Chapter 1890: Chapter 991: Advancement (2)
The Jade Carving Ruyi contains recipes suitable for the âEternal Water Bearâ spirit pills, but many of the spiritual medicines in these recipes have long been lost.
After Li Shiming set strengthening the âEternal Water Bearâ as a project, a portion of resources from IBMz15 was allocated for related research.
In the Cultivation World, if Li Shiming considers himself second in alchemy abilities, no alchemy master dares claim to be first. In fact, the Cultivation World has already elevated Li Shimingâs status to another realm beyond that of alchemy masters.
But he is not only the strongest in alchemy; he also has an unparalleled advantage in researching elixir recipes.
All the spiritual medicines he has seen, including those from the Cultivation World and the Cloud Island Sea, have been archived in the IBMz15 database.
Therefore, finding substitutes for the spiritual medicines in the âEternal Water Bearâ pill recipe is not too difficult. IBMz15 can compare known spiritual medicines to identify the most similar substitutes.
In fact, the Jade Carving Ruyi shows that ancient cultivators could only cultivate the âEternal Water Bearâ to the Late Stage Fourth Grade before they could no longer advance it.
This is normal. Even with abundant Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, âEternal Water Bearâ could only reach the Fourth-grade Late Stage; further progress is beyond ordinary Fourth-grade Spirit Pills.
It didnât take long for IBMz15 to provide a new elixir recipe. The ancient recipe included several substitutions, and two of the spiritual medicines couldnât even find substitutes and had to be reconciled with various modern spiritual medicines to achieve a semblance of effect.
When IBMz15 delivered the recipe, it considered that most of the spiritual medicines in the recipe were in Li Shimingâs possession.
Particularly, he has more Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine than many powerful factions.
He spent some time collecting other spiritual medicines as well. With his reputation, numerous factions willingly serve him upon request for any spiritual medicine.
Three months after obtaining the recipe, Li Shiming retrieved his previous Fifth Grade Pill Furnace and cast a Master Recognition Technique.
With his soul at half-step Great Power level, recognizing the Fifth-grade Pill Furnace posed little difficulty.
This Fifth Grade Pill Furnace is named âHundred Herbs Furnace,â quite a mundane name. Yet, itâs the first of its kind heâd seen in the Cultivation World.
Perhaps there are Fifth Grade Pill Furnaces in the Cultivation World, but if they exist, they are inside the Grotto Heaven of some great power, which he hasnât seen.
The new recipe was named âEternal Water Bear Pill,â created specifically for the growth of the âEternal Water Bear.â
Currently, he has two thousand materials for the âEternal Water Bear Pillâ and is continually acquiring more.
The spiritual medicines required for the âEternal Water Bear Pillâ are not particularly precious, which was a key consideration for IBMz15 in researching the recipe.
Li Shiming is not aiming to craft merely high-grade spirit pills but top-grade ones.
Out of every hundred batches of âEternal Water Bear Pill,â he can produce one top-grade âEternal Water Bear Pill.â Two thousand materials are only enough to make twenty top-grade âEternal Water Bear Pills.â
The alchemy process was smooth, especially since he used the Fifth Grade âHundred Herbs Furnaceâ paired with the Fifth-grade âInfinite Immortal Fire,â reducing the alchemy time significantly.
After crafting the top-grade âEternal Water Bear Pill,â he didnât immediately let the âEternal Water Bearâ consume it but continued producing âEternal Water Bear Pills.â
The âEternal Water Bear Pillsâ made in preparation for crafting top-grade versions are of high quality and arenât useless spirit pills; they are entirely suitable for the âEternal Water Bearâ to consume daily.
Time passed slowly, and two years later, Li Shiming finally stored up a hundred and eight top-grade âEternal Water Bear Pills.â
Additionally, the number of high-grade âEternal Water Bear Pillsâ exceeded ten thousand, prompting him to attempt to see if he could help the âEternal Water Bearâ breakthrough its realm.
The âEternal Water Bearâ has lived unknown tens of thousands of years, and if not continually drained of life force, it might have naturally broken through already, or perhaps perished in a failed attempt.
After consuming large quantities of spirit pills, along with Li Shiming frequently using the âInnate Woodâ divine skill to boost its life force, the âEternal Water Bearâ reached the limit of the Late Stage Fourth Grade.
Li Shiming summoned all the âEternal Water Bearsâ; he made a deliberate decision not to cultivate them one by one.
He had all the âEternal Water Bearsâ start consuming high-grade âEternal Water Bear Pills,â whose quality had reached the theoretical limit of high-grade, containing very beneficial ingredients for the âEternal Water Bear,â though not as effective as top-grade versions.
His perception covered all the âEternal Water Bears.â As they consumed pill after pill, the energy within them slowly increased.
When the âEternal Water Bearsâ had consumed over sixty high-grade pills, their internal energy reached a critical point.
Li Shiming did not hesitate, distributing a hundred and eight top-grade âEternal Water Bear Pillsâ to all the âEternal Water Bears.â
Top-grade âEternal Water Bear Pillsâ pack a higher-tier potency. After consuming them, the âEternal Water Bearsâ broke past the critical point.
Li Shiming then took all the âEternal Water Bearsâ and immediately arrived at the place where he initially refined corpses, using an instantaneous travel skill.
He realized things were amiss when he noticed the âEternal Water Bearsâ break through the critical point.
Sure enough, the hundred and eight âEternal Water Bears,â upon reaching past the critical point, had their life force increased more than tenfold, their aura rising to half-step Great Power level.
Along with the rise in aura came the looming presence of a Heavenly Tribulation.
This was when the advantage of having all the âEternal Water Bearsâ consume spirit pills simultaneously manifested.
For a spirit beast to surpass the Late Stage Fourth Grade, resources are one aspect; however, resources alone arenât the primary obstacle.
Some spirit beasts encounter fortune and unexpectedly acquire sufficient resources to surpass the Late Stage Fourth Grade.
What hinders spirit beasts further is the rejection from the heavens; a half-step Great Power level Heavenly Tribulation can halt a spirit beast at the Late Stage Fourth Grade.
The âEternal Water Bearâ faced the same rejection from the heavens, preparing to confront a half-step Great Power level Heavenly Tribulation.
Even with its strong defensive power, a single âEternal Water Bearâ facing nine consecutive half-step Great Power level Heavenly Thunder has little chance of survival.
Yet, the hundred and eight Late Stage Fourth Grade âEternal Water Bearsâ formed an Earth Evil Formation, allowing them to achieve Great Ability level defense.
The current hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ have broken through the Late Stage Fourth Grade, reaching half-step Fifth Grade.
Their defensive power is strengthened, and the Earth Evil Formation they composed could even resist attacks from strong Great Power existences.
The Heavenly Tribulation arrived swiftly, its force directly heightened to the extreme of half-step Great Power Heavenly Thunder.
Li Shiming recognized this Heavenly Thunderâs power, as it matched the strength of those heâd encountered before.
All hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ tried crossing the Heavenly Tribulation together, escalating the thunderâs potency to its limit.
Alarmingly, the thunderâs count wasnât just nine but multiplied by a hundred and eight, totaling nine hundred and seventy-two bolts of thunder.
As the Heavenly Thunder descended, the color of the skies changed; the thunder nearly enveloped the void in blinding electric white, with each space charged with electrical might.
Each âEternal Water Bearâ was covered in thunder and lightning; merely the first batch of a hundred and eight bolts of thunder concerned Li Shiming greatly. He underestimated the thunderâs number, thinking it to be just nine bolts when it was actually nine hundred and seventy-two.