Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1376: Chapter 734: Mission_2

With ample resource supplies, in the optimal Spiritual Energy environment, enhanced by the Treasure Lotus Hall’s offerings and various Spiritual Objects, the progress of the five Nascent Soul cultivators practicing ’Heavenly Human Technique’ is extremely astounding.

Even if any one of them were practicing independently, their cultivation speed would be several times that of cultivators at the same stage, let alone all five practicing simultaneously.

Li Yuanba was indeed influenced by Li Shiming; if he doesn’t make an effort, he would be unable to provide any assistance to Li Shiming.

"This is the task, take a look first!" Wu Qi didn’t want to discuss the topic any further. He took out his Identity Jade Disc, shared a task, and spoke.

Li Yuanba began examining the task, and when he saw the task content, his expression slightly changed.

"It’s about a Grotto Heaven appearing, why doesn’t the pavilion dispatch Great Cultivators over?" Li Yuanba asked in surprise.

Indeed, the task Wu Qi was focusing on had discovered a Grotto Heaven, which hadn’t yet opened the entrance to the Cave Heaven Space, but the spatial force leaked before the opening had been detected.

"Great Cultivators are prohibited from participating; this is a unified agreement among all super forces on the Central State Continent, and no force dares to violate it. Additionally, since this is a Grotto Heaven on the Central State Continent, cultivators from other continents won’t take part either!" Wu Qi explained.

Li Yuanba thought it over and understood that the contest for the Grotto Heaven was among the super forces of the Central State Continent.

As for other forces not being prohibited from participating, it’s because Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners from other forces are utterly suppressed by those of the super forces.

This doesn’t mean some great sects don’t have powerful Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners, but these strong practitioners face the core cultivators of the super forces, remaining in a suppressed position.

The exclusion of cultivators from other continents also ensures Li Yuanba’s safety; at least the White Emperor Sect wouldn’t risk offending all super forces of the Central State Continent by sending powerful entities to trouble him during this task.

"Does the pavilion have many Sword Cultivators participating?" Li Yuanba thought of something else to ask.

"Naturally, most of the core Sword Cultivators in the pavilion will be involved. The Grotto Heaven is extremely important to the pavilion; acquiring an additional Grotto Heaven might yield another Half-step Great Power!" Wu Qi spoke with a gleam of hope.

"What is the relationship between a Grotto Heaven and becoming a Great Power?" Li Yuanba suppressed his eagerness, seemingly felt curious and asked.

Actually, upon hearing the relation between a Grotto Heaven and advancement to Great Power, he carried great concern, wanting to understand the reason.

This was knowledge not found in the texts he had read, possibly circulating among core cultivators of super forces.

"I’ve only heard that if a Great Cultivator can acquire a Grotto Heaven that completely matches their attributes, perhaps after fusing the Cave Heaven Core, they may directly advance to the Mahayana Realm. Even if the attributes do not fully match, there’s also a chance of advancing to Half-step Mahayana with fusion.

It’s exceedingly difficult to directly form a Grotto Heaven to progress to Mahayana on one’s own; many Great Powers of super forces have inherited in this manner!" Wu Qi’s words were somewhat ambiguous but revealed the secrets within super forces.

Li Yuanba nodded, finally understanding why super forces are often able to have Great Powers.

Through various recorded texts, his knowledge was considerable; he knew how challenging it was to advance to Great Power.

Yet, observing the cultivation world’s super forces, each of them has a Great Power overseeing.

It turns out there’s such a simple and straightforward method to advance to Great Power; as long as one fuses a Cave Heaven Core perfectly matched to their attributes, they can claim the predecessor’s Grotto Heaven as their own, thus advancing to the Mahayana Realm.

Of course, there certainly are significant difficulties within, not as simple as imagined.

But this operation arguably leaps one of the toughest steps in advancing to the Mahayana Realm, significantly reducing the difficulty.

Within the same sect, finding a cultivator whose attributes perfectly match those of the predecessor’s Grotto Heaven is not difficult; not only not difficult, if truly desired, many such cultivators can be found in each generation.

The lifespan of a Great Power is no less than five thousand years; even calculating the minimum lifespan, they can shelter the super force for at least five thousand years, meticulously choosing a successor to inherit their Grotto Heaven and become the new Great Power during the last phase of their life.

Considering a super force’s resources, if one successor fails, several successors could be prepared; resources are sufficient, as long as one Great Power emerges, it can continue to shield the super force for another five thousand years, maintaining its existence.

There are also failures within; those forces falling from the ranks of super forces are the ones unable to find cultivators capable of inheriting the Grotto Heaven, indicating that inheritance is not so straightforward.

"What is the attribute of this task’s Grotto Heaven?" Li Yuanba glanced at the task details, finding no record; he voiced his inquiry.

"It’s the Grotto Heaven of Langcai Great Power, though Langcai Great Power is a Gold Element Great Power, he is not a Sword Cultivator, and his Grotto Heaven’s compatibility with our Sword Cultivators is insufficient!" Wu Qi answered with a shake of his head.

Though Wu Qi knows that even if he seizes the Grotto Heaven, he cannot personally fuse with the Cave Heaven Core, for the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion will select the best fusion candidates, potentially gaining another Half-step Great Power with success.

This is the best-case scenario; in fact, when Sword Cultivators attempt to fuse with a non-Sword Cultivator’s Grotto Heaven, even one of a Gold Element Great Power, the success rate is unimaginably low.

Yet, even if fusion is impossible, they must strive to seize it; failing to inherit and fuse, it serves excellently as a training ground for the pavilion’s Sword Cultivators.

"By the way, the task mentions that if there’s truly no other option, the Cave Heaven Core should be destroyed to prevent the Grotto Heaven from falling into other forces’ hands!" Wu Qi continued.

He knew of Li Yuanba’s combat prowess from prior collaborations, and Li Yuanba later went on to repeatedly slay powerful Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners and even Half-step Great Cultivators, establishing Li Yuanba as the de facto leading Sword Cultivator of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

This time Wu Qi came specifically for Li Yuanba to take on the task.

If anyone among Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners had the highest chance of securing the Grotto Heaven, Li Yuanba surely ranks among the foremost.

As for why to destroy the Cave Heaven Core if absolutely necessary, it’s because the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion comprises solely Sword Cultivators, making perfect Grotto Heaven inheritance absolutely impossible.

Other super forces differ; most aren’t focused solely on one kind of cultivator like the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

For them, finding cultivators with Gold attributes that match Langcai Great Power’s Grotto Heaven is not particularly challenging.

If a super force were to successfully acquire the Grotto Heaven and cultivate a Great Power, it would directly affect the balance across the Central State Continent.

This is what the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion doesn’t want to see. A new Great Power, along with the existing one, could completely disrupt the balance across the Central State Continent and significantly compress the survival space for other super forces.

"I’ll make preparations!" Li Yuanba thought for a moment and replied.

He didn’t consider himself invincible at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, mainly because the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword and Spirit Treasure ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ in his possession couldn’t reveal their true quality.

This significantly diminishes his combat prowess; although dealing with typical Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators remains easy, he doesn’t dare claim absolute dominance over core cultivators of super forces.

Especially when these super forces’ Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators band together, he’s difficult to fend against.

Despite having Wu Qi as a helper, he still needs to prepare other means to prevent being besieged.

"We’ll set out at this time tomorrow, we can’t delay any longer!" Wu Qi wasn’t surprised; he too needed to make preparations, as such perilous missions aren’t taken lightly, facing strong cultivators of super forces this time.