Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1647: Chapter 870: Divine Palace

After activating the teleportation ring, Li Shiming felt a white appear before his eyes, a pure white, devoid of any other colors.

He felt his body being violently pulled; if not for his robust physique, combined with the protective energy of the teleportation ring shielding his body, a weaker cultivator’s body would have already collapsed.

He had no idea how long it had been; it could have been a second, a day, or even a year. In this purely white world, time lost its meaning.

Until he was squeezed out from the pure white world, his body unsteady, he collapsed onto a solid ground.

This was probably the most embarrassed he had been since ascending to a Great Cultivator.

Instinctively, he looked around, afraid of his embarrassment being seen by others.

Clearly, his worry was unnecessary; there was no one around. He stood at the foot of a towering mountain, white jade steps stretched out before him, leading up to the mountain peak.

Atop the mountain stood a palace, emanating a terrifying pressure, even for a Great Cultivator like him, it was a shock to the mind and spirit.

He did not immediately ascend the mountain, instead choosing to observe his surroundings.

First, the spiritual energy here was astonishingly rich and pure, comparable to the cultivation environment he had created for himself in the Treasure Lotus Hall of the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven.

The cultivation environment he had constructed for himself involved channeling many spiritual veins acquired over time into the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, where its ’Heavenly Human Dao’ hall, being the Cave Heaven Master’s cultivation place, already had abundant spiritual energy, which created such an environment.

The Heavenly Person Cave Heaven is a Grotto Heaven of great power, even the mighty forces’ cultivation environments wouldn’t surpass his by much.

Yet the mountain before him, even just at its base, was so filled with spiritual energy it astonished him.

”Where is this place?” With this question in mind, he looked off into the distance.

But to his disappointment, even with the use of his ’Divine Eye,’ he couldn’t see anything in the distance. Even this mountain, seemed to be suspended in the void.

It was as if this world contained only this mountain, with nothing else existing.

While observing beyond the mountain, he felt a sense of danger, as if leaving the mountain’s range might involve extreme danger.

He trusted his instincts, so he didn’t attempt to leave.

In such unknown places, surviving was the most important thing.

Li Shiming looked at the white jade steps which didn’t give him a sense of danger.

He didn’t fly, even leaving the ground felt unsafe to him.

He lifted his foot, stepped onto the white jade steps, and nothing happened, they were just like ordinary steps.

With nowhere else to go, he had to move upward to see the palace.

Of course, considering that the half-step Great Power Yang Xing returned from here before, the level of danger should still be within control.

Step by step, he climbed upwards, initially nothing was amiss. But after ten steps, with each additional step, he felt a faint ringing in his ears, as if bell sounds were echoing.

However, his natal treasure IBMz15 clearly indicated no bell sounds were happening.

His natal treasure IBMz15 was connected closely with him, if IBMz15 detected no bell sounds, where did these sounds come from?

As Li Shiming pondered, since the bell sounds didn’t trigger his danger alarms, he continued climbing step by step.

The bell sounds continued, resonating with his soul.

He felt his soul clear, as if it was being cleansed. Long-term killing had stained his soul with some impurities, which came from the slaughtered beings.

He had never sensed the impurities in his soul before; he might never have known without today’s bell sounds.

As he continued upward, his mind was clear of distractions, with his natal treasure IBMz15 monitoring his every condition; should anything happen, IBMz15 would alert him immediately.

He felt climbing the white jade steps was an opportunity, evident from his soul being purified.

After impurities in his soul were cleansed by the bell sounds, they began to resonate with his mind, seemingly wanting to lead his consciousness into a certain realm.

But just then, IBMz15 issued a warning, discovering abnormal information trying to enter his brain.

IBMz15 can analyze foreign information, much like antivirus software.

When foreign information attempts to enter Li Shiming’s brain, it undergoes a filter by IBMz15.

If it contains any negative effects such as mind control, influence on mental state, personality alteration, or even body seizing, IBMz15 would proactively intercept and notify Li Shiming.

”Analyze the information!” Li Shiming’s eyes sharpened, issuing a command to IBMz15.

If even climbing the mountain involved danger, the mountain’s danger level must be reassessed higher.

It didn’t take long before he received the analysis results from IBMz15 for the intercepted information.

The information didn’t carry strong malice, merely a conscious implant aiming to instill longing for this place in cultivators, while ensuring secrecy regarding its existence.

This method of consciousness implantation was ineffective for most cultivators, but here, prior purification of the soul left cultivators completely off guard, under normal circumstances, even a Peak Great Cultivator couldn’t resist this form of consciousness implantation.