Chapter 683: Chapter 388 Settling Scores
Since Yu Gu left, no other cultivators have come to disturb Li Shiming’s life.
Although he only cultivated at night, his cultivation improved not at all slowly.
The frequency with which he consumed Third-grade Spirit Pills was according to the maximum interval for consuming Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills.
Reaching the Golden Core Middle Stage, the most significant change was the formation of a South Ming Leaving Fire Pattern within his body.
This was something he did not have during the Golden Core Early Stage, and precisely because of this, even though he had inherited the “Nanming Leaving Fire” Divine Skills, he couldn’t cultivate South Ming Leaving Fire himself and had to rely on the Heavenly Ghost to control the Nascent Soul Body to cultivate it on his behalf.
After advancing to the Golden Core Middle Stage, it seemed that the Nanming Leaving Fire flame within him automatically formed a small South Ming Leaving Fire Pattern during the process of advancement. Initially, he didn’t discover it because the fire pattern was too small.
With his cultivation and the influence of the South Ming Leaving Fire residing within him, the South Ming Leaving Fire Pattern slowly increased in size, which eventually led him to notice this change.
This discovery enabled him to cultivate the “Nanming Leaving Fire” Divine Skills by himself and even gave him a faint possibility of using it during the Golden Core Stage.
You should know that South Ming Leaving Fire was an attack Divine Skill that only Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators could control, and the terrifying aspect of attack Divine Skills lies in their intrinsic level surpassing that of most energies.
Just like Great Elder-level Body Refining, it is extremely difficult for Golden Core cultivators to break through its defenses, but in the face of South Ming Leaving Fire, a mere spark can break through the defenses of a Great Elder-level Refining.
Three months later, one day, Li Shiming left the capital of Xia Country and set up a Formation in a deserted area a thousand miles away from the capital.
This time was for Refining Corpse Nan Ming; after such a long time enduring the baptism of thunder, Nan Ming had finally reached the standard for Patriarch Weng Zhao’s treasured IBMz15 to recognize and withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.
He attached great importance to Refining Corpse Nan Ming’s breakthrough to the Silver Corpse Realm. Although Refining Corpse Nan Ming advanced all the way from a copper corpse, in terms of potential, it should be the strongest among all his refined corpses.
Even the potential of the refined corpses from the Great Elder-level bodies he had was not as good as that of Refining Corpse Nan Ming.
Because although Refining Corpse Nan Ming started weak, it had integrated with the Nascent Soul of the Nascent Soul Ancestor, inheriting most of the essence of the Nascent Soul Ancestor.
To put it in perspective, the body of Patriarch Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul was not worth one-tenth of the Nascent Soul itself, as the majority of the Nascent Soul Ancestor’s cultivation was on the Nascent Soul.
Furthermore, Refining Corpse Nan Ming was originally a backup Body of Possession modified by Patriarch Weng Zhao, and after being taken over, its potential was so profound that Li Shiming couldn’t estimate it with his current realm.
Li Shiming’s strength had increased too quickly, especially since his Body Refinement cultivation had jumped directly to Great Elder-level, making the help from the silver corpses around him so minimal that it could almost be ignored.
Refining Corpse Nan Ming was the corpse that could provide him with combat support during the Golden Core Stage, and even the Nascent Soul Stage.
For this reason, Li Shiming intentionally let Refining Corpse Nan Ming stay longer in the refining space. He didn’t decide to let Refining Corpse Nan Ming undergo tribulation until IBMz15 analyzed that the success rate of Refining Corpse Nan Ming surviving the tribulation was over eighty percent.
Eighty percent survival rate of the tribulation was for Refining Corpse Nan Ming to undergo the tribulation on its own. Adding his protection, he could bring the tribulation survival rate to a full one hundred percent.
Li Shiming stood outside the Formation, watching Refining Corpse Nan Ming within, as he connected a large brain to Refining Corpse Nan Ming’s body.
Unless he sensed danger, he would not intervene in Refining Corpse Nan Ming’s tribulation.
Intervention could affect Refining Corpse Nan Ming’s future development. Tribulation was a test, but after passing the test, the situation of the tribulation would be rewarded by heaven and earth, and human intervention could affect the strength of that reward.
Refining Corpse Nan Ming’s advancement went very smoothly, and although Li Shiming hadn’t been cultivating for long, his experience in corpse refining was extremely rich.
He had thirteen silver corpses that had advanced in his hands, a number that most Golden Core cultivators could not achieve in their lifetime.
The changes in Refining Corpse Nan Ming’s body ended, and the appearance of the Corpse Pill triggered the Heavenly Tribulation.
A huge cloud of thunder formed, causing Li Shiming to feel worried.
Compared to the thunder cloud formed during the normal advancements of silver corpses, this one was much bigger. But considering the uniqueness of Refining Corpse Nan Ming, the changes in the tribulation were normal.
Just then, several auras approached from afar, moving towards him quickly.
Li Shiming looked over to find that they were Foundation Establishment Cultivators, which was uncommon. Sky Sea Island was different from Beishu Continent; there were fewer Foundation Establishment Cultivators here than on Beishu Continent.
Especially among Loose Cultivators, the likelihood of encountering Foundation Establishment Cultivators was extremely low.
Of course, that was the situation when he was on Sky Sea Island, and he did not know whether things had changed now.
As he was observing, two figures approached even faster than the Foundation Establishment Cultivators, flying towards him.
He was about to drive them away when he realized that one of the two Golden Core cultivators was someone he knew.
He smiled and said nothing further, quietly standing in his spot to wait.
Baili Luo and Elder Jie, two Golden Core cultivators, were leading a group of remnants from the seven sects, conducting a transaction in the marketplace here.
After merging the seven sects, even though they were suppressed by Mingxin Sect, some of their foundations were still retained.