Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2050: Chapter 1071: Research (Happy National Day!) (Part 2)

The number of human Great Powers is truly unsustainable.

The Immortal Alliance’s counterattack should be described as a concentrated reprisal.

The Immortal Residence being sent into the Divine Domain can trigger an intense response from the domain, causing numerous ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ to gather at the Immortal Residence.

Human Great Powers need to eliminate as many ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ as possible, before their numbers reach a threatening level.

"Senior brother, where do these ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ come from? How can there be so many?" Li Yuanba asked afterward.

This question troubled him; ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ have at least the power of Half-step Fifth Grade.

Think about the human Cultivation Land, where Half-step Fifth Grade is akin to Half-step Great Power, such beings are not numerous, and they’re all trapped in the Grotto Heaven, undergoing life-and-death trials.

But look at the ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’; their appearance as Half-step Fifth Grade comes in tens, forming a battle formation with Fifth Grade Combat Power.

In the previous battle alone, over two hundred Half-step Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ were slain.

Over two hundred Half-step Fifth Grade; how much energy would it take to cultivate them?

"I don’t know either, perhaps the answer lies deep within the Divine Domain!" Yi Yao Great Power shook his head and answered.

Li Yuanba’s eyes flickered slightly; perhaps the depths of the Divine Domain are forbidden to human cultivators, but not to Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’.

This question was answered to some extent by Li Shiming after some time.

Li Shiming here didn’t let Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ enter the Divine Domain; he was always in seclusion.

The reason he had some guesses about the origin of ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ was due to his research on the altar.

Over two years, he injected Cave Heaven Energy into the altar, converting it into ’Holy Spirit’ energy via the altar.

The ’Holy Spirit’ energy increased within the altar was enough to cultivate four Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ or a hundred or so Half-step Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.

Of course, the altar’s ability to convert so much ’Holy Spirit’ energy was because he consumed Cave Heaven Energy.

If placed in the environment like the Divine Domain, the altar’s energy conversion wouldn’t be this fast.

But even after a hundred years, its output of ’Holy Spirit’ energy equates to the energy of one Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldier’.

And the ’Holy Spirit’ energy produced by the altar could be directly absorbed and enhance the strength of ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.

So Li Shiming surmised that ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ were likely cultivated in batches this way.

He didn’t know how many altars there were in the Divine Domain, but the number was certainly significant.

If indeed as he guessed, in a hundred years, many Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ could emerge in the Divine Domain, or the number could be a hundred times that of Half-step Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.

This is a terrifying figure, making one shudder just hearing it.

Compared to the cultivation of human Great Powers, this seems much simpler.

Of course, this is just his speculation; even for ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’, advancing to higher realms would cause rejection by heaven and earth, necessitating heavenly trials to become Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.

However, within the smaller realms, the promotion from Early Fifth Grade to Mid Fifth Grade would not trigger Heavenly Tribulation.

For this reason, Li Shiming didn’t allow his Half-step Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ to absorb ’Holy Spirit’ energy from the altar, even though doing so could create more Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’.

"How could I be so foolish!" Li Shiming suddenly slapped his forehead as he observed the altar.

While he couldn’t let Half-step Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ absorb ’Holy Spirit’ energy from the altar, he could let Half-step Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ stay in the space beside the altar, which was filled with ’Holy Spirit’ energy.

In this environment, a Half-step Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ would naturally enhance its strength with time, although it would take longer, it wouldn’t consume the altar’s ’Holy Spirit’ energy.

Li Shiming didn’t plan to have Half-step Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ advance to Fifth Grade in the Land of Fallen Immortals; such a Heavenly Tribulation could cause huge trouble.

He wouldn’t even create Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ in the Land of Fallen Immortals, since there are too many strong beings, and he doesn’t want to be targeted due to this matter.

Though the energy within the altar increased significantly, it was still insufficient for nine Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ to advance to the mid-stage, only enough for one or two Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ to be promoted.

This forced him to alter his plans because of the message from Li Yuanba that the Immortal Alliance’s reprisal is underway.

Li Yuanba’s previously shown combat power led to him being invited by the Immortal Alliance to participate in this mission.

The Immortal Alliance has no authority to force Great Powers to act, only to extend invitations, which they can accept or decline.

However, under normal circumstances, no Great Power would refuse an invitation from the Immortal Alliance without reason.

Regardless, the Immortal Alliance is still the administrator of human cultivators in the Land of Fallen Immortals and the main force against the Divine Domain.

Li Yuanba accepted the mission, and Yi Yao Great Power accepted the mission as well, making them safer together.

Li Shiming contemplated and sent two Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ to the altar.

The two Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ placed their hands on the altar, extracting the ’Holy Spirit’ energy within.

This time, their extraction speed was not fast, they absorbed while extracting.

Their cultivation level also rapidly enhanced, and when they nearly absorbed all the ’Holy Spirit’ energy converted into over two years by the altar, their realm reached the Peak of Early Stage Fifth Grade.

Within the two years, the ’Holy Spirit’ that previously reached the Peak of Early Stage Fifth Grade successfully advanced to Mid Fifth Grade.

It was the promotion experience of the Mid Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’ that was shared directly by Li Shiming with these two newly advanced to the Peak of Early Stage Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirits’.

’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ differ from human cultivators; human cultivators have varying flesh, soul, talent, spirit root attributes, and cultivation techniques, making each cultivator’s rule comprehension unique.

Even if human cultivators inherit rule comprehension, the receiving cultivator must re-understand and comprehend to make it their own.

This inherited rule comprehension can sometimes have adverse effects, leading the recipient down a contrary mistaken path.

However, ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ are different; their physique and soul are nearly identical, and their cultivation of ’Holy Spirit’ energy is entirely the same.

This makes their rule comprehension of ’Holy Spirit’, though not absolutely the same, significantly similar.

At least the two Peak of Early Stage Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirits’ of Li Shiming quickly entered the promotion stage after receiving the ’Holy Spirit’ insight shared by the Mid Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirit’.

The promotion process was very smooth because it was a small realm improvement without triggering Heavenly Tribulation.

Thus, quietly and seamlessly, he gained two more Mid Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirits’.

Over two years of altar research, Li Shiming certainly achieved more than these results.

He discovered that the unique energy within the altar has a crucial role for ’Holy Spirit’.

However, he also realized that meddling with this unique energy would completely destroy the altar.

As long as the altar’s function persists, he won’t disturb this unique energy.

Later, Li Shiming met with Li Yuanba, mainly to have Li Yuanba send over the ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ corpses and some spoils from last time.

This included choosing three sets of Mid Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ gear to equip three Mid Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirits’.

From the surface, the three Mid Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirits’ appear no different from real Mid Fifth Grade ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’.

The only difference probably lies in their combat abilities.

Since Mid Fifth Grade ’Holy Spirits’ haven’t received combat heritage from ’Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’, their combat under Li Shiming’s direction entirely relies on instinct.