Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1856 - 974: Soulbinding (Part 2)

They are even aware that this is the result after being repeatedly cleansed by two great powers and tens of thousands of cultivators.

All the cultivators are speculating whether the Yuqing Sect had moved away from here, knowing that Yuqing Sect had two great powers.

They did not know that Great Power Leng Luo had fallen, and even the avatar of Great Power Luo Yuan was destroyed. They only thought that Great Power Leng Luo was severely injured and moved the Yuqing Sect away from here.

After a wave of curiosity towards the Yuqing Sect mountain gate, few cultivators came near the Yuqing Sect mountain gate.

The radiation pollution here presents a threat to cultivators, a threat that might not be too obvious, yet it silently affects the bodies of cultivators.

Initially, there were many cultivators who didn’t understand the horrors of radiation pollution, wanting to find some resources from the Yuqing Sect mountain gate.

But upon arriving at the Yuqing Sect mountain gate, they discovered that the radiation pollution had destroyed everything that contained spiritual energy; even ordinary spirit plants could not survive here.

Moreover, after rumors of radiation pollution hazards spread, cultivators left the Yuqing Sect mountain gate in a rush, and it became a legendary forbidden area in the cultivation world.

When Li Shiming returned to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, he found it was in chaos.

"Shizhen, have you returned?" Grandmaster Hu greeted with surprise, unable to hide his joy upon seeing Li Shiming.

"Master, what is this?" Li Shiming asked, pointing to the chaos at the mountain gate.

"I’m organizing some cultivators to leave the mountain gate!" Grandmaster Hu explained.

After saying that, he remembered Li Shiming went to confront the great power avatar.

"Where is the great power avatar? When will they arrive here?" he hurriedly asked.

"I’ve taken care of the great power avatar already; everything is over!" Li Shiming waved his hand and said.

Grandmaster Hu didn’t know what to say for a moment; had he not known Li Shiming couldn’t lie, he might have thought Li Shiming was joking.

"Really settled?" Although he trusted Li Shiming, he still confirmed.

"It’s the avatar of Great Power Luo Yuan from Yuqing Sect, already slain by me. But Master, you should know, don’t tell outsiders!" Li Shiming replied through sound transmission.

"Shizhen, you must quickly ascend to become a great power!" Grandmaster Hu’s eyes radiated with intense hope.

He believed Li Shiming would almost certainly ascend to great power because Li Shiming could slay a great power avatar; such strength and talent ought not to miss ascending to great power.

"I will do my best!" Li Shiming heard his master’s expectation, nodded with a bitter smile.

There are many difficulties in ascending to great power; it relates to the lack of guidance during his growth.

After Grandmaster Hu took him as a disciple, he rarely interfered with his main cultivation technique, especially during his foundational period when he was entirely unguided.

That’s why he ended up with five golden cores and five nascent souls, although they brought him immense benefits at both the golden core stage and nascent soul stage.

Yet due to this uniqueness, he couldn’t ascend to half-step great power based on predecessors’ experiences.

He needs to find a new path that no one has taken before; this path is fraught with danger, a misstep would mean eternal damnation.

Li Shiming returned to his cave dwelling. When he previously returned to the sect, he also took out Yin Shilan’s peak and placed it in the original spot. The cave he returned to is now this mountain floating in the air.

Upon entering the cave, he opened the formation plate, sat cross-legged, and began reflecting on this battle’s experiences.

This battle was essentially the Holy Spirit’s first combat, having previously mythologized the strength of Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar due to being chased by it.

During the battle, he realized that Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar was more like a talisman for housing numerous great power attacks, except this talisman had its own thoughts and could display ordinary types of spell attacks.

This battle also tested the ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ defensive power; the defense armor formed by 108 ’Eternal Water Bears’ could withstand the attacks of the great power avatar.

It’s unknown whether it could withstand a full-strength great power attack, as there was no reference from the previous battle with Great Power Leng Luo, who was extremely weak at that time.

Li Shiming closed himself off, summarizing while waiting for the heavenly ghost to refine the soul bead.

Thirty days passed, and he summoned the heavenly ghost, who was refining the soul bead in front of him.

During those thirty days, the heavenly ghost continuously struck the soul bead with its spiritual energy. The master recognition imprint inside the soul bead was imposed by the great power avatar, not by the great power itself.

Li Shiming had long noticed this, hence allowing the heavenly ghost to attempt refining.

Most crucially, the soul bead is highly compatible with spiritual energy, aiding the heavenly ghost in refining.

Finally, on the afternoon of the thirtieth day, the heavenly ghost completed refining the soul bead.

The heavenly ghost’s spirit entered the soul bead and continually absorbed the spiritual energy within the spiritual mark.

Soon, the soul bead no longer contained spiritual markings.

At this moment, Li Shiming cast a master recognition imprint on the soul bead, and as the imprint entered the soul bead, he quickly sensed a connection between the soul bead and himself.

Simultaneously, he also sensed the avatar’s soul of Great Power Luo Yuan inside the soul bead, which, though just soul fragments, had been nourished for countless years by various heavenly materials and earthly treasures, making its spiritual energy incredibly massive.

The heavenly ghost didn’t hesitate, and as soon as the soul bead was successfully recognized by Li Shiming, it also gained access to enter and exit the soul bead.

It entered the soul bead and immediately devoured the avatar’s soul of Great Power Luo Yuan within it.

After the heavenly ghost devoured the avatar’s soul of Great Power Luo Yuan, Li Shiming took the soul bead out.

He found a soul crystal ring within the soul bead, which the avatar of Great Power Luo Yuan had used.

Looking at the soul bead, he contemplated summoning a phantom avatar from the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven.

The soul bead flew into the phantom avatar’s body, and when the phantom avatar let its soul enter the soul bead, he quickly discovered an obscured feeling.

It seemed the phantom avatar’s soul inside the soul bead was separated from the soul bead by a thin barrier.

Li Shiming was slightly startled, quickly thinking of a possibility.

He withdrew the master recognition imprint from the soul bead and let the phantom avatar perform master recognition on the soul bead.

The phantom avatar cast the Master Recognition Technique and successfully recognized the soul bead again.

During this process, there seemed no difference compared to Li Shiming’s recognition.

Yet when the phantom avatar’s soul entered the soul bead again, it discovered the obscured feeling disappeared; not only was there no barrier sensation, but there was also a nurturing feeling.

The soul bead is indeed a precious treasure, capable of nurturing the soul.

However, the soul of the main body is closely linked with the flesh, unable to be housed inside the soul bead; only the soul of the avatar can enter the soul bead.

This soul bead appears created for avatars, with the sensitivity of the soul; even slight differences in master recognition will affect the soul bead’s effect.

No wonder the master recognition of the soul bead was performed by the avatar of Great Power Luo Yuan; Li Shiming must also involve the phantom avatar in recognizing the soul bead.

The phantom avatar feels the soul bead’s effects, almost certain of the soul bead’s vital role to the phantom avatar.

The biggest concern for avatars is the destruction of the avatar, resulting in the soul fragment being destroyed, which would injure the main body’s soul.

The soul bead can protect the soul fragment; as long as the enemy is not another heavenly ghost, it cannot harm the soul fragment inside the soul bead.

The soul bead is like a special flying boat; the soul fragment can control the soul bead to fly swiftly, evading pursuit.