Ling Tian rose to the surface and looked at the chaotic tornado, calculating how much time he had left.
"Approximately less than two years... maybe..." Ling Tian narrowed his eyes as he watched the tornado gradually grow larger.
Wasting no time, Ling Tian pulled out a sword and with the help of The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures slashed the ground in all directions, exploding with terrifying power.
The ground shook fiercely for hundreds of miles, as Ling Tian continued to sever large parts from the surface of the ground and extended to reach the lake in the depths along with the spiritual veins.
After several days, Ling Tian stopped and in the middle of the sky looked at the ground. Below him was an abyss tens of miles deep, and which also extended for thousands of miles in all directions.
Such a pure and thick spiritual energy emerged from within the depths, extending into the sky.
"Now comes the hardest part..." Ling Tian smiled somewhat helplessly and a little hesitantly.
Holding several formation flags and discs in his hands, Ling Tian waved his arms and the formation flags flew out in different directions before falling into the depths of the abyss.
Ling Tian placed various formation discs in certain specific locations throughout the entire lake of spirits, as well as connecting the formation flags continuously all along the lake's shore. He also drew and created some runes on the walls and floors near the lake, he left many formation flags as well on each of the spiritual veins that extended along with the lake of spirits.
Several formation flags were also placed around the entire mineral vein, which measured hundreds of kilometres as well, being as large as the spirits lake.
It took Ling Tian 10 full days to set up the entire formation and connect all the formation flags. He checked every node and connection point so that there was no flaw.
"I must be really crazy to do this..." Ling Tian let out a sigh as he recovered to his peak, also observing the lake of spirits in the depths of the abyss.
If he was going to do what he had planned, there was a high probability that with the energy from The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures would not be enough to accomplish it. But if he did not do so, the plan he had in mind to nurture the Little Mysterious World could not be carried out, and the other plans would be useless.
Moreover, if Ling Tian wanted to take advantage of all these natural treasures of the world and not let them be lost, he had no choice but this. These treasures could support him for a long time, even for a little over a year, but the world was being destroyed and its end was fast approaching.
"Let's worry about trouble later!"
Ling Tian snorted and pushed aside the worries of the moment, focusing on what he was facing right now.
With seriousness dominating his face, Ling Tian took a deep breath as the next moment a powerful aura surged from his body, spreading in all directions and reaching over thousands of miles in an instant!
The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures energy came into play and finally after so long it began to be fully used, exerting every drop of aura within it.
An energy no less powerful than the peak of the great ascension realm covered much of the world, and this energy continued to grow, reaching a certain threshold and entering a new realm!
Light clouds began to appear in the sky, with some lightning crossing the horizon and reaching this place. Cracks in the sky began to appear constantly as well.
Ling Tian watched the sky for two seconds and withdrew his gaze. The laws and principles of this world are in complete disorder, and the strength of the sky to cause heavenly tribulation or a punishment from heaven would be no problem. It was even strange that there could be heavenly tribulation if someone tried to break through, precisely because the heavenly dao of the world is weak and collapsed.
Ling Tian stretched out his arms and both hands began to move and form patterns and marks in front of him, leaving small marks in space like strange runes, which absorbed his power and then disappeared in front of him. His index fingers began to move, as if he was writing in the space in front of him.
The formation flags placed around the entire lake of spirits, as well as the spiritual veins and the spiritual mineral vein, began to gradually glow as they activated once Ling Tian's power fell, covering the entire place.
* Rumble~ *
The world gradually began to tremble, as the land around the abyss shook fiercely!
The lake of spirits was affected and ripples of movements began to appear, the pure aura of spiritual veins began to be absorbed by the formation flags, gathering in the centre of the lake.
The power of The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures spread out, covering the range that measured the entire lake of spirits as well as the mineral vein and spiritual veins, reaching almost 3 thousand kilometres!
* Lightning! *
Lightning flashed across the sky, traversing thousands of kilometres from the horizon and fiercely crashing down near Ling Tian!
But Ling Tian didn't even move, let alone make a pained expression on his face. The level of the lightning that fell from the sky could not even scratch his skin.
Finishing the last movements with his hands, his fingers stopped after making the last rune in space, then holding several talismans in them.
Ling Tian threw the talismans that contained countless runes and patterns drawn on their surface, sending them towards the surface of the lake as well as in the surroundings, covering the entire delimited range he had set.
The formation flags began to glow much brighter, several of them rising into the air, while others buried themselves deep into the ground, placing themselves below the level of the lake of spirits.
