The demon's howling continued, initially making him dizzy and his body tremble.
But a cultivator's body has strong adaptability. When the demon could not cause more damage and continued to be in an environment where the demon howled, Li Shiming actually slowly adapted to the demon's howling.
At the same time, IBMz15 also recorded the sonic properties of the demon's howl and a series of reactions. That is to say, the demon was in his body, which allowed him to have such a deep perception, and IBMz15 was able to record almost everything.
It is estimated that not many cultivators have such an opportunity, and can have the energy to do record-keeping while being possessed by a demon.
As time passed, many cultivators wanted to meet Li Shiming but received no response, which made the cultivators in the sect know that Li Shiming was in seclusion.
It is not strange for a cultivator to go into seclusion, especially for a cultivator like Li Shiming who is half a step away from reaching the golden elixir stage.
Half-step Golden Core is only half a step away from the Golden Core stage, so when a Half-step Golden Core cultivator has some experience, he will go into seclusion, in order to pursue that slight opportunity for a breakthrough.
No cultivator knew that Li Shiming was fighting against the devil.
It would be better to say it was a crushing rather than a confrontation. The Heavenly Demon did not put up any resistance at all. When the Heavenly Demon was at its strongest, he was blunted by the golden swastika seal of the Wrathful Vajra. After that, the Heavenly Demon became weaker and weaker.
When the devil was trapped in the electric cage, he completely lost the chance to escape.
What surprised Li Shiming was that the weaker the demon became, the stronger his soul became.
At first he did not realize that the damage suffered by the demon was not that great. The continuous damage brought an extremely slow improvement to his soul. The improvement was so slow that he did not notice the changes in his soul until several hours later.
Li Shiming is no longer a rookie in the world of immortal cultivation. The most obvious talent of a cultivator is his spiritual roots, but if he wants to go further on the road of immortal cultivation, the soul is more important.
A strong soul can support the leap of a cultivator's realm, while a weak soul will prevent the cultivator from making any further progress when he reaches the soul-limiting realm.
Spiritual objects that can enhance the soul are extremely rare, and the effects are disappointing. They usually only enhance a small amount of the soul, and will lose their enhancing effects if used for a long time.
The real opportunity for rapid soul improvement is the reward given to cultivators by the rules of heaven and earth when they are promoted to a higher realm.
Li Shiming has not yet been promoted to the Golden Elixir stage, but he has received a soul enhancement that exceeds the level of promotion.
This phenomenon made him not want Tianmo to die early. The longer Tianmo persisted, the greater the benefit he would get.
Five days, ten days, twenty days, until the fortieth day, his soul had been strengthened by nearly half, and the demon had become so illusory that it was almost transparent.
The howling of the demon was extremely weak. After experiencing forty days of lightning attacks, Li Shiming could not help but admire the demon's persistence. The howling had never stopped.
Perhaps this is the only means of attack for the demon after he was trapped in the electric cage. Even if it is useless, the demon's instinct makes him continue to use it.
Now, if we compare the research on the Howl of the Demon, Li Shiming can definitely be regarded as the number one in the history of the world of immortal cultivation.
If Li Shiming was stronger, this demon would not have been able to stay for so long and would have been driven out and sealed long ago. If he was weaker, the demon would have been able to break through the electric cage and escape.
His strength happened to be stuck at a point, allowing him to obtain the longest data of the Demonic Howl.
During these forty days, he was unable to do anything else, but he conducted related research through the data of the demon's howl, combined with "Demonic Sounds in the Ears" and some other spiritual exercises.
The technique he renamed as "Devil's Howl" has the effect of penetrating directly into the soul. This technique was created 100% based on the devil's howl.
IBMz15 recorded the demon's howling for forty days, and conducted various comparative analyses. It recorded data on all sounds, energies, spirits, etc. from all aspects that Li Shiming could imagine and perceive through his divine thoughts and five senses.
The final "Devil's Howl" can exert half the power of the devil's howl. The reason why it is only half the power is due to the influence of the vocal organs of Li Shiming's body.
Even through the control of his vocal organs by IBMz15, it is impossible to fully achieve the vocal effect of the demon.
But Li Shiming was already extremely satisfied, because this was a martial art he created himself, and it was also a spiritual attack method.
Ever since his strength reached the Half-Step Golden Core stage, the mental attack methods he had learned and practiced before were of little significance anymore.
