Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1231: Chapter 662: Grotto Heaven

Although the construction of the Ruyi Sect changed the environment of the valley, Li Shiming still accurately located Qiu Hengyi’s treasure site.

This place is precisely the core hall of the Ruyi Sect and also the cave residence where its Supreme Elder cultivates daily.

Qiu Hengyi’s treasure site is the most energy-rich area; the choice made by the Supreme Elder of the Ruyi Sect was not wrong.

However, this Supreme Elder never expected that the secret of the cave residence he built could even surpass the value of the entire Ruyi Sect by many times.

After confirming the location, Li Shiming used his finger to guide the spirit and spiritual power, sketching a strange pattern in mid-air.

As the last stroke was completed, the strange pattern emitted a dazzling light, generating a fluctuation in space, and a space portal appeared before him.

He smiled slightly; without the record of a treasure map, mastering the method to open a space portal was impossible, let alone finding the treasure hidden in a certain space.

With a wave of his hand, the Golden Corpse Black Shield appeared, and the Golden Corpse Black Shield entered the space portal.

Li Shiming sensed for a moment outside, and only when he detected no danger to the Golden Corpse Black Shield did he follow in.

In the transition of space, he appeared in a chaotic world; this world seemed not large, merely a space with a radius of hundred meters.

The ground beneath him was soil; though this soil contained spiritual energy, he felt something peculiar about it.

He grasped some soil, and his life-bound artifact, IBMz15, began analyzing its composition.

IBMz15 had detailed data, providing surveyable records both for ordinary soil and spirit soil.

While the soil here appeared identical in composition to external spirit soil, it lacked a certain spirituality.

This was an indescribable feeling, yet unmistakably perceptible to cultivators.

Just as cultivators, when obtaining a spiritual object, could sense not only the spiritual energy within but also its spirituality, the quality of a spiritual object significantly depends on its spirituality.

To Li Shiming, the soil seemed like spirit soil amassed in some manner, yet only amassed, without embodying the actual functions of spirit soil.

Li Shiming released the soil in his hand, and then he discovered something amiss with the air here.

The spiritual energy in the air was very dense, yet it still lacked spirituality. Absorbing this spiritual energy into the body would yield a smaller absorption rate compared to normal spiritual energy of equivalent density.

”Strange, so strange!” he murmured softly.

He realized something, and a flame appeared on his fingertip—this was a flame ignited by fire spiritual power.

The flame fluctuated to varying heights and intensities without his control. It must be understood that there was no wind blowing here, so the flame was entirely influenced by some unknown factor in the space.

IBMz15’s comparative data suggested this space was a very small grotto heaven, yet since IBMz15 could only compare material information, it couldn’t pinpoint the problem with this grotto heaven.

But Li Shiming already hypothesized the probable lack of rules in this grotto heaven.

He thought of Qiu Hengyi, a half-step Mahayana cultivator, one who hadn’t entirely mastered the abilities of a Mahayana cultivator.

How Qiu Hengyi managed to create a grotto heaven remained unknown, but this grotto heaven was certainly inferior to those crafted by true Mahayana cultivators.

Looking at this grotto heaven, Li Shiming recognized many shortcomings herein, yet perhaps this grotto heaven was the one he could genuinely control.

He walked to the center of the grotto heaven where there stood a jade monument.

The jade monument was inscribed with four large characters ”Half-Life Cave Heaven,” accompanied by smaller characters.

”I, Qiu Hengyi, have pursued the Tao for two thousand years, but due to a misstep halfway, my progress halted at half-step Mahayana, leaving only regret in this Half-Life Cave Heaven. I left all core aspects of this Half-Life Cave Heaven within the jade monument. For later generations who are destined, refining this monument grants them my Half-Life Cave Heaven, comprehending my path, and hopefully enabling them to complete the Half-Life Cave Heaven!”

Li Shiming, reading the smaller characters, felt a tinge of sentiment. Achieving half-step Mahayana, Qiu Hengyi was undeniably a prodigy, otherwise, how could he stand out among countless cultivators.

Yet according to Qiu Hengyi, it was a misstep in cultivation that barred him from understanding the Mahayana.

Li Shiming contemplated his own path; had he too misstepped? He had embarked on a completely different path from the other cultivators.

Looking within himself, his five Nascent Souls were arranged in the ’Five Elements Qi Absorption Array,’ while even his original spirit was divided into five parts. If not for his exceptionally powerful spirit, perhaps his original spirit would not suffice to exist independently.

Additionally, after refining IBMz15 as his life-bound artifact, his transformations became even more pronounced, with IBMz15’s one hundred ninety CPUs converting into his one hundred ninety brains.

His current state in the cultivation world might truly be unique, leaving him uncertain whether he’s charting the wrong path.

Fortunately, the five Nascent Souls remained normal for now, with no issues in cultivation so far.

Aside from the main body, his avatar Li Yuanba also presented anomalies.

Li Yuanba’s Taiji Dao Body was constructed from two completely opposing states; one human state, the other corpse refinement state. Similarly, Li Yuanba’s condition in the cultivation world was likely one-of-a-kind.

”The Mahayana Realm is still far off!” Li Shiming mocked, chuckling ruefully.

Uncertain of what the future holds, even if issues arose in the future, with IBMz15’s presence, he had more solutions than Qiu Hengyi.

This was his confidence. Single-handedly, he became the most elite Alchemy Master, the most elite Array Master, and should he desire, he could excel in any secondary vocation.