Without the replenishment of external spiritual energy, doesn't this mean that the spiritual energy in the Yellow Profound Realm is depleting with use?
Less than half a day has passed, so the cultivators in the Yellow Profound Realm haven't noticed anything amiss.
But if we extend the perspective to hundreds of years?
Centuries of time, with only consumption of spiritual energy and no replenishment.
Then this would be...
An era of Dharma decline?
Li Qi's heart couldn't help but feel a tremor.
He seemed to have grasped something extraordinary.
Immediately, Li Qi brought the Transcendent Eight Heavens cultivator with a dazed expression beside him back to the Earthly Void Realm.
And along the way, Qi Youhuan, who had been unconscious before, had woken up thanks to Li Qi's abundant healing pills.
In fact, up until just now, Qi Youhuan was still puzzled as to why the Lord of the Yellow Profound Realm had attacked him.
But when he learned from Li Qi that spiritual stone resources were extremely scarce in other lower realms, and even the upper realms.
Qi Youhuan could only force a bitter smile, realizing that it was the abundance of spiritual stones he had given that had attracted others' greed.
Not long after, Li Qi also returned to the Earthly Void Realm.
And the moment Li Qi returned to the Earthly Void Realm.
He felt the tremendous changes within the Earthly Void Realm.
Originally, due to the limited scope of the spiritual gathering array, the spiritual energy in the Earthly Void Realm had already doubled compared to before, but it had reached its limit and could not be further enhanced.
But this time.
Li Qi, as the Lord of the Realm.
Once again felt the spiritual energy density of the Earthly Void Realm, on the basis of the original doubled amount, was slowly increasing again, becoming even more potent.
Slightly raising his head, his gaze entered the Heavenly Dao Space.
Li Qi could clearly feel.
Above the dome of the Heavenly Dao Space, the power of the Earthly Void Realm's Heavenly Dao Will, which had just devoured a Heavenly Dao of the same level, was continuously strengthening.
Along with it, the world's strength of the Earthly Void Realm also seemed to be subtly being elevated.
Especially another discovery further solidified Li Qi's thoughts.
Originally, when bringing Qi Youhuan into the Earthly Void Realm for healing, Li Qi had intended to use his authority to reinforce the space around Qi Youhuan.
But this time, when Qi Youhuan entered the Earthly Void Realm, there were no signs of spatial collapse.
Doesn't this mean that with the Earthly Void Realm's current capacity, it can now allow cultivators who were about to ascend upon breaking through to the Void Return stage to remain here?
Chen Tu'an, who was impatiently waiting in the Earthly Void Realm, rushed over as soon as he learned of Li Qi's return.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Qi Youhuan was not dead.
Then Chen Tu'an turned his gaze to Li Qi.
"Fellow Daoist Li, we have interrogated the information from those Transcendent stage cultivators. Their cultivation techniques and secret arts have all been extracted. However, there is no other useful information besides that."
"Hmm, I understand."
Immediately, Li Qi turned his gaze to the leading Transcendent Eight Heavens cultivator beside him.
Sensing Li Qi's gaze, the Transcendent Eight Heavens cultivator's body trembled.
"My lord, you promised not to kill me if I led you here."
To this, Li Qi smiled.
"Don't worry, I naturally won't kill you."
He arranged for Chen Tu'an to bring the other four Transcendent stage cultivators.
Five Transcendent stage cultivators from the Yellow Profound Realm stood in a row.
Li Qi looked at these five aging Transcendent stage cultivators.
"By the way, how old are you all now?"
"My lord, I have lived for about one thousand nine hundred years."
"My lord, I am over one thousand eight hundred years old."
"..."
Hearing this question.
The Transcendent Eight Heavens cultivator who had led Li Qi replied quickly.
Li Qi listened to them and was astonished to find that these five Transcendent stage cultivators.
The youngest among them had lived for at least over one thousand seven hundred years.
"They are all on the verge of their lifespans ending."
Li Qi couldn't help but sigh, lamenting how difficult it was for worlds with scarce resources to improve their strength.
After all, in his Earthly Void Realm, Feng Dengxian, the first to ascend, had broken through to the Void Return stage and ascended around the age of one thousand years at most.
This was even with the great war between the human and demon races consuming so much of their energy, leaving them with no time to cultivate.
Otherwise, Feng Dengxian's age at breakthrough to the Void Return stage should have been even earlier.
"Although you are not natives of the Earthly Void Realm, I can allow you to remain here."
Li Qi said slowly, looking at these five Transcendent stage cultivators.
Upon hearing this, the eyes of these five originally tense cultivators lit up, revealing excitement.
Both in terms of current spiritual energy density and resource prosperity.
The Earthly Void Realm was far superior to the Yellow Profound Realm.
If they were truly allowed to cultivate in the Earthly Void Realm.
"My lord... as long as you allow us to cultivate in the Earthly Void Realm, from now on, if you give any command, I will undoubtedly complete it, even at the cost of my life."
"Oh? Really."
"Naturally!"
These five Transcendent stage cultivators nodded in unison, without the slightest hesitation.
"Good, then perform for me a rotation of your bodies while simultaneously completing seven thousand two hundred degrees of Thomas spins."
"???"
The five Transcendent cultivators, completely unaware of what seven thousand two hundred degrees of Thomas spins were, were stunned.
However, in the next moment, Li Qi's expression turned serious.
He flicked his finger, and five streams of spiritual light leaped from his fingertips, flying towards these five Transcendent cultivators.
"Open your minds and don't make me say it a second time."
The hearts of the five Transcendent cultivators immediately tightened. Where would they dare to resist? They quickly opened their minds entirely.
The five streams of spiritual essence from Li Qi's fingertips shot into the divine senses of these five Transcendent cultivators respectively, and then a brand was imprinted upon their divine senses.
Ultimately, they were outsiders. Their Transcendent battle prowess was indeed somewhat useful, but it was still necessary to be on guard.
Upon this imprint on the divine senses of the five Transcendent cultivators.
Li Qi spent all his accumulated various "underworld" attribute points, imprinting at least a hundred methods of controlling others upon it.
The five Transcendent cultivators seemed to have sensed this. They exchanged glances, revealing bitter smiles and helplessness.
Li Qi's attention, however, was not solely focused on them.
His figure had, at some unknown time, returned to the Heavenly Dao Space.
This time, the Lord of the Yellow Profound Realm had come too suddenly.
If not for Li Qi's powerful recovery capabilities, and without the support of a third punch, he might not have been able to resolve Huang Qing so easily.
It was also time to set up defensive formations for the Earthly Void Realm.