Refining an entire heaven and earth would not be a swift process, of course.
But from the moment Li Jing governed the entirety of the rift space, everything followed his command.
All the individuals who were present in the rift space, including the treasure hunters from Nightly City, were immediately "escorted" out.
Concurrently,
Due to the absorption of the rift space into the Little Universe, its external exits also disappeared.
No one would disturb Li Jing's refining process.
Chen Yuran could pass his tribulation without worry.
There was plenty of time.
...
As time passed,
The rift space was gradually consumed and refined, progressively showing signs of an amalgamation with the Little Universe.
In the end,
It transformed from an immeasurable flat line horizon into a grey planet, taking the form of a satellite that was slowly rotating around its parent planet - the blue planet that evolved from the Little Universe.
In the midst of this,