At this moment, before Li Qi, two lifeless, skeletal husks lay quietly in the void.
The battle had just concluded.
Yet, recalling the combat power unleashed by his natal spiritual puppets after activating the Extreme Flame Secret Art, even Li Qi couldn't help but be slightly astonished.
Originally, the strength of his natal spiritual puppets was only half of his own.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, a natal spiritual puppet at the third heaven of Hedao realm could only barely contend with cultivators at the fourth heaven of Hedao realm.
But previously, with his natal spiritual puppets fully activating the Extreme Flame Secret Art, the gap in strength between them and Li Qi's main body was almost completely leveled.
One must remember that under normal circumstances, Li Qi himself could fight against cultivators at the sixth or even seventh heaven of Hedao realm.
Did this not mean that if his natal spiritual puppets activated the Extreme Flame Secret Art, they would also have the capability to single-handedly kill a cultivator at the sixth or seventh heaven of Hedao realm?
Even if they couldn't kill them, at the last moment before their impending demise, if they detonated themselves again, the destructive power would surely leave the opponent in a dire state, if not dead.
Li Qi’s smile grew increasingly radiant.
As the strength of his natal spiritual puppets grew, many matters would require less of his personal intervention.
He recalled that Xu Tianzong in the Small Abstraction Zone, Small Abstraction Realm, where he resided, was only at the seventh heaven of Hedao realm.
With the Extreme Flame Secret Art activated, his natal spiritual puppets now possessed combat power comparable to that of the seventh heaven of Hedao realm. Did this not mean that his current three natal spiritual puppets were equivalent to three Xu Tianzongs!
"If my main body's combat power were even stronger, then with the natal spiritual puppets activating the Extreme Flame Secret Art, their combat power would likely increase further. It seems the path of cultivation is long and arduous."
Li Qi regained his senses. He raised his hand, and the massive isolation formation surrounding him suddenly vanished.
Simultaneously, the two corpses of his natal spiritual puppets before him gradually dissolved into nothingness.
As for the two natal spiritual puppets dying after this test of combat strength, it was not a significant issue. Li Qi had already prepared himself for this.
After all, the Extreme Flame Secret Art could instantly burn ninety-nine percent of a cultivator's vital energy, blood, flesh, and soul. After the secret art ended, death was virtually certain.
No, if it were used by ordinary cultivators, there might still be a sliver of hope for survival.
But if it were used by natal spiritual puppets, it was truly a death sentence.
After all, even if other cultivators were to seek a mutual destruction, they would still harbor a sliver of desire to live, not daring to completely burn their entire essence and soul, only daring to burn ninety-nine percent.
However, natal spiritual puppets genuinely wielded this Extreme Flame Secret Art with the intention of draining themselves completely.
Of course, it was precisely because of this that the Extreme Flame Secret Art performed by natal spiritual puppets was certainly much stronger than that performed by actual cultivators.
With two natal spiritual puppets, one would recover each year, and after two years, they would be fully restored.
"These two years can be considered a good long sleep for them! I am truly benevolent."
Li Qi couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Everything that had been disturbing Li Qi seemed to be completely resolved at this moment.
Li Qi couldn't help but stretch lazily with a sense of relief.
With the Extreme Flame Secret Art now synchronized to the natal spiritual puppets in the Void Black Market, Li Qi no longer needed to worry about their safety.
He sensed the realm within his own body.
Unbeknownst to him, Li Qi had already reached the peak of the third heaven of Hedao realm.
The boundary of the fourth heaven of Hedao realm was also not far off.
"Rest a while, and then find an opportunity to break through to the fourth heaven of Hedao realm."
Having made his decision, Li Qi's figure flickered, and he returned to the Heavenly Dao Space of the Dizhou Realm once more.
Without the companionship of his natal spiritual puppets, the surroundings seemed even quieter.
Li Qi then entered a brief period of seclusion.
In a flash, another five years passed.
As expected, Li Qi easily stepped into the fourth heaven of Hedao realm.
As for the Dao Breaking Pills he had previously acquired at auction, Li Qi still had not used them.
Because, as Li Qi had half-truthfully told Xu Tianzong before, breakthroughs achieved through pills were ultimately not as substantial as those achieved through one's own cultivation.
Everything was progressing towards a brighter future.
After successfully breaking through to the fourth heaven of Hedao realm, Li Qi did not end his seclusion.
Except for about half a month after he had just broken through to the fourth heaven of Hedao realm.
As the Lord of the Plane, Li Qi sensed that his only junior nephew, Zhang Yinjun, in the Dizhou Realm, had also successfully broken through to the Void Return stage.
And facing the tribulation of the Void Return stage, as the senior uncle, Li Qi naturally chose to take good care of Zhang Yinjun, allowing him to fully unleash his potential under the lightning tribulation.
Following this, Li Qi continued his long seclusion with peace of mind.
But one day.
In the Void Black Market, a thought transmission suddenly came from the number one natal spiritual puppet.
Sensing the information within the thought transmission, even Li Qi, who was in seclusion, immediately awoke.
The Cangyan Medicine Pavilion counterattacked, and the counterfeit medicine dealers suffered heavy losses.
Even his oldest partner, Huang Anchang, had fallen, perishing directly.
And after the number one natal spiritual puppet transmitted this final piece of information, it completely lost contact.
Within Li Qi's status panel, the original count of 3/3 natal spiritual puppets simultaneously changed to 2/2.