Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2082: Chapter 1087: Situation (2)

”What happened in your sect, do you need help?” Yi Yao Great Power asked solemnly.

He and Great Power Ding Feng shared a life-and-death bond, a relationship where they could entrust their backs to each other. Hearing Great Power Ding Feng’s words, he naturally felt uneasy.

A sect would only actively contact a Great Power in the Land of Fallen Immortals when faced with dire troubles.

Just like in Central State, when the Yuqing Sect sent out a message, calling back fellow sect members from the Land of Fallen Immortals, indicating that the sect was at a critical juncture.

”It’s all because of Yuan Ba!” Great Power Ding Feng pointed at Li Shiming and said helplessly.

”Brother Ding, I haven’t done anything. I come from Central State, too far from your sect!” Li Yuanba quickly shook his head upon hearing this.

”My sect learned of Li Shizhen’s alchemical abilities and plans to entrust all the accumulated fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine to him for refining into high-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills. Isn’t this why I’m called back?” Great Power Ding Feng continued to explain.

Hearing his explanation, both Great Power Yi Yao and Great Power Lin Jing laughed.

This matter had nothing to do with them. Li Shiming, hailing from Central State, had mostly refined the fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine accumulated by the superpowers there before coming.

In the short term, there wouldn’t be much surplus, so there was no need for them to return to Central State.

”I was wondering why there’s so much fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine; so that’s why!” Li Yuanba realized for the first time, understanding the situation.

The Great Powers seeking pills naturally would not disclose the source of the fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine.

Fearing that saying too much might lead to Li Shiming refusing, the Great Powers had a mutual understanding. Here at Seven Immortals Residence, if not for Great Power Ding Feng receiving news from his sect, they might not have known.

”Brother Ding, go back then. Divine Domain is quite peaceful lately!” Yi Yao Great Power said with a smile.

”Li Taibai is not far from Seven Immortals Residence, even if Divine Domain has major shifts, Li Taibai can respond promptly!” Li Yuanba revealed Li Taibai’s presence to reassure Great Power Ding Feng.

Great Power Ding Feng knew well about Li Taibai’s strength through Great Power Lin Jing.

”In that case, I shall leave today and return within a year!” Great Power Ding Feng’s biggest worry was the safety of Seven Immortals Residence, and this news relieved him.

He was indeed overthinking; being concerned led to confusion, as Li Yuanba’s strength could perfectly guard Seven Immortals Residence.

However, each Great Power assumed Li Yuanba’s myriad energy-converted flying swords consumed vast amounts of Cave Heaven Energy, leading to misjudgment of his combat power.

As for Li Shiming, his fusion of ’Chaotic Immortal Fire’ with three more fifth-grade Immortal Fires reduced his time for refining fifth-grade Spirit Pills by five days.

Do not underestimate five days of time; he was continuously refining pills, and the saved time was rather significant.

As years went by, a large batch of high-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills brought considerable influence on the Great Powers’ strength, allowing many to progress who initially had no hope.

Especially, the number of Middle Stage Great Powers exploded, enhancing the overall strength of humanity.

Due to extremely long life spans, human Great Powers concentrated in the Land of Fallen Immortals, hence their numbers were vast, often trapped at bottlenecks for various reasons.

Great Powers enhanced their Cave Heaven using ’Exotic Realm Spirit Crystal’, which, while hard to obtain, was not unattainable.

In terms of rule comprehension, over long centuries, some Great Powers would inevitably make gains.

However, their physiques required fifth-grade Spirit Pills for enhancement.

Previously, fifth-grade Spirit Pills were a key constraint on Great Powers improving their physiques, trapping many at bottlenecks partly for this reason.

With Li Shiming refined high-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills, many Great Powers compensated for this shortcoming, naturally leading to a mass of Great Powers advancing to the Middle Stage.

Li Shiming’s pill refinement lasted a full one hundred and twenty years, marking the end of this pill refinement surge.

