Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1232: Chapter 662: Grotto Heaven (Part 2)

Moreover, he is purely a Sword Cultivator, cultivating the top sword cultivation method ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique’. He is also a Thunder Cultivator, cultivating the top Thunder Cultivation Technique ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’.

Any one of these achievements would require a genius cultivator’s lifetime efforts, yet he achieved them all in less than a century.

As his confidence returned, the aura surrounding him became more solidified.

He cast a Master Recognition Technique, which landed on the jade stele.

He felt an inexplicable connection between himself and the jade stele, and just when he thought the recognition would succeed, the jade stele erupted with dazzling brilliance.

From the jade stele, through the connection with his soul, a surge of spiritual energy shockwave rushed towards him.

The spiritual energy shockwave washed over his soul, also impacting his physical body.

This was the jade stele launching an unavoidable attack on him.

He was in the Cave Heaven, and more importantly, his soul was connected to the jade stele, a connection not easily severable at will.

His body and soul had reached a level surpassing the normal Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak, yet the attack from the jade stele was akin to destroying the body and soul of someone at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak.

The attack from the jade stele did not harm him, but it startled him nonetheless.

If the attack from the jade stele were any stronger, it could have seriously wounded him.

Just after the jade stele’s attack, a message was transmitted from it.

”Inheritor, you have met the conditions, begin merging with the Cave Heaven Core!”

Li Shiming then realized, Qiu Hengyi was not randomly choosing an inheritor.

Even if some fortunate fellow obtained the treasure map and arrived here, failing to meet Qiu Hengyi’s requirements would result in being killed by the jade stele’s attack.

Within the Master Recognition Technique he sent, carried a bit of his soul energy, which entered the Half-Life Cave Heaven Core.

At this moment, the entire Half-Life Cave Heaven held no secrets from him, and he could perceive everything within this small Cave Heaven.

In fact, the Half-Life Cave Heaven was exceedingly small, much smaller than many of the storage spaces he held.

Although it’s a Cave Heaven, due to the absence of rules, no Spirit Plant could grow here, even Li Shiming himself would not choose to cultivate here because the Spiritual Energy within the Cave Heaven lacked essence, and the effect of cultivating using this Spiritual Energy was poor.

Perhaps for most cultivators, this Cave Heaven was at most like a soul crystal ring, able to be carried in an energy form by a Nascent Soul.

But Li Shiming discovered the importance of the Half-Life Cave Heaven, the reason many cultivators are vying for the treasure map is the cave heaven core is a Half-step Rule Cave Heaven Core.

What is a Half-step Rule Cave Heaven Core, when he perceives the core of the Half-Life Cave Heaven, he would find no protection within the core, each rule arranged in a tangible manner.

As the master of the Half-Life Cave Heaven, he can freely perceive these rules.

Most of these rules were ones Qiu Hengyi moved from the outside world using various means, requiring his understanding of rules to reach a certain level.

A smaller portion of rules were independently comprehended by Qiu Hengyi, these are special rules, the result of his lifelong cultivation.

This is the real precious wealth left by Qiu Hengyi for future generations, because the core of the Half-Life Cave Heaven has no encryption, enabling Li Shiming to inspect these rules bit by bit, granting great assistance in his understanding and mastery of rules.

It should be known that for a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner to advance to a Great Cultivator, aside from cultivation, rule comprehension is also essential.

Perhaps Qiu Hengyi’s perception of rules was still a distance away from the Mahayana Realm, but comprehending some of Qiu Hengyi’s rules was sufficient reserve for advancing to a Great Cultivator.

Li Shiming did not stay long in the Half-Life Cave Heaven, he discovered that truly staying too long would lead to being influenced by the rules within the Half-Life Cave Heaven.

The incomplete rules within the Half-Life Cave Heaven have a certain degree of harm to any life, long-term presence in an incomplete rule environment naturally leads cultivators to make changes to fit the environment.

He exited the Half-Life Cave Heaven, sensing beside his five Nascent Souls, a small light point was floating.

Compared to the bright crystal ball in the Cave Heaven of Great Power Zhai Ge at the Nascent Soul, this little light seems extremely meager, this perhaps is the difference between Half-step Mahayana and Mahayana cultivators.

He glanced around, with a slight movement of his mind, the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul returned to his side, several Mustard Seed Rings were stored inside the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul’s body.

Inside the few Mustard Seed Rings were the spoils the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul had swept from the Ruyi Sect, he also lazily inspected them, casually putting away the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul and spoils.

He performed ’A Step Away, A World Apart’, and vanished within the Ruyi Sect.

From entering the Ruyi Sect to leaving, he used the ’Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman’ to gather his aura throughout, preventing his aura from remaining on site.

If cultivators arrived at the Ruyi Sect, they would think this was a conflict between Demon Sects, the Asura aura remaining on site, along with the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul’s aura explaining everything.

Li Shiming set his predetermined target for coming to the Central State Continent, he was momentarily hesitant, whether to return to the Dongqi Continent or stay in the Central State Continent.

Thinking it over, he decided not to return to the Dongqi Continent.

In the Dongqi Continent, his only protection was the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, but when Yuqing Sect learns of him possessing the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, staying in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect could bring the sect to ruin.

Even with the protection of Luanyang Palace, under full force of Yuqing Sect, the female cultivators stationed in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect could at most protect themselves.

In the Dongqi Continental branch of Central State Commerce, they also lacked the ability to protect him.

Of course, he also no longer trusted the Central State Commerce, having just been betrayed by the headquarters of Central State Commerce, now trusting no one.

Li Shiming was acutely aware that concerning the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, the utmost treasure of Thunder Cultivation, Yuqing Sect would not easily let him go.

If disregarding others, with sufficient cultivation resources, he could entirely enter Great Power Zhai Ge’s Cave Heaven, hiding and cultivating in the ’Heavenly Human Dao’ Hall.

His hesitation was due to the Illusion Spirit Dragon’s growth also requiring resources, otherwise relying solely on those Third Grade Spiritual Beast Essence Boosting Pills, promoting the Illusion Spirit Dragon from Fourth Grade Lower Stage to Middle Stage could take hundreds of years.

Regarding Little Feng, however, there was no concern, as he refined a considerable amount of Fourth Grade ’Flying Phoenix Chao Yuan Pills’, enough for Little Feng’s long-term consumption.

Additionally, Golden Corpse Black Shield also requires Fourth Grade Corpse Refining Resources, the previous Fourth Grade Corpse Refining Resources were consumed on Golden Corpse Nanming.

He ultimately decided to head to the Fuhua Islands, where there are more Demon Core resources, among which the Fourth Grade Dragon Clan Bloodline Demon Core is extremely beneficial for the Illusion Spirit Dragon.

However, trouble arose; his aura was known to Yuqing Sect, undoubtedly if he appears, Yuqing Sect would track him immediately.

Thinking it over, he released Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, and had the ’Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman’ worn by Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng.

Then he released his Water Thunder Nascent Soul to enter Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s body, with the concealment of the ’Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman’, Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng would appear no different from a normal Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner.

He himself entered Great Power Zhai Ge’s Cave Heaven, without his body aura, even as a Water Thunder Nascent Soul, with its aura hidden by the ’Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman’ and further concealed by Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s body, it’s impossible to associate Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng with him.

For the first time, Li Shiming attempted placing his Nascent Soul within Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s body, treating Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s body as a vessel without intending for the Water Thunder Nascent Soul to control Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s body.

To control Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng still required contact with the Heavenly Ghost, and then it would control Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, though cumbersome, it avoided extensive connection between Water Thunder Nascent Soul and Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s body.