm and strength were far inferior to Xu Tianzong's.
Yet, after not much time had passed, although Li Qi's realm still hadn't caught up to Xu Tianzong's, his actual combat power had long since surpassed Xu Tianzong by leaps and bounds.
And now, Li Qi's actual combat power not only surpassed Xu Tianzong by leaps and bounds, but Li Qi's apparent cultivation realm had also reached the peak of the Integration stage, completely crushing Xu Tianzong.
Currently, Xu Tianzong, in front of Li Qi, might not even be able to serve as a unit of measurement for combat strength.
After all, he suspected that even one of his natal spirit puppets could single-handedly defeat several Xu Tianzongs without much effort.
As the saying goes, people don't visit the Hall of Three Treasures without a reason.
Li Qi knew that Xu Tianzong seemed to have been greatly stimulated in the past, which was why he had cultivated so diligently for these past few hundred years.
If Xu Tianzong had personally come to find him, it must be something important.
Moreover, judging from Xu Tianzong's somewhat strange expression, it could be determined that he had something to discuss.
Therefore, Li Qi looked at Xu Tianzong and directly cut to the chase, asking,
"Xu Tianzong, what business do you have in the Earthly Void Realm seeking me out?"
In response to Li Qi's question,
Xu Tianzong and Li Qi had known each other for a long time.
Therefore, Xu Tianzong directly replied,
"Fellow Daoist Li, the strongest person in the Silver Content Sector, Yin Chuan, wants our Little Expansive Sector to surrender."