The Wind Blade split the Great Cultivatorâs body in two, obliterating both his physical form and Nascent Soul.
"Lou Wu, didnât you announce your sect?" Li Yuanba looked at Lou Wu and asked.
Although this place is considered remote, it is still on the land of the Central State continent, and yet there are cultivators daring to hunt down sword cultivators of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion!
"Master, I did, but I am still being pursued!" Lou Wu looked at Li Yuanba with admiration and respectfully replied.
He hadnât been with his master, Li Yuanba, for long. When Great Cultivator Lou had him join Li Yuanbaâs sect, it was because he saw the enormous potential in Li Yuanba.
Unexpectedly, Li Yuanbaâs potential was so vast that in just a few years, he had advanced to the peak of the Great Cultivator realm, a limit that is beyond ordinary cultivatorâs imagination.
"What audacity, I want to see which forceâs Great Cultivator this is!" Li Yuanbaâs divine sense seized the Great Cultivatorâs corpse, retrieved his Mustard Seed Ring, and said aloud.
A distinguishing item is quite easy to recognize, as every forceâs Identity Jade Disc has a unique refining method that can be identified at a glance.
His divine sense found a wooden tablet, which then appeared in his hand.
"Gen Mountain Sect?" Li Yuanba found the sect the Great Cultivator belonged to from the wooden tablet.
He recalled in his mind for a moment and quickly found information about the Gen Mountain Sect.
"Lou Wu, take the tablet back and issue a mission for annihilation!" Li Yuanba casually tossed the wooden tablet along with the Mustard Seed Ring to Lou Wu and said.
To confront a Great Cultivator of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion isnât just about slaying a Great Cultivator.
The Gen Mountain Sect is a large sect, but it is the weakest among large sects, having only this one Great Cultivator.
Since the Gen Mountain Sect exists under the protection of the Great Cultivator, the sect naturally has to bear the consequences of the Great Cultivatorâs mistakes.
As the Gen Mountain Sect is too weak, Li Yuanba didnât want to bother and thought it better to provide a combat mission for the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
"Yes, Master!" Lou Wu accepted the wooden tablet and the Mustard Seed Ring, bowing in response.
"By the way, here are two life-saving talismans for your protection, Iâll be leaving first!" Li Yuanba suddenly remembered something, retrieved two life-saving talismans, and tossed them to Lou Wu.
After speaking, his figure disappeared.
Holding the spiritual objects in his hands, Lou Wu did not even have the chance to express his gratitude before Li Yuanbaâs figure was gone.
He examined the Great Cultivatorâs Mustard Seed Ring and found a considerable amount of wealth, which was the accumulation of a lifetime of a Great Cultivator.
He further inspected the two life-saving talismans; he had used up all his life-saving talismans, and these two were very timely.
Upon initially seeing the two life-saving talismans as ordinary talismans, he didnât pay much attention, but upon closer inspection realized that inside they solidified the âDivine Visionâ and âInstant Reachâ, allowing for a single space movement over eight thousand miles once activated.
"Thank you, Master!" Even though he knew Li Yuanba couldnât hear him, Lou Wu still bowed in gratitude.
These life-saving talismans are valuable enough to be life-savers even for a Great Cultivator, let alone for a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner like him.
Li Yuanba casually saved Lou Wu and didnât ask what opportunity Lou Wu obtained, just as his own master never asked him about his opportunities.
Every cultivator has their own secrets, and even between masters and disciples, secrets cannot be entirely shared.
His method of slaying the Great Cultivator was the result of his recent research on âStorm Eyeâ.
The wind blade wasnât just an ordinary wind blade; it was one infused with âChaos Sword Intentâ.
Unleashing the wind blade with the âStorm Eyeâ, it wielded frightening power, and after he imbued it with the âChaos Sword Intentâ, its destructive force was enhanced, allowing it to simultaneously destroy the physical form and Nascent Soul.
In his hands, the âStorm Eyeâ could completely replace the Lifebound Flying Sword Xingyi, and was even more powerful than his Lifebound Flying Sword Xingyi.
