The Lord of the Universe had warned Ling Tian not to play any tricks. Now Ling Tian was frantically absorbing the power of heaven and earth, which could very well make the Lord of the Universe think he was up to something. Ling Tian was rather worried about that, but things had come to this point, and he could no longer stop Hua Min'er and the others from cultivating to raise their realms.
Fortunately, Ling Tian thought that if the Lord of the Universe did not want to see this happen, he would most likely issue a warning. Ling Tian could stop Hua Min'er and the others from cultivating then; there was no rush. Of course, he had also considered other ways to solve the problem, and quickly came up with a few countermeasures. For example, he could simply have Hua Min'er and the others cultivate using Divine Origin Stones. After all, Divine Origin Stones contained an extremely vast amount of energy, and, most importantly, every cultivator had stockpiled a large quantity of them. They would not need to worry about running out for a long time.
Although he had already thought of a way to deal with the problem, Ling Tian did not put it into practice immediately. He wanted to see whether the Lord of the Universe would react to the situation. If the Lord of the Universe issued a warning, Ling Tian could still have Hua Min'er and the others cultivate with the help of Divine Origin Stones afterward.
Of course, Ling Tian thought that frantically absorbing the power of the Circulatory Universe would surely cause the Lord of the Universe some trouble. At the very least, it could affect the Circulatory Universe. This would also let him test just how powerful the Lord of the Universe's