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Chapter 930: Chapter 511: Nascent Soul (Part 2)

Li Shiming slowly moved, breaking through the charred carbonized shell on his body, which was transformed from his skin and some muscle tissue.

What emerged from the charred thunder carbonized shell was his reborn body, a body that was now completely that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, no longer the same as the Great Elder’s body.

Before undergoing the tribulation, his Nascent Soul aura could only be sensed at the location of the Nascent Soul inside his body. His body was still that of the Great Elder, but now it had become a body at the Nascent Soul Stage.

All his clothes were destroyed, as under the Heavenly Thunder, the Third Grade garments offered no resistance.

He took out the Fourth Grade Magical Robe issued by the sect from his Mustard Seed Ring and put it on, feeling the changes in his body.

Strong, extremely strong, he felt that he could now punch Venerable Huijing to death in the machine room’s space.

His body had improved significantly, and he could feel the ’Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique’ cultivation method runes appearing within his body, projected from the Nascent Soul inside him.

Because he had five Nascent Souls inside, each with the ’Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique’ cultivation method runes, it enhanced his body’s ’Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique’ cultivation method runes by five times.

This meant that his Body Refinement strength was five times that of others who also practiced the ’Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique’ Body Refining Nascent Soul.

Of course, as he had just completed his advancement, his realm was not yet stable, and his combat power was quite limited.

Li Shiming looked at the charred shell on the ground; his advancement process this time was not smooth, but fortunately, no cultivators were watching nearby.

Thinking back to when his avatar Li Yuanba observed Elder Sword’s advancement, the unique and frenzied way Elder Sword, as a Sword Cultivator, faced the tribulation with the momentum of breaking the heavens with a sword, made him feel somewhat ashamed.

He almost used all his means and consumed a large amount of resources for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, barely passing through the Heavenly Tribulation.

And the means he employed included cheating in the machine room space, having Venerable Huijing infuse him with life force, allowing him to endure the Heavenly Thunder a little longer.

It also included using technology and risky moves to weaken the power of the Heavenly Thunder.

Although his advancement process was not as flamboyant and unrestrained as Elder Sword’s, he did pass the Heavenly Tribulation and became a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

”Hahaha!” He laughed aloud, his laughter filled with joy.

Seventy years of perseverance finally paid off on this day.

The rewards obtained within this body through the Heavenly Tribulation filled him with life energy, and he could sense his life span, a full thousand years.

From now on, he could also be referred to as an ”ancestor” by other cultivators.

A thousand-year life span was not an end, but just a beginning; when he advances to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and the Late-stage Nascent Soul, his life span will further increase.

For someone who has not even reached a hundred years old, a thousand-year life span is extremely long.

He slowly flew up and headed towards the outside of the mountain.

As he exited Tribulation Mountain, he saw Sect Master Ji and Master Jiang Hong, both smiling at him.

”Congratulations on advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage!” Sect Master Ji said with a smile.

”I didn’t misjudge you; advancing to the Nascent Soul stage was easy for you, and you succeeded in such a short time!” Master Jiang Hong also said with a smile.

Li Shiming inwardly gave a bitter smile; the great formation of Tribulation Mountain isolated the process of the tribulation from the outside world, but he himself understood the immense risk involved in this advancement.

”Thank you for your concern, I was just fortunate!” he replied.

”The sect has rewards for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, but right now you need to stabilize your realm, so we won’t disturb you!” Sect Master Ji, understanding what Li Shiming needed most now, wisely said no more.

Li Shiming bowed to the two and indeed needed to retreat for a while, not only to stabilize his realm but also to master the strength of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

He flew towards his own cave abode as Sect Master Ji and Master Jiang Hong watched him leave.

”Sect Master Ji, I hope you’ll make it clear to Chen Zhou about the importance of Li Shizhen to the sect. If Chen Zhou makes any more moves, then the Phoenix faction won’t hesitate to retaliate fully!” Master Jiang Hong said to Sect Master Ji in a deep voice.

