Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1473 - 783: Rift

With the Yuqing Sect's danger now faded, especially across the Hell Cave Heaven's territory, Li Yuanba found himself free from the fear of their assaults.

This shift let him drop his vigilance, a deep sense of comfort spreading through every part of him.

Using the 'Innate Wood' Divine Skills, he mended the wounds of the damaged cultivators and restored the 'Innate Wood' divine blessing to those core cultivators and Great Cultivators who had worn it out.

They paused for a full three days this round, and every cultivator who had rushed back to Hell Island in haste returned to join them.

Once those three days passed, the group of cultivators reformed their ranks and pressed onward once more.

No Great Cultivator dared to measure up against Li Yuanba this time; the harsh warnings from before had drilled in the dire outcomes of such folly.

Li Yuanba simply unleashed the 'Chaos Sword Intent', hovering a Fourth Grade Top Quality Xingyi Sword over his head while it morphed endlessly inside into beams of sword light that lashed out at the oncoming Hell Creatures.

He held back the 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak'; that treasure served as his ultimate safeguard, its might known only to the Sword Cultivators of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

In fights of this scale, truth be told, he didn't need to push to his limits; his fighting strength stayed well in check.

His gaze fixed on the team's heart, where Great Cultivator Master Wang He wielded the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' at depths beyond his grasp.

Watching Master Wang He's clash so intimately up close offered little gain for him personally, yet it proved a tremendous boon for his actual identity, Li Shiming.

This marked a rare glimpse into the Thunder Cultivation Peak Master's prowess, something seldom seen.

By studying Master Wang He's use of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture', Li Shiming's real form could draw deeper understandings to fuel his own practice of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'.

With multiple minds at his command and the aid of IBMz15, Li Shiming managed to withdraw into cultivation even as he delved into revelations on 'Chaos Sword Intent' and 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' all at once.

Drawing wisdom from earlier mishaps, more than fifty Great Cultivators now cycled through the fighting this go-around, while five thousand Mid-stage Nascent Soul Practitioners stepped up to contribute.

The Great Cultivators sprang into action solely against Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Beings; otherwise, waves of area spells from the Mid-stage Nascent Soul Practitioners hammered away.

Though this fighting style dragged their pace a bit, it bolstered their staying power immensely.

Beside Li Yuanba, he and Great Cultivator Lou alternated breaks, shielded by five Mid-stage Golden Corpses, so neither faced any threat from nearby Hell Creatures.

Even with the shifts in duty, the nonstop push forward wore down the cultivators as the clashes dragged on longer.

"Take the Spirit Pill!" To everyone's surprise, Master Wang He skipped any break for the cultivators and barked the command instead.

Replenishing vitality via the Spirit Pill posed no real challenge, though it couldn't hold up over extended periods.

A handful of recoveries might work with Spirit Pills, but eventually, true downtime grew essential—especially for the inner spiritual power, where pills fell far short of the renewal from dedicated cultivation.

"I detect intense spatial ripples; something vital must lie ahead!" Great Cultivator Lou, catching a breather during his turn, called out in puzzled tones from a distance.

Li Yuanba sensed it far more sharply, thanks to his mastery of the 'Divine Foot Skill', which heightened his attunement to spatial shifts.

Those ripples sent chills crawling over his scalp, and the Divine Footwork Rune in his core quivered faintly.

If the earlier spatial tremors from Hell Cave Heaven's collapse resembled a grenade's blast, the ones up front hit like a nuclear detonation.

"Something feels off; these spatial ripples pack too much punch!" Li Yuanba sent via transmission.

"Stay sharp when the moment comes—keep your distance!" Great Cultivator Lou paused briefly before replying.

Halting their momentum wasn't feasible now; onward they had to go.

Li Yuanba activated the 'Divine Foot Skill' to peer ahead, but the overwhelming radiation energy warped the visions it granted, leaving everything blurred and indistinct.

Still, the 'Divine Foot Skill' picked up spatial energies that twisted into snaking lines through the emptiness, hinting at an unsteady realm in this place.

He glanced toward Master Wang He, confident the master's perceptions cut sharper, given his nearness to true great power status.

A grave look etched Master Wang He's face, his brows knitted tight, showing the heavy burden weighing on him.

No other major forces had dispatched their top Great Cultivators; the Yuqing Sect alone had sent him, embodying their peak might in Hell Cave Heaven, so greater duties fell to his shoulders.

At present, he led the entire body of cultivators, tasked with guarding their lives.

The spatial ripples forward stirred an almost dreamlike dread in him; drawing on his vast knowledge, he could pinpoint the reasons for such disturbances up ahead.

Yet this defied logic inside a Cave Heaven—such chaos belonged to the wilds beyond, not within a sealed realm like this, making it all the more bizarre.

"All of you, there might be a spatial tear waiting ahead; stay grounded—no flying, no triggering 'Space Acceptance Talisman'—battle on solid footing!" Master Wang He announced through the Great Cultivator channel.

"No way, we're deep in Hell Cave Heaven. A Cave Heaven has never split open with a spatial tear like that. If any breach linked to the outside, especially here, hordes of Hell monsters would've poured out ages ago, and we'd have known about it!" One Great Cultivator fired back right away at his declaration.