Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1713: Chapter 903: State of Mind

Li Shiming had Little Feng, who had shrunk its body, standing on his shoulder, and the Illusion Spirit Dragon also shrank into a bracelet. He himself sat on the back of the Golden Winged Dapeng.

The Golden Winged Dapeng loved flying and was willing to carry its master as it flew.

On the other hand, Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon preferred to accompany Li Shiming by reducing their size.

The Golden Winged Dapeng performed a space movement every ten breaths or so. Although the distance covered by the space movement was not very far, it was still several hundred miles. Coupled with its extremely fast flight speed, it was no slower than a late-stage Golden Corpse enhanced with the ’Speed Rule Imprint.’

Counting the Golden Winged Dapeng’s space movement, its speed even surpassed that of a late-stage Golden Corpse.

This kind of flight by the Golden Winged Dapeng was not short-lived; its flight could continue indefinitely.

The legendary Golden Winged Dapeng would never touch the ground with its feet throughout its life; it considered the sky its home, and flying to it was a natural instinct, like breathing to humans.

Li Shiming had always been cautious and had never felt as relaxed as he did now.

He did not care about any powerful cultivators; even in the Cloud Island Sea, where enemies seemed to surround him, he did not mind.

As a Peak Great Cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm, he feared no other great cultivators, even if they tried to defeat him with sheer numbers, they could not succeed.

It could be said that from the moment he reached the peak of the Great Cultivator Realm, he was the strongest cultivator below the great powers and half-step great powers in the Cultivation World.

With the assurance of a teleportation ring that allowed instant teleportation, he was confident of escaping safely even when facing a great power.

Moreover, since he had decided to make some moves, he no longer had any reservations about his actions.

This time, he no longer wore a mask on his face, and his aura changed back to that of a Thunder Cultivator, revealing the side of him that competed for resources at the Divine Palace.

Though the Cloud Island Sea was vast, his flamboyant flight, especially with the Golden Winged Dapeng, a divine beast-level spiritual pet, drew significant attention from every cultivator who crossed paths with him.

Even after dozens of years, the Cloud Island Sea had not forgotten Li Shiming, nor had it forgotten the terrifying Thunder Cultivator who had slain several Peak Great Cultivators.

The back of the Golden Winged Dapeng was very stable, and the Golden Winged Dapeng used its own energy to protect it, allowing Li Shiming to fly at high speed while leisurely enjoying Spiritual Tea.

He had studied the map and passed it on to the Golden Winged Dapeng.

The Golden Winged Dapeng had a high sensitivity to maps, and after referencing several islands, it formed a complete impression of the Cloud Island Sea in its mind.

The outskirts of the Cloud Island Sea were occupied by various medium and large forces, and only after passing through the outskirts could one reach the six super forces. These six super forces, scattered in six directions of the Cloud Island Sea, protected the largest human-populated archipelago within the Cloud Island Sea.

Of course, the central position of the Cloud Island Sea was also divided among the six super forces, who were protecting their own interests.

Li Shiming’s target was the area of these six super forces, but which super force to engage with would only be decided upon approaching that area based on the situation.

Although he had reached the peak of the Great Cultivator Realm, he had no intention of immediately advancing to a half-step great power.

On one hand, he was not fully prepared, not in terms of resources, of which he was quite abundant.

His Heavenly Mechanism Treasures were complete, and he had also obtained ample resources for advancing to a half-step great power from the half-step great powers of the Yuzhu Islands, enough for his consumption.

But what he lacked was the experience for advancing to a half-step great power with the ’Heavenly Human Technique,’ as well as some theoretical foundation.

Considering the special cultivation technique of the ’Heavenly Human Technique,’ his chance of obtaining advancement experience was almost zero, as the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ was a newly created cultivation technique.

Moreover, the training conditions for the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ were too stringent, and even if there were any inheritance of it outside, finding advancement experience to a half-step great power seemed unlikely.

However, he was waiting for results from his life-bound treasure IBMz15’s research on the ’Divine Perception Stele.’

Or next time the Divine Palace opens, he could enter the Divine Palace once more to comprehend at the ’Divine Perception Stele’ again.

Both methods were feasible, as IBMz15 required only one breakthrough in its research on the ’Divine Perception Stele’ to create a virtual, digitized ’Divine Perception Stele.’

If IBMz15 could not achieve a research breakthrough within two to three hundred years, he would consider reentering the Divine Palace.

Waiting in the Peak Great Cultivator Realm for two to three hundred years was no big deal; at just over two hundred years old, he was still young among the Great Cultivators in the Cultivation World.

Not to mention the Peak Great Cultivators, each had been cultivating for over a thousand years to reach the peak of the Great Cultivator Realm.

The other reason for not immediately advancing to a half-step great power was his insufficient accumulation.

The spiritual power within his five Nascent Souls had reached the utmost limit, but he felt that the Nascent Souls had not truly reached their limit, requiring long-term accumulation, gradual melding of the spiritual power within his body, and regulation of his mindset.

Normally, after reaching the Peak Great Cultivator Realm, cultivators would start considering resource collection, either by serving their sect and obtaining resources or by going out on adventures and obtaining them from dangerous places.

Li Shiming did not need to worry about this; his resources were ready, so he was carefree and needed only to hone his mindset and harmonize the spiritual power within his body.