Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1661 - 877: Heaven’s Secrets

Three days afterward, Li Shiming reached the spot he had predicted, pinpointing a sharper target through the vision shared with the Golden Winged Dapeng.

Thanks to the Golden Winged Dapeng's aid, he avoided tons of hassle.

Barriers shrouded both sky and earth, and even his satellite drone could merely linger over the Divine Perception Stele, unable to scout much farther.

Once contracted with the Golden Winged Dapeng, it soared unbound through the skies, letting Li Shiming—who barely knew the Divine Palace's insides—sketch out a fairly detailed map.

The Golden Winged Dapeng swept across numerous zones but skipped distant ones, pointless since Li Shiming couldn't get there within ten days.

Thus, the map spanned only reachable areas, highlighting four unique spots in that zone, including the Divine Beast Garden.

Now, he headed for the destination eyed by those three Righteous Path Great Cultivators.

Even with a solid map, he picked this target because the trio from the Righteous Path surely chose the prime option.

Plus, Li Shiming had verified that the Divine Palace featured an auto-eject for human cultivators when time expired.

Over five days in, with no sign of the three Demon Cultivators or the three Righteous Path Great Cultivators returning, they pressed on deeper.

Li Shiming at last approached a wall, one he recognized from the Divine Beast Garden style. Touching it with his teleportation ring summoned a gateway instantly.

A plaque above the entrance bore the inscription ’Heavenly Mechanism Garden’.

"Heavenly Mechanism Garden, Heavenly Mechanism—what does this hint at a heavenly mechanism inside, or something more?" Li Shiming muttered, eyeing the plaque's words.

He'd quizzed the Golden Winged Dapeng, but it knew zilch beyond the Divine Beast Garden.

Bound by their contract, the Golden Winged Dapeng couldn't fib, blocking any extra Divine Palace intel through it.

Activating the teleportation ring, he swung open the Heavenly Mechanism Garden gate and stepped inside. Unlike the Divine Beast Garden, solid ground met his feet right away.

He paused briefly, then called forth Great Cultivator Luo Pei in Spirit Treasure Armor to scout ahead by flight.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei's tests confirmed no barriers lurking here, easing Li Shiming's worries greatly.

Zones riddled with hidden barriers on every step had weighed him down heavily.

Freely soaring at last lifted his spirits.

After storing Great Cultivator Luo Pei, he rose into the air and dashed forward.

Soon, a colossal peak piercing the heavens loomed ahead. Earlier, its dizzying height had hidden it, showing only cloud-wrapped slopes.

For some gut reason, Li Shiming sensed this peak as the heart of this realm.

This hunch struck without warning, yet a cultivator's instincts always held truth.

He ascended to the summit, barren of structures save a stone futon etched with cultivator marks.

He unleashed spells on the stone futon, probed with ’Divine Sight’, and swept it via Divine Sense—nothing unusual turned up.

Still, his inner conviction swelled: this spot anchored the whole Heavenly Mechanism Garden.

Employing ’Divine Sight’, he scanned every horizon. The Heavenly Mechanism Garden's vastness defied measure; even ’Divine Sight’s range failed to spot any edges.

After pondering, sensing no threats from the futon, he settled onto it.

The moment his bottom hit the futon, info flooded his mind, revealing the Heavenly Mechanism Garden's purpose.

This Heavenly Mechanism Garden aided cultivators in mastering heavenly mechanisms.

Here, heavenly mechanisms meant rare space-bred treasures, vital for forging Grotto Heavens.

Li Shiming realized the Divine Palace existed to forge supreme powers.

Looking back, its vast Great Cultivator resources screamed intent to boost their realms.

The Divine Beast Garden let cultivators bond fitting Fourth Grade Late Stage Divine Beast Spirit Pets. From Thunder Beasts in Thunder Cave Heaven, he inferred such pets supercharged Grotto Heavens.

What's more, the Heavenly Mechanism Garden geared fully toward enabling Great Cultivators' leaps to higher might.

Guided by the futon's data, Li Shiming linked with the Heavenly Mechanism Garden via the stone beneath him.

Though the Heavenly Mechanism Garden looked resource-barren, all Spiritual Energy fueled heavenly mechanism treasures, set up just for their growth.

Through the futon, as he sensed the Heavenly Mechanism Garden, five heavenly mechanism treasures revealed themselves.

Per prior rules, he'd pick one heavenly mechanism treasure and get booted out per protocol.

But a twist caught his eye: targeting a heavenly mechanism treasure linked his Nascent Soul to it. Confirming sealed the automatic claim.

"I possess five Nascent Souls. If every Nascent Soul snags a heavenly mechanism treasure..." This idea sparked his eyes ablaze.