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Chapter 2064: Chapter 1078: Immortal Fire (Part 2)

”Senior Peng, I’ll agree on Mr. Li’s behalf. You can come back in two years to collect the healing Spirit Pill. The other Spirit Pills will take several more years to be refined for you!” Li Yuanba looked at the four fifth-grade Immortal Fires and made the decision directly.

These four fifth-grade Immortal Fires were precisely the ones Great Power Lu Wei used in the battle that day. It’s unknown how Great Power Peng Run acquired these four fifth-grade Immortal Fires from Great Power Lu Wei.

As for Great Power Peng Run claiming these four fifth-grade Immortal Fires were obtained throughout his life, that’s merely something to listen to. Great Power Peng Run almost put his life on the line when fighting alongside Great Power Lu Wei, which is probably how he managed to get the four fifth-grade Immortal Fires.

The Fire Dragon unleashed by the fusion of four fifth-grade Immortal Fires is immensely powerful. Even though it still requires some Cave Heaven Energy to activate, it can be considered top-tier within Fire Magic spells.

Now, these four fifth-grade Immortal Fires have come into Li Shiming’s possession. Together with the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ and ’Blood Flame Immortal Fire,’ there are a total of six fifth-grade Immortal Fires. The fusion of six fifth-grade Immortal Fires naturally possesses even greater power.

Great Power Peng Run’s request for Li Shiming to practice Alchemy was deliberately spread by Great Power Yi Yao.

Upon learning that Great Power Peng Run offered four fifth-grade Immortal Fires as compensation to secure the priority for the refinement of forty furnaces of fifth-grade Spirit Pills, other Great Powers could no longer wait idly by.

Subsequently, many Great Powers came over, all bringing with them fifth-grade Immortal Fires to avoid overlap with the fifth-grade Immortal Fires Li Shiming already had.

Everyone knew that the later the fifth-grade Immortal Fires were delivered, the less likely they would be accepted as compensation for Alchemy.

Several years later, Great Power Peng Run took four fifth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills from Li Yuanba. He consumed one on the spot, significantly alleviating his injuries.

After digesting the effects of this fifth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pill, consuming one or two more would likely heal his injuries completely.

This event further stimulated the enthusiasm for Alchemy among the Great Powers in the Land of Fallen Immortals. One fifth-grade Immortal Fire after another was sent to Li Yuanba’s hands, resulting in over a hundred and fifty furnaces of fifth-grade Spirit Pill commissions solely using fifth-grade Immortal Fires as compensation.

It can be said that except for the Great Powers who offered fifth-grade Immortal Fires as compensation for Alchemy, the rest of the Great Powers wanting to commission Alchemy from Li Shiming would face an increasingly desperate wait time.

Li Yuanba also halted the commission reservation using fifth-grade Spiritual Medicines as compensation for Alchemy, as there were simply too many Alchemy commissions at Li Shiming’s place now.

Even after reducing the Alchemy commissions, Li Shiming would still need nearly a hundred years to open a furnace.

Fortunately, even while practicing Alchemy, Li Shiming was not hindered from doing other things, and not even his cultivation was affected.

Li Shiming has been quite busy lately. The Alchemy business is simple. Two fifth-grade Pill Furnaces were placed in the engine room space, and he divided two minds to focus on Alchemy.

His current priority is researching and analyzing the Golden Saint, as well as comprehending various rules, and consuming fifth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills for cultivation.

This day happens to be a break between the completion of two furnaces of fifth-grade Spirit Pills, so he paused his Alchemy work.

Yin Shilan stood nearby, looking somewhat nervously at Li Shiming.

Today, Li Shiming was preparing to collect the fifth-grade Immortal Fires. All of the acquired fifth-grade Immortal Fires were not immediately absorbed and fused; rather, they were placed in the Grotto Heaven, nourished by his own Fire Energy.

Adding the fifth-grade ’Blood Flame Immortal Fire,’ a total of twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires lined up in the void spectacularly.

Many Great Powers spend their entire lives attaining one or two Immortal Fires at most.

Yet here, he had a full twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires, with no duplicates among them.

The reason for summoning Yin Shilan was for her to observe and learn. Once Li Shiming’s power reaches a certain level and Cave Heaven Energy is sufficient, he plans to split these twenty-one fifth-grade Immortal Fires, creating new fifth-grade Immortal Fires for Yin Shilan.

