Hearing these words, Xu Tianzong's eyes also lit up slightly.
"If fellow Daoist Li also has expertise in spirit gathering formations, then I'll trouble you, fellow Daoist Li."
No Plane Lord had ever entered the Di Xu Realm before; at most, they had only rested in the Heavenly Dao space for a period.
Therefore, no one knew about the terrifyingly efficient spirit gathering formations within the Di Xu Realm, including Xu Tianzong.
Li Qi nodded slightly.
He didn't hold back on this matter.
Their Xiao Yan District wasn't the only one going to the Bai Yang District to harvest the Heavenly Dao of small worlds.
If preparations could be made faster and better now, the more efficient Li Qi would be in splitting the Heavenly Dao Will later.
Li Qi spoke, instructing the Plane Lords who were currently setting up the spirit gathering formations to stop.
Those Plane Lords had also heard of Li Qi's fearsome abilities in formations, and without hesitation, they stopped sketching their formations.
Immediately, Li Qi's figure flickered, and he hovered high above this lifeless, temporary foothold continent.
This included those few Plane Lords who had previously attempted to construct the spirit gathering formations.
All eyes were fixed on Li Qi.
Then, a trace of spiritual energy appeared at Li Qi's fingertips, and he slowly raised his hand.
He pointed at the void, his movements appearing very slow.
Yet, for some inexplicable reason, the observing Plane Lords felt a dizzying illusion.
After an unknown amount of time,
Suddenly, one of the Plane Lords snapped back to reality and exclaimed,
"Look quickly, how long has it been? That spirit gathering formation is almost complete."
Before Li Qi now stood an incredibly complex and profound spirit gathering formation.
Then, as Li Qi completed his final stroke,
This spirit gathering formation was completely drawn.
The next moment, even a cultivator at the Hedao stage like Xu Tianzong couldn't help but be slightly startled.
A terrifying suction force erupted from the center of the spirit gathering formation, drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy madly.
Even with Xu Tianzong's experience, the spirit gathering formation Li Qi had drawn was several times more effective than any spirit gathering formation he had seen before.
Then, Li Qi flicked his finger.
The spirit gathering formation before him shot towards the sky above this foothold continent, its volume suddenly expanding.
The spiritual energy in the void outside this continent was instantly drained, creating a vacuum. It took a while for the spiritual energy from further away to replenish.
Xu Tianzong and many other Plane Lords rushed towards the continent.
They discovered that although the spirit gathering formation had not been active for long, the spiritual energy density within the continent was rapidly increasing.
"The effect of this formation is incredible!"
"As expected of fellow Daoist Li; he was able to kill Hedao cultivators with formations back then, so how could this spirit gathering formation be weak?"
A group of Plane Lords whispered excitedly.
The "rations" for them as cultivators, spiritual energy, would likely fill this continent soon.
"Fellow Daoist Li, what is this spirit gathering formation called? I've never seen it before."
Xu Tianzong couldn't help but approach Li Qi and ask.
Li Qi glanced at him.
"It would be strange if you had seen it. I call this formation 'Spirit Gathering Formation—T'; I created it myself."
Previously, the formation in the Di Xu Realm was Spirit Gathering Formation—S. After so many years of setting up formations, Li Qi's mastery of formations had long since advanced.
This Spirit Gathering Formation had naturally been upgraded to Spirit Gathering Formation—T.
With the stable supply of spiritual energy from this temporary foothold, the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan District were completely reassured.
Xu Tianzong no longer hesitated. Led by him, many Plane Lords headed directly for the Bai Yang District.
As for Li Qi, who did not need to personally go and harvest the Heavenly Dao,
He naturally took on the responsibility of security at the foothold.
He would occasionally cultivate and set up more defensive formations as a precaution.
Days passed, and it was quite peaceful.
In fact, Li Qi had also considered whether he should personally go and seize the Heavenly Dao Will.
But he decided against it.
Although others only received a ten percent share of what they seized, at least he didn't have to put in the effort.
He was content to remain as a security guard and logistics provider at the foothold.
More than half a month passed in an instant.
During this period, Li Qi remained the only one at the Xiao Yan District's foothold, with no Plane Lords having returned.
However, Li Qi was not anxious about this.
Locating small worlds and initiating the consumption of their Heavenly Dao was not a task that could be accomplished overnight.
After all, these were the distances between planes in the void, the spans between worlds. It was naturally impossible to expect immediate returns in a short period.
As expected, after Li Qi waited patiently for two months.
Two Plane Lords at the Void Returning Eighth Heaven returned side by side.
Although the two who returned were injured, it couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
"Fellow Daoist Li, here is the ten percent Heavenly Dao Will promised to you."
Suddenly, these two approached Li Qi and each produced a cluster of gray, incomplete Heavenly Dao Will from their hands.
Li Qi nodded slightly, a smile appearing on his face.
He was not worried about whether the Heavenly Dao Will provided by these two was shortchanged.
They were all Plane Lords from the Xiao Yan District; they wouldn't play tricks on this matter.
After all, if they were to try and deceive Li Qi, the security guard, in this regard,
Firstly, it would be embarrassing for Xu Tianzong, who had invited Li Qi to join the expedition.
Secondly, if Li Qi himself, as the sole security guard and formation controller of the foothold,
were to act maliciously, the consequences would likely be beyond their ability to bear.
A win-win situation was the best approach; anyone with a brain would understand this.
After receiving these two clusters of incomplete Heavenly Dao Will,
Li Qi did not hoard them; instead, he practiced the even more advanced "get it and spend it" lifestyle than the "moonlight tribe."
The moment he received these two clusters of Heavenly Dao Will,
Li Qi beckoned.
A spatial rift appeared beside him.
The aura of the Di Xu Realm Heavenly Dao Will emanated from within.
However, this time, Li Qi did not allow the Di Xu Realm Heavenly Dao Will to come out.
Instead, he grabbed the two clusters of Heavenly Dao Will and threw them in.
These two clusters of incomplete Heavenly Dao Will were quickly devoured whole by the Di Xu Realm Heavenly Dao.
"Hungry, want more, nuzzle me,"
Feeling the transmission of this thought, Li Qi couldn't help but twitch his mouth slightly.
Can't you, Heavenly Dao, be less mushy?
With a wave of his hand, Li Qi closed the spatial passage beside him.
After the two Plane Lords had delivered the current Heavenly Dao Will to Li Qi and chatted with him for a while,
They did not linger.
In order to go out and harvest the Heavenly Dao of new small worlds again,
They each found a place and began to rapidly recover their spiritual energy and nurse their injuries.
As for Li Qi,
He continued to shoulder his duty as the foothold's security guard, quietly waiting for the return of other Plane Lords.