Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2008: Chapter 1050: Artifact Refining (2)

Li Shiming smiled slightly. Seeing that Yin Shilan now had something of her own to focus on, he was genuinely happy for her.

After all, once one advanced to Great Ability, one gained a long Life Span. If you didn’t find things you enjoyed to do, your mind would inevitably develop problems.

”Lan’er, the five Fifth Grade Spiritual Treasures I’ve been refining lately all need to face Artifact Tribulation!” Li Shiming changed the topic and said.

”The fifth-grade materials I’m nurturing will still need a long time before they can be used!” Yin Shilan said somewhat enviously.

Once at the Great Ability Realm, she naturally understood that Spiritual Treasures refined from fifth-grade materials nurtured by her own Grotto Heaven would be far more compatible with her, utterly incomparable to other treasures.

Following Li Shiming, she never needed to worry about Spiritual Treasures; back when she was still in the Great Cultivator Realm, she already had a treasure of her own.

Don’t look at Yin Shilan’s seemingly mediocre talent; in truth her combat strength was far from weak.

First of all, she was a Free Great Power, which gave her far more potential than an Inheritor Great Ability.

Not to mention that this Free Great Power also had Little Phoenix as a Spiritual Pet. Little Phoenix was a fifth-grade Red Gold Phoenix, with battle power on par with a Great Ability. In fact, to some extent, if one didn’t factor in the impact of Grotto Heaven on a Great Ability, its combat strength could suppress an ordinary Great Ability.

Within a few days, the ’Thunder Prison’ had once again been cleared out.

This time Li Taibai was not in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect; he had received an invitation and was representing Li Shiming and the Ten Thousand Beast Sect to attend a Great Ability gathering.

Li Shiming no longer had an avatar. Li Taibai himself was already an avatar and likewise could not condense another. So when the invitation to the Great Ability gathering could not be declined, Li Taibai had no choice but to go.

Within the circle of Great Abilities, Li Shiming could be said to be an extremely special existence.

He could skip Great Ability gatherings, but he could not truly detach himself from this circle. Otherwise, once something really happened, this circle would be unable to provide him any aid.

He arrived at the ’Thunder Prison’. Having undergone one Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation after another, its effect in boosting Thunder Cultivators had become even more pronounced.

Inside the machine-room space lay five unfinished Spiritual Treasures.

Though called unfinished, in truth only a tiny bit of final work remained; with a very short period of operation they could be completed.

He first took out a strange Longsword. The sword was entirely silver; when he swung it in his hand, the silver surface rippled like water.

He activated the ’Sword Demon Secret Manual’, that special Secret Manual capable of turning sword-type magic treasures into an energy state and storing them inside the body, then enhancing them as the Cultivator’s physique improved. By now it could only exert some residual effect.

This Longsword was created after he materialized his sword base, then forcibly reinforced it with fifth-grade gold material.

And in the course of reinforcing it, he inscribed two hundred billion Sword Intent Rule Runes and one hundred billion Gold Element Rule Runes onto the sword base.

The reason he chose Gold Element Rule Runes instead of other rule runes was because Gold Element Rule Runes were among the strongest rules he currently mastered.

Under the effect of one hundred billion Gold Element Rule Runes, the sharpness and durability of the sword base would both reach an extremely high level.

As for the two hundred billion Sword Intent Rule Runes, they were to enhance the effect of his Chaos Sword Intent.

Li Shiming finished inscribing the last bit of runes. Immediately he sensed the heavens and earth rejecting the Fifth Grade Sword Base in his hand.

A divine light flashed in his eyes as he looked up at the sky with some excitement, waiting for the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive.

Ever since he cleaved apart Heavenly Thunder last time, his strength had been constantly rising.

Even the Thunder Rule Runes had improved somewhat under the influence of that Heavenly Tribulation.

To continue enhancing the Thunder Rules, he needed to face a Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation and comprehend the thunder rules from Great Ability Level Heavenly Thunder.

A figure flickered in and out of sight in the sky. When its form appeared clearly, one could see it was a middle-aged Cultivator.

The aura on his body indicated that he was a Great Ability, and moreover his true body.

