"The Heavenly Ghost's Return to the Hidden technique can't break through the law of mass-energy conservation the way Void Creation can. The cost is still enormous. We've used up so much lately that it's already come to this."
"Actually, I never needed to advance at all. I never use any combat techniques in everyday life. If I really had to take the field, the whole of Heaven would probably be hanging by a thread. One more fighter like me wouldn't help; one fewer wouldn't hurt."
In the Azure Billow Immortal Abode within Materialized Heaven, Li Chen and Mei Xuan discussed the consumption of spiritual essence cultivation provisions within Heaven.
Mei Xuan was actually rather dismissive of her Primordial Spirit Realm strength. To her, improvements in these areas were utterly useless, since she never needed any combat techniques in everyday life.
Li Chen said, "Advancing one's cultivation realm might have something to do with longevity and immortality. I'm trying to unravel the mysteries linking spiritual traits to the laws of longevity, and experiment with modification procedures in that area..."
Like her, Li Chen placed little importance on the combat strength of the Primordial Spirit Realm. He was already strong enough. What truly concerned him were the secrets of longevity and immortality.
"But I hadn't expected consumption to be so high lately. It seems that after my power of law evolved, Materialized Heaven's reserves of spiritual essence materials have begun to fall short."
"Then what should we do?" Mei Xuan asked, somewhat worried.
Materialized Heaven's income now depended primarily on the Myriad Realms Marketplace and the various creation workshops, accumulating wealth through commerce and industry. Yet even an entity of Materialized Heaven's scale could not sustain the birth of a Great Power every few days.
It seemed Li Chen's "Million Great Powers"