Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1597 - 845: Clone

In the Treasure Lotus Hall of the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, Li Shiming readied himself to form an energy clone this very day.

This practice is common among numerous Great Cultivators; such an energy clone handles nearly half the responsibilities of a Great Cultivator and serves as their proxy.

The ‘Heavenly Human Technique’ lacks a dedicated Secret Technique for energy clones, yet Li Shiming had gathered various energy clone Secret Techniques from Daoist cultivators, Devil Cultivators, and Buddhist Practitioners alike.

He selected a Clone Secret Method originating from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, known as ‘Phantom Clone.’

‘Phantom Clone’ doesn’t rank as a supreme Secret Technique; truthfully, the outcomes of most energy clone Secret Techniques remain quite alike in the end.

Even Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage can employ ‘Phantom Clone,’ though the spirit slicing process hinders their future cultivation progress, which deters almost all such Cultivators from creating an energy clone.

Great Cultivators stand apart; with their robust spirits at this realm, and the later emphasis on grasping rules, the spirit slicing inflicts only slight repercussions.

Naturally, the divided spirit returns to the main body once the energy clone is recovered.

However, should the energy clone perish externally, that divided spirit vanishes permanently.

Li Shiming reviewed the details of the ‘Phantom Clone’ Secret Technique, opting not to draw from his main brain’s spirit but from a secondary brain, where he performed the spirit division.

Since the spirit came from a non-primary brain, Li Shiming bypassed any effects during the grueling spirit slicing phase of the ‘Phantom Clone’ Secret Technique.

Typically, even Great Cultivators must withstand excruciating soul agony during spirit slicing; this torment pierces straight through the soul.

Dividing the spirit equates to carving apart the soul itself.

Thanks to the brain derived from his life-bound artifact IBMz15’s CPU, which functions as a virtual soul, Li Shiming severed the spirit without consequence by isolating that brain’s sensations.

A portion of spirit detached from the brain, yet this physical split preserved the mental bond with the brain.

From his Nascent Soul, Li Shiming drew forth ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power’ and infused it into the spirit portion, allowing the ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power’ to blend with the spirit and produce a material akin to Nascent Soul Infant Fluid.

Next, he invoked the ‘Phantom Clone’ Secret Technique, gradually shaping the blend of ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power’ and spirit into a humanoid form.

Inside, bones, muscles, and organs materialized sequentially, each crafted naturally from the spirit power fusion while fulfilling their essential roles.

Li Shiming allocated one-fifth of a brain’s spirit for the slice, and post-division, without reclaiming the ‘Phantom Clone,’ he would permanently forfeit that one-fifth of his spirit.

This represents the upper threshold for spirit division in the ‘Phantom Clone’ Secret Technique; scarcely any Great Cultivators commit such a large portion.

Understand that parting with one-fifth of the spirit equates to a one-fifth loss in overall spirit capacity, which defies replenishment.

Regardless of attempts to bolster the spirit, enhancements apply solely to the remaining four-fifths.

Should a Great Cultivator sever one-fifth of their spirit and the ‘Phantom Clone’ meet destruction abroad, their power would plummet severely.

Such an event could inflict lasting harm, so Great Cultivators avoid severing so substantial an amount of spirit.

Li Shiming remains unconcerned, for the forfeiture of this one-fifth spirit barely touches his capabilities.

Before him materialized a semi-transparent figure almost identical to his own.

The one-fifth spirit now activated its potential; by concentrating on the divided brain, dual perspectives emerged, one from the ‘Phantom Clone’ itself.

Surveying its form, the ‘Phantom Clone’ expressed discontent.

As the ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power’ underwent transformation, a segment shifted into Body Refinement energy, reducing the body’s transparency and swiftly solidifying it.

Upon the ‘Phantom Clone’s’ exterior, a trace of ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power’ altered once more, generating a robe.

The ‘Phantom Clone’ seldom wields magical artifacts; composed purely of energy, it forgoes carrying a life-bound artifact in energized form to preserve its mobility edge.

After a brief contemplation, Li Shiming flung an unoccupied soul crystal ring toward the ‘Phantom Clone,’ and for magical artifacts, he procured a superior fourth-grade ‘Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.’ This had served as a life-bound artifact to a Great Cultivator of the Yuqing Sect.

Following its consumption by the Heavenly Ghost, the ownership mark inside the life-bound artifact was completely obliterated.

He assessed the ‘Phantom Clone’s’ limits next and embedded the ‘Divine Foot Skill’ Divine Power Rune along with the ‘Thunder Rule Imprint’ into its structure.

This marks the ‘Phantom Clone’s’ utmost capacity; an additional rune imprint would trigger its disintegration.

Li Shiming counts himself lucky, given the ‘Phantom Clone’s’ makeup of one-fifth spirit and ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power,’ bolstered by his potent spirit and the unique properties of ‘Chaotic Spiritual Power,’ enabling the integration of a divine power rune and a rule imprint.

Notably, even among Great Cultivators, plenty possess just a single rule imprint housed in their Nascent Soul.