Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1648 - 870: Divine Palace_2

Thanks to possessing the IBMz15, which guaranteed calm analysis and judgment in every situation, Li Shiming evaded the doom of consciousness implantation.

Subsequent chimes continued to rattle his soul, yet caused no additional effects; the consciousness implantation hidden in the chimes could no longer impact him.

A long breath of relief escaped him; the consciousness implantation failed to impose an overly intense negative condition, suggesting minimal hostility in this place. It felt more like a warning directed at entrants.

Reflecting on warnings, Li Shiming abruptly recalled the transporter ring. Maybe the transporter ring served as a kind of pass, explaining the lack of aggression toward him and the employment of this milder approach instead.

Examining his transporter ring, he noted its internal spatial energy was exhausted and now gradually drawing in spatial energy from the surrounding void.

His Divine Sense probed into the transporter ring, revealing that the stored coordinates had shifted to a new set.

Concentrating his Divine Sense on those spatial coordinates, he appeared to glimpse the spot on the Dongqi Continent where he had first triggered the transporter ring.

Realization dawned: once the transporter ring refilled its spatial energy, return to the Dongqi Continent became possible.

Relief washed over him with this revelation. Should danger lurk here, he could retreat into the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, cultivate patiently until the transporter ring recharged fully, then emerge.

Tracking the transporter ring's absorption rate of spatial energy, and factoring in the remnants already present, he glumly calculated a twenty-year wait for full replenishment.

Trying to infuse spatial energy from his Divine Foot Skill into the transporter ring proved futile, as the ring rejected it outright.

Truth be told, the spatial energy within the transporter ring was far purer, surpassing his Divine Foot Skill's version by multiple grades.

Thus, the transporter ring favored drawing void spatial energy over accepting input from Li Shiming’s Divine Foot Skill. Likely, incorporating the latter demanded extra refinement, a feature the ring’s maker omitted.

Buoyed by fresh assurance, Li Shiming pressed onward up the white jade steps.

Finally, he attained the top of the white jade steps, stepping onto a vast white jade platform.

From the white jade platform, the grand palace loomed ahead, its splendor truly dawning only upon close approach.

What ’Divine Eyesight’ revealed differed sharply from the actual palace, likely due to some interfering force field distorting the skill here.

Reaching the palace front, its raised threshold came to his waist height; imagining the scale of beings who owned this edifice stretched credulity.

Palace doors towered over thirty meters tall, crafted from an unidentified material boasting top-tier fourth-grade quality.

Even as mere entrance gates, the immense volume of prime fourth-grade material rendered their worth inconceivable.

Countless copper studs adorned these gates, arranged into a strange formation.

Li Shiming scrutinized the formation; though it varied from those in his Array Formation Starlight Sea or the IBMz15 database, analysis by IBMz15 identified it as the gate-opening mechanism.

Right before triggering the formation to unseal the gates, he abruptly halted.

Turning back in astonishment, he spotted six cultivators climbing the white jade steps toward the platform.

"Cultivators exist here?" Such an occurrence caught him off guard, prompting covert readiness.

All six were Peak Great Cultivators, yet their auras felt bizarre, utterly unlike any Great Cultivators Li Shiming had faced previously.

Three among them cultivated Righteous Path techniques, while the remaining three followed Demon Cultivation paths, advancing warily with clear separation.

Li Shiming observed no presence surpassing the Great Cultivator Realm and eased inwardly.

Regardless of these six Peak Great Cultivators' prowess, they posed no threat to him.

Still, curiosity burned about these six Peak Great Cultivators' backgrounds, unknown to him from the Cultivation World.

Originating from the mighty Ten Thousand Beast Sect, his connections spanned wide. Moreover, his avatar Li Yuanba resided at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, granting acquaintance with numerous Peak Great Cultivators.

Even unfamiliar Peak Great Cultivators appeared in portraits or records he had viewed.

With confidence, he affirmed these six Peak Great Cultivators hailed from none of the continents in his Cultivation World.

Only superpowers could forge Peak Great Cultivators, but these six's auras mismatched every known superpower's techniques, particularly the three devil ones—no three devil Peak Great Cultivators coexisted in the Cultivation World.

"An extra entrant to the Divine Palace this year, and beating us to it!" exclaimed one righteous Great Cultivator upon spotting Li Shiming.

The other two righteous Great Cultivators probed Li Shiming’s aura and exchanged smirks.

Though strangers to Li Shiming, his aura marked him clearly as no devil cultivator.

The three devil Great Cultivators faced a different dynamic; sighting Li Shiming subtly altered their faces, highlighting the numerical edge of righteous over devils.

Yet they discerned Li Shiming hadn't attained Peak Great Cultivator strength, lagging far behind.

Exchanging looks, the three devil Great Cultivators saw the skinny one surge abruptly toward Li Shiming.

The skinny devil Great Cultivator shunned flight, striding across the ground to cover a hundred meters per step, closing on Li Shiming in mere moments.

"Block him!" yelled the three righteous Great Cultivators.

"Fellow, watch out!" boomed a warning from one righteous Great Cultivator.

Li Shiming's eyes narrowed faintly, gleaning volumes from the skinny devil Great Cultivator's fighting approach.

Confirmation hit: flight off the ground eluded them; Peak Great Cultivators, let alone regular ones, rarely stooped to terrestrial combat post-Golden Core Stage.

Golden Core Stage cultivators flew bodily, shifting battles skyward.

Opting for ground traversal and clash over superior options signaled dire peril aloft for this skinny devil Great Cultivator.

A hand flick from the skinny devil Great Cultivator unleashed black mist to shroud Li Shiming.

Evidently, this devil Great Cultivator trusted his prowess deeply, deploying a demonic array secret art barehanded, scorning magic treasures.

Caught off-guard by the assault, Li Shiming ignited ten brains at once, unleashing ten ’Thunder Fall Skills.’

From his body emerged the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, suspending before him, empowered massively by the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ in the ’Machine Room Space’ feeding the ten ’Thunder Fall Skills.’

The charging skinny devil Great Cultivator recoiled swifter than his advance.

Sensing the Thunder Skill at play, he wasted no time, darting back instantly.

The sheer might of Li Shiming’s Thunder Skill defied a mere mid Great Cultivator's capacity—even a Thunder-specialized Peak Master couldn't muster such dread force.

Most horrifying, Li Shiming unleashed not one, but fully ten thunder skills.