The matter of Feng Hong District's surrender was quickly concluded.
In less than ten days, Xu Tianzong returned.
Following behind Xu Tianzong were several others.
These were precisely the four cultivators at the first level of the Hedao realm who had surrendered three years ago.
With their strength, passing these three years was effortless.
During this time, no foolish Plane Lords from other Minor Worlds dared to enter their small worlds to harvest.
After all, the Plane Lords of the Minor Worlds were there to harvest Heavenly Dao, not to court death.
Combat and resources were the two things that could most rapidly enhance a cultivator's strength.
Traveling for over a decade, passing through seven regions, the Plane Lords of the Minor Worlds had acquired both.
All the Plane Lords who survived were immensely prosperous.
Some had even managed to break through one or even two minor realms during this decade.
Among the original cultivators in the Minor Worlds, the number of Plane Lords at the peak of the Return to Void realm had steadily increased.
"Finally breaking through to the peak of the Return to Void realm. I still have plenty of resources left, perhaps in a few days I can purchase a Hedao Pill from the Void Black Market as a precaution. I never thought I would have the chance to break through to the Hedao realm in this lifetime."
"Who isn't? I've been stuck at the eighth level of the Return to Void realm for hundreds of years, but I managed to break through forcefully during a life-and-death battle. Now I'm close to the peak of the Return to Void realm. If you ever plan to head to the Void Black Market, Fellow Daoist, you can invite me along. I'm also preparing to purchase some things. After all, I've accumulated quite a lot of Heavenly Dao Will and spirit stones over the years, and it's best to use them."
The Plane Lords of the Minor Worlds conversed with each other, unable to conceal their excitement.
Finally, under Xu Tianzong's lead, the group of Plane Lords from the Minor Worlds embarked on their journey back to their original Minor Worlds.
...
Not far away, the Dixu Realm reappeared before Li Qi's eyes.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed since he had left the Dixu Realm.
Fortunately, Li Qi usually only spent his time in seclusion in the Dixu Realm or wandered around when he was bored.
During these ten-plus years away, Li Qi had still only occasionally cultivated or studied formations. Apart from his location, the things he did were fundamentally the same.
The distance to the Dixu Realm was growing shorter.
As the Plane Lord of the Dixu Realm, Li Qi could clearly sense the dense spiritual energy within it.
The world strength of the Dixu Realm was becoming stronger and stronger.
As if sensing Li Qi's return, the Heavenly Dao Will in the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao space emitted pleasant emotions towards Li Qi.
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"Hic..."
And then it burped.
"Good kid, you used to 'eat food' when welcoming me, but now you're directly burping to welcome your Plane Lord back, huh?"
Li Qi couldn't help but roll his eyes.
His figure flashed, and he directly entered the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao space.
Upon entering the Heavenly Dao space, Li Qi's first action was to assess the current strength of the Heavenly Dao Will.
But the next moment, Li Qi's brows furrowed slightly.
Despite his relentless feeding of Heavenly Dao Will without regard for cost,
the strength of the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will had not increased significantly.
As of now, the Dixu Realm's world strength could barely accommodate cultivators at the sixth level of the Hedao realm.
This… was too slow. Had all the Heavenly Dao Will he painstakingly acquired been fed in vain?
It's worth noting that the amount of Heavenly Dao Will he fed was not small.
When harvesting outside, his share from being a security guard, although he only took ten percent of the Heavenly Dao Will,
the countless small worlds across these seven regions combined,
when their Heavenly Dao Will was harvested, it accumulated into a vast fortune.
And this was not the main part. The larger portion was from the Void Black Market.
The Heavenly Dao Will and spirit stones earned from selling imitation pills there were unimaginable.
Just then,
above the dome of the Heavenly Dao space, the Heavenly Dao Will gently extended a small, chubby hand and lightly poked the self-service buffet space ring.
From within, a complete Heavenly Dao Will of the sixth level of the Return to Void realm was tossed out.
The moment the Heavenly Dao Will was thrown out of the space ring, the much larger Dixu Realm Heavenly Dao Will in the sky directly swallowed it whole and began to digest it rapidly.
Li Qi stood in the Heavenly Dao space, observing the digestion process of the Dixu Realm Heavenly Dao Will.
In a flash, half a month passed, and the Heavenly Dao Will of the sixth level of the Return to Void realm was completely digested.
Li Qi's brows furrowed even more deeply.
This time, he had been meticulously observing the digestion of the Dixu Realm Heavenly Dao Will.
And it was precisely by observing that Li Qi was shocked to discover.
After digesting this one Heavenly Dao Will of the sixth level of the Return to Void realm, the strength increase of the Dixu Realm Heavenly Dao Will was negligible.
"This… is the Heavenly Dao Will of the Return to Void or Nascent Soul stage now so little help to the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will?"
"Could it be? I need to find Heavenly Dao of the same Hedao stage for my greedy pig?"
This thought appeared in Li Qi's mind, and for a moment, even Li Qi couldn't help but frown, finding it extremely troublesome.
Heavenly Dao of the Hedao realm was not something easy to obtain.
Heavenly Dao of the Hedao realm did not mean that every small world of a Plane Lord at the Hedao stage was the same.
Although many of the strongest cultivators in various regions were at the fifth or sixth level of Hedao or even stronger,
in reality, the small worlds they inhabited might only be able to accommodate cultivators at the first or second level of Hedao at most.
It was only due to the Plane Lord's lifespan extension privilege and the freedom from ascension that their strength could surpass that of the Heavenly Dao itself.
Take Gu Mengping from the Minor World as an example. Although he was already at the first level of Hedao,
in reality, the strength of the Mengchang Small World he inhabited was only at the eighth level of the Return to Void realm.
Speaking of the current Hedao stage Heavenly Dao in their Minor World, Xu Tianzong's Xiaoyan Realm counted as one, and Li Qi's own Dixu Realm counted as another.
And then there were…
the small worlds of the three cultivators at the sixth level of Hedao who had surrendered back then, as well as the original Feng Hong Realm of Feng Hong District.
But unfortunately, after selecting new Plane Lords, those four small worlds had already surrendered and joined the Minor World, so it was not appropriate to act against their own people.
As for the small worlds of the three cultivators at the second level of Hedao who had surrounded and attacked Gu Mengping back then, the strongest among them was only a Heavenly Dao at the peak of the Return to Void realm.