Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1979: Chapter 1036: Discourse on the Dao

The gift Li Shiming presented to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, that Lifebound Flying Sword of the Great Power Yun Ji, greatly deepened his friendship with the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Although it was the Sword Elder who gave him the location of the ancient relic, it was in exchange for his alchemical services, essentially just a transaction.

No matter what he gains from the ancient relic, it is his own and has no relation to the Sword Elder or the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

A fifth-grade flying sword is quite rare even in the treasure trove of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

The Sword Elder solemnly put away the fifth-grade flying sword, which will be sent to the most core vault of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, awaiting a destined sword cultivator to claim it.

He never once inquired about the Yunji Ancestor’s affairs; given that the Lifebound Flying Sword is here, there’s no need to speak of the Yunji Ancestor’s fate.

Li Shiming was placed in a temporary residence in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, probably the only Great Power to come in the flesh.

In the following days, one Great Power Avatar after another arrived at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

They had heard that Li Shiming arrived early, and after dealing with the Sword Elder’s welcome, the next thing they needed to do was visit Li Shiming.

No Great Power would dare speak against Li Shiming now; his strength and value compel all the Great Powers to seek his friendship with goodwill.

Li Shiming, too, did not put on airs, receiving these Great Power Avatars one by one.

Behind these Great Power Avatars are influential forces. Even Li Shiming himself has rendered the Ten Thousand Beast Sect one of these forces.

However, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s foundation is shallow; to truly reach the level of other great forces will require at least another millennium of accumulation.

That day, on the peak of Preaching Peak of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, a dozen figures gathered.

There was no distinction of hierarchy on the mountaintop; they all sat around a person-high rock.

This rock is just an ordinary rock, but it was the one the earliest ancestor of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion used to sit and discuss Dao, holding special meaning.

Of course, because many Great Powers have sat and discussed Dao on this ordinary rock over millennia, the rock has acquired a special effect.

The Great Powers quietly waited; none of them showed impatience.

Below the summit of Preaching Peak were Great Cultivators brought by the various Great Power forces, positioned relatively close to the peak to better feel the impact of the lecture.

Arranged below that were core sword cultivators of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, who had been carefully selected.

The Great Power’s lecture could be an opportunity or could disrupt the resolve of these lower-level sword cultivators.

Sword cultivators lacking talent would not be brought, as that would do them harm.

"He has arrived!" the Sword Elder said softly.

The image of Li Yuanba suddenly appeared on the rock, and although the present Great Powers came as avatars, their perception was hardly dulled.

From the spatial fluctuations they sensed, they could roughly judge Li Yuanba’s level of Spatial Movement.

Needless to say, it had not been long since Li Yuanba ascended to Great Power, yet he could use Spatial Movement outside the Grotto Heaven, which astonished them.

A normal Great Power must first refine the space rules within the Grotto Heaven before they can wield Spatial Movement outside, and even then it would take at least one hundred years.

During the Half-step Great Power stage, unless the Grotto Heaven Core is inscribed with a ’Space Rule Rune’, it’s impossible to study space rules.

Li Yuanba’s mastery of space rules, as just shown by his Spatial Movement, was slightly superior to the Great Power Avatars.

This made the Great Powers realize that although they did not know Li Yuanba’s actual combat strength, his movement ability surpassed theirs.

Some Great Powers began envying the Sword Elder, as not only had the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion produced a Free Great Power but also an exceptionally gifted one. Perhaps the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion might indeed produce a cultivator who ascends.

Li Yuanba did not concern himself with the Great Powers below; a lecture was not just a typical speech. For this lecture, he immersed his spirit entirely in the comprehension of his own rules, maintaining this state for the past three days to enter the lecture state upon arrival.

He spoke slowly, as if every word took great effort.

He talked about Gold Element Rules, one of the Five Elements Dao, a vast realm of the Dao.

The gold element cultivators present felt excited, and other cultivators could analogize and benefit to some extent from the lecture.

Li Yuanba began with the basics of Gold Element Rules, incorporating many insights from IBMz15 research.

These insights had been shared to Li Yuanba through Li Shiming’s understanding and further realized by him to ultimately form the most suitable Gold Element Rules for him.

Since the beginning of his lecture covered the basics, it stirred the hearts and minds of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion’s low-level sword cultivators, causing them to nod along.

Influenced by Li Yuanba’s Dao, and fortunately it was derived from the same Cultivation Technique they practiced, the ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique’, even these exceptionally talented sword cultivators would greatly benefit, albeit swiping it down without thorough understanding.

The Great Cultivators of various great forces were equally drawn in by the lecture.