Because the enemies hurt by mental attack methods, he can just use magic, spiritual weapons, corpse refining, or even just use his divine thoughts to get rid of them.
However, slightly stronger opponents cannot be affected by the previous mental attack methods.
The skill of 'Devil's Howl' is different. The Devil's Howl is effective for cultivators at any level. Its power depends on Li Shiming's own mental strength.
With Li Shiming at the half-step Jindan realm, he can influence the half-step Jindan cultivators at the same realm by activating 'Devil Entering the Ears'. If he breaks through the Jindan realm, he will be able to influence the Jindan cultivators at the same realm.
Moreover, as his Taoist body improves, his ability to simulate the voice of the devil will also improve, and the power of "The Devil in the Ear" can be fundamentally enhanced.
Li Shiming thought that the demon was almost transparent and was about to be destroyed and disappear under the "Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art".
But just when the demon's howling stopped and it became almost completely transparent, with only a vague silhouette remaining, the lightning lost its attack effect on the demon in this state.
No matter how Li Shiming strengthened the lightning attack, he could no longer cause any harm to the demon.
The demon in this state seemed to have no vitality anymore, like an empty shell, but this was the demon. If it could not be completely destroyed, maybe one day it would recover.
Li Shiming had no idea that the Heavenly Demon would undergo such a transformation. He enjoyed the continuous improvement of his soul and thought that he could destroy the Heavenly Demon with his own strength.
Li Shiming sensed the transparent demon. The transparent demon existed in his perception, but when he tried to sense it with electric light, it was as if there was nothing.
This is also the reason why lightning cannot hurt the Sky Demon. The Sky Demon in this state is in a state where the virtual is greater than the real. The only real thing is that the transparent figure of the Sky Demon can be sensed, but once it is touched, it becomes nothingness.
Even with the demon in this state, Li Shiming couldn't pull it out of his soul.
Keeping the transparent demon in one's soul all the time poses a huge hidden danger.
He thought of the computer room space, and with a slight movement of his mind, the transparent demon disappeared in his soul and appeared in the computer room space.
The completely unreasonable collection ability of the computer room space has, to some extent, broken the rules of heaven and earth. It is precisely because it can ignore the rules of heaven and earth that it can achieve such a level.
His mind probed into the computer room and saw the transparent demon floating in the space. The transparent demon was still wrapped in the magic cage composed of electric light.
This magic cage made of electric light was formed by Li Shiming controlling the electric light. Moreover, since it was outside the body, the electric light cage was stronger than that inside the body.
Unfortunately, the electric cage still cannot hurt the transparent demon, and the transparent demon is still like nothingness.
Li Shiming even sent his flying sword into the computer room, hoping to use physical means to harm the transparent demon. However, practice has proved that physical methods, or spiritual power and sword intent, cannot cause damage to the demon in a transparent state.
He didn't know that the formation of the transparent demon was extremely accidental, which required the cultivator to use the smallest amount of attack that could harm the demon and gradually deplete the energy in the demon's body.
Until the energy in the demon's body is completely consumed, there is no energy left to destroy the demon's outer shell.
If there is energy inside the outer shell of the Heavenly Demon, it can be pulled and destroyed along with the energy. However, if there is no energy inside the outer shell of the Heavenly Demon and it is just an empty shell, then the void nature of the outer shell of the Heavenly Demon can make it immune to all attacks.
Li Shiming didn't even know what kind of miracle he had created. He had played the devil to pieces.
No wonder it is said to be a blessing. It seems to be possessed by the devil, which is an extremely unlucky thing.
But he gained a lot of benefits from the Heavenly Demon. His soul was strengthened by half, and he created the spiritual attack method of 'Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear'. He also had a deeper understanding of the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art'.
Finally, there is the transparent shell of the Heavenly Demon. At present, we still don’t know what the use of this Heavenly Demon shell is, but this is something left behind by the Heavenly Demon. The Heavenly Demon is an existence that can cause headaches for cultivators of any level in the world of immortal cultivation.
Li Shiming no longer has to worry about the demon. He has set up an electric cage in the computer room with electric light. The lightning power injected into it at one time is enough to last for several days.
From now on, as long as he continues to replenish his lightning power, he can trap the demon until he finds other ways to deal with it.
The hidden danger from the demon was eliminated, and his whole body relaxed. For forty days, his soul and body had been in a state of tension, and now his body and mind were able to relax.
At this time, his brain was thinking about the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art', and he finally understood why he had not been able to break through the Golden Core.
