Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2006: Chapter 1049: The Grand Ceremony (Part 2)

Besides, there are Sword Servants and Thunder Servants, all fifth-grade ’Flying Night Demons’, and all are Great Power-level combat forces.

Just these alone made the Great Powers astonished, not to mention Li Shiming still had some hidden methods.

One must know that Great Power-level Heavenly Tribulations cannot be concealed, and there were five Corpse Refining Heavenly Tribulations at Great Power level, although it’s unknown if all five were successful.

As long as one Heavenly Tribulation succeeds, it means Li Shiming has hidden a ’Flying Night Demon’.

Li Shiming indeed hid ’Flying Night Demons’, as many as five.

It’s not that he wanted to hide them, but these five are fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’, coming from the corpses of two fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ of Great Power Leng Luo and three of Huiyue Bodhisattva.

After being refined as corpses, fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ did not become ’Flying Night Demons’. Instead, they resurrected in a sense, merely forming a soul contract with Li Shiming.

If Li Shiming truly released the fifth-grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’, he might immediately become the enemy of the entire Cultivation World.

In the days that followed, a Great Power avatar would come every now and then.

Especially after hearing that most Great Power avatars had arrived early at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, ten days later, all the avatars of the Cultivation World’s Great Powers arrived at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Aside from those without avatars, all other Great Powers sent their avatars to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

They didn’t want to offend Li’s lineage over this matter.

Not to mention Li Shiming’s alchemy abilities, the strength of the four Free Great Powers alone was enough to make any inheritor of great ability take them seriously.

Due to the early arrival of the Great Powers, Yin Shilan’s Ascension Ceremony had to be held ahead of schedule.

Great Power Meng Jun hoped Yin Shilan’s Ascension Ceremony could be held at Luanyang Palace, but seeing Yin Shilan didn’t bring it up, she didn’t remind her.

She knew very well that in the matter of Yin Shilan’s ascension to a Great Power, Luanyang Palace contributed almost nothing.

Yin Shilan’s rise to Great Power relied entirely on Li Shiming.

In the Cultivation World, it’s common for Daoist couples to depend on the stronger party for support.

Yin Shilan relies on Li Shiming, with Li Shiming at the core, which is normal in the Cultivation World.

Since the Ten Thousand Beast Sect is already a superpower, Yin Shilan’s Ascension Ceremony still required her to give a sermon.

This is a must for newly ascended Great Powers in superpowers; after the sermon, they can integrate into the circle of Great Powers.

Previously, Li Shiming did not give a sermon because he was not yet a Great Power in a superpower.

As for Li Taibai, he isn’t even a cultivator in the Cultivation World.

Although Li Shiming was in seclusion, he came out two days before Yin Shilan’s sermon.

The scarcity of Grotto Heaven Energy was evident in his somewhat unstable aura.

He prepared the sermon script for Yin Shilan, but of course, this script was merely a reference, as once Yin Shilan entered the true state of sermon, the script’s significance diminished.

Yin Shilan’s comprehension of rules was guided by him, and he was more familiar with Yin Shilan’s situation than she was herself.

In IBMz15’s database, there’s even a section dedicated to recording data on Yin Shilan.

On the day of the sermon, Li Shiming appeared beside Yin Shilan’s sermon platform.

The Great Powers here immediately noticed something off about Li Shiming when they saw him.

But as they met Li Shiming’s gaze, they all felt suppressed.

This startled them, for Li Shiming’s strength was far beyond their imagination to make Great Powers with an average accumulation of thousands of years feel suppressed.

It was just like when they first encountered Li Yuanba and were shocked by his realm.

They realized, astonishingly, that the Great Powers of Li’s lineage were anything but ordinary.

Li Yuanba had ascended to the middle stage of Great Power, while Li Shiming, though not at the middle stage, could mentally suppress these inheritor Great Powers, demonstrating that Li Shiming exceeded the early stage of Great Power in spirit, even beyond the middle stage.

Because even the middle stage of Great Power couldn’t suppress them with just a glance.

