Chapter 1899: Chapter 996: Cultivation

I don’t know whether it was Li Shiming’s attack on the mountain gate of Da Leiyin Temple that deterred the Great Powers, or whether those Great Powers simply had no intention of making a move against Li Shiming, but in the time that followed, no Great Power took any action against Li Shiming.

Ten years passed, and Huinan Bodhisattva, recuperating in the Inheritance Cave Heaven of Da Leiyin Temple, as well as Great Power Luo Yuan, nursing his wounds in the Inheritance Cave Heaven of Yuqing Sect, were both startled.

A look of shock flashed in the eyes of the two Great Powers because they had lost contact with their treasures, and their souls suffered a backlash.

It was fortunate that they were within their own Grotto Heaven, so despite the backlash to their souls, the impact was not too great.

"Li Shizhen!" Both Great Powers simultaneously uttered the same name.

Great Power Luo Yuan’s treasure, the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, and Huinan Bodhisattva’s Inheritance Buddha Lotus, finally had the mental imprints inside them erased by the Heavenly Ghost General.

To say erased is not accurate; it should be said that the Heavenly Ghost General devoured these mental imprints.

It took a whole decade, even with the significant improvement in the realm of the Heavenly Ghost being half-step fifth-grade, otherwise, this time would be several times longer.

Li Shiming reached out his hand, and the first thing he took out from the machine room space was the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’.

This Thunder Cultivator treasure had been kept in the machine room space since he obtained it, only granted with usage rights, which Great Power Luo Yuan had deliberately left initially for the convenience of the cultivators of Yuqing Sect.

Only today did the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ truly become his; using the Master Recognition Technique, the core recognition array of the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ accepted his spirit imprint.

With just a slight movement of his mind, the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ was energy-formed back into his body.

From now on, when using the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, it wouldn’t be a hassle anymore; with just a thought, he could activate it.

Critically, he discovered the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ left inside his body would continuously enhance the ’Thunder Rule Rune’ within his five Nascent Souls.

This was the permission obtained after the complete master recognition, the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ could independently enhance the master’s ’Thunder Rules’; of course, this enhancement is very slow, but this kind of slowness is still much faster than the cultivator’s own enlightenment.

Generally speaking, without major opportunities, wanting to achieve a breakthrough improvement in a particular rule is almost impossible.

He flicked his fingers lightly, a flash of electricity appeared between his fingers.

This flash of electricity seemed inconspicuous, but it was actually enhanced by the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’.

Now whenever he cast any Thunder Skill, it would automatically be enhanced by the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, increasing its power by a level; however, he would need to actively restrain the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ for it not to enhance the power of the Thunder Skill.

Li Shiming then took out the Inheritance Buddha Lotus from the machine room space, similarly imprinting it with the recognition mark.

Once the Inheritance Buddha Lotus was master recognized, with just a slight movement of his spirit, the Inheritance Buddha Lotus turned into energy and entered his body.

He saw the Inheritance Buddha Lotus appear beneath one of his five Nascent Souls, ready to appear beneath his main body when he wished to use it.

Given his mastery of space rules, the space movement of the Inheritance Buddha Lotus offered little benefit to him.

But he discovered the prowess of the Inheritance Buddha Lotus lay not in space movement, but in all-encompassing defense.

From the defense of the body to the defense of the soul, the Inheritance Buddha Lotus was extremely comprehensive.

Even when the Inheritance Buddha Lotus was stored within his body, it could protect the Nascent Soul.

Unfortunately, Li Shiming had five Nascent Souls, and the Inheritance Buddha Lotus could only protect one Nascent Soul, rendering its practical effectiveness limited.

However, the defensive effect of the Inheritance Buddha Lotus was something Li Shiming greatly desired; although the defense of the Inheritance Buddha Lotus wasn’t as strong as the armor formed by one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’, this "not as strong" was in regards to his current realm.

The realm of the ’Eternal Water Bear’ is half-step fifth-grade, and its defensive additive effect enables the one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ to cooperate to possess Great Power level defense.

The defensive power of the Inheritance Buddha Lotus depends on the user’s strength.

For instance, with Li Shiming’s current cultivation, at half-step Great Power Level, while using the Inheritance Buddha Lotus, he actually possessed the defensive power of the half-step Great Power Peak.

And if a Great Power were to use the Inheritance Buddha Lotus, then they would possess a very high level of defense among the Great Powers.

As it happened, the Inheritance Buddha Lotus user this time was Huinan Bodhisattva’s avatar, who exhausted all the energy it carried; otherwise with the defense of the Inheritance Buddha Lotus, Li Shiming wouldn’t have any means against it.

Li Shiming looked at the Inheritance Buddha Lotus beneath his feet and shook his head; this image was too incongruous.

As a Taoist cultivator, having a Buddha Lotus at his feet.

Under his intentional control, the Inheritance Buddha Lotus began to change, transforming into the form of Taoist Golden Lotus.

Though the Buddha Lotus and Taoist Golden Lotus seemed little different, in the eyes of cultivators from the Taoist and Buddhist sects, the distinction was extremely apparent.

"From now on, I’ll call you ’Daoist Golden Lotus’, having no relation to Buddhist lotus!" Li Shiming smiled and spoke softly to the Taoist Golden Lotus beneath his feet.

He believed that even if Huinan Bodhisattva of Da Leiyin Temple knew the background of ’Daoist Golden Lotus’, they wouldn’t reveal it.

He also wasn’t worried about any moves Huinan Bodhisattva might make; having lost the Bodhisattva avatar, Huinan Bodhisattva could at least remain quiet for several hundred years.

Moreover, with the dual defense of one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ and ’Daoist Golden Lotus’, Li Shiming truly dared to have a direct encounter with a Great Power’s true body.

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