"From now on, when there's Heavenly Dao Will, eat the incomplete ones first, then the complete ones. Understand the principle of hardship before sweetness?"
"If I catch you being picky again, you won't get to eat at the buffet anymore! Understand!"
Under Li Qi's stern reprimand, the Heavenly Dao Will of the Dixu Realm was like an elementary school student, only able to nod in fear, daring not to retort.
After educating the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will and making it understand who was the boss,
Li Qi finally sealed the spatial rift.
Closing the spatial rift, Li Qi sat quietly and sighed.
Recalling the past, when the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao was starving, as long as he produced a Heavenly Dao Will, no matter how fragmented it was,
The Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao would eat it with delight.
But now that living conditions had improved, even the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao had developed the bad habit of being picky.
Fortunately, at least this time the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao's picky eating habit was corrected.
As for the Base, Li Qi's subsequent actions were quite simple.
It was nothing more than continuing to research formations, acting as a security guard with peace of mind.
Then wait for the Lord of the Small Yan District Plane to return, pay his share, and then Li Qi would feed it to the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao.
It was repetitive, but for Li Qi, it was just right.
A year passed quickly as Li Qi served as the security guard at the Base.
Just as Li Qi was, as usual, pondering more powerful formations,
Li Qi suddenly sensed something, and his gaze lifted slightly.
He looked into the distance, and the figures of Xu Tianzong and Gu Mengping were slowly returning.
"Fellow Daoists, it's only been a little over a year, why are you back so suddenly? Could it be that the Plane Lords of other regions have set their sights on here, preparing to compete with our Small Yan District?"
Li Qi asked.
Xu Tianzong and Gu Mengping shook their heads slightly.
"Nothing of the sort. We have come to discuss another matter with Fellow Daoist Li."
"What matter?"
"Many Plane Lords in the Fuchang District wish to surrender and join the Small Yan District. What are your thoughts on this, Fellow Daoist Li?"
Xu Tianzong spoke.
If it were in the past, as the only cultivator at the Dao Integration stage in the Small Yan District, this matter would naturally be decided by him alone.
But now, with Li Qi, who was even more formidable than himself, present.
Regardless of whether Li Qi was low-key or not in his daily life, he still had to discuss it with Li Qi.
This was, after all, a matter concerning the entire Small Yan District.
"Surrender?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qi looked at Xu Tianzong with a hint of confusion.
Seemingly sensing Li Qi's puzzled gaze, Xu Tianzong slowly explained.
"A hundred years ago, when an outer region invaded our Small Yan District, it also caused many planes in our Small Yan District to shatter, significantly reducing the combat power of the Void Refining stage Plane Lords in our Small Yan District."
"Now, the surviving Plane Lords of the Fuchang District have no great will to fight and wish to surrender. If we can incorporate them into our Small Yan District, it would be an increase in our combat strength."
"We've just harvested the Heavenly Dao of many of their small worlds, and now we're accepting their surrender. Is that appropriate?"
Li Qi frowned slightly. As an old survivor, if it were him, since there was already enmity, he would leave none alive.
Xu Tianzong shook his head.
"You don't need to worry about this, Fellow Daoist Li. Although they are all from the same region, some Plane Lords might have some acquaintances. But acquaintanceship... is merely acquaintanceship."
Xu Tianzong paused.
"There's something you, Fellow Daoist Li, being too young, might not be aware of. The Small Yan District was not as large as it is now. Near the Small Yan District, there were four or five other regions. At that time, the Small Yan District was also in a state of constant conflict with those regions."
"However, in the end, the strongest individuals from those regions were all defeated by my hand, and the Small Yan District came to be in its current state."
At this moment, as if to echo Xu Tianzong's words, Gu Mengping beside him said.
"Fellow Daoist Li, to be honest, when the previous Plane Lord of my Mengchang Small World was in charge, my Mengchang Small World did not belong to the Small Yan District."
"However, Daoist Xu's strength was immense, and he defeated the strongest individual in the region where Mengchang Small World was located. Mengchang Small World was fortunate not to be destroyed and was thus incorporated into the Small Yan District. Later, when the old Plane Lord of Mengchang Small World reached the end of his lifespan and died, it was my turn to succeed."
"There are actually many small worlds similar to my Mengchang Small World, such as..."
As he spoke, Gu Mengping mentioned a few more small worlds in the Small Yan District that Li Qi had heard of.
"So that's how it is."
Li Qi finally understood. He suddenly seemed to recall something and looked at Xu Tianzong.
"If, during that past event, you had also perished in the encirclement and assassination, would the small worlds in the Small Yan District have only had the options of being harvested or surrendering?"
Xu Tianzong nodded: "It would have been largely so. However, fortunately, my fate was not sealed. That day, it only resulted in the loss of some small worlds in the Small Yan District."
"In that case, this matter of the Plane Lords of the Fuchang District surrendering will be entirely up to you, Fellow Daoist Xu."
Li Qi did not want to waste time and energy on such matters, and directly delegated the responsibility.
Having received Li Qi's opinion, Xu Tianzong did not linger any longer. He bid farewell and left to attend to matters.
In the following days, Li Qi, working as a security guard at the Base, saw more and more Plane Lords from the Small Yan District returning.
At the same time, after these Plane Lords of the Small Yan District returned, they did not continue to go out and attempt to harvest Heavenly Dao.
Li Qi understood.
Most likely, Xu Tianzong had already handled the matter of the Fuchang District's surrender.
Once the remaining small worlds of the Fuchang District were incorporated into the Small Yan District,
The Plane Lords of the Small Yan District would naturally find it inappropriate to continue harvesting the Heavenly Dao of those small worlds.
About a month later, Xu Tianzong returned to the Base again.
"The matter of the Fuchang District's surrender has been handled. Henceforth, the surviving small worlds of the Fuchang District will all be under my Small Yan District."
Li Qi nodded, indicating he understood.
Immediately, the group from the Small Yan District set off again.
After all, the region that participated in the encirclement and assassination of Gu Mengping was not just the Fuchang District.
They were heading to other regions.
As for the Plane Lords of the Small Yan District who set off this time, they were naturally the original ones, not including the surrendered Plane Lords from the Fuchang District.
After all, they were previously enemies. Although they had now surrendered, this time the benefits were for the original Plane Lords of the Small Yan District, and it was naturally impossible to let these newly surrendered Plane Lords profit.
Unless the Small Yan District encountered external enemies again and achieved victory.
Only then would the surrendered Plane Lords of the Fuchang District be qualified to participate.