After this matter concluded, Ao Yuan paid no further mind to these individuals and settled down in the Dragon Palace to cultivate.
Having learned that the gods would descend later, Ao Yuan deeply felt his own strength was insufficient.
Fortunately, thanks to the grain provided by various countries, he would not have to worry about food for the time being.
This would also allow him to rapidly improve his cultivation.
"Dai Dai, eat a little less!"
In the Dragon Palace, Dai Xiaomei glared furiously at Ao Yuan, who was leisurely eating.
"What are you worried about?" Ao Yuan glanced at Dai Xiaomei, unconcerned. "There's more food than we can eat right now. What's wrong with me eating a bit?"
Dai Xiaomei's anger did not abate; instead, she rebuked, "You can't eat like that!"
"If you eat like this, no amount of food will be enough."
"Is that so?" Ao Yuan turned his gaze towards Mozi.
Mozi looked at Ao Yuan, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. "Dai Xiaomei is right."
"Dai Dai, you need to eat less."
"What? What did you say?"
"I didn't hear what you said?"
Ao Yuan paused at this, then suddenly spoke loudly.
"Ah! Dai Dai!"
Dai Xiaomei was driven to distraction, wishing she could smash Ao Yuan to death.
Ever since the countries began gifting them food, they had been utterly unable to curb Ao Yuan's appetite.
He was either eating or on his way to eat, all day long.
In a short time, Ao Yuan had consumed tens of thousands of catties of grain!
What did that even mean?
That was enough to feed all the demon beasts in the Dragon Palace for an entire day!
And each demon beast would be stuffed to the brim.
Though their hearts ached, they were powerless to stop him.
After all, these were provisions Ao Yuan had earned, and he had the right to dispose of them...
"As for you two, instead of cultivating properly, why do you bother with so much?" Ao Yuan, not hearing Dai Xiaomei and Mozi speak, admonished while chewing. "This is a world of spiritual energy resurgence."
"Although with my help, you have indeed pulled ahead of most people, remember that there's always someone better, and there are people beyond people."
Ao Yuan emphasized the last few words.
Every time he thought about the gods from mythology descending later, a hint of worry would creep into Ao Yuan's heart.
"Cultivate?" Dai Xiaomei looked at Ao Yuan, shaking her head like a rattle. "No, I have to keep an eye on you!"
"To prevent you from eating all the food!"
With that, Dai Xiaomei sprang into action. "Dai Dai, put that down!"
"You can't eat anymore."
"Tch~" Ao Yuan held his head high, completely unfazed.
Instead, he continued to stuff food from the side into his mouth.
[Host devoured Emperor Shrimp, gaining 50 Evolution Points, Dragon Envoy extra critical hit 100 points!]
"Mmm~ Comfortable!"
Ao Yuan squinted his eyes, a look of contentment on his face as he glanced at Dai Xiaomei.
"Ah! Dai Dai!"
Seeing Ao Yuan's expression, Dai Xiaomei was so enraged she felt smoke coming out of her ears.
Mozi stood quietly by, a faint smile involuntarily appearing at the corners of her lips as she watched the two bicker.
"Mozi, let's go together. We can't let Dai Dai keep eating!" Dai Xiaomei turned to Mozi and shouted. With a bounce of her feet, as if she had springs, she leaped towards Ao Yuan, intending to snatch the food from his claws.
"Heh, I got it!"
Successfully snatching the food from Ao Yuan's claws, a flicker of surprise flashed in Dai Xiaomei's eyes.
She had done this many times recently, but Ao Yuan had always effortlessly dodged her.
Not once had she succeeded like this.
However, after landing steadily, Dai Xiaomei didn't think much of it. She declared triumphantly, "Dai Dai, I actually didn't want to deal with you before!"
"Next time you dare to eat like this, I'll do it again..."
Before she could finish speaking, Dai Xiaomei suddenly noticed the solemn expression on Ao Yuan's face.
Following Ao Yuan's gaze, Dai Xiaomei, finding nothing amiss, walked over and asked, "Did something happen?"
"The spiritual energy has increased!" Ao Yuan said with a grave tone.
With that, Ao Yuan flashed and flew directly out of the Dragon Palace.
Dai Xiaomei and Mozi exchanged glances, then followed Ao Yuan out.
The two, along with one beast, arrived at the edge of the Heavenly Pond and discovered that various demon kings had already gathered nearby.
They were all looking around with uncertainty, as if they had discovered something extraordinary.
Within seconds, Dai Xiaomei and Mozi also noticed the anomaly.
They both felt the spiritual energy in the void rapidly increasing at an astonishing rate.
If this continued, it would soon rival the Dragon Palace from before.
However, at this moment, no one had the leisure to consider this matter.
Because at this very instant, whether it was the demon kings, the demon beasts, or Dai Xiaomei and Mozi, they all felt the spiritual energy strengthening within them and rapidly flowing into their bodies.
It was as if… their bodies had become conduits for spiritual energy!
A moment later.
Within an area near the Heavenly Pond.
Suddenly, a burst of light flashed. This light seemed contagious.
In the blink of an eye, light erupted everywhere.
Vaguely, one could see a demon beast within each cluster of light.
"They're breaking through!"
Only Ao Yuan remained unchanged. While he could also feel the spiritual energy strengthening him, the amount flowing into his body was clearly too little compared to his cultivation level.
"Hiss~"
Watching all the demon beasts fall into a breakthrough, Ao Yuan, who should have been happy, felt little excitement.
This was a surge of spiritual energy, just as it was stated in that scroll.
The spiritual energy on Blue Star was still recovering, and once it reached a certain stage, the gods would descend!
Ao Yuan wasn't too concerned about whether the gods would descend or not.
What worried him was whether these descending gods would be benevolent or malevolent; that was the most important thing.
"Dai Dai, I broke through!"
"Dragon God Lord, me too!"
"Me too!"
...
A moment later, the dazzling light slowly receded. Whether demon beasts, demon kings, or Dai Xiaomei and Mozi, they all excitedly reported their breakthroughs to Ao Yuan.
"Seize this opportunity to cultivate properly!" Ao Yuan calmly nodded, offered encouragement to the various demon kings and beasts, and then, taking Dai Xiaomei and Mozi, returned to the Dragon Palace.
"Dai Xiaomei, go check your phone for any news about the sudden increase in spiritual energy."
Back in the Dragon Palace, Ao Yuan pondered for a while before saying this.
He didn't know if this surge in spiritual energy was a localized event that would continue, or if it was happening everywhere on Blue Star.
If it was the former, it would be fine. If it was the latter, he might wake up tomorrow to find the gods had already descended!
"Okay!"
Seeing Ao Yuan's serious expression, Dai Xiaomei didn't make a fuss and nodded in agreement.
She then opened her phone and browsed online. Her eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of shock.
"What is it?"
Ao Yuan frowned and asked.
"Dai Dai, look for yourself." Dai Xiaomei's tone became more serious, and she directly handed her phone to Ao Yuan.
Looking down, Ao Yuan's already grim expression grew even darker.
...