Yin Shilan’s Red Gold Phoenix and her ’Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens’ technique require fifth-grade Spirit Fires to enhance.

Li Shiming lightly tapped his fingers. Each fifth-grade Immortal Fire he had nurtured into larger flames flew towards the core of the Cave Heaven.

The ’Fire Element Rule Rune’ within the Cave Heaven Core erupted with brilliance, engulfing the twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires.

Fusing twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires at once, even for him as a Middle Stage Great Power, was exhausting.

The fifth-grade Immortal Fires had already assimilated into his Fire Energy in the Cave Heaven, and despite their different attributes, they didn’t resist much.

Once all the fifth-grade Immortal Fires recognized their master, twenty large fire tendrils appeared beside the ’Infinite Immortal Fire.’

The ’Infinite Immortal Fire,’ after years of cultivation, was no longer a mere flame but a fire mass as large as a head.

Simply having these fifth-grade Immortal Fires acknowledge a master isn’t enough; if it were, each use would see the fifth-grade Immortal Fires fighting independently, unable to truly achieve the effect of fusion and power enhancement.

So what he had to do next was to meld the numerous fifth-grade Immortal Fires truly into one.

He used the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ as the mainstay; it communicated seamlessly with him. From the fire mass of the ’Infinite Immortal Fire,’ twenty fiery serpents extended and coiled around the twenty large flames.

Although these twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires had recognized a master, they were of the same grade as the ’Infinite Immortal Fire.’ Moreover, some were of higher quality than the ’Infinite Immortal Fire,’ and they wouldn’t willingly let themselves be integrated.

When the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ attempted to fuse with the twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires, it was met with fierce resistance.

Li Shiming intervened then, maneuvering the ’Infinite Immortal Fire.’ It was akin to Alchemy; he divided his mind into twenty parts, each controlling one of the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’s’ fiery serpents.

Each fiery serpent adopted different strategies tailored to the unique characteristics of different fifth-grade Immortal Fires. Some were slow, others fast, some were strong, others weak, some were direct, others indirect, attacking from within or forcefully from without.

With the level of control he had over the ’Infinite Immortal Fire,’ even outside the engine room space, he could achieve a precision at the nanometer scale.

With the assistance of IBMz15, after advancing to a Middle Stage Great Power, inside the engine room space, he could practice Alchemy and Artifact Refining with a precision of 0.01 nanometers, significantly improving his control proficiency.

Outside the engine room space, achieving nanometer precision in control was easy for him.

This nanometer precision in control allowed him to manage the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ as it fused with the twenty fifth-grade Immortal Fires, maintaining a balanced advance and retreat, gently suppressing and gradually integrating these fifth-grade Immortal Fires one by one.

Once only the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ remained before him, it appeared as an extremely ordinary flame.

Even if a Great Power sensed this flame, they wouldn’t perceive its true might.

Li Shiming knew, though, that this fifth-grade Immortal Fire had been formed by fusing twenty-one types of fifth-grade Immortal Fires. While it couldn’t be said to encompass all the fifth-grade Immortal Fires in the world, it included most of them.

By combining twenty-one types of fifth-grade Immortal Fires, its quality reached an unprecedented level.

As a hidden treasure, this fifth-grade Immortal Fire appeared as an ordinary flame when not activated.

But once activated, it became one of the world’s most top-tier fifth-grade Immortal Fires; a fusion of twenty-one types of fifth-grade Immortal Fires offered more than just twenty-one characteristics.

Additional characteristics emerged from the fusion of multiple fifth-grade Immortal Fires.

The strongest characteristic of this fifth-grade Immortal Fire was its all-consuming nature. He had tried it, and even fifth-grade Refining Materials would be liquefied within seconds under its power.

Although the defensive power of Spiritual Treasures crafted from fifth-grade Refining Materials surpassed the materials themselves,

considering the boost from Fire Magic and Fire Rules upon activating a fifth-grade Immortal Fire, its power would increase significantly.

Li Shiming tested a fifth-grade Spiritual Treasure; without special energy defense, it would be melted in at most two breaths. Even under the energy protection from a Great Power, it only lasted a few more breaths.

If he cast the Fire Dragon Technique based on this fifth-grade Immortal Fire, any Middle Stage Great Power might not defend against it for even a moment.