Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2012: Chapter 1052: Slay (Part 2)

Li Shiming summoned the Heavenly Ghost to devour the remaining soul energy of the Great Power Xie Gan.

Such an opportunity is rare, and the Heavenly Ghost engulfed the body of the Great Power Xie Gan.

Li Shiming did not bother with the Heavenly Ghost, as it would take some time for the Heavenly Ghost to completely absorb the soul energy from Great Power Xie Gan’s body.

He began to check his Fifth Grade Sword Base, extending his hand to condense the Fifth Grade Sword Base.

The Fifth Grade Sword Base had been strengthened by the Heaven and Earth Reward Energy, further enhancing its power. Most importantly, the two hundred billion ’Sword Intent Rule Runes’, and the one hundred billion ’Gold Element Rule Runes’, etched on the Fifth Grade Sword Base, all merged into the interior of the sword base.

These rule runes inscribed within the Fifth Grade Sword Base would remain undamaged, regardless of any clashes, and would not affect the completeness of the rule runes even if the sword base suffered some damage.

Of course, the special property of the Fifth Grade Sword Base still exists. Even if it was completely destroyed by some great force, it can revert to energy and return to his body, where it would slowly repair itself back to its original state.

”What a pity!” The Fifth Grade Sword Base in his hand was originally the best testing target for Great Power Xie Gan’s sword, but during the battle with Great Power Xie Gan, the Fifth Grade Sword Base was in the process of receiving the Heaven and Earth Reward Energy and could not be used in combat.

Otherwise, its power could have been tested, and he could have become more familiar with it sooner.

He casually waved his hand, and the Fifth Grade Sword Base was retracted back into his body.

At this moment, the Heavenly Ghost spat out four Spiritual Objects: a Spiritual Treasure Longbow, a soul crystal ring, a gray flag, and a Space Stone.

The Spiritual Treasure Longbow goes without saying; it was the Lifebound Spiritual Treasure of Great Power Xie Gan.

Once the Heavenly Ghost has time, it will remove the mental imprint from inside, making it usable.

He skipped the soul crystal ring and began examining the gray flag.

He clearly remembered, Great Power Xie Gan had produced sixteen figures using this gray flag.

Crucially, those figures seemed without flaws; he held firm confidence in his own perception, yet at the time, he couldn’t distinguish which was the real body.

This showed how powerful the gray flag was, capable of deceiving his senses.

Moreover, the sixteen figures produced by Great Power Xie Gan each had identical combat strength.

Since Great Power Xie Gan had perished, the Master Recognition imprint within the gray flag had dissipated.

Li Shiming cast a Master Recognition Technique into the gray flag, quickly achieving success in recognizing it.

’Fractal Shadow Flag’, was the name returned to him from the gray flag.

’Fractal Shadow Flag’ is a Supreme Treasure, found by Great Power Xie Gan in ancient ruins.

After acquiring the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’, Great Power Xie Gan’s combat power increased significantly.

Li Shiming, having recognized the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’, realized its effects.

The ’Fractal Shadow Flag’ allows the user to achieve a clone effect by absorbing the user’s soul and energy.

The number of clones produced by the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’ depends on how much soul and energy the user possesses.

Generally speaking, a Great Power can produce sixteen clones with the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’, which is the limit.

The limitation in energy is related to the attack power and duration that the clones can sustain; even with limited energy, fewer attacks might be made.

The true limitation of the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’ is the soul; even a Great Power, creating sixteen soul divisions, hits the limit, as any more would render the clones incapable of performing attacks.

”What a marvelous treasure!” Li Shiming exclaimed in awe.

While the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’ in the hands of others might be limited to creating sixteen clones.

In his hands, however, the limitation stems from the energy within his body, as opposed to the soul: 191 brains equate to 191 souls, each capable of creating sixteen clones, enabling countless clones.

Imagining tens or hundreds of oneself appearing in battle was an exhilarating thought.

Li Shiming stored the ’Fractal Shadow Flag’ within his body; it would become an important tool in the future.

He then took out the Space Stone, which, as expected, was the carrier of Great Power Xie Gan’s Cave Heaven.

He glanced at the Heavenly Ghost, still digesting the soul energy of Great Power Xie Gan.

Clearly, the soul energy obtained this time was insufficient for the Heavenly Ghost’s advancement to the fifth-grade.

This was mainly because he first slew Great Power Xie Gan; had the Heavenly Ghost been allowed to devour him alive, perhaps the soul energy would have sufficed.

Yet there was no alternative; allowing such a Free Great Power like Xie Gan to be devoured alive could have provoked a desperate counterattack, harming the Heavenly Ghost.

Li Shiming shook his head, seeking a future opportunity.

His focus returned to the Space Stone, activating the Cave Heaven anchor point upon it, thus opening a gateway.

Without hesitation, he stepped into the gateway.

Upon entering the Cave Heaven, he immediately sensed its instability.

Following Great Power Xie Gan’s demise, the Cave Heaven belonging to him was on the brink of collapse.

Li Shiming knew it wouldn’t take long for this Cave Heaven to disintegrate.

Once it does, everything here will vanish, reverting to chaotic energy.

His perception swept over the Cave Heaven, gaining full control of everything inside.

This Cave Heaven, aside from abundant Gold Element Energy, held little in resources.

Gold Element Energy permeated the entire Cave Heaven, though near the core, a small isolated space contained a single spirit tree.

Recognizing the spirit tree, he realized why Great Power Xie Gan had reserved this isolated space.

For Free Great Powers, Cave Heavens are usually energy reserves meant for battles; anything non-conducive to combat generally doesn’t occupy Cave Heaven resources.

For this spirit tree, it must exclusively occupy space and require immense energy to grow.

Notably, Great Power Xie Gan’s energy output couldn’t compare to Li Shiming, whose Cave Heaven energy yield was over 200 times higher.

For Great Power Xie Gan, every bit of Cave Heaven energy required optimal utilization.

Yet as a Gold Element Great Power, using Cave Heaven to cultivate plants consumed even more energy.

Li Shiming discovered this spirit tree was a Fifth Grade Spirit Tree.

The Fifth Grade Spirit Tree, primarily spirit root seeds, shouldn’t appear within the domain of a Gold Element Great Power.

Even within a Wood Element Great Power’s domain, nurturing a Fifth Grade Spirit Root is no easy feat; they usually grow short spirit wood, sufficient for crafting Fifth Grade Spiritual Treasures.

Nurturing a towering Fifth Grade Spirit Root exceeds ordinary Great Power capabilities.

Li Shiming wondered how Great Power Xie Gan had obtained this Fifth Grade Spirit Root; upon examination, he detected something incubating within it.

With his mind, a large hand formed from his spirit, forcibly uprooting a huge mass of spirit soil alongside the Fifth Grade Spirit Root.

This spirit soil coexisted with the Fifth Grade Spirit Root, close to which its quality approached fifth-grade.

He couldn’t possibly let it go, seizing everything in the area at once.

Subsequently, he transferred the spirit tree into his Spirit Plant Cave Heaven, merely occupying a region without needing a separate space.

As the Fifth Grade Spirit Root was planted in his Cave Heaven, he realized what it was nurturing.

A flash of light enveloped the Fifth Grade Spirit Root as a long arrow appeared in Li Shiming’s hand.

This long arrow, crafted from Fifth Grade Spiritual Wood, was actually birthed by the Fifth Grade Spirit Root itself.

This Fifth Grade Long Arrow carried tremendous destructive power, poised to unleash astonishing devastation upon hitting its mark.