Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1691 - 892: The Fisherman

Li Shiming gazed in astonishment through the vision transmitted by the Illusion Spirit Dragon, beholding the frenzy of the Half-step Great Power.

He reflected that if he actually stepped into the Grotto Heaven, the tragic fate suffered by these Great Cultivators might well become his own.

He refrained from ordering any action from the Illusion Spirit Dragon. Against a mighty being like the Half-step Great Power, even the tiniest ripple from the Illusion Spirit Dragon could get noticed.

In the Half-step Great Power's frenzied condition, it might instantly turn its fury toward the Illusion Spirit Dragon.

The climactic clash inside the Grotto Heaven concluded, with Great Cultivator Jiao Xian's form mangled beyond recognition, his fleshly body destroyed, and his Nascent Soul utterly erased.

Bearing a burning grudge, the Half-step Great Power floated amid the void, its form broken, blankly eyeing its Grotto Heaven.

Countless labors and treasures had gone into forging the Grotto Heaven's laws and landscape, yet now everything lay in ruins.

His existence neared its close, merely biding time for death's embrace.

Having vented the wild fury of vengeance, the Half-step Great Power now exuded an eerie serenity.

Only a torso and a single arm remained of his body, that arm shriveled to a horrifying degree.

Having attained the Half-step Great Ability Realm, his visage had stayed eternally youthful, but now it mirrored the withered husk of an elder in his final days.

"Alas!" A protracted sigh escaped him, and with it, millennia of grueling cultivation faded away.

His body's decay halted, yet the spark of life extinguished completely.

The instant he perished, the turbulent energies in the Grotto Heaven miraculously stilled, though prior devastation left the realm in utter disarray.

Having witnessed the full ordeal, Li Shiming felt a profound stir within his soul.

Even reaching the pinnacle as a Half-step Great Power, one misstep could still spell total annihilation and downfall.

He inwardly warned himself to heed this as a stern lesson.

He approached the Grotto Heaven's entrance yet held back from entering right away; instead, he surveyed the Space Gate's vicinity.

His Divine Sense merged with the ’Divine Eye’ in a thorough probe, revealing the Space Gate anchored to a limited zone—not the whole island, merely a modest section.

With a mere thought, the ’Glazed Flying Cloud Sword’ appeared, slashing across the primary island.

Aided by the ’Chaos Sword Intent,’ the island's barriers proved utterly worthless.

He excised the portion linked to the Space Gate and, with a sweep of his hand, hoisted it aloft via Divine Sense.

This severed chunk of island was compact, spanning roughly two hundred square meters, dominated by the prominent Space Gate.

Divine Sense enveloped the whole islet entirely, then he unleashed ’Instant Arrival,’ vanishing from sight alongside it in a flash.

Long afterward, cultivators of the Yuzhu Islands finally ventured forth to investigate. Discovering the void on the main island, they erupted in gasps of utter disbelief.

Deprived of their Great Cultivator, the Inheritance Grotto Heaven, and the Half-step Great Power, the Yuzhu Islands faced inevitable collapse.

Forget ambitious cultivators coveting their riches—even a minor beast tide could obliterate the Yuzhu Islands and every soul upon them.

After some dazed lull, clearer-headed cultivators turned their minds to what lay ahead.

They scrambled to seize whatever they could grab, from spirit resources to construction materials.

Everything the departing cultivators had abandoned, they stripped away, knowing self-reliance awaited and greater spoils equaled greater survival odds.

Amid this feverish looting, clashes erupted inevitably between cultivators, sparking wild melees.

Li Shiming remained oblivious to the aftermath of his departure. Bearing the small island, he triggered ’Instant Arrival’ to materialize eight thousand miles distant, sensing a colossal drain on his Spiritual Power.

Nearly a tenth of a Nascent Soul's Spiritual Power had been depleted—an outrageously vast expenditure.

He chose not to invoke ’Instant Arrival’ once more, summoned the black and white chess pieces, and erected an airborne Formation to conceal the island.

In truth, Li Shiming had targeted the Yuzhu Islands merely to stir trouble, never aiming to claim this Grotto Heaven.

To brag a touch, across the Cultivation World, he might hold the record for possessing the most Grotto Heavens.

Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, a flawless Inheritance Grotto Heaven unbound to any sect—an exceedingly scarce gem in the entire Cultivation World.

Half-Life Cave Heaven, a realm he had inadvertently nurtured to wholeness with balanced Five Elements, its true value to him yet unknown.

The Thunder Cave Heaven represents a unique Grotto Heaven, forged as the initial creation by a Half-step Great Power, and the perfect match for Thunder Cultivators.

Li Shiming cast a look at his freshly claimed Grotto Heaven. Protected by the Formation arranged with black and white chess pieces, he felt no concern over other cultivators stumbling upon it.

Absolute faith filled him regarding the Formation he had deployed, its strength amplified even more by the extraordinary traits of those black and white chess pieces.

After pondering briefly, he summoned Great Cultivator Luo Pei.

Guided by the Heavenly Ghost, Great Cultivator Luo Pei entered the Grotto Heaven, approaching the void where several corpses floated aimlessly, examining them sequentially.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei's inspection proved remarkably straightforward. He simply deposited each corpse into a Mustard Seed Ring.

All contents placed inside the Mustard Seed Ring counted as inanimate objects.

The fragmented body of the Half-step Great Power even got stored successfully within the Mustard Seed Ring, dispelling Li Shiming's final worry.

Li Shiming ventured inside the Grotto Heaven, struck by its immense scale that dwarfed its external appearance. Recognizing it as an Inheritance Grotto Heaven made such vastness entirely expected.