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Chapter 1555: Chapter 824: Insight

Li Shiming stored the formation bases, and took out the jade compass, which still had a master recognition imprint.

This should be the spiritual imprint of Master Wang He, but there is no need to kill Master Wang He now, as he had ways to handle this master recognition imprint.

He turned around and waved to the Heavenly Ghost, whose massive figure floated lightly to his side, placing a thick finger on the jade compass.

To deal with spiritual imprints, the Heavenly Ghost was the strongest.

The Heavenly Ghost processed the spiritual imprint, and without wasting a bit, devoured it directly.

Master Wang He, held by the late-stage Golden Corpse, trembled violently, a backlash from the destruction of the spiritual imprint.

Li Shiming then executed a master recognition technique, successfully claiming ownership of the jade compass.

The jade compass was named the ‘Space-locking Compass’, not considered a magic treasure but a unique artifact, with the special ability to create an area that restricts space movement.

Even though the ‘Space-locking Compass’ is mostly useless, it is the most effective limitation for cultivators who have mastered spatial divine power.

Most uniquely, the ‘Space-locking Compass’ can be activated at any time, immediately applying its effect, unlike some space-restricting treasures that require prior setup.

Do not underestimate this aspect; the characteristic of being able to activate at any time makes the ‘Space-locking Compass’ more useful and versatile.

Li Shiming glanced at the Heavenly Ghost, sending a command to it mentally. The Heavenly Ghost manipulated the grotto heaven anchor point at the center of the ‘Space-locking Compass’, the bead-like pearl of the anchor point flew out of the ‘Space-locking Compass’.

The pearl flew into his body, landing beside the five Nascent Souls, grouping with the anchor points of the Half-Life Cave Heaven and the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven.

By doing so, this newly born grotto heaven would no longer be accessible to any other cultivators.

He refocused his gaze on the Heavenly Ghost, whose enormous body could no longer enter Master Luo Pei’s body as before, nor even for a short time.

He considered for a moment and then stored the Heavenly Ghost in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, which had ample space for the Heavenly Ghost to operate.

The Heavenly Ghost’s task thereafter was to continually compress its spiritual energy until it reverted to its original size.

Although spiritual bodies can manipulate their size freely, this doesn’t apply to forcibly consumed, undigested spiritual energy.

Lastly were the five late-stage Golden Corpses, which he did not put away.

He did not intend to conceal the existence of the five late-stage Golden Corpses, as they would exert considerable pressure on the various forces of the Dongqi Continent, making them fear the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

With everything prepared, Li Shiming rose into the sky, the five late-stage Golden Corpses following behind him, heading to the Taichu branch.

The reason for not returning to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was that he carried with him two peak great cultivators from the super-sects, and he could not bring such trouble back to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. The Taichu Cave Heaven of the Taichu branch was technically his grotto heaven, and dealing with two peak great cultivators there would be less troublesome.

Li Shiming, five late-stage Golden Corpses, and the two captured peak great cultivators flying together was an astonishing spectacle.

The aura of the five late-stage Golden Corpses was that of great cultivators, making a total of eight great cultivators traveling together, a force even greater than all the great cultivators publicly acknowledged by the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Such a group of great cultivators could nearly destroy any force on the Dongqi Continent, whether the remaining two sects or the branches of super-sects on the continent.

This journey almost traversed the entire Dongqi Continent, and with Li Shiming’s intentional intimidation, without concealing themselves, by the time he reached the Taichu branch, all major forces on the Dongqi Continent had received the information.

Upon arriving at the Taichu branch, Li Shiming rearranged the eighteen hundred formation bases, setting them around the entrance to the Taichu Cave Heaven.

He also conveyed the method for entering and exiting the formation to his master, Grandmaster Hu, since the eighteen hundred formation bases were already available and shouldn’t be wasted.

This formation was equivalent to a medium-sized sect’s sect protection array, and when protecting just the small area around the Taichu Cave Heaven entrance, its power could nearly rival the defensive power of a large sect’s protection array.

With the aid of this formation, it would be possible to prevent any remaining Taichu Sect cultivators from attempting to infiltrate the Taichu Cave Heaven.

After all, the grotto heaven had been seized, and many former cultivators of the Taichu Sect knew the location of the entrance to the Taichu Cave Heaven, which couldn’t be relocated.

Having done all this, with a shift in his spirit, Li Shiming entered the half-step great power cave heaven of Yang Xing.

Upon entering the cave heaven, his first impression was that it was far too fragile.

Indeed, his assessment of the cave heaven was fragile, and he even suspected that a single strike of Sword Intent could shatter it.

In truth, the cave heaven’s fragility was his responsibility.

Yang Xing’s previously half-step great power cave heaven had not been so fragile, mainly structured with Thunder Rules, supplemented by Fire and Wood Rules, along with several other weaker rules, forming a somewhat basic rule system.

Although this rule system was far from perfect, it was sufficient to stabilize the cave heaven.

However, Li Shiming extracted a vast amount of Spiritual Energy from within the cave heaven, causing these un-solidified rules to dissipate one by one with the reduction of Spiritual Energy.

The only thing Yang Xing, the half-step great power, could do was maintain the primary structure of the Thunder Rules, resulting in the current fragile cave heaven.