To be able to stray far from a sect, he was naturally a Free Great Power.

His name was Xie Gan, born of the Sun-Shooting Sect, though in recent years he had been roaming outside seeking his own opportunities.

This time his return to the Cultivation World was to rest for a while, digest the gains of these years.

It was also to adjust the mind that had been damaged by too much slaughter; the sect one grew up in from childhood was the best place to heal one’s spirit.

Great Power Xie Gan’s spatial ability was not bad; he was already close to the Cultivation World and no longer needed to rush as much, so he slowed down.

”Hm!” Suddenly he felt something and looked in a certain direction.

He could sense the might of heaven and earth gathering in that place; that should be where a Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation was in progress.

”Since when did the Dongqi Continent have a Great Ability?” he muttered curiously to himself.

Having been away from the Cultivation World too long, he naturally hadn’t heard anything about Dongqi Continent, much less how terrifying it had become.

As a Free Great Power, he did whatever came to mind.

In this world, there weren’t many things that could constrain him; at least within the Cultivation World he didn’t believe anyone could.

The closer he drew to the place where heaven and earth’s might was gathering, the clearer it became what it was.

”An unexpected delight. I actually happened to catch a Fifth Grade Spiritual Treasure undergoing Artifact Tribulation!” A greedy glint appeared in his eyes as he muttered.

Had this been another continent, he might have had some scruples.

On the one hand, those continents had ancient superpowers whose deep foundations he did not wish to offend lightly; on the other, the rules between the superpowers of the Cultivation World meant he couldn’t openly rob people.

But Dongqi Continent was different. At least when he had left, there were no Great Abilities in Dongqi Continent.

Which meant Dongqi Continent had no superpower with deep foundations; even if in recent years a superpower had appeared, he could always feign ignorance of the details.

A single Fifth Grade Spiritual Treasure was enough for him to make a move. Even if he didn’t use it himself, he could trade it for resources he needed.

His figure drew ever closer to that region. Just as he entered the borders of Dongqi Continent, Li Shiming received a message via the IBMz15.

Li Shiming did not assume this was an enemy; he merely thought it was some Great Power Avatar coming to ask for pills.

In these years, Great Power Avatars coming to Dongqi Continent were extremely common; another one was nothing strange.

He had no time to bother with it now; the other party ought to have the sense to wait.

Although he wasn’t particularly worried about crossing Artifact Tribulation, he still blessed himself with the Thunder Resistance Secret Method. Combined with the fact that he cultivated the Yuqing Thunder Scripture, his resistance to lightning was dozens of times stronger than other Great Abilities.

He didn’t provoke the Heavenly Tribulation in any way; he only wanted to pass it steadily.

There were still several tribulations to come; taking risks was not a good choice.

Thunderclouds gathered in the sky as heaven and earth’s rejection of the Fifth Grade Sword Base reached its peak.

Li Shiming held the Fifth Grade Sword Base, feeling a strange sense of compatibility emanating from it.

Previously, once the sword base was turned into energy and fused with his body, it was practically a part of him.

But now the Fifth Grade Sword Base in his hand removed that ’practically’; it was completely a part of his body.

The energy and Sword Intent within him could enter the Fifth Grade Sword Base without any restriction, and be strengthened by the sword’s two hundred billion Sword Intent Rule Runes and one hundred billion Gold Element Rule Runes.

Moreover, he could freely control the power level of the Fifth Grade Sword Base; it didn’t feel like something that had just been refined.

It was like using his own arm, truly achieving the state of moving it as he willed.

The thunderclouds in the sky piled up ever thicker. Just as this Heavenly Tribulation was about to begin, he frowned, his gaze shifting in a certain direction.

There were some rules in the Cultivation World that could not be broken; once broken, it meant sworn enemies who would never rest until death.

When a Cultivator was crossing tribulation, unless invited, other Cultivators could not approach.

This was a rule that every Cultivator had to accept; it concerned the very life and death of the tribulation-crossing Cultivator.

Very clearly, this Great Ability had broken that rule and was approaching the site where Li Shiming was crossing tribulation.