He practiced the 'Five Rhythms Qi Training Technique', and the level of this technique itself was almost the top technique in the world of immortal cultivation.
His research and understanding of the five elements of spiritual power, coupled with the fact that he himself is a master of formations and has a deep understanding of the five elements of spiritual power, should not have allowed him to be trapped in the bottleneck of the Jindan stage for a long time.
The main reason why he was stuck in the Half-Step Golden Core Stage for several months was that he did not have enough understanding of the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art'.
Thunder magic is one of the most powerful and most complicated techniques in the world of immortal cultivation. The difficulty of practicing it is the biggest barrier to practicing Thunder magic.
Thunder magic requires certain qualifications for practice, which is the prerequisite for practicing thunder magic. What is more important is the understanding of thunder magic. If the understanding is insufficient, the speed of practicing thunder magic will be extremely touching.
Li Shiming has been pursuing his own understanding of the Five Elements. It is clear that his understanding of the Five Elements is enough to break through the bottleneck of the Golden Elixir, but he still continues to explore in this direction. If it were not for this time to deal with the Heavenly Demon, it would take him an unknown amount of time to find the right direction.
A look of surprise appeared on his face, and he felt his bottleneck loosening.
As long as he practices for a while longer, he is confident that he can break through the bottleneck.
He did not go into seclusion again immediately. He was not Li Yuanba, the incarnation of Senluo Sect. His master Elder Jian was in seclusion, and there were no other entanglements.
He has his master, Elder Su, three senior brothers, his master, Elder Ma, and the sect's attention.
When his senior sister broke through before, he went to observe. If he breaks through too, he will need to report to Elder Su and Elder Ma. If there are disciples in the late stage of foundation building, they can also come and observe.
He enjoyed the treatment, but also needed to take on his own responsibilities.
So he sent out two consecutive communication spells, one each to Elder Su and Elder Ma.
A moment later, Elder Su and Elder Ma arrived at his cave.
"Master!" Li Shiming respectfully saluted to the two masters who helped him the most.
"Shiming, has your bottleneck loosened?" Elder Ma was more anxious than Elder Su. He asked anxiously without even waiting for Li Shiming to finish his salute.
Elder Su smiled and did not rush to ask questions with Elder Ma.
There is no need to ask more questions. The aura on Li Shiming's body is somewhat different from before the retreat. It has become less stable. From this point, it can be judged that Li Shiming's bottleneck has loosened.
You should know that Li Shiming, who was in the Half-Step Golden Core Stage, had an extremely stable aura before, and this stability was the reason for the bottleneck.
Elder Su and Elder Ma had both experienced this period. They had also observed the breakthrough process of other Jindan cultivators in the sect, and their judgment of Li Shiming's current condition was very accurate.
Of course, this was also because Li Shiming did not hide his own aura. In front of the two masters, he did not need to hide.
Elder Ma's eagerness stems from Li Shiming's identity as an alchemy master. Once Li Shiming breaks through the Jindan stage, he will be able to refine third-grade elixirs with two third-grade elixirs as main ingredients. This is still the initial breakthrough. Once the Jindan stage stabilizes, he will be able to refine most of the third-grade elixirs.
By then, Li Shiming would be a true master of alchemy, unlike now where he has the title of master of alchemy but can only refine third-grade elixirs with third-grade elixirs as the main ingredient.
"I have gained some insights from my recent retreat. I feel that if I organize what I have learned, I will be able to attempt a breakthrough to the Golden Elixir stage in about a month!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
He didn't talk about the Heavenly Demon. He had already dealt with the Heavenly Demon. If he talked about it further, there would be too much to explain.
"I will keep an eye on you until you break through, and won't let anyone disturb you!" Elder Su said with a smile after getting confirmation from Li Shiming.
His eldest disciple Ye Jingxian has already reached the Golden Core stage, and his youngest disciple is about to break through.
For a normal cultivator, it would be considered good if he could cultivate one Jindan cultivator in his lifetime. Among his disciples, there will be two Jindan cultivators, and the other three disciples will have plenty of time to grow and have the opportunity to try to break through to the Jindan stage.
This sense of accomplishment alone made Elder Su extremely proud.
Therefore, even if it would affect his own cultivation, he decided not to go into seclusion until Li Shiming made a breakthrough. After all, Li Shiming was his most important disciple and the most important disciple of Shushan Sect.