A supremely mystical formation was easily conjured in Li Qi's hand.
As Li Qi infused a wisp of spiritual energy into the core of this formation.
The next moment, a brilliant radiance suddenly flickered from the mystical formation before him.
Following this, the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth was madly siphoned towards this formation.
A few days prior, after learning about the spiritual gathering formations in the Upper Realm from the Zhang Qing'an brothers.
Li Qi watched the thin spiritual energy being continuously drawn into the Earth Void Realm from the Void Land.
He then conceived of an idea.
That was, the rate at which the Earth Void Realm absorbed spiritual energy from the Void Land was far too slow.
If a super-large spiritual gathering formation could be constructed at the boundary of the Earth Void Realm.
Would the spiritual energy from the Void Land pour in faster?
On a grander scale, if this could truly be achieved, for all the cultivators in the Earth Void Realm, even if spiritual stones were insufficient, their cultivation speed could be greatly enhanced.
And on a smaller scale, it was purely for his own cultivation speed to become faster while hiding in the Earth Void Realm.
Thus, for a period of time afterward, Li Qi began to study spiritual gathering formations.
As fate would have it.
Li Qi's formation attribute points had surpassed a thousand that day, and the talent of "Insight" came into good use.
With the hundredfold increase in deciphering and comprehension speed,
Li Qi discovered most of the shortcomings of his initial spiritual gathering formation in a very short time and subsequently modified it.
Up to this point, Li Qi had modified it at least ten times.
However, observing the operation of this formation, Li Qi slightly frowned.
"Not enough, the power of this spiritual gathering formation is not great enough to support an entire Earth Void Realm."
His eyes, endowed with the passive talent of Insight, swept across the formation patterns once more.
Immediately, Li Qi immersed himself in the modification of the spiritual gathering formation.
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In the Void Land.
Qi Youhuan continuously flew forward in one direction, his mental state not appearing to be very good.
In this desolate and spiritually thin place,
Qi Youhuan's body and mind were somewhat tense and fatigued.
Since ascending and departing, Qi Youhuan had been advancing according to a subtle guidance.
It had been about half a year by now.
Yet, after this half-year, he hadn't even seen a shadow of the Upper Realm.
"The Upper Realm is too far. I wonder how long Old Feng took to reach it back then."
As he spoke, Qi Youhuan still intended to advance according to the guidance.
And at that moment, Qi Youhuan's gaze fell upon a direction nearby.
Not too far from him, there was a small world.
Why not... rest for a while in that small world?
With this thought, Qi Youhuan headed directly towards that small world.
And just as Qi Youhuan was about to reach the small world, a voice abruptly sounded.
"Are you an ascender?"
Qi Youhuan's heart immediately became vigilant.
He discovered that at some unknown point, a middle-aged figure stood not far from him before this small world.
Qi Youhuan narrowed his eyes, sensing the not-insignificant aura of this middle-aged man, at least at the Void Return fourth layer.
Stronger than him, but not necessarily able to easily subdue him.
Immediately, Qi Youhuan realized the man's identity: "Are you the Lord of this world's plane?"
"Yes, I am the Lord of this world's plane."
The middle-aged man smiled.
"Looking at you, you seem to be ascending to the Upper Realm. I've been to the Upper Realm a few times before, and then I returned."
"The Upper Realm is still quite a distance from here. You were planning to come to my world to rest for a bit, weren't you?"
Qi Youhuan nodded and cupped his fists.
"I did indeed have that intention, but I naturally wouldn't rest for free."
Qi Youhuan glanced at his spatial ring. Although spiritual stones might be the lowest grade of items in the Upper Realm,
Having some was better than none. To be on the safe side when ascending to the Upper Realm, he hadn't used too many spiritual stones along the way.
He still had over ninety thousand.
Qi Youhuan pondered for a moment and said.
"However, I don't have many good things on me, only some spiritual stones I carry."
"If you are willing to let me rest in your world, I am willing to pay you two thousand spiritual stones as compensation, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, a flash suddenly appeared deep within the middle-aged man's eyes, but his expression remained unchanged.
"Two thousand spiritual stones... that seems a bit..."
The middle-aged man drew out his tone.
