Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1694 - 893: Supreme Treasure (Part 2)

The ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ stands as a treasure born from the ocean’s depths, boasting a single straightforward ability: drawing in void energy and sealing it away inside the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ itself.

Once stored, the energy in the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ transforms into the purest essence, ready for any creature to draw upon freely.

Following refinement by a half-step Great Power, the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ evolved into a possession-binding artifact.

Devoid of any combat prowess, the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ nonetheless matches the mightiest assault treasures through its energy-gathering and purification prowess.

Among cultivators, advancing one’s realm forever outshines wielding attack-oriented magic artifacts.

Should a Great Cultivator clutch a spirit treasure, confronting a Great Power leaves them helpless as a mere infant.

Naturally, the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ carries its weaknesses. The pace of its energy intake mirrors that of a Peak Great Cultivator, but only when the cult

ivator retreats into utter seclusion, undisturbed by the outside world.

Such a rate appears miraculous, yet it simply doubles the training pace of a Peak Great Cultivator. To a half-step Great Power, the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ offers scant benefit, practically useless.

Hence, upon climbing to Peak Great Cultivator status, that half-step Great Power stowed the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ to gather energy on its own, tapping into it solely when immense power surges demanded vast reserves.

More than a millennium has passed since this half-step Great Power attained the Peak Great Cultivator Realm, with the pearl housed in a Fourth Grade Top Jade Box ideal for energy hoarding, nestled in a spirit-laden cave heaven. Its reserves now rival a thousand years’ worth for a Peak Great Cultivator.

Li Shiming stood in awe; he never imagined this as the half-step Great Power’s ultimate prize.

Little wonder a Loose Cultivator soared to half-step Great Power heights—blessed not just by the Inheritance Cave Heaven but by this defying-heaven gem.

Truth be told, absent the millennium of stored power, Li Shiming wouldn’t view the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ as particularly heaven-defying.

Bearing five Nascent Souls, the pearl’s energy influx fails to outpace his gains from secluded practice, akin to gaining just one more Nascent Soul.

Through the ’Heavenly Human Technique,’ a standard Peak Great Cultivator’s progress aligns roughly with a Mid-Stage Great Cultivator wielding the same method.

Li Shiming stared at the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’. Armed with it, his ascent to Peak Great Cultivator loomed swift and certain.

He scrapped plans to probe the Cloud Island Sea further; the teleportation ring ensured a path back to Dongqi Continent, with options to return anytime.

Frailty and lacking might form the gravest sins; greater power would spare him exile from home.

Gathering the black and white chess pieces, he unleashed ’Instant Leap’ to vanish into the horizon.

Only upon arriving at a remote spot deep in the Cloud Island Sea—far from islands and fellow cultivators, where spirit beast encounters dwindled sharply—did his form materialize under the waves.

The ’Glazed Flying Cloud Sword’ shot forth, carving a cave abode amid the seafloor stones.

Next, he deployed the black and white chess pieces to reset the formation, granting both shielding and hiding properties.

Yet this served only as a facade; his genuine training ground lay inside the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, the ultimate sanctuary for breakthroughs.

Seated within the Treasure Lotus Hall, Li Shiming summoned the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’, which hovered overhead at his mental command.

Swallowing five top-tier Great Cultivator spirit pills, he knew the pearl’s bounty would rocket his progress even sans them—but the pills pushed it even swifter.

High-level Great Cultivator spirit pills? He spares no worry over their use; personal realm elevation reigns supreme.

As the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ whirred to life, a tidal surge of energy poured in from above his crown, distinct from the spirit energy his body typically drew from surroundings.

The power of the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ exhibits exceptional purity, free from any impurities, permitting the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ to absorb it directly into the Nascent Soul without needing conversion through a cultivation method.

Moreover, while Li Shiming cultivated, the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ concurrently drew energy from the Treasure Lotus Hall, constantly refilling its reserves.

By comparison, the energy flowing into Li Shiming’s body surpassed what the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ took in by dozens of times.

Thankfully, the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ held over a thousand years’ worth of stored energy, so even with Li Shiming running the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ at full throttle using his five Nascent Souls to devour its pristine power, the jade pearl suffered only trivial depletion.

Li Shiming evaluated his ongoing cultivation rate and determined that just thirty years remained until he reached Peak Great Cultivator.

Keep in mind his prior calculation demanded at least a hundred years; this clash with the half-step Great Power had delivered the ultimate payoff.

Not just for himself—once back on Dongqi Continent, he could entrust the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl’ to clone Li Yuanba, propelling him swiftly to Peak Great Cultivator.

Li Shiming dedicated one mind fully to cultivation, leaving the others to handle their individual assignments.

Earlier, with plenty of time before attaining Peak Great Cultivator, he’d had leeway, but now with merely thirty years ahead, intensifying his insight into the Five Elements rules became essential.

Mastering the Five Elements rules wouldn’t slow his march to Peak Great Cultivator, and on top of that, he needed to supply clone Li Yuanba with additional writings on Peak Great Cultivators.

Meanwhile, other minds pressed on with studies of technologies from his previous existence, an endeavor he seldom interrupted.

Although past-life science and technology saw little application from him, that stemmed chiefly from his blazing cultivation speed, which made standard tech offer scant value at his present stage.

Li Shiming’s sudden seclusion left all external hunters empty-handed.

Indeed, showing up on any cultivator-occupied island would have allowed those superpowers to sense him without effort.

Superpowers now sought to seize him under both Li Shiming and Li Shizhen guises.

Li Shiming’s alias tied into the Heavenly Mechanism Treasure and involved plundering vast resources intended for Great Cultivators.

Li Shizhen’s persona connected directly to the Inheritance Cave Heaven.

Each identity offered clues to progressing from Peak Great Cultivator to half-step Great Power, a breakthrough no Great Cultivator dared disregard.

Regrettably, Cloud Island Sea factions dispatched massive cultivator squads yet uncovered no hints of Li Shiming or Li Shizhen.

As Li Shizhen habitually donned a mask to conceal identity switches, superpower intelligence agencies flagged every dubious Great Cultivator.

The chase for Li Shiming and Li Shizhen endured for years, but lacking progress, it evolved into a persistent duty, far less aggressive than at the start.

Certain cultivators even rumored that some superpower had secretly apprehended Li Shiming and Li Shizhen without fanfare.

Of course locating Li Shiming proved impossible; the formation-shrouded underwater cave mansion evaded all detection. Even discovering the mansion itself, solely a Great Power could detect the embedded cave heaven.

In the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, Li Yuanba ended his seclusion and gradually unveiled his eyes.

Having secured a superior cultivation path, he felt no rush for further seclusion; he’d delayed striking the Yuqing Sect long enough and could hold back no more.