Cultivators undergo tribulations.
Not all are successful.
The possibility of perishing is the greater factor.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many powerful cultivators in this world, and the lightning tribulation would have lost its original meaning.
Li Qi's eyes seemed devoid of any ripple, calmly watching the center of the lightning tribulation, the place of tribulation which was now empty.
Not long after.
When the Void Refinement stage lightning tribulation in the sky finally dissipated.
The four cultivators from the Yellow Profound Realm, who were thousands of miles away, arrived at Huang Tao's tribulation site.
They looked around, as if searching for any traces left behind by Huang Tao after his failed tribulation.
Unfortunately, they found nothing. Only scorched earth on the ground indicated that someone had undergone tribulation there just moments ago.
After a long while.
The backs of these four Yellow Profound Realm cultivators appeared somewhat desolate. They sighed deeply.
One of them raised his palm slightly, scooping up a wisp of charred soil from the ground.
They erected a small tomb nearby.
The tombstone was nameless, for it was destined to be forgotten.
Living out their days, if they were to fail their own tribulations, their fate would likely be similar.
It was even uncertain if anyone would erect a small grave mound for them.
A gentle breeze blew, and the figures of the four Yellow Profound Realm cultivators suddenly vanished from their spot.
Li Qi watched this scene silently from within the Heavenly Dao space.
Although this time it was not a friend of his who perished.
He had experienced witnessing friends perish before.
Li Qi remained silent, simply lost in thought for a while.
After a considerable time, he wiped his palm, and the scene before his eyes disappeared.
Immediately, Li Qi raised his head slightly.
On the dome of the Heavenly Dao space, the Heavenly Dao Will belonging to the Earth Profound Realm floated quietly.
Using the authority of the Plane Lord, he gently sensed the current state of the Heavenly Dao.
Decades had passed since the Heavenly Dao Will of the Earth Profound Realm had devoured the Heavenly Daos of six small worlds.
Over these decades, the Earth Profound Realm Heavenly Dao had almost completely digested them.
Li Qi made a rough estimation.
With the current strength of the Earth Profound Realm, it was no longer difficult to withstand cultivators below the eighth level of the Void Refinement stage.
As for those above the eighth level of the Void Refinement stage, or even cultivators in the Dao Integration stage.
At least, in Li Qi's estimation.
Merely digesting the Heavenly Dao Wills of those previously devoured worlds would not be enough for advancement.
Li Qi suddenly recalled the Plane Lords from other planes who had pursued Miao Suyao.
A look of regret appeared on his face.
It was only now that he had thought of an issue.
That was, he had killed those foreign Plane Lords too quickly.
They hadn't even managed to summon the Heavenly Daos of their own worlds before he killed them.
If they had been able to summon them, then after killing those Plane Lords, he should have been able to devour their Heavenly Daos as well.
"If only I had feigned weakness first and let those fellows summon their Heavenly Daos before killing them."
Li Qi couldn't help but sigh.
However, they were already dead, and regret was useless.
Just as Li Qi was sighing with regret,
Gu Mengping, the Plane Lord of the ninth level of Void Refinement whom he had met a few times before, had, at some unknown time, already arrived outside the Earth Profound Realm.
"Is Fellow Daoist Li present!"
Gu Mengping called out towards the Earth Profound Realm.
The next moment, Li Qi's figure appeared outside the Earth Profound Realm, looking at Gu Mengping.
"What is it this time?"
At this moment, Gu Mengping no longer possessed the aggressive demeanor from their previous misunderstanding.
He cupped his hands slightly towards Li Qi.
"Fellow Daoist Li, these past few days, those foreign Plane Lords have arrived in our desolate region, jointly destroying and devouring the Heavenly Daos of many small worlds, causing widespread unease among the nearby Plane Lords."
"Coincidentally, I heard from Fellow Daoist Miao Suyao of the Qi Huang Realm that you dealt with some foreign Plane Lords a few days ago."
"Therefore, my purpose in coming this time is to invite Fellow Daoist Li to attend a meeting of nearby Plane Lords to jointly discuss how to deal with those foreign Plane Lords."
Upon hearing this, Li Qi's expression remained unchanged, and he refused.
"Those foreign Plane Lords pose no threat to me. As for attending any meeting, let's forget about it. If there's nothing else, Fellow Daoist, please take your leave."
Saying this, Li Qi prepared to usher him out.
However, upon hearing Li Qi's words, Gu Mengping's brow furrowed, and he said,
"Wait a moment, Fellow Daoist Li, do you know why this small world of ours, which was originally relatively peaceful, has suddenly been invaded by those foreign Plane Lords during this period?"
Hearing this, Li Qi, who was about to leave, paused. He looked at Gu Mengping.
"Speak."
"Fellow Daoist Li, do you know who is the most powerful Plane Lord in this small desolate region, and what is their cultivation?"
Li Qi frowned slightly at this question.
He had rarely ventured out, and most of his information came from passing Plane Lords.
"What cultivation? Yours, at the ninth level of Void Refinement?"
Gu Mengping shook his head.
"No, although my strength is quite good in this small desolate region, it is far from the most powerful."
"In this small desolate region, there are two Plane Lords with the highest cultivation, and their strength has already entered the Dao Integration stage."
"The reason why this small desolate region has remained peaceful and stable is entirely due to the protection of those two Dao Integration stage Plane Lords."
Gu Mengping spoke slowly, allowing Li Qi to understand more about the specifics of the desolate region.
At the center of the desolate region, there was a most powerful world.
That world was naturally the Upper Realm, Cangyun Realm, where cultivators from other small worlds ascended.
And their small worlds were distributed all around Cangyun Realm.
The strength of small worlds also varied.
Putting aside those small worlds in the Age of Dharma Decline without Heavenly Daos or Plane Lords.
The weakest small world cultivators had to ascend from the Nascent Soul stage to the Void Refinement stage.
While the most powerful small worlds could even accommodate cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, and their Plane Lords' strength could reach the Mahayana stage.
Even in Cangyun Realm, they would be top experts below the three Loose Immortals.
With so many small worlds, countless small worlds also wished to ascend their Heavenly Daos, making their small worlds stronger.
Among them, naturally, many Plane Lords of small worlds began to harbor the idea of devouring other plane's Heavenly Daos to quickly enhance the strength of their own small world's Heavenly Dao.
When their small desolate region did not have Plane Lords at the Dao Integration stage, they also fell into a long period of competition and devouring.
Later, when those two Plane Lords at the Dao Integration stage appeared.
Under the protection and rule-making of those two Dao Integration stage Plane Lords, their small world finally calmed down slightly.
Under normal circumstances, unless there was a grievance, small worlds were not allowed to devour each other.
For example, the six small worlds Li Qi devoured consecutively were all heard of by those two Dao Integration stage Plane Lords.
However, because they already had a grievance, they did not intervene.
Gu Mengping's intervention that day, when he wanted Li Qi to stop devouring the last small Qing Realm, was also with the intention of resolving the issue peacefully, although Li Qi had ignored him.
In general, the small worlds in this desolate region had been very peaceful under the protection of those two Dao Integration stage Plane Lords.
But unfortunately, everything changed. Some time ago.
One of the two Dao Integration stage Plane Lords.
During an engagement to intercept a Dao Integration stage Plane Lord invading from another small desolate region, he perished.
Even his plane was completely shattered.
As for the other Dao Integration stage Plane Lord, he was heavily injured while going to his rescue and fled back in disarray.