No one could have imagined the amount of fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine provided by the cultivation lands; averaging one Pill Furnace per month still took one hundred and twenty years to fulfill this round of mandates.

Bearing in mind that every time he refined one Pill Furnace of fifth-grade Spirit Pills, he also collected one fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine.

Over one hundred and twenty years, he handled nearly three thousand fifth-grade Spiritual Medicines.

This was fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine, with each Grotto Heaven producing only one plant per hundred years.

Now he no longer worried about fifth-grade Spirit Pills, he, Li Yuanba, Li Taibai, and Yin Shilan, had enough even for saturation consumption.

Besides, Li Shiming had acquired an additional thirty-six top-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills, which was his greatest achievement.

Indescribable are the effects of top-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills, as the special nature of fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine required refining one hundred Furnaces of fifth-grade Spirit Pills to accumulate enough medicinal power in the Pill Furnace to condense a top-level Spirit Pill.

Through one hundred and twenty years, besides substantial gains in alchemy, his Cave Heaven Energy reached the total needed for promoting to late-stage Great Power; nonetheless, he did not rush to ascend but instead fortified his foundation.

Ascending to late-stage Great Power was a critical promotion, demanding utmost caution.

Not only he met the requirements for promotion, but Li Yuanba and Li Taibai had also reached the promotion criteria, even Yin Shilan met the standard for advancing to Middle Stage Great Power.

Yin Shilan was weak in many aspects, but with Li Shiming’s help, and her weakness being relative.

Speaking of her Cave Heaven Energy output, it was over a hundred times that of an ordinary Great Power.

Regarding physical aspects, there were enough high-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills to easily enhance the physique’s strength.

The most challenging rule comprehension saw Li Shiming, through IBMz15’s analysis of Yin Shilan, devising courses tailored for her rule comprehension enhancement.

Li Shiming’s rule comprehension reached late-stage Great Power level, allowing him to guide Yin Shilan, coupled with IBMz15’s conclusion, even with poor aptitude, she met the conditions for advancement through shortcuts.

As for Li Shiming’s fifth-grade Spirit Pets, inside the ’Ancient Spirit Beast Breeding Ground’, they continuously devoured spirit beasts, all upgrading to the fifth-grade Middle Stage due to many years of growth.

The Spirit Pets’ promotion was very smooth, as the ’Ancient Spirit Beast Breeding Ground’ enhanced them subtly yet significantly.

Two ’Holy Spirits’ at the fifth-grade Middle Stage successfully ascended to the late stage, originally reaching peak fifth-grade Middle Stage by consuming ’Holy Spirit’ energy within the altar.

Over these years, IBMz15’s research on Golden Saint allowed the two fifth-grade Middle Stage ’Holy Spirits’ to improve their comprehension of ’Holy Spirit’ rules, leaping to the late stage.

Yet, late-stage ’Holy Spirits’ in combat power lag far behind Gold Saint at the same rank, even two together couldn’t match Gold Saint.

Among all Spirit Pets, the one with minimal combat enhancement was Gold Saint.

Gold Saint’s power was initially too high, with over a century merely enabling it to master ’Holy Spirit’ rules’ application, while the enhancement of energy absorbed spontaneously by its cracked godhead was negligible.

According to IBMz15’s calculations, truly restoring the cracked godhead through self-energy absorption alone would take more than ten thousand years, failing to bring the remaining godhead to complete status.

Nevertheless, Li Shiming’s overall power saw significant enhancement.

If he were to confront late-stage Great Powers again, he could handle them without expending massive Cave Heaven Energy.

Of course, this was without his promotion to late-stage Great Power; upon ascending, late-stage Great Powers would pose no threat anymore.

After accomplishing all alchemy mandates, whether due to psychological factors or reaching a certain accumulation threshold, Li Shiming sensed that his timing to rise to the late stage had arrived, deciding to ascend to late-stage Great Power immediately.