Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2088: Chapter 1090: Extraction (Part 2)

From the lingering breath of the Golden Saint’s damaged godhead, he thought of the special energy within the Buddha statue, which he initially wanted to study. However, due to his own cultivation level and his nature as not being a Buddhist Practitioner, he did not delve deeply into it.

He did not notify any cultivators, even though this was a branch of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. As the ancestor of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, he naturally wielded unparalleled power, and he didn’t want anyone to know what he intended to do.

With his strength, it was very easy for him to remain undetected by the cultivators here.

His ”Telepathy” was activated, and within the scope of the entire Lianhua Branch Sect, all cultivators were influenced by ”Telepathy” and overlooked his presence.

No matter what he did, there would be no reaction from the cultivators here.

He chose the Buddha statue in the main hall of the Lianhua Branch Sect and stood beside it, placing one hand on the great Buddha statue.

”This is the energy!” he murmured with a smile.

Unfortunately, even for him as a Late Stage Great Power, he couldn’t mobilize the power of faith within the Buddha statue.

In the Cultivation World, perhaps aside from Buddhist Practitioners, no cultivator can control the power of faith, and even Buddhist Practitioners can use it only to a very limited extent.

If Buddhist Practitioners could completely control the power of faith, they wouldn’t be suppressed by other cultivators like this.

Li Shiming’s mind stirred, and the figure of the Golden Saint appeared.

Li Shiming began counting down the time in his mind, as the Golden Saint could only appear in the world for sixty breaths of time.

One of his brains controlled the Golden Saint, who placed his hand on the Buddha statue, extracting the power of faith within it into his body.

Once the power of faith entered his body, it flowed towards the flame of the soul, eventually being absorbed by the damaged godhead.

He could feel that as a large amount of the power of faith was absorbed, the damaged godhead recovered a trace.

He couldn’t help but laugh. Do not underestimate this single trace of recovery; if the damaged godhead absorbed energy on its own, it would take hundreds of years to reach this level.

Yet the Golden Saint achieved it in just a few breaths, and he knew he had found the right method.

”Looks like from now on, I need to leave a bit of the power of faith,” Li Shiming observed as the Buddha statue, having been drawn of all its power of faith, showed many cracks on its surface, like something new suddenly enduring a millennium of wear and tear.

He mobilized a bit of Cave Heaven Energy, using wood-type energy to repair the cracks on the Buddha statue.

Next, he visited all the Buddha statues within the Lianhua Branch Sect, which took nearly three two-hour periods.

The primary reason it took three two-hour periods was that during this time, the Golden Saint needed to return to the Cave Heaven to rest, severing its perception of heaven and earth.

He sensed that he had absorbed all the power of faith from the Buddha statues of Lianhua Temple, allowing the damaged godhead to repair approximately one-thousandth.

He shook his head with a bitter smile, realizing he would need to traverse various places in the Cultivation World in the future.

Before this, he still needed to meet with various great powers.

Although the damaged godhead had only been repaired one-thousandth, the Golden Saint’s control over the ”Holy Spirit” rules had increased by at least twenty percent.

Li Shiming had a feeling that if the damaged godhead were completely restored, the Golden Saint’s power would likely immediately advance, and the Four-winged Angel would advance to a Six-winged Angel.

It was only because he had now advanced to a Late Stage Great Power, with a stronger soul, that he dared to let the Golden Saint repair the damaged godhead.

If he were still a Middle Stage Great Power, the Golden Saint’s strength would be too formidable, posing a risk of losing control.

Li Shiming did not leave the Lianhua Branch Sect; he stayed there and sensed through the Golden Saint’s appearance in the external world that the entire Lianhua Branch Sect was like an immense power of faith absorber.

The Lianhua Branch Sect wasn’t merely absorbing the faith of the Buddhist Practitioners and monks within the sect. Instead, it gathered all the faith within tens of thousands of miles around, concentrating it into the Buddha statues of the Lianhua Branch Sect.

He wanted to master this method of collecting faith energy by studying the Lianhua Branch Sect.

