Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1562 - 827: Discovery (Part 2)

Extracting the Fourth Grade Top-level Artifact Tribulation 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer,' he proceeded to call forth the Heavenly Ghost.

A colossal form of the Heavenly Ghost materialized. Without the Formation he had established to seal off this section inside the Taichu Cave Heaven, the overwhelming presence of the Heavenly Ghost could have terrified cultivators across other parts of the Taichu Cave Heaven.

Reaching the pinnacle of Fourth Grade Late Stage as a spiritual entity brimming with vast spiritual energy, it exerts a profound spiritual suppression on fellow Great Cultivators at the same rank, let alone those laboring in the Taichu Cave Heaven.

Most of these cultivators possess modest strength, with only a handful at Nascent Soul Early Stage and the majority being Golden Core cultivators.

Indeed, Golden Core cultivators serve as the primary driving force for productivity in the Cultivation World, since Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators remain comparatively feeble, deficient in both spirit and Spiritual Power Pattern.

Honestly, should the supporting cultivators in the Taichu Cave Heaven get startled and err, Grandmaster Hu could very well seek him out for confrontation.

"See if you can swallow the spiritual imprint contained within!" Li Shiming directed the Heavenly Ghost.

Now endowed with considerable wisdom, the Heavenly Ghost obeyed the order and bent down to inspect the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' up close.

Its enormous body resembled a towering hill, rendering the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' no larger than a tiny speck before it.

Stretching out its tongue, the Heavenly Ghost lightly licked it before pulling the tongue back.

Li Shiming's gaze sparkled, for he observed that the Heavenly Ghost's soft lick had astonishingly erased the spiritual imprint inside the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.'

The challenge in erasing a spiritual imprint from a cultivator's life-bound magic treasure stems from the fact that, once imprinted by the cultivator, it undergoes extended nurturing within the cultivator's body.

In that nurturing phase, the cultivator's spiritual imprint seeps into every corner of the life-bound magic treasure, forging an inseparable bond with it.

This spiritual integration lingers eternally within the treasure, even long after its original owner's demise.

Over perhaps a thousand years, the embedded spiritual imprint might slowly diminish.

Yet, absent the owner's ongoing care, the life-bound magic treasure's quality would likewise deteriorate across that millennium, so even if reclaimed and remastered, it couldn't restore its former might.

To purge a spiritual imprint from a life-bound magic treasure, a cultivator needs to persistently infuse it with their own spirit, though such effort proves far less rewarding than fostering one's personal life-bound magic treasure.

Clearing a spiritual imprint from a fallen cultivator's life-bound magic treasure demands roughly centuries, time enough to profoundly cultivate one's own life-bound magic treasure.

Thus, cultivators rarely opt for another’s life-bound magic treasure unless its exceptional quality justifies the centuries-long investment.

Eradicating spiritual imprints from life-bound magic treasures has long ranked among the thorniest challenges in the Cultivation World.

Who could imagine that a task so vexing would prove as effortless as a casual meal for the Heavenly Ghost?

Given the Heavenly Ghost's extraordinary traits and formidable power, possessing this ability comes as no shock.

In the entire Cultivation World, the Heavenly Ghost stands unparalleled as the rarest spiritual entity, a fusion of Heavenly Demon and ghost that inherently wields potent suppression over spiritual energy.

Li Shiming felt no urge to probe the mechanics of how the Heavenly Ghost consumed the spiritual imprint in the life-bound magic treasure. Instead, he promptly retrieved several more life-bound magic treasures, each seized from defeated Great Cultivators.

Following his directives, the Heavenly Ghost gave them a series of licks, swiftly dissolving their spiritual imprints.

A grin spread across his features, for these were the elite life-bound treasures of Great Cultivators, every one a pinnacle artifact.

Take, for instance, the Mountain Peak Treasure wielded by Yan Gao Great Cultivator; by incorporating a fresh supply of Earth-type Fourth Grade Top Material, it could elevate the Fourth Grade Top-level Artifact Tribulation Mountain Peak Treasure through redesigned spell runes.

