Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1361: Chapter 727: Observation

Li Shiming used his authority in the ’Hell Path’ to teleport directly to the ’Evil Ghost Path’. A Gold Corpse brushed past him, and upon noticing him, it knelt to the ground, assuming a posture of complete prostration.

It was evident that, compared to the incorporeal ghosts, beings like the Gold Corpse, which more closely resembled humans, were able to display a greater degree of reverence.

Li Shiming understood that to any living being within the Cave Heaven, he was akin to a sovereign; he could command their life and death—this was an inviolable directive engraved into their souls.

He extended his hand, effortlessly pushing into the body of the Gold Corpse with a hand enhanced by the ’Heavenly Human Technique’.

The Gold Corpse did not evade in the slightest, allowing his hand to penetrate its body, as its autonomous resistance was stripped away by the supreme command within its soul.

When Li Shiming withdrew his hand, a Golden Corpse Core now lay in his palm.

The energy fluctuations of the Gold Corpse vanished after losing its core, and life slipped away from its body.

Li Shiming shook his head; this feeling of controlling everything could easily lead one astray.

He looked at the Golden Corpse Core in his hand; previously he had been concerned about whether there would be enough cores, but now he possessed countless cores.

Even if he were to slay all the Gold Corpses in the ’Evil Ghost Path’, the Cave Heaven’s Artifact Spirit using the ’Heavenly Person Seal’ would employ a special formation to produce a new batch of refined corpses, while intensifying the energy infusion into the Silver Corpse to promote its ascent to Gold Corpse status.

From the ’Evil Ghost Path’, he teleported to the ’Beast Path’, where the species were much more diverse, with a variety of spirit beasts.

However, with his discerning eye, the spirit beasts here could only be considered ordinary.

Great Power Zhai Ge, after all, was not specialized in spirit beasts; managing to collect so many types of spirit beasts was already quite challenging, not to mention their continued breeding and propagation.

In fact, there was an upper limit to the level of spirit beasts within the Cave Heaven; if they exceeded a certain threshold, they would be reabsorbed as energy by the Cave Heaven.

Therefore, the highest level of spirit beasts here was mid fourth-grade, with no strong presences at the fourth-grade high-stage, let alone fifth-grade spiritual beasts.

Li Shiming possessed the strongest bloodlines—a Illusion Spirit Dragon from the Dragon Clan and Little Feng from the Phoenix Clan—so he merely toured the ’Beast Path’.

What intrigued him was the presence of many unique and rare spirit beasts here, exceedingly difficult to encounter or even extinct in the outside world.

He did not bother with the affairs within the ’Beast Path’; perhaps when he became more powerful, he would enhance the Cave Heaven Space here and incorporate more spirit beasts within it.

Then he moved on to the ’Asura Path’. Upon arrival, the Asuras merely bowed slightly, not kneeling.

Perhaps this was the inherent pride of the Asuras; even though they were confined and brainwashed, they could not bring themselves to act subserviently.

Li Shiming just glanced at the condition of the Asuras. He himself had an Asura Puppet, and recalling how Great Power Zhai Ge hadn’t used live Asuras as rewards but instead turned them into puppets suggested that Asuras were not easily controlled.

Were he not the master of the Cave Heaven, the Asuras might have leaped upon him in a frenzy to tear him apart.

Asuras should not have appeared in the Cultivation World, and how Great Power Zhai Ge managed to acquire so many Asuras and cultivated them into a reproductive race in this space was unknown.

He did not particularly like Asuras, but at present, his power was insufficient, and he did not want to alter the setup within the Cave Heaven.

Great Power Zhai Ge had his reasons for the arrangement, which Li Shiming’s current level could not comprehend; making hasty changes could possibly invite unforeseen troubles within the Cave Heaven.

Afterward, he arrived at the ’Human Dao’ hall, a place he was quite familiar with, having often practiced spirit cultivation techniques here.

Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon had shrunk their bodies and trotted over to greet him.

Especially Little Feng, as he had given Little Feng plenty of food since he was unsure how long his cultivation would last; now, seeing Little Feng, he felt as if it might have grown chubby.

He smiled, gently stroking Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, feeling towards them akin to a father’s affection for his children.

Both the Illusion Spirit Dragon, which had been with him the longest, and the newer Little Feng had stayed by his side since their nascent stages.

This was why, when concerned about a potential level drop after re-cultivating the ’Heavenly Human Technique’, he sealed away all other contract creatures, except for Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon.

Even without the binding of a contract, it was unlikely that Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon would ever harm him.

He patted Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon gently, dismissing them to play nearby.

This time, coming here, he had a new sensation; previously, he could see only the faces on the surface of the walls, but now he could sense a vast space within the walls, filled with wandering souls.

The soul faces appearing on the walls were but a tiny fraction, and this discovery sent chills down his spine.

He let out a long sigh; though he had a ruthless nature, always exacting a hundredfold or a thousandfold vengeance from his enemies, he could not bring himself to slaughter ordinary mortals, or cultivators with whom he had no enmity.

"Once I grow stronger, I will redeem you!" he declared with a heavy tone, standing in the ’Human Dao’ hall.

Perhaps they understood his words, for in that moment, countless faces on the walls revealed smiles, though the sight of those smiles was exceedingly eerie.