* Cough! *
Ling Tian spat several mouthfuls of blood onto some talismans before sending them in different directions as well. His complexion paled slightly but soon regained its normal colour as the twin trees in his heart sprouted with intense vitality, regaining his life force again.
Almost the entire world was keeping trembling, while the ground around Ling Tian was quaking with increased ferocity as well as the lake of spirits.
Finally, Ling Tian sent other formation discs into the air, which reacted with the formation flags and several of the formation discs in the lake of spirits that had not been activated so far.
* Boom! *
A powerful spiritual aura burst forth, with the lake of spirits beginning to become much more agitated. The spiritual veins seemed to come to life and gathered much closer to the lake of spirits, retrieving their roots that extended from hundreds and thousands of miles away.
In front of Ling Tian's gaze, a thin layer that looked like a transparent cloth emerged and completely covered the lake of spirits, covering the spiritual veins and the mineral vein as well. The formation flags formed a powerful connection with the formation discs as their cores and pillars.
The thin layer covered the whole place, covering both the lake and extending into the depths, covering every part of the underground inside as well.
Ling Tian made several hand gestures and several talismans activated, with runes appearing on top of them and adding another thin layer over the lake, the lode and the spiritual veins, preventing even a trace of spiritual aura from escaping.
"Here it goes!"
After a while, Ling Tian took a big breath of air and took off the storage ring, throwing it towards the centre of the lake of spirits.
The storage ring fell into the abyss, stopping several meters above the lake while being controlled by Ling Tian.
Staring for several seconds at his storage ring floating above the lake of spirits, Ling Tian closed his eyes.
When he lifted his eyelids, that beautiful golden glow appeared in his eyes again. The aura of Ling Tian's body changed slightly, giving a feeling of being a superior being, a true king.
Ling Tian threw down the last few formation flags he had stored, causing them to float around the storage ring.
"Here goes..." Ling Tian took another deep breath, and immediately activated the full power of The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures.
* Boom! *
The space around the lake and the rest began to bend into folds, twisting into large parts as some areas became blurry and dark!
With great care, Ling Tian extended his [Sword Domain] through the depths of the ground, passing the lake of spirits and spiritual veins. The mineral vein was cut into large chunks as the [Sword Domain] covered it.
Directing his hands towards the storage ring, Ling Tian began to gather all the space principles in the place, taking and grasping as many as he could perceive.
The lake of spirits shook a lot more as the entire world trembled on another level.
* Crack... *
Some flags and disc formations could not withstand the pressure and were destroyed. But this didn't worry Ling Tian, he already knew this could happen.
"Just hold on..."
Covering all the space principles he found, Ling Tian looked at his storage ring in front of him several meters away and whispered with some concern.
The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures energy finished connecting the thousands of formation flags, as well as the formation discs and various talismans.
Ling Tian finally mobilized the spatial principles and forced The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures to the limit!
* Boom! *
Terrifying energies covered the place, with several formation flags exploding at once. Several talismans also failed to hold and shattered.
Several lightning bolts crossed the sky and fell into the abyss, striking Ling Tian directly.
But Ling Tian was undeterred and remained focused on his storage ring.
After several seconds, an astonishing event occurred in front of Ling Tian's eyes.
The gigantic lake of spirits that was still agitated, began to rise several meters, as if it wanted to rise to the surface and soar into the sky!
The spiritual veins also began to rise, gathering thousands of spiritual veins in a short time. The mineral vein of spiritual crystals also rose slightly in large chunks, which had been finely sliced by Ling Tian's [Sword Domain].
Ling Tian gritted his teeth as he felt a terrifying pressure fall upon him, enveloping his body; the space principles were about to collapse and the power of The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures was quickly being drained within seconds.
The last talismans that had been placed at the beginning were activated at this moment, just as the runes Ling Tian had drawn in the sky appeared once more, covering all the space around.
"Come on in already!"
Ling Tian roared heavily, expelling all the power of The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures and activating all the remaining formations.
The spatial principles collapsed, countless heavenly lightning bolts fell from the sky and struck Ling Tian, the tremor across the world increased and the depths where he stood collapsed. Countless flags and disc formations exploded as they could not withstand the pressure, and some runes in the air collapsed as well.
The lake of spirits, as well as the spiritual veins and mineral vein, became vaguely blurry as they gradually approached towards where the storage ring was located.
Then, when Ling Tian felt that he could no longer sustain the terrible pressure much longer and would lose control of all the space principles by collapsing, he suddenly felt this same pressure instantly disappear, and everything around him turned completely dark.
Ling Tian was stunned for a moment and then looked ahead, where his storage ring lay silently.