In the realm—
Li Qi had already arrived in Baiyue.
The moment he arrived in Baiyue, he sensed that the suppression from the Heavenly Path had vanished. In this place... they could act as they pleased, without any further hindrance. The Heavenly Path would no longer inflict Heavenly Punishment upon Fourth Rank cultivators who acted without authorization.
It even gave Li Qi the illusion that he had already won. In a small place like Baiyue, without the suppression of the realm's Heavenly Path, their destructive power was enough to reduce this entire region to chaos.
Under such circumstances, victory and defeat could not be decided at all. Everyone had the ability to flip the table, and this patch of Baiyue—its matter and cultivators alike—simply could not withstand a full-force battle between Fourth Ranks.
Yet Li Qi quickly realized that this was instead a kind of restriction.
What they had to do was preserve this land with their opponent's help. That protection even included preserving it when facing an opponent who tried to "flip the table."
If Human Path could not afford to lose and prepared to smash the ground and flip the table, Li Qi had to bear it too. He could not let them truly overturn the table.
Having no restrictions was itself the greatest restriction. Li Qi had to forcibly restrain his own power, and while restraining himself, he also had to restrain the other side.
But the same was true for Human Path. They too had to prevent Li Qi from flipping the table.
The reason for this fight was this land of "Great Deer." If the land was gone, then both sides would lose.
They were fighting over a bubble. Not only did they have to seize the bubble, they also had to guard against the