Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1403 - 748: Ten Years

Upon his return to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, Li Yuanba found that no one dared to question him regarding the treasures he had acquired.

This was partly due to his prestigious status as an Alchemy Master, but more significantly, it was because of the protective gaze of Sword Elder. Even if certain individuals harbored curiosity about his spoils, they refrained from taking any provocative actions.

He remained secluded within his grotto day after day, focusing entirely on his Cultivation.

Witnessing a Great Mahayana Cultivator as formidable as Langcai Great Power succumb to the passage of time within his own Grotto Heaven had left a profound mark on both Li Yuanba and his true body, Li Shiming.

Driven by a desire to avoid a similar fate, he refused to squander a single moment, pushing his Cultivation to its absolute limits.

He did not neglect his duties as an alchemist, however. He continued to accept various alchemy commissions periodically; rather than performing the refinement himself, he channeled these tasks to Li Shiming.

While Li Shiming utilized the "Green Mist Treasure Cauldron" to produce the Fourth Grade Elixirs necessary for Nascent Soul Early Stage progression, Li Yuanba received the sword intent-infused fourth-grade flying swords he required in exchange.

Although he had salvaged two thousand energy-converted flying swords saturated with a Great Cultivator’s sword intent from the grotto of Langcai Great Power, the "Ten Thousand Sword Peak" necessitated a minimum of ten thousand such blades.

The "Ten Thousand Sword Peak" is capable of absorbing and converting any flying sword as long as it possesses sword intent, making the demand for such weapons nearly limitless.

A decade slipped by in an instant. While the Central State Continent appeared relatively tranquil on the surface, restless undercurrents continued to churn beneath.

Seated inside his grotto, Li Yuanba was shrouded in sword intent so dense it felt almost physical.

His original "Void-breaking Sword Intent" had receded significantly; or more accurately, it had been integrated into a broader intent, no longer serving as the dominant force.

His current power is known as "Chaos Sword Intent," a product of Li Shiming’s deep analytical research into the Sword Intent Stele, merged with the unique properties of the chaos energy from the "Heavenly Human Technique."

Naturally, the sword intent possessed by both Li Shiming and Li Yuanba still requires extensive refinement before it can truly be called "Chaos Sword Intent."

At this stage, Li Yuanba’s "Chaos Sword Intent" consolidates the strength of various different sword intents, granting him unparalleled flexibility and making his strikes impossible to predict.

Furthermore, he possesses the ability to condense his "Chaos Sword Intent" back into a specific specialized form at a moment's notice.

A strand of "Chaos Sword Intent" flickered at his fingertip, and with a mere thought, it shifted into "Void-breaking Sword Intent."

This transformed version of the "Void-breaking Sword Intent" was exponentially more powerful than his original mastery of the technique.

Through his study of sword intent, he appeared to have veered onto a path that diverged sharply from the other sword cultivators of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

For any other cultivator, attempting to pursue such a diverse and comprehensive range of sword intents would inevitably lead to diluted strength and mediocre combat ability.

Li Yuanba, however, was an exception. The "Chaos Sword Intent" was not born of his personal enlightenment, but was instead the culmination of ten years of rigorous analysis by Li Shiming and his life-bound treasure, IBMz15.

Li Yuanba’s contribution to this progress was the ten thousand energy-converted flying swords housed within the "Ten Thousand Sword Peak."

It was the vast array of different sword intents within the "Ten Thousand Sword Peak" that served as the essential data for Li Shiming and IBMz15 to decode the mysteries of the Sword Intent Stele.

Even the most gifted sword cultivators usually possess only a single mind to dedicate to a single sword intent, which is a monumental challenge in itself.

In contrast, Li Shiming utilized one hundred and fifty separate "brains" to dissect the Sword Intent Stele, bolstered by the computational speed of IBMz15. Each of these minds possessed a perception of sword intent that rivaled the most brilliant geniuses.

These one hundred and fifty minds functioned like a legion of elite sword cultivators, all stripped of personal distractions to focus on a singular objective.

They were unburdened by the sheer complexity of the research, as IBMz15 handled the grueling, time-consuming calculations instantly.

Such a feat is fundamentally impossible within the traditional world of Cultivation; no one other than Li Shiming could ever hope to replicate it.

"Just what kind of being could have left behind the Sword Intent Stele?" Li Yuanba whispered to himself.

As his understanding of the Sword Intent Stele grew and his sword intent reached new heights, his fascination with its origin only deepened.

Even the legendary sword intent of Sword Elder was merely a small fragment derived from the Stele.

Li Yuanba dismissed the thought with a shake of his head; dwelling on such mysteries was currently fruitless.

With a light tap, the "Ten Thousand Sword Peak" ascended above him, projecting a heavy gravity field.

His frame grew heavy under the pressure, triggering the sword body within the "Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique" to activate and resist the crushing force.

After consuming a Fourth Grade High-level Spirit Pill, he entered a meditative state, circulating the "Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique" to gradually expand the spiritual power within his Nascent Soul.

This specialized Cultivation method was one he had developed personally. While he lacked the extreme environments available to Li Shiming’s main body, the artificial gravity field allowed him to refine his sword body while simultaneously practicing his technique.

The utility of the gravity field was immense; once it reached a level capable of suppressing a Nascent Soul Middle Stage expert, he could use it to push his physical form to its absolute breaking point.

Under this self-inflicted gravitational strain, his sword body reacted instinctively to counter the pressure, slowly hardening his physical shell.

In just ten years, his physical toughness had increased dramatically, now equaling the bodily strength of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak sword cultivator.