Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2081: Chapter 1087: The Situation

When the Thunder Beast advanced to fifth-grade, what it brought was an enormous amplification of lightning. Its use of lightning attacks was purely instinct; it could instantly unleash a massive number of lightning strikes, making it impossible for enemies to resist the paralyzing effect of the lightning.

In Li Shiming’s battle with Great Power Lu Wei, the terrifying effect of lightning paralysis was fully displayed.

Great Power Lu Wei was precisely struck by the lightning’s paralyzing effect, forcing him to completely bear Li Shiming’s one ultimate killing blow.

After the Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect advanced to fifth-grade, its Devouring Spirit Ability could act upon any fifth-grade existence or Great Power. The degree of danger of this ability was in no way weaker than those offensive abilities.

Once the Devouring Spirit Ability was unleashed, it would cause the enemy to lose control over energy for a short period of time.

After advancing to fifth-grade, as long as the Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect entered within a hundred meters of the enemy, it could activate the Devouring Spirit Ability.

Last were the one hundred and eight Eternal Water Bears. The reason it was said that the Eternal Water Bears were of the greatest help to Li Shiming was that, after the Eternal Water Bears advanced to fifth-grade, they could once again become Li Shiming’s strongest defense.

Each Eternal Water Bear possessed defensive power that was hard to imagine. Back when they were at half-step Fifth Grade, they could already block any attack of the same realm; even when facing enemies of a higher realm, they could still produce a certain defensive effect.

The vitality of fifth-grade Eternal Water Bears had increased by more than tenfold, and coupled with the Eternal Water Bears’ recovery ability, if Li Shiming did not use his full strength, it would be extremely difficult for him to kill even a single fifth-grade Eternal Water Bear.

And once one hundred and eight Eternal Water Bears formed a Formation armor, even if Li Shiming attacked with full strength, he still would not be able to break through their defense.

One hundred and eight Eternal Water Bears could bear all incoming attacks and distribute them across all of the Eternal Water Bears.

To break through the Formation armor of these one hundred and eight Eternal Water Bears, one would need the strength to instantly and simultaneously kill all one hundred and eight Eternal Water Bears.

Anyway, unless Li Shiming expended all the energy in his Grotto Heaven, using the supreme treasure Fractal Shadow Flag to split into one hundred and eight selves, with each self launching a full-strength attack, only then would there be the slightest possibility of breaking through the Formation armor.

If he used even a little less Cave Heaven Energy, it could not be done.

With the Eternal Water Bears’ recovery ability, as long as they were not instantly killed, their recovery would enable them to return to peak condition.

With one hundred and eight fifth-grade Eternal Water Bears, Li Shiming immediately felt his safety increase drastically.

After this large batch of crossings of tribulation, he would need to go into closed-door cultivation for a very long period of time.

These Spiritual Pets all needed a period of time to stabilize their realm, and he also needed to use IBMz15 to study the abilities of the Spiritual Pets.

The reason his strength and that of his few avatars had increased so rapidly was because IBMz15’s continuous analysis and research had played an extremely important role.

For Great Powers, the hardest part of increasing strength was comprehension of the rules.

Great Powers long observed the rules within their own Grotto Heaven, and through comprehension of the Grotto Heaven’s rules, they enhanced their own grasp of the rules.

This was an extremely slow process that required extremely strong talent; many Great Powers were unable to increase their strength because they were stuck on comprehension of the rules.

IBMz15’s research into the abilities of the Spiritual Pets could, from the aspects in which the Spiritual Pets excelled, derive their comprehension and application of the rules, and thus provide references for Li Shiming’s own understanding of the rules.

In addition, for many years to come, he would need to carry out Alchemy without pause.

Li Yuanba had taken on no small number of Alchemy commissions, especially after the news that Great Power Lu Wei wanted to pull Li Shiming into the Immortal Alliance to monopolize High-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills spread. Even though Great Power Lu Wei had fallen, it still made quite a few Great Powers worry that the situation would change.

Great Powers who had originally planned to retain some contribution points for backup converted their contribution points into Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine and sent them to Li Yuanba to commission Alchemy.

After Great Power Lu Wei fell, an eerie peace appeared in the Land of Fallen Immortals for a long period of time.

The Divine Domain was recovering its vitality, and even missions related to the Divine Domain had greatly decreased. On the Immortal Domain side, the Immortal Alliance’s eastern division had come up empty-handed in its investigation; the investigation had reached a stalemate.

The only lively place was the Seven Immortals Residence, where Great Powers came visiting from time to time.

It was said that quite a few Great Powers took advantage of the Divine Domain’s period of recovery to leave the Land of Fallen Immortals and return to their own sects, where they obtained Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine from their sects solely for the sake of refining High-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills.

At first, these Great Powers were only thinking of themselves; with Immortal Alliance missions decreasing, to obtain more Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine, they needed to think of other methods, hence returning to their sects.

But once the news reached the sects—news that in the Land of Fallen Immortals there was a Great Power capable of refining High-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills—once this spread to every Cultivation Land, all the superpowers used various means to send Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine to the Land of Fallen Immortals.

Li Yuanba was depressed as well; he was getting busier and busier. The number of Great Powers coming to register Alchemy commissions kept increasing, and they came more and more frequently, far surpassing the theoretical limits of the Land of Fallen Immortals.

Until one day, Great Power Ding Feng invited the other several Great Powers of the Seven Immortals Residence to gather in one place.

”Brother Ding, it’s rare to see you take the initiative to host us!” Yi Yao Great Power looked at the Spirit Fruit and Spiritual Wine before him and said with a smile.

Great Power Ding Feng was a Sword Cultivation Great Power, and there were no Spirit Fruits or the like planted in his Grotto Heaven, so the items he used for hospitality all had to be exchanged for.

”Brother Yi, I’ve invited you all here to bid you farewell. I need to return to my sect for a while!” Great Power Ding Feng did not mind Yi Yao Great Power’s teasing; he waved his hand as he spoke.