The only complication was that the one who sensed the power of faith most clearly was the Golden Saint, yet the Golden Saint could only emerge for sixty breaths at a time, causing the research time to be continuously delayed.

On the day Li Shiming invited the great powers, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect opened its mountain gates, and several floating mountains in the air had their formations deactivated, allowing free entry to Li Shiming’s cave abode.

It was Yin Shilan, the hostess, who handled this operation since Li Shiming had not returned after going to Lianhua Temple twenty days ago.

Yin Shilan stayed behind. This was the Central State, where the strongest power was merely in the Early Stage Great Power, all inherited great powers.

The deployable great power combat power was merely a Great Power Avatar, which could only store a small portion of Cave Heaven Energy within its body, barely possessing early-stage great power combat strength, let alone comparing to Yin Shilan, a Middle Stage Great Power.

Moreover, Yin Shilan also had Little Phoenix, who was likewise a mid-fifth-grade spiritual pet.

Yin Shilan did not contact Li Shiming; she understood that if Li Shiming was delayed, then it must be an extremely significant matter.

In comparison, inviting various great power avatars wasn’t worth mentioning.

Over the years, following by Li Shiming, Yin Shilan’s vision had greatly expanded. The inheritor great powers, once viewed as divine, now seemed no more remarkable.

The great power avatars arrived at the mountain gate of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect on time, following the guide of the aura, entering the innermost floating mountain above the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

The great powers felt varying emotions, with some discontented with Li Shiming not personally attending to welcome them.

After all, they were great powers and deserved respect.

Look at how the Ten Thousand Beast Sect received guests, sending Grandmaster Hu and over twenty Great Cultivators to meet them.

Although Grandmaster Hu was Li Shiming’s master, making his status reasonably appropriate, it seemed unthinkable for Li Shiming, the host of this invitation, not to greet them.

”Is Li Shizhen not present?” one great power asked in surprise, seeing Yin Shilan stationed on the mountaintop and the prepared environment for guests.

”It seems he looks down on us; the guests have arrived, yet the host isn’t present!” Another great power remarked with faint satire.

To most of the great powers here, Li Shiming’s absence was quite disrespectful.

”Silence, haven’t you noticed Yin Fairy’s cultivation level?” Sword Elder sternly scolded.

Sword Elder’s expression was serious; upon arriving here, he discovered the extraordinary aura of Yin Shilan.

By nature, Yin Shilan was peaceful, so despite her Middle Stage Great Power level, her aura didn’t exhibit much intimidation, which didn’t draw the immediate attention of other great powers.

This could not be blamed on the great powers; who could have expected that in just a few years, Yin Shilan would advance to the Middle Stage Great Power?

The great powers were all aware that Yin Shilan’s talent wasn’t extraordinary. With such talent, even with Li Shiming’s help, they thought it would take at least a millennium for further advancement.

Upon Sword Elder’s reminder, the great powers finally sensed Yin Shilan’s formidable strength.

”Shilan, have you advanced to the Middle Stage?” Great Power Meng Jun asked joyfully.

As an Inheritor Great Ability of Luanyang Palace, where Yin Shilan was a cultivator, Yin Shilan’s powerful strength only strengthened Luanyang Palace, much to her delight.

”Senior Sister Meng, I only advanced not long ago!” Yin Shilan replied with a smile.

”Is it really so advantageous there to let you ascend to the Middle Stage so quickly?” Great Power Meng Jun questioned, half muttering to herself.

As an Inheritor Great Ability, her true form couldn’t leave the gates of Luanyang Palace.

But as a great power, she held dreams of even stronger abilities, of reaching greater realms.

She had cultivated for over two thousand years at the gates of Luanyang Palace, yet looked at Yin Shilan, who was nearly two thousand years younger and already surpassed her realm.

And she feared she would never reach Yin Shilan’s current realm, leaving Yin Shilan with an even broader future.

”Your jokes, Meng Immortal; aren’t there other great powers who returned from there, yet none of them enhanced their strength like Yin Fairy!” Sword Elder stated gravely.

He sought to awaken Great Power Meng Jun, fearing that if she continued to harbor such thoughts, even a great power avatar might trigger a heart devil in its true form.