"No wonder the Heavenly Dao Will above the Mahayana stage has improved so slowly," Li Qi murmured, a look of emotion on his face.
Although the Earth Void Realm's Heavenly Dao Will was also at the second or third heaven of Mahayana, compared to this Starfall small world, the mere density of spiritual energy in the Starfall small world far surpassed the Earth Void Realm.
In other words, a Heavenly Dao Will at the first heaven of Mahayana could cultivate a Mahayana first heaven cultivator without too much difficulty by spending some time.
However, a Mahayana first heaven cultivator, even if they dispersed all the spiritual energy around them, might not even fill one-millionth of the small world's space.
Although both were of the same level, their magnitudes were vastly different. This kind of energy level gap was enough to prove how difficult the breakthrough of Heavenly Dao Will was.
Heavenly Dao below the Mahayana stage was fine; they could take shortcuts by devouring other Heavenly Daos to quickly gain energy.
Above the Mahayana stage, however, killing and devouring were not allowed, and the path of shortcuts was blocked. Relying on self-improvement alone would take ages.
Of course, it was precisely because of this difficulty in improvement that the Heavenly Dao Will of the Mahayana stage experienced immense progress within the small world every time it broke through to a minor realm.
"The succession ceremony should begin soon, shouldn't it?" Li Qi, controlling the body of his third natal spirit puppet, looked towards a certain area within the Starfall small world.
All the cultivators who had come to attend the succession ceremony during this period were gathered there. Li Qi even sensed many familiar soul auras among those cultivators.
Those were the auras of the powerhouses he had seen in the tribulation-crossing space.
"Those guys are here. Do they still dare to face that immortal?" Li Qi narrowed his eyes slightly. He, controlling his natal spirit puppet, naturally dared to come. After all, his natal spirit puppet could change its aura and appearance according to his settings.
But those powerhouses were different; their souls were their souls, and their essence could not be changed. These eyewitnesses who had seen the murder scene dared to stand with the perpetrator in person? Weren't they afraid of being killed by that immortal? Li Qi was a little confused.
A few days later, the succession ceremony finally arrived. On this day, the Starfall small world was plunged into unprecedented excitement. In the central area of the Starfall small world, countless powerful auras surged and spread.
Among these powerhouses were external cultivators who had been waiting for a long time, as well as local powerhouses of the Starfall small world. However, at this moment, these powerhouses all appeared incredibly happy.
"Congratulations, fellow Daoist Su Qun, on succeeding the Plane Master of the Starfall small world today." A cultivator with a cultivation at the sixth heaven of Mahayana laughed heartily, looking at a middle-aged cultivator in white robes who was currently being surrounded by everyone.
Su Chang's face was also filled with a radiant smile. "Thank you all, fellow Daoists, for coming to witness this. Today, Su Chang succeeds the Plane Master of the Starfall small world, and I have many shortcomings. I will still need the help of all of you in the future."
"Naturally, naturally." The atmosphere was incredibly joyous.
At this moment, Li Qi stood unobtrusively in a corner. He quietly observed Su Chang, and then his brow furrowed slightly. Su Chang's strength was also at the seventh heaven of Mahayana. By all rights, he should have sensed Su Chang's soul aura. But Li Qi vaguely recalled that he had not seemed to sense Su Chang's soul aura in the tribulation-crossing space.
As if thinking of something, Li Qi's gaze shifted to several other directions. There also stood several cultivators above the seventh heaven of Mahayana. But strangely, among these Mahayana seventh heaven cultivators, some of their auras were indeed familiar to him. And the auras of some others, he had never encountered before.
"What's going on? Did those people not enter the tribulation-crossing space back then?" Li Qi suddenly thought of something. The summoning of the tribulation-crossing space at that time seemed to be voluntary. When others broke through to the seventh heaven of Mahayana and above, if you were willing to enter, you could send a trace of your soul; if you were unwilling, the tribulation-crossing space did not impose any compulsion.
"I still don't understand these basic rules enough," Li Qi sighed to himself, considering himself the least knowledgeable person among the Mahayana stage regarding this basic information.
Then, Li Qi seemed to discover something else. His eyes suddenly narrowed slightly. He quietly scanned the faces of the Mahayana cultivators one by one. Li Qi's brow suddenly knitted tightly.
The Mahayana cultivators present seemed to be congratulating Su Chang on his succession as the new Plane Master. But in reality, with Li Qi's deliberate attention, it seemed otherwise. Those who were truly congratulating Su Chang on succeeding as the Plane Master were only those with cultivation at the seventh heaven of Mahayana and above.
The real attitudes of the Mahayana cultivators above the seventh heaven present were divided into two. One group outwardly expressed congratulations, but upon careful observation, one could see that their hearts seemed heavy and their expressions were not good. The other group, however, wore strange smiles, which were more like fake smiles than genuine ones. Or rather, it was more like the mutual smiles of corrupt officials in ancient times, where a new recruit had successfully joined their ranks to get rich together.
At the same time, another point worth noting was that many of the former group were people Li Qi had met in the tribulation-crossing space. As for the latter group, although a small portion had been seen in the tribulation-crossing space that day, Li Qi was meeting many others for the first time today.
Sensing the strange atmosphere among the cultivators above the seventh heaven of Mahayana, Li Qi's brows furrowed even deeper.
Just then, as if sensing something, three incredibly terrifying auras descended from the sky. Feeling these three auras that surpassed the Mahayana stage, three immortals had arrived simultaneously.
At this moment, feeling the arrival of the three immortals together, everyone's expressions changed slightly. At the same time, Li Qi's thoughts stirred, and he once again paid attention to the expressions of those Mahayana cultivators above the seventh heaven.
This time, Li Qi clearly felt that the cultivators who had previously looked grim became even more distressed when the three immortals appeared. Conversely, the other group of Mahayana cultivators, upon the appearance of the three immortals, immediately became subservient and revealed fawning expressions.