Having witnessed Yan Gao Great Cultivator's Mountain Peak Treasure in action, he knew its superior craftsmanship surpassed even that of the 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak.'

Although the 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak' amalgamates the core strengths of various Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasures, the Artifact Refining method he employed to blend those essences derived from the White Emperor Sect.

As a premier Great Cultivator from the White Emperor Sect, Yan Gao Great Cultivator commanded resources beyond Li Shiming's wildest comprehension.

Yan Gao Great Cultivator's soul crystal ring clearly revealed his expertise as a top-tier Great Cultivator focused on life-bound treasures, funneling nearly every refining resource into enhancing this Mountain Peak Treasure.

Naturally, the 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak's chief function lies not in suppression but in commanding myriads of flying swords, with amplified gravity only achieved after integrating the 'Gravity Gold Brick.'

Having assigned the 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak' to his avatar Li Yuanba, who wielded it with ease and whose battle prowess it immensely amplified, Li Shiming had no desire to retrieve it.

On this occasion, he intended not to bind the Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasure as a life-bound one but to refine it as an ordinary magic treasure.

With limited openings left for life-bound magic treasures, he preferred not to let the Mountain Peak Treasure claim two such slots.

Prior to achieving his present stature as a Great Cultivator, reworking a non-life-bound magic treasure would have posed great difficulty, but since becoming a Great Cultivator—particularly after mastering the 'Heavenly Human Technique'—his Spiritual Power Pattern and spirit had surged in potency, making once-daunting tasks now straightforward.

Li Shiming began by claiming ownership of this Mountain Peak Treasure, and upon applying the Master Recognition Technique, he learned its name was 'Ruyi Zhenyue Peak.'

Once he fully controlled 'Ruyi Zhenyue Peak,' his Divine Sense allowed entry into its core, where he methodically gathered the most detailed data on 'Ruyi Zhenyue Peak.'

Drawing on that data, the life-bound magic treasure IBMz15 would overhaul the spell runes of 'Ruyi Zhenyue Peak.'

Leveraging the prior work on 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak,' crafting the design for 'Ruyi Zhenyue Peak' presented no major hurdles.

In the meantime, he positioned five Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces inside the machine room space to kick off parallel alchemy sessions.

Given his advanced skills, the length of alchemy no longer concerned him; even if the Central State Commerce discovered his capacity to brew five furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills at once, they would applaud his feat rather than entertain suspicions.

Much like his avatar Li Yuanba, shielded by robust support, Li Shiming trusted in his personal might.

Due to the machine room space being fully engaged and constrained, the blueprint for 'Ruyi Zhenyue Peak' finalized after a few days, though refinement remained pending.

Unperturbed, he ingested five superior spirit pills suited for Great Cultivators and retreated to the Treasure Lotus Hall in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven for cultivation.

Deep in the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, a dedicated nurturing zone teeming with spirit beasts housed Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, who behaved with unusual docility, sprawled on the floor while drawing in the area's unique energy.

Li Shiming had compelled both Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon to advance forcibly to Fourth Grade Middle Stage through lavish spirit pills and resources, leaving their foundations somewhat shaky.

Consider the standard development of a Red Gold Phoenix: transitioning from youth to maturity alone spans hundreds of years, and even heavy use of spirit pills shortens it merely to decades.

Yet behold Little Feng—it had not only grown to adulthood but soared to Fourth Grade Middle Stage.

What might consume nearly a millennium for other Red Gold Phoenixes, Little Feng accomplished in scant decades.

Upon his return to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming—after poring over the sect's extensive archives—decided to leave Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon here to solidify their bases.

For them to trail him indefinitely, Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon needed sufficient potential; a weak foundation would bar them from matching his pace.

While he could supply boundless resources to his spiritual pets, they had to transform those into genuine power and advancement; without that, endless resources couldn't unlock their true potential.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect lavished care on Li Shiming's pair of spiritual pets, carving out a dedicated zone in the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven and boosting the special energy supply there.

All this unfolded without Li Shiming's prompting, reflecting his supreme standing in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. Though he shunned positions of authority, any directive from him would mobilize the sect's full might, a testament to the sway of unchallenged power.