Chapter 1950: Chapter 1021: Spiritual Treasure_2
His current Lifebound Flying Sword is the âTraceless Illusion Swordâ, made from fourth-grade top materials, and its power is passable.
But he doesnât want his Lifebound Flying Sword to be merely passable in power; he needs the most powerful Lifebound Flying Sword.
With the Lifebound Flying Sword, a Sword Cultivator can shatter myriad techniques with a single strike, fully suppressing all at the same level.
However, with the âTraceless Illusion Swordâ in hand, Li Shiming finds himself unable to suppress a powerful Free Great Power.
He doesnât know how strong a powerful Free Great Power truly is, but he sets a strong target for himself in his imagination.
To confront a powerful Free Great Power, he needs the strongest weapon, augmented by his enduring state of unity with the heavens.
The fifth-grade âDustless Luminous Mysterious Goldâ is the material he intends to use to refine his new Lifebound Flying Sword.
Before refining, he took out the fifth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, originally the Lifebound Treasure of a Yuqing Sect Great Ability, whose spirit mark was removed by a Heavenly Ghost.
Now, this fifth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, has lost its function and has been discarded by him.
He voluntarily severed his master recognition bond with the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ and then took out the newly refined âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ.
Even without going through master recognition, as long as the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ hadnât been refined and claimed by others, he was its natural owner.
He cast the Master Recognition Technique on the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, which merged into it, soon connecting to his soul.
The new âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ became his Lifebound Treasure, then transformed into an energy entering his body, lodging within a Grotto Heaven.
The âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ floated above the Cave Heaven Core, resonating with the âThunder Rule Runesâ inside the Cave Heaven Core.
The energy within the Grotto Heaven requires Li Shiming to partition his mind, converting Cave Heaven Energy into thunder energy, constantly nurturing the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ.
As his understanding of the âThunder Rulesâ deepens, the âThunder Rule Runesâ in the Cave Heaven Core will continually influence the âThunder Rule Runesâ inside the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, elevating them to match his own level.
Li Shiming looked at his fourth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, made from fourth-grade top thunder materials, and decided to place it in the sect treasury for the first Thunder Cultivator to advance to Peak Great Cultivator to obtain.
At this point, some secrets no longer need to be hidden.
His artifact refining abilities are known to only a few cultivators in the Cultivation World.
In fact, his artifact refining abilities, as well as his alchemy skills, far exceed those of other cultivators, with a gap so vast the second-ranked cultivatorâs skills seem meager in comparison.
Li Shiming then went into seclusion, starting to refine the âDustless Luminous Mysterious Goldâ.
Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect became lively, hosting a grand ceremony years in the making to become a Super Sect, held at the sectâs mountain gates.
This is one of the rare occasions the Ten Thousand Beast Sect opens its mountain gates. Not only were all superpowers invited, but also a majority of large sects sent representatives, resulting in an astonishing number of cultivators visiting the mountain gates.
Yet, none of the cultivators, regardless of their strength, dared to cause trouble.
Particularly those who arrived early, they sensed the terrifying atmosphere of Heavenly Tribulation outside the mountain gates, gaining a deep understanding of the existence of a super Great Power in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.
This Great Power, Li Shiming, even before he became a Great Power, his illustrious battle achievements had already suppressed Inheritor Great Abilities across all superpowers.
Not to mention, after becoming a Great Power and returning to the sect, the first thing he did was storm the Feiyu Sectâs mountain gates, eliminating their Inheritor Great Ability, his unparalleled strength intimidating the entire Cultivation World.
Though Li Shiming lacked significant background, his formidable strength became his background.
No superpower wished to provoke him, for his ability to storm any superpowerâs mountain gates at will was more terrifying than his displayed combat strength.
Although the effects caused by Li Shimingâs Artifact Tribulation gradually subsided, the appearance of a fourth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, in the sect treasury drove the cultivators to frenzy again.
The Ten Thousand Beast Sect opened its mountain gates, allowing numerous representatives from various powers to enter. Some matters, not too confidential, they didnât mind these representatives witnessing, including the sect treasury.
The sect treasury is the foundation of a power; this treasury isnât the core treasury, with vital Spiritual Objects stored in the core treasury.
But the Ten Thousand Beast Sect never anticipated that Li Shiming would casually place a fourth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, into the sect treasury and set the condition for obtaining it.
A spiritual treasure that could be used by a Great Cultivator, it nearly stirred the entire Cultivation World.
No one expected that Li Shiming had such accomplishments in the field of artifact refining.
All factions considered a matter: if Li Shiming could refine the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ with fourth-grade materials, then he was capable of refining other spiritual treasures.
However, the issue was that Li Shiming possessed a strength compelling any faction to negotiate respectfully. Even if a faction wished for Li Shiming to refine a spiritual treasure, they had no choice but to negotiate amicably.
Among all cultivators, Thunder Cultivators were the most frenzied group.
Upon learning the condition to obtain the fourth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, a large number of Thunder Cultivators desired to join the Ten Thousand Beast Sect within a short time.
These cultivators expressed their intent to join through the Ten Thousand Beast Sectâs commercial outlets across the continents.
Originally, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect had a great allure for Thunder Cultivators, as it possessed all the inheritances from the former Thunder Cultivator super-sect, Yuqing Sect, granting comprehensive Thunder Cultivator inheritances upon joining.
Yet previously, since the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was merely a large sect, some Thunder Cultivator disciples remained in the observation stage.
Now, thereâs no need to observe; the Ten Thousand Beast Sect became a Super Sect, with Li Shiming offering a fourth-grade spiritual treasure, the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ, as a reward, making the Ten Thousand Beast Sect the most desirable place for Thunder Cultivators.
Li Shiming remained in seclusion, unaffected by external affairs.
Though daily reports were sent to him, he casually glanced to stay aware of major events happening in the Cultivation World.
Another three years passed, and he refined a spiritual treasure sword, named âDustless Swordâ, as it was made from âDustless Luminous Mysterious Goldâ.
The âDustless Swordâ was engraved with twenty billion âSword Intent Rule Runesâ and ten billion âSpace Rule Runesâ.
The greatest feature of this spiritual treasure sword is its ability to traverse the void; its attack method is far more elusive than his previous âTraceless Illusion Swordâ.
With the function of the âSpace Rule Runesâ, the âDustless Swordâ can utilize space movement to appear immediately before an enemy, which is more effective than increasing the flying speed of the sword.
No matter how fast the speed, it canât match space movement. Eliminating the flying process, though losing the build-up of power during flight, the âChaos Sword Intentâ contained within the âDustless Swordâ, under the effect of twenty billion âSword Intent Rule Runesâ, is enough to unleash devastating strikes on the enemy.
Of course, using âSpace Rule Runesâ was actually a compromise.
If he could engrave âSpeed Rule Runesâ, he would rather do so.
The effect of the âSpace Rule Runesâ is indeed formidable, but it also prevents many sword attack Secret Techniques in the âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ from being executed.
His Grotto Heaven currently doesnât record âSpeed Rulesâ; thus, he couldnât engrave âSpeed Rule Runesâ even if he wanted to.
This is the greatest limitation of a fifth-grade spiritual treasure; only rules mastered by oneself can be engraved onto the spiritual treasure.
With the calculations of IBMz15 and Li Shimingâs cooperation, the âDustless Swordâ successfully passed the Heavenly Tribulation.
However, this Great Power level Artifact Tribulation occurred after the grand ceremony of the Ten Thousand Beast Sectâs promotion to a Super Sect, and didnât further impact cultivators from other factions.