"Burp!"
The small fish swallowed the seed and seemed so full that it burped.
The little fellow excitedly circled around Lin Beichen, looking incredibly cute and naive.
Lin Beichen was amused by the little guy; his monotonous life seemed to gain a bit more fun.
In the following days, Lin Beichen wandered in this world, returning to sleep when tired, or playing in the sea with the little fellow when bored.
Until one day, Lin Beichen followed the little fellow to a new area.
Most parts of the sea were dark, but this area was different.
Under the sea, there was a glow.
Spiritual Light surrounded the area, accompanied by ripples, formed by large deep-sea jellyfish.
However, these jellyfish were tremendously large, each over a hundred meters in size, and linked together through tiny tentacles, forming a glowing area over ten thousand meters wide.
The little fish circled anxiously beside the large jellyfish.
Lin Beichen listened for a while and vaguely understood the little fish's intention.
These jellyfish were tangled, not daring to move, for even a slight movement might risk their own demise.
"You want me to help them get untangled, right?"
Lin Beichen asked.
Hearing this, the little fish nodded excitedly.
Lin Beichen waved his hand, and a stream of Spiritual Light surrounded these fish, gently untangling their bodies.
After doing this, Lin Beichen set up another barrier.
With their tentacles disentangled, these jellyfish each developed a hint of consciousness; though still unable to achieve true intelligence, they could at least avoid self-destruction.
Lin Beichen didn't have much time to wander around with this little guy.
The little fish had a kind heart and often led him underwater to find various novelties.
With the presence of Spiritual Qi, the underwater world gradually transformed.
The variety of fish species increased, and the little fish found companions.
Lin Beichen didn't know how fish communicated their emotions, but he realized that his time to leave was approaching.
In fact, there wasn't much fun in the underwater world, and after a few days, Lin Beichen had figured out the conditions of this sea area completely.
The Underworld was divided into two parts: one was a boundless world of darkness without Spiritual Qi participation, vast enough to surpass the continent of his planet when comparing their sizes.
This was a void space, an unintended creation by him.
Spiritual Qi or planetary redevelopment doesn't originate from nowhere; to achieve these, certain conditions must be met.
Spiritual Qi won't spontaneously appear, nor will land materialize without origin.
These elements must come from somewhere, and their source is the Void World.
Lin Beichen's Heaven and Earth Array directly extracts energy from the Void World, converting it through Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into needed materials, expanding the world.
In this process, a lot of the original substance is consumed; conversion can't be a hundred percent efficient, resulting in inevitable wastage.
The wastage amount varies based on different conversion materials.
This results in an issue.
The Void World inherently contains nothing, just emptiness. The more Lin Beichen extracts, the more the space expands, and when it reaches its limit, it collapses.
"Without Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the little fish will eventually die. Let it live in this world; once its generation depletes the Spiritual Qi, this world will also completely collapse."
Lin Beichen silently pondered.
This Void World is a mistake without any need to persist; forcing expansion would only affect both worlds.
The little fish's birth was an accident. Without it, Lin Beichen wouldn't have infused Spiritual Qi into this world, expediting the collapse.
This isn't the first exhausted world; perhaps countless have come before, but only this one was perceived by him.
A few days later, the little fish found Lin Beichen again, this time accompanied by several smaller fish.
These were the little fish's family.
The little fish settled down here.
Lin Beichen suddenly felt a bit lost.
Though he only interacted with the little fish for a few days, he developed deep feelings.
But now, the little fish was saying goodbye to live with its family.
"I wish you a beautiful tomorrow!"
Lin Beichen silently wished, casually giving a few more seeds.
The little fish excitedly circled its children, clearly happy its children were recognized by their master.
The children's intelligence hadn't awakened yet, possessing only simple bodily instincts.
Lin Beichen silently watched them play and made a decision in his heart.
He left quietly, closing the last door to this world, ensuring that no one could intrude into this world again, disturbing the little fish's life.
In the real world, Lin Beichen sensed changes in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi seemed to become more concentrated.
What happened?
According to his calculations, it should take another three months to reach today's concentration level.
Could it be that in days of playing with the little fish, his lack of observation led to errors in his data model?
Lin Beichen felt helpless.
With the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi reaching today's scale, relying merely on visual observation could inevitably result in mistakes.
Lin Beichen stopped thinking further, and continued to control the Array for the third round of Phoenix Nirvana.
After this Phoenix Nirvana, the limits of the Thousand-Mile River and Mountain Painting and the Thousand-Meter Jade Pillar were reached.
These were originally backup warehouses prepared for the Phoenix Array.
It was clearly too late to craft additional Spiritual Qi warehouses.
Lin Beichen could only direct the Spiritual Qi into the Phoenix Array.
As it absorbed more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the scope of the Phoenix Array continued to expand.
Strange ripples spread through the entire range of the Array, the earth tore apart, and from the underground emerged bizarrely sharp stone pillars, filled with terrifyingly immense Spiritual Qi, enough to annihilate everything.
Within this Spiritual Qi, what shocked Lin Beichen most was an extraordinarily unique sculpture.
The sculpture wasn't sculpted by him but formed spontaneously.
Could there be an outsider within the Array?
While adjusting the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, someone was secretly meddling in the Array?
A glint of coldness flashed in Lin Beichen's eyes; he immediately jumped off the stone pillar, struck the ground with his palm, and descended over a thousand meters underground.
Beneath the earth, magma surged, enveloped by waves of fearsome flames.
The Array's core constantly swayed in this place but quieted the instant it sensed Lin Beichen's presence.
Lin Beichen flung away the small insect-like entities and then added another layer of reinforcement.
After doing this, Lin Beichen intensified the transmission of Spiritual Qi, hoping to determine where the hidden person was.
Yet, upon observing once again, he was stunned.
Under the added Spiritual Qi, a new array of stone spikes appeared around him, emerging to the surface because the underground could no longer bear such immense Spiritual Qi and had to lead it to the surface.
However, at that moment, a uniquely shaped sculpture emerged from within the stone spikes, even more peculiar than the last.
The previous sculpture at least had some form, but this one didn't even have a shape, merely a vague product laden with personal artistic style.
Sculptures were forming freely, but how was this possible?
Lin Beichen was bewildered, and as he attempted further, a voice resounded aside him.
The voice was ethereal, not human, merely a stream of consciousness.
"Master!"
Lin Beichen was slightly startled, opening his spiritual world, and saw a mist flash before his eyes, appearing in a special space filled with Spiritual Qi.
Amidst the Spiritual Qi, a phantom figure appeared before him, resembling him yet with slight differences.
For some reason, Lin Beichen noticed hints of Qing Wudi's aura within it.
"Who are you?"
Lin Beichen coldly asked.