Zhao Li had, through a twist of fate, already set foot on a path different from the traditional Dou Qi system. He did not dare be careless in the slightest, and wanted to bring almost everything under his control.
And as his new source of energy, Zhao Li treated everything about the Inner Universe with the utmost caution, deducing and analyzing it again and again, gaining quite a few insights.
For instance, the energy that evolved before the birth of a world was extremely high in essence. If energy were arranged into a hierarchy, Innate Qi would be first-class. "Innate" was not a realm, but a statement!
They were kings in the realm of energy!
Relying on this trait of theirs, Zhao Li turned the tables and seized the green lotus's energy back!
After the energy the green lotus had absorbed for countless years poured in, Chaos Energy instantly surged without end inside Zhao Li's Inner Universe, and countless Divine Demon Phantoms flickered in and out of sight within it...
However, Zhao Li still had not managed to draw much energy from it. After the green lotus discovered that it had not only failed to absorb energy, but had instead lost quite a bit, Azure Radiance flashed around it once again. Then Zhao Li realized that his spatial methods, which had always worked without fail, had actually lost their effect.
The green lotus remained there without moving, but Zhao Li could no longer bring out any energy from it. Even the Dou Qi he had output had vanished from his senses. The green lotus had actually broken through his seal and severed its connection to this layer of space.
"Hm? Is that the place where it is being born? But where is that space?"
Panic would lead to mistakes, and