Li Shiming withdrew his spiritual pressure, nodding slightly towards the avatars of the Great Powers.

Today, he was not the main character, so he did not show off.

The Great Powers returned the gesture; if it weren’t for the inappropriate occasion, Great Power avatars would have already approached to converse.

Yin Shilan, clad in a palace dress, brought a smile to Great Power Meng Jun’s face when she saw her attire.

The palace dress was styled in the way of Luanyang Palace’s robes, showing that Yin Shilan hadn’t forgotten Luanyang Palace.

Great Power Meng Jun was satisfied even with just this gesture from Yin Shilan.

Yin Shilan began her sermon, and immediately, the scene was filled with phenomena, celestial flowers falling, and golden lotuses springing from the earth.

However, such phenomena didn’t draw much attention from the Great Powers. At their level, sermons causing phenomena were normal.

It was instead rare, like the special phenomena evoked by Li Yuanba the last time.

The content of Yin Shilan’s sermon wasn’t complex or profound; many Great Powers surpassed her in rule comprehension, and her sermon lacked highlights.

Many Great Powers showed peculiar expressions, among them Great Power Meng Jun.

Great Power Meng Jun, who practiced the ’Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Technique’ alongside Yin Shilan, naturally understood Yin Shilan’s sermon better.

Great Power Meng Jun found that Yin Shilan’s rule comprehension had just reached the level of a Great Power and was quite conventional.

With talent like Yin Shilan’s, her able ascension to a Great Power was nothing short of a miracle.

After the sermon concluded, the Great Powers turned their gaze towards Li Shiming.

Everyone knew the kind of talent Yin Shilan had, and Li Shiming being able to train her into a Great Power meant he had gone to great lengths.

”Thank you to all the fellow Daoists for coming; Lan’er and I have prepared Spirit Fruit and Spiritual Tea, please honor us with your presence!” Due to the sermon, Yin Shilan was quite mentally exhausted, so Li Shiming extended the invitation on her behalf.

None of the Great Powers would refuse Li Shiming’s invitation.

Since the last time, after tasting the Spiritual Tea brewed by Li Shiming during Li Yuanba’s Ascension Ceremony, most cultivators among them hadn’t had a second chance to taste it.

They naturally coveted a second tasting of that tea.

Li Shiming first used the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skill on Yin Shilan to restore her condition.

Only then did he take out a Fifth Grade Pill Furnace, using the fifth-grade ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ to brew the Spiritual Tea.

The spirit water he used was the Fifth Grade Spiritual Spring Water. When he distributed the Spiritual Tea to the avatars of each Great Power, all the avatars focused intently on the cups before them.

”May I take this Spiritual Tea back to taste?” asked an avatar of a Great Power.

This was a rather impolite request, but it spoke to the hearts of most of the Great Powers present.

The avatars could taste the tea’s flavor and absorb its energy, but it couldn’t compare to what the main body would experience.

As the avatars sensed the Spiritual Tea before them, they realized it was completely different from before, with quality elevated by more than a notch.

They also understood why, for it wasn’t a secret that Li Shiming had acquired the Fifth Grade Spirit Spring Eye.

Yet they hadn’t anticipated that the Spiritual Tea brewed with Fifth Grade Spiritual Spring Water by Li Shiming would offer significant benefits even to Great Powers.

Of course, another factor was Li Shiming’s ’Heavenly Human Technique’, with his profound research into the ’Wood Element Rules’ and ’Water Rules’.

The combination of ’Wood Element Rules’ and ’Water Rules’ further enhanced the effects of the Spiritual Tea and Fifth Grade Spiritual Spring Water.

”Anyone who wishes may take some back!” Li Shiming said with a smile, waving his hand.

”Then we won’t be polite!” exclaimed the delighted avatar, bowing in gratitude.

The other avatars also produced jade boxes, carefully storing the Spiritual Tea away.

At this moment, neither Li Shiming nor the avatars mentioned the fourth-grade top-quality cups; the gifts the Great Powers brought this time far exceeded the value of these cups.