Now with Xingyi stored within his Nascent Soul, it was being nourished every moment.
Within the center of the double brows of the Nascent Soul, the âStorm Eyeâ resembled a vertical eye, which is the energy-formed âStorm Eyeâ.
Only by truly recognizing the owner of the âStorm Eyeâ, and completely mastering the âStorm Eyeâ, can it be energy-formed and absorbed into the body.
The âStorm Eyeâ need not be released to instantly unleash the wind blade, though without releasing the âStorm Eyeâ, the wind blades need to be released one by one.
This ability of the âStorm Eyeâ allowed Li Yuanba to successfully conceal his identity.
He could even manage to disguise himself as a wind-element cultivator by using the âStorm Eyeâ blade as a means of attack without leaking out his own aura.
Concealing his identity was necessary since the name Li Yuanba was too illustrious in the Cultivation World; disguising his identity afforded him opportunities to engage in combat.
Li Yuanbaâs eagerness to find combat opportunities recently was not without reason.
He was getting closer and closer to the complete state of the peak Great Cultivator realm. With a little more battle experience, he could return to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to go into closed cultivation and attempt to break through to the Half-step Great Power realm.
On the Dongqi Continent, within a valley a thousand miles from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming was carefully setting up a Corpse Refining Array.
If any cultivator saw this Corpse Refining Array, they would be shocked at the wastefulness.
Indeed, the Corpse Refining Array he was setting up was wasteful to the extreme.
The quality of materials used in a Corpse Refining Array generally corresponds to the level of the corpse being refined.
For instance, to refine a Late-stage Golden Corpse, at least top 4th grade corpse refining materials are needed, and if one is extravagant, some top 4th grade corpse refining materials would be used as the core.
However, this Corpse Refining Array before him used top 4th grade corpse refining materials entirely for both the inner and outer layers.
Even so, Li Shiming continued to make adjustments to the Corpse Refining Array, seeking to maximize its effect.
Decades ago, one of Li Shimingâs brains embarked on research related to corpse refining.
With the cooperation of the IBMz15, over a century of continuous research, along with the help of the âProhibited Book of Xuan Yin Yakshaâ and numerous corpse refining texts, he discovered a possible method to refine the âFlying Night Demonâ.
The âFlying Night Demonâ is a fifth-grade corpse, a level beyond Late-stage Golden Corpse.
Of course, the âFlying Night Demonâ is a mythical existence; very few cultivators have actually seen a âFlying Night Demonâ.
Li Shiming had seen references to the âFlying Night Demonâ in texts, and even the âProhibited Book of Xuan Yin Yakshaâ merely outlines cultivating a Golden Corpse through some methods into a âFlying Night Demonâ, rather than actually refining a âFlying Night Demonâ.
The method of cultivating a âFlying Night Demonâ involves many rare materials, some of which might have gone extinct.
Li Shimingâs powers had stagnated for some time, and with some breakthroughs in the âFlying Night Demonâ project, he wanted to attempt refining one.
If successful, he would have at least the capability to contend momentarily with a Great Power.
The Corpse Refining Array wholly composed of top 4th grade corpse refining materials was complete, with numerous alterations made to it, which required constant adjustment while setting up the formation.
Then, he retrieved a corpse within the chamber, which was the body of Yuqing Sectâs Half-step Great Power, Yang Xing.
The cultivation of Half-step Great Power Yang Xing was inferior to Half-step Great Power Lian Lei, making Lian Leiâs body more precious, and Li Shiming did not want to use it for experimentation.
It was having a Half-step Great Powerâs corpse that made refining a âFlying Night Demonâ a possibility.
The fifth-grade is beyond his reach, but a Half-step Great Powerâs body could touch upon it; his task was to refine the Half-step Great Powerâs corpse into a corpsified entity, maximizing the potential within.
The potential of a Half-step Great Powerâs corpse converted into corpse energy might somewhat reach the edge of the fifth-grade, nearing the âFlying Night Demonâ realm.