When leaving the Spirit Devouring Realm, Li Qing had nearly drained all the true essence within his body in order to open the Space Rift.
Only after sending both Lin Jing and Chong Jiu out of the secret realm had he barely retained the last trace of true essence to rush into the Space Rift.
Chong Jiu, already in the mountains outside, used its tentacles to firmly catch Li Qing as his body plummeted rapidly.
Feeling the emptiness of his internal spiritual power, Li Qing lay atop Chong Jiu and shook his head ruefully. This was the first time since embarking on the path of cultivation that he had come so close to the point of his lamp running dry and his oil exhausted.
With all the spiritual power in his body depleted, the only methods he could use next were Body Arts and divine sense techniques.
Of course, should he truly encounter a crisis, he still had a secret technique that could burn his own essence blood to squeeze out spiritual power.
However, unless forced into a desperate corner, he would not use the Blood Burning Secret Method. Every use of this secret technique would greatly damage his vital energy.
"Let's go. We've been away for so long; it's time to return," Li Qing said with a sigh, thinking that this trip back to the Eternal Night World had truly yielded quite a harvest.
Not only had he obtained several rather useful inheritances, but he had also learned the news of a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
Although the Origin Fire Seed had already gone out, as long as he could bring it back to the Great Desolation Region, Li Qing believed there would always be a way to ignite it.
The Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire possessed an