Cultivation is just so scientific!

Even without Grandmaster Hu, Great Cultivator Zhao would have succumbed to his own spiritual insect's backlash and died, but Grandmaster Hu personally witnessed Great Cultivator Zhao's downfall, giving it a different significance.

Great Cultivator Zhao died silently, whether it was Gu Feng Sect or other sects, they would not regard Great Cultivator Zhao as fallen, but would still consider Great Cultivator Zhao as part of Gu Feng Sect's combat power.

However, with Grandmaster Hu's testimony and the evidence of Great Cultivator Zhao's Nascent Soul being destroyed, all factions have realized that Gu Feng Sect has lost a Great Cultivator.

"There haven't been any significant events recently, so you need to quickly refine this set of flying swords to proficient use. Your realm does not match your treasures!" Grandmaster Hu instructed Li Shiming in the end.

Grandmaster Hu was unaware that Li Shiming possessed the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer as his life treasure; he speculated Li Shiming's life treasure was of an auxiliary nature.

Although Li Shiming didn't explicitly tell Grandmaster Hu, he hinted at it through his words.

Li Shiming returned to his cave dwelling, not intending to refine the set of top-grade Fourth-Grade Flying Sword named 'Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword' into his life treasure.

He allocated a section of his brain specifically for refining the 'Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword.'

As Grandmaster Hu suggested, he needed to refine the 'Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword' to a high level of proficiency, allowing him to use some Sword Cultivator techniques and not always use Thunder Skill barehanded.

Additionally, he had another separate brain controlling the Water Thunder Nascent Soul refining the 'Water Dragon Taoist Robe.'

Apart from the Fire Thunder Nascent Soul, the other three Nascent Souls returned to the cultivation state.

Days later, the sect sent over the materials for the 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill,' and the Fire Thunder Nascent Soul began batch alchemy.

For the refining of the third-grade 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill,' he could use the third-grade Pill Furnace to refine, concurrently refining ten furnaces of spirit pills.

This way, each refining session could produce a supreme spirit pill.

After the first third-grade supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill' was completed, he used twenty brains to summon the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect.'

He presented the third-grade supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill' before the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect,' and for the first time, the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' expressed joy.

Li Shiming was taken aback upon sensing the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect's' joy; he hadn't expected the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' to express such emotions.

According to Great Cultivator Zhao's research on the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect,' it was incapable of communication. Great Cultivator Zhao attempted countless times without any progress, leading to an absolute conclusion.

It was evident that Great Cultivator Zhao's research had issues, as Li Shiming indeed sensed the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect's' joy.

This indicated that besides its frenzied consciousness, the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' possessed other emotions, which were usually hidden within its frenzied consciousness and unnoticeable.

The third-grade supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill' served as a key, unlocking the hidden emotions of the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect.'

In fact, Great Cultivator Zhao also used third-grade supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pills' to feed the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect,' as third-grade 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pills' were not particularly precious spirit pills, with easily obtainable materials.

As long as there's a substantial amount of spirit pill materials and a sufficiently skilled Alchemy Master, there is a chance to refine supreme quality 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pills.'

However, the supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pills' refined by other Alchemy Masters are distinct from those refined by Li Shiming.

Li Shiming's supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pills' are of truly supreme quality—the highest quality achievable theoretically in alchemy, with no flaws, maximizing the 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill's' performance.

Other Alchemy Masters' occasionally refined supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pills' could not achieve the theoretical highest quality, having some discrepancies.

Due to the perfect supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill' refined by Li Shiming, it attracted the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect,' causing it to reveal some emotions.

Perhaps it's an illusion, but after the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' consumed the supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill,' Li Shiming felt the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' seemed more attached to him.

Without receiving instructions, the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' preferred to be closer to him, rather than keeping a certain distance as before.

Don't underestimate this short distance; every living being has its own alert distance.

Only to those extremely trusted will a living being allow them within its alert distance; otherwise, it will maintain that distance.

However, the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' merely consumed one supreme 'Spirit Worm Golden Yang Pill' and requires more prolonged observation, yet having a beginning gives Li Shiming more confidence in cultivating the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect.'

Once the backlash risk of the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect' is eliminated, perhaps he could control it with just one brain.

Li Shiming took out the Bamboo Whip Treasure previously given by Grandmaster Hu, which was Great Cultivator Zhao's life treasure.

He hesitated slightly, not immediately using the Master Recognition Technique to recognize it as master.

Great Cultivator Zhao's body was still alive but lacked the Nascent Soul, and whether the body still counted as Great Cultivator Zhao without the Nascent Soul was difficult to say.

Nevertheless, the body still carried the scent of Great Cultivator Zhao, which would not change.

It depends on whether Great Cultivator Zhao's life treasure can recognize Great Cultivator Zhao's body and take it as the master without the Nascent Soul.

If it truly could be so, then perhaps this life treasure could still unleash its full power.

Nevertheless, Great Cultivator Zhao's body has not yet recovered, and Li Shiming doesn't plan to overly stimulate the heavily injured body.

He calmed his mind, began communicating with the life treasure IBMz15, and started researching Puppet Mechanism Technique.

He planned to use the Fourth-grade Puppet Mechanism Materials he had to create three Fourth-grade Puppets.

Once Fourth-grade Puppets were created, their strength was not fixed and would grow with their master's realm, enhancing their powers with the consumption of precious puppet mechanism materials.

Thus, after creating three Fourth-grade Puppets during the Nascent Soul Early Stage, he could enhance their powers to assist him as his realm advanced.

Creating Fourth-grade Puppets was not easy, let alone forging three Fourth-grade Puppets.

Li Shiming was not someone who adhered strictly to conventions. Together with IBMz15, after deeply researching Puppet Mechanism Technique, he redesigned a Fourth-grade Puppet more suitable for him.

The energy core device of a Fourth-grade Puppet is the most crucial, and Great Cultivator Zhao prepared three sets of materials, while IBMz15 tried to design a stronger energy core device through countless calculations.

Puppet Mechanism Technique is an extremely complex knowledge system; even cultivators who developed their brains found success in Puppet Mechanism Technique challenging.

The reason why it's usually Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who create puppet mechanisms lies not only in the costly materials of Puppet Mechanism Technique but also because Nascent Soul Cultivators have the mental capacity aligning with its beginner standards.

The difficulty of merely learning Puppet Mechanism Technique stands, let alone redesigning on its basis.

Even for Li Shiming, with cooperation from IBMz15, it took a month to redesign a Fourth-grade Puppet.

Yet manufacturing the Fourth-grade Puppet requires even more time, needing assistance from Fire Thunder Nascent Soul or Golden Corpse Nanming's 'Nanming Leaving Fire.'

On the fortieth day, Golden Corpse Nanming completed the Nascent Soul Late Stage High-level Healing Spirit Pill refinement.

Though it was claimed Golden Corpse Nanming refined them, it was Li Shiming who did, merely borrowing Golden Corpse Nanming's 'Nanming Leaving Fire.'

A total of six Nascent Soul Late Stage High-level Healing Spirit Pills were refined, each reaching theoretical limits, requiring large-scale production for top-tier spirit pills.