Although the Phoenix faction knew about Chen Zhou’s petty actions before, as long as Li Shiming wasn’t harmed, they couldn’t interfere.

But now that Li Shiming has advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, as long as he masters the ability to refine all Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, he becomes extremely important to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, and his status within the Phoenix faction will also rise enough for them to conflict with the Dragon faction for him.

”I will handle this matter; Chen Zhou indeed went too far!” Sect Master Ji frowned at the mention of Chen Zhou’s name.

Chen Zhou was not frightening in himself, as his Nascent Soul Early Stage combat power was average, but it was the Great Cultivator backing him that concerned Sect Master Ji the most.

Previously, Chen Zhou’s actions were not entirely hidden; every time Li Shiming left the sect, Chen Zhou would send cultivators to track him, and anyone with a keen sense could notice the clue.

”I hope so!” Master Jiang Hong replied with a bow to Sect Master Ji, then departed as well.

Li Shiming hurriedly returned to his cave abode, dismantling the Fourth Grade Array Flags, weakening his cave abode’s formations significantly.

These things weren’t urgent; as long as he could stabilize his realm, he could refine the Fourth Grade Array Flags himself.

Previously, among the payments for refining Fourth-grade Spirit Pills for Nascent Soul Cultivators were Fourth-grade Array Materials. Once he could freely use Nascent Fire, he would use it to refine Fourth Grade Array Flags.

Not only the Fourth Grade Array Flags, but he also needed to refine Fourth-Grade Magical Treasures.

Currently, he was just an empty frame, and he couldn’t fancy the Fourth-Grade Magical Treasures he previously acquired; to him, those treasures fell far short of what he could craft himself.

Sitting cross-legged, only then did he have the time to slowly feel the differences in his own being.

First was the change in his Divine Thought; as he expanded his spirit, it became even more solid than divine thought, which was a stronger Divine Sense—a spirit projection method exclusive to Nascent Soul Cultivators.

After his Divine Sense expanded, it reached three thousand meters, meaning his current attack range was exactly three thousand meters, a significant increase from the Golden Core Stage.

The entire three thousand meters was within his attack range, where his lightning could easily strike.

This range made him very delighted, as not all Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners could reach a three-thousand-meter attack range.

For instance, Venerable Huijing in the machine room space had an attack range of less than a thousand meters.

Through self-examination, he found the reason for his Divine Sense reaching three thousand meters: the ’Human Dao Reincarnation Technique’ cultivation method runes in each of the five Nascent Souls were projected onto his spirit, greatly enhancing his spirit.

Similarly, the ’Short Distance, Long Journey’ distance also reached three thousand meters, further increasing his movement speed.

The improvement of ’Short Distance, Long Journey’ also allowed his Body Refinement ability to be fully utilized; with his Body Refinement ability and ’Short Distance, Long Journey,’ he could possibly catch a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner off guard with a surprise close-range attack and severely injure them.

What he currently lacked most was Fourth-Grade Magical Treasures; he needed to refine Fourth-Grade Magical Treasures.

The Fourth-grade Refining Materials he had still didn’t quite meet his requirements. The ones he had obtained previously seemed far below what he envisioned.

This also had to do with him reading a large amount of Ten Thousand Beast Sect literature, which greatly expanded his knowledge in artifact refining.

He was no longer a novice who got excited seeing Fourth-grade materials. If the quality of Fourth-grade materials wasn’t good enough, he might as well use the Third Grade ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’ for now.

Actually, the first thing to handle wasn’t these but the enhancement of the Third Grade Sword Base.

He was already at the Nascent Soul Stage, and the ’Sword Demon Secret Manual’s’ enhancement of the Third Grade Sword Base could still be continued even at the Nascent Soul Stage.

Despite the ’Sword Demon Secret Manual’ having no corresponding cultivation technique at the Golden Core Stage, the enhancement it offered to the Third Grade Sword Base could continue with the improvement of a cultivator’s physique.