"Let's put the matter of this Oblivion Space devouring spiritual energy on hold then,"
Thinking this, Li Qi's mind stirred.
The Oblivion Space, which had been ravenously devouring spiritual energy for fifty years, was finally sealed shut by Li Qi once more.
It wasn't that Li Qi no longer wished to continue devouring the spiritual energy of his own Earthly Void Realm to improve himself.
It was just that if he continued to devour it so recklessly, the spiritual energy intensity would fall below the lower limit, potentially even affecting the Heavenly Dao Will itself.
It was precisely for this reason that even though his Heavenly Dao Will was still constantly using Dao Fall fragments, an ominous signal of danger and unease was transmitted from the depths of the cosmos towards Li Qi, the lord of the plane, rousing him.
If it were anyone else's minor world, Li Qi wouldn't have cared about exhausting or damaging its origins through over-extraction.
But this was, after all, his own minor world, and he had to be mindful of it.
After all, Li Qi's original purpose was to strengthen the Heavenly Dao Will of the Earthly Void Realm, and he couldn't allow it to be too severely damaged.
"Fifty years should be enough."
Li Qi muttered to himself.
He felt an immensely vast and most pure spiritual energy within his body, ready to be absorbed without any further effort.
This was all the reciprocation from the Oblivion Space over the past fifty years.
Even though Li Qi had continuously absorbed such a massive amount of spiritual energy reciprocated by the Oblivion Space during these fifty years, he had still not managed to absorb it all.
However, this did not mean that Li Qi's Tribulation Stage cultivation lacked substance.
The main reason was that.
More than ten years ago, Li Qi had already reached the peak of the first level of the Tribulation Stage under the reciprocation of the Oblivion Space.
The spiritual energy he needed was no longer the most crucial thing for him.
The small barrier between the first and second levels of the Tribulation Stage was the key that Li Qi now needed to break.
Otherwise, any amount of spiritual energy would not offer him much further improvement.
"To successfully enter the second level of the Tribulation Stage, it seems I'll have to waste some time,"
Li Qi murmured involuntarily.
At this moment, Li Qi had entered a bottleneck, and he was no longer in such a hurry to cultivate in seclusion.
His thoughts stirred slightly, and he began to process the various information transmitted to him by his first natal spirit puppet, who was in the Void Black Market for the past few decades.
Simultaneously, Li Qi flicked his finger.
His Oblivion Space opened a small gap, and a faint suction force emerged. Li Qi casually took out a spatial ring from his person, unceremoniously pulling out all sorts of spiritual ores and heavenly treasures and stuffing them into the Oblivion Space for a negligible improvement.
These heavenly treasures were specially purchased by Li Qi to enhance the Oblivion Space.
In addition to the Oblivion Space devouring the spiritual energy within the Earthly Void Realm for these decades, another portion of the energy consumed was these countless heavenly treasures.
Otherwise, relying solely on the spiritual energy of the Earthly Void Realm might not have been enough to sustain the increasingly terrifying Oblivion Space's fifty-year consumption.
The first natal spirit puppet's transmission of various information to Li Qi was not of any major consequence.
It was primarily about the development of the Void Black Market.
The Penguin Medicine Pavilion had reached its peak development within its affiliated Void Black Market.
And because the first natal spirit puppet, with its Tribulation Stage cultivation, was in charge of the Void Black Market, no one dared to cause trouble.
Concurrently, due to the first natal spirit puppet, with his current cultivation level, even if he wasn't as skilled in alchemy as Li Qi's main body, he was still capable of refining most pills, and the quality of these pills was good.
It was precisely for this reason.
Many Tribulation Stage powerhouses from surrounding Void Black Markets would travel great distances to the Void Black Market where he was located, seeking out the first natal spirit puppet to order custom-made pills.
These custom-ordered pills for Tribulation Stage powerhouses represented a colossal income for the Penguin Medicine Pavilion.
It was even comparable to the sale of those exorbitant-priced pills.
After all, alchemy was a lucrative business, and even more so when refining custom pills for these Tribulation Stage cultivators. The profit from a single custom pill order could easily be equivalent to the profit from over a dozen, or even dozens, of exorbitantly priced pills combined.
Li Qi couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard this news.
However, Li Qi would naturally not refuse anything that could increase his income.
After all, besides the Heavenly Dao Will of his Earthly Void Realm, he now had the Oblivion Space as another mouth to feed.
Yet, soon, Li Qi's brow furrowed once more.
The speed at which his Oblivion Space devoured resources was much more terrifying than that of the Earthly Void Realm's Heavenly Dao Will.
In just these few decades, Li Qi could clearly feel that much of his previously accumulated savings had been utilized.
This consumption of resources was even greater than the expenditure required to purchase the Heavenly Dao Will.
Although the increase in the Oblivion Space's intensity was indeed astonishing.
"If my Oblivion Space's intensity increases further, this single Penguin Medicine Pavilion might not be able to afford it."
Unless Li Qi chose to personally lead the Oblivion Space to forage and devour various things, relying solely on purchasing resources.
It was likely that within a few decades, even this single Penguin Medicine Pavilion would be completely devoured by the increasingly terrifying Oblivion Space.
"No, the income generated by a single Penguin Medicine Pavilion is no longer sufficient. I seem to need to have the Penguin Medicine Pavilion open branches in other Void Black Markets."
Li Qi murmured. He should have done this long ago.
However, the resources for purchasing the Heavenly Dao Will had been sufficient for Li Qi previously, so he had temporarily disregarded it.
Now, due to the scarcity of resources for the Oblivion Space, the matter of generating resources had once again been placed on Li Qi's agenda.
However, this time, Li Qi did not need to worry too much about opening branches of the Penguin Medicine Pavilion in other Void Black Markets.
After all, the natal spirit puppets outside his body were all at the Tribulation Stage.
Yin Chuan of the Yin Zong Domain was also at the Tribulation Stage.
With these few Tribulation Stage cultivators around, it would not be too difficult for branches to establish a foothold in other Void Black Markets.
With a thought, Li Qi conveyed the information to the first natal spirit puppet to open branches in other Void Black Markets.
The first natal spirit puppet accepted the mission and promised to complete it to the best of his ability.
After further communication with the first natal spirit puppet, remotely directing him to help complete some other minor matters,
Li Qi withdrew his consciousness once more.
Sensing his peak first level Tribulation Stage realm, which had reached a bottleneck,
Li Qi's eyes deepened once more.
In his mind, the past memories of Xu Qingfeng were once again recalled by him.