In the Land of Nothingness.
Meteorites, devoid of any trace of life, floated serenely.
Suddenly, as if drawn by some unseen force, these tranquil meteorites began to tremble, converging instinctively towards a single direction.
Before long, hundreds, even thousands, of small meteorites were densely packed together.
Then, a terrifying pressure swept through the area.
The small meteorites instantly collided and shattered into dust. Yet, before this dust could scatter, it was forcefully compressed under the immense pressure.
A land of dead silence was once again formed.
Li Qi and the other Plane Lords of the Minor Divergence Zones proceeded towards the continent.
With practiced ease, Li Qi, upon stepping onto the continent, raised a finger and began to sketch rapidly.
The surrounding spiritual energy was greedily absorbed, surging towards this desolate continent.
"Hiss, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy! Fellow Daoist Li's attainments in the art of formations have become even more refined,"
Some Minor Divergence Zone Plane Lords, proficient in formations themselves, watched Li Qi sketch the profound formation patterns with fascination and murmured in awe.
"The exquisiteness of this formation is likely a level I will never reach in this lifetime."
"Now that the Spirit Gathering Array matter is settled, everyone, let us not delay. It is time to depart."
Under the leadership of Xu Tianzong, the group of Minor Divergence Zone Plane Lords set off directly towards the nearby region where countless small worlds existed.
Only Li Qi, as before, stood quietly in the resting point.
After the figures of the Minor Divergence Zone Plane Lords disappeared from his sight, Li Qi slowly withdrew his gaze.
He raised his head and looked at the solitary Spirit Gathering Array in the resting point.
If it were in the past, Li Qi would have undoubtedly prepared to set up other defensive formations.
But now, it was no longer necessary.
With Li Qi's current strength, the killing power of the formations he could deploy no longer surpassed his own combat prowess.
To continue setting up formations would be to gild the lily, a waste of time with little significance.
"However, the path of formations cannot be neglected."
Li Qi muttered to himself.
Despite his immense strength, Li Qi had no intention of abandoning the art of formations.
After all, he clearly remembered a time when he was only at the Void Return sixth heaven, without using the Farmer's Three Punches or the hundredfold power amplification.
He had, through sheer willpower, relied on stacked formations in the Earth Void Realm to kill a Dao Integration cultivator.
"To be on the safe side, and since I cannot be in closed-door cultivation constantly, I might as well dedicate some of my focus to researching more powerful formations."
Li Qi had made up his mind.
For he also knew.
Although his current strength seemed formidable, easily dispatching a Dao Integration sixth heaven cultivator with a mere hundredfold power boost, and likely invincible among Dao Integration cultivators if he used the Farmer's Three Punches.
However, beyond Dao Integration lay Tribulation Transcendence, and beyond that, Mahayana.
Those realms seemed distant to the current Li Qi.
Facing such powerful beings, even the tenfold amplified Farmer's Three Punches might not be effective.
After all, the limit of the Farmer's Three Punches was tenfold, and Li Qi had no way to surpass it.
But the stacked formations had no limit.
As long as he was patient enough, the upper limit of stacking was practically infinite.
Should he encounter a situation where his own strength was insufficient, perhaps a more powerful stacked formation could yield unexpected surprises.
With this thought, Li Qi began his research.
The formations he had drawn in the past flashed through his mind.
The patterns of those formations instantly appeared before his eyes.
A glint seemed to sparkle in Li Qi's eyes.
Each of the formations he had previously set up had its own advantages and disadvantages.
In the past, perhaps due to his limited vision or insufficient strength to modify them, those formations had reached their inherent limit.
But this time, everything was different. Li Qi had already entered the Dao Integration stage.
Coupled with the activation of his passive talent.
[Insight: When your eyes scan any formation, your understanding and deciphering speed of that formation will increase by a hundredfold.]
Li Qi's divine sense, now that of a Dao Integration cultivator, fluctuated wildly.
Discarding the dross and retaining the essence.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
For half a month, Li Qi stood motionless in the resting point.
Then, a sharp glint flashed in Li Qi's eyes.
His body finally moved slightly.
His gaze was as calm as still water, yet his finger suddenly lifted.
Threads of spiritual energy danced from his fingertips, incredibly agile.
Dots of patterns were gradually sketched, becoming increasingly complex.
If one were ignorant of formations, Li Qi's sketches would merely appear as gibberish.
But for any knowledgeable person, a mere glance would likely induce dizziness and disorientation.
Li Qi did not know exactly how long he spent drawing this formation.
But as Li Qi made his final stroke, in an instant, the already profound formation became even more vibrant.
Li Qi's divine sense manipulated the formation to activate.
A terrifying aura emanated from the formation.
This single formation alone was likely something even a cultivator at the first level of Dao Integration could not underestimate.
Looking at this formation, Li Qi's face revealed a look of satisfaction.
On its own, the formation's effect of matching a single first-level Dao Integration cultivator might not seem powerful.
But that was from Li Qi's perspective.
In front of Li Qi, first-level Dao Integration cultivators like Gu Mengping were indeed insignificant; killing one with a single punch was no exaggeration.
However, it was crucial to remember that this was merely the first individual formation Li Qi had created that could rival a Dao Integration cultivator.
While one formation facing a single first-level Dao Integration cultivator was not potent, ten formations could unleash unimaginable utility.
What about a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand!
The Farmer's Three Punches were nothing compared to this!
The Farmer's Three Punches combined with a hundredfold amplification for tenfold damage could not achieve the relentless stacking of formations that Li Qi could.
He casually hid the completed formation near the resting point, shaking his head.
The high-intensity operation of the past half-month had left him somewhat mentally fatigued.
He let out a slow breath but had no intention of immediately researching the next formation.
It was too tiring.
He would rest for a while. Li Qi's gaze then turned towards the outside of the resting point, and his brow furrowed slightly.
"It's been over half a month, why hasn't anyone returned? Did something happen?"
Fortunately, Li Qi's jinxing did not come true.
After Li Qi waited for another three days.
Outside the resting point, a considerable number of Minor Divergence Zone Plane Lords were heading towards it.
Concurrently, the unconcealable joy on the faces of these Plane Lords was evident.
In essence, three words.
These Minor Divergence Zone Plane Lords.
Had made an absolute killing!