"Forget it, let's first check the progress of my own fat pig," Li Qi muttered to himself after thinking for a long time, shaking his head. If his Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao could improve its strength with Daofall Shards, and thus produce more spiritual energy, perhaps Li Qi wouldn't need to think so much in a short period. After all, for Li Qi, developing peacefully at home without attracting attention was the best. With over a hundred thousand Daofall Shards, Li Qi estimated that, if all went as planned, his Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will could at least increase its strength by several minor realms.
He came back to his senses. During the time Li Qi was thinking, he could clearly feel that the incredibly dense spiritual energy in the Heavenly Dao space had thinned considerably. This was proof of how terrifying the spirit-absorbing speed of his Annihilation Space was. Fortunately, apart from the small portion needed to reinforce and improve the space's strength, most of the spiritual energy would be converted into the purest energy for Li Qi's use.
With a slight shift of his thoughts, the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Dao space, which had thinned out, became incredibly dense once more. Moreover, it was even denser than at the beginning. This did not mean that the strength of the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will had significantly increased at this moment. It was simply that just now, Li Qi had utilized his Plane Lord authority, which he hadn't used in a long time. He had siphoned a lot of spiritual energy from various parts of the Dixu Realm and directly infused it into the Heavenly Dao space. In the past, the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Dao space was sufficient for Li Qi's needs, so he hadn't used his Plane Lord authority to do anything with the spiritual energy in the small world. But now, he, as the Plane Lord, needed a vast amount of spiritual energy. Therefore, Li Qi naturally wouldn't hesitate to draw spiritual energy from various regions and project it into the Heavenly Dao space.
As for whether the cultivators in the Dixu Realm would care, Li Qi didn't care at all. Not to mention how many people still knew about his existence as the Plane Lord after all this time. Even if there were cultivators who knew of his existence and were dissatisfied, Li Qi wouldn't care in the slightest. The current prosperity of the Dixu Realm was the result of his hard work. If any cultivator were to express dissatisfaction, Li Qi would have no choice but to capture them from the Dixu Realm and let them experience what true poverty was like in the small worlds of his fellow Daoists.
"Let it be like this for now," Li Qi said to himself. The Dixu Realm could barely sustain the current situation. If he truly felt that the spiritual energy of the Dixu Realm was being overdrawn one day, he could temporarily close the Annihilation Space and let the Dixu Realm recover. Furthermore, the resources Li Qi had yet to spend were also terrifying. Previously, he had only asked his two natal spirit puppets from the Void Black Market to purchase Heavenly Dao Wills. Now, he could also purchase other resources for the Annihilation Space to consume. This would also help alleviate the spiritual pressure currently borne by the Dixu Realm.
With this thought, Li Qi prepared to sit down and digest the purest spiritual energy that had transformed into his own. But as soon as this thought arose, Li Qi suddenly sensed something. He slightly raised his head. Then, seeing what was in front of him, Li Qi's mouth twitched. The Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao in the sky was still indulging in the Daofall Shards with great delight, completely unaware that its own body was about to be sucked into the Annihilation Space. If Li Qi hadn't noticed this, the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will might have been sucked into the Annihilation Space. Although Li Qi would be able to sense it immediately, it would still cause some hidden emotional turmoil to the fragile heart of the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will.
"This damn thing can't be eaten," Li Qi's thoughts shifted. He slightly controlled the consumption situation of the Annihilation Space, making it only devour the surrounding spiritual energy and ignore the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao in the sky. Only then did the Heavenly Dao Will, which was being drawn towards the Annihilation Space, finally stop its descent. At this moment, the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will was completely unaware that it had almost been swallowed. It was still indulging in the use of Daofall Shards with a look of intoxication.
"Heh heh... heh heh... heh heh heh" (¯﹃¯)(¯﹃¯)(¯﹃¯)
Li Qi became increasingly speechless at this scene, but there was nothing he could do. As the Plane Lord, he could also feel the visible increase in the strength of the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will at this moment.
"Slap!" With a casual clap, he sent the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will back to the dome, leaving it to fend for itself. Only then did Li Qi finally have some free time. He let the Annihilation Space continue to devour spiritual energy for his use. Li Qi's eyes slowly closed, and he began his long-awaited cultivation.
Fifty years passed in the blink of an eye. For Li Qi's current Tribulation stage cultivation, fifty years was neither short nor particularly long. The main purpose of waking up this time was that Li Qi had sensed that the internal spiritual energy of the Dixu Realm had become very thin under the consumption of his Annihilation Space. Even though the strength of the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will had been continuously improving over these fifty years, even reaching the peak of the second heaven of the Tribulation stage. But it was no use. While the Dixu Realm's Heavenly Dao Will was improving, his Annihilation Space was also consuming a portion of the spiritual energy to improve its own spatial strength. Its spatial dimensions had long since reached thousands of meters in length and width, remaining a deep, silent void. And because the strength of his Annihilation Space had also increased, its speed of devouring spiritual energy became even more terrifying. It was now countless times stronger than when Li Qi had first created it. It was precisely because of this that in just fifty years, Li Qi felt that the spiritual energy in the Dixu Realm was nearing its limit.