Qi Youhuan's brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this.
"Too little? Then I'll add another two thousand spiritual stones, a total of four thousand spiritual stones, how about that?"
"Haha, that is certainly acceptable. Esteemed sir, please follow me."
A predatory glint appeared deep within the middle-aged man's eyes, yet his expression remained enthusiastic.
Although Qi Youhuan was wary, he did not detect the strangeness of this middle-aged man and followed him into the small world.
And at the very moment Qi Youhuan entered this small world,
Qi Youhuan felt something and immediately turned his head.
His expression instantly changed drastically.
It turned out that the predatory glint in the middle-aged man's eyes was no longer hidden at all, and was now fully exposed.
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In the Heavenly Dao Space of the Earth Void Realm.
Spring turned to autumn, and another two and a half years passed.
Li Qi had also spent a full two and a half years in the Heavenly Dao Space modifying the spiritual gathering formation.
And today.
A formation pattern more complex and mystical than any before was completed and hovered before Li Qi.
With a flick of his finger, a wisp of spiritual essence entered the core area of this spiritual gathering formation.
Immediately.
"Boom!"
An incredibly terrifying suction force surged from this spiritual gathering formation.
The nearby spiritual energy was completely absorbed into the spiritual gathering formation under the terrifying suction force, even creating a momentary "vacuum" state in the vicinity.
Li Qi's eyes lit up at this moment.
This time, the power of the spiritual gathering formation seemed sufficient.
With another flick of his finger, the formation was propelled by Li Qi from the Heavenly Dao Space, flying straight towards the sky above the Earth Void Realm.
Following this, the formation, originally the size of a palm, suddenly expanded, growing larger and larger.
In just a few dozen breaths, it covered the entire sky above the Earth Void Realm, which was like a vast canopy.
Countless powerhouses at this moment looked up in astonishment.
"What is happening?"
And at this moment, Li Qi's figure emerged from the Heavenly Dao Space.
Looking at the cultivators below staring at the formation in the sky, Li Qi's voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears.
"No need to panic, this is a good thing for the Earth Void Realm."
Upon hearing that it was Li Qi's voice, many powerhouses immediately breathed a sigh of relief and had no further worries.
Following this.
"Boom!"
The colossal formation in the sky suddenly erupted with a suction force.
The thin spiritual energy in the Void Land outside the Earth Void Realm was furiously drawn into the Earth Void Realm.
Immediately, some cultivators with powerful senses suddenly revealed looks of shock.
Because they all discovered that the spiritual energy within the Earth Void Realm had become slightly more concentrated!
However, Li Qi paid no mind to the reactions of these cultivators.
He looked up at the vast and conspicuous formation, a look of satisfaction on his face.
"This formation shall be named 'Spiritual Gathering Array S'."
Then, Li Qi raised his hand slightly.
The passive authority of the Plane Lord was utilized, coupled with some hidden measures Li Qi had left in the Spiritual Gathering Array S being activated.
Dozens of seconds later, the originally conspicuous formation suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.
Even their senses could no longer detect it.
Fortunately, the effect of the spiritual gathering formation remained.
At this moment, perhaps only Li Qi, as the Plane Lord and creator of the formation, could sense the location of the Spiritual Gathering Array S.
"Ah... two and a half years of hard work. Now I must go and have a good rest. I'm exhausted."
Li Qi stretched, letting out a groan, and then suddenly vanished from the sky.
For a long time afterward, the spiritual energy concentration within the Earth Void Realm continued to increase.
It finally stopped only when the spiritual energy concentration of the Earth Void Realm reached twice that of the past.
But this was enough. After all, being able to increase the spiritual energy concentration of a world by twofold was not something an ordinary formation could achieve.
In fact, if Li Qi continued to modify it, he could indeed make it even better.
But for Li Qi, it was sufficient for now.
Perhaps in the future, when he was bored, Li Qi would upgrade the Spiritual Gathering Array S again.
But for now, having diligently studied formations for two and a half years.
If he didn't rest well, how could he do justice to himself?
PS: Wuwuwu, it's too miserable. I'm secretly hiding in the restroom to sneak in typing while the leader isn't patrolling during my night shift. Asking for a few more reader tips again.