"Hmm!" Li Shiming was sensing the phantom clone using the soul beads, and suddenly he looked up at the Sky Ghost.

There was something wrong with the aura of the Sky Ghost, and it seemed to be growing rapidly.

This discovery made him a little puzzled, as the Heavenly Ghost had also devoured massive amounts of soul energy before.

But at that time, the celestial ghost stored the massive amount of soul energy it swallowed in its body, and then slowly disappeared.

He thought that this time, the Heavenly Ghost devoured the souls of Luo Yuan's clone, and would also store the energy transformed from these souls in the Heavenly Ghost's body, making the Heavenly Ghost's body become huge again.

But he didn't expect one thing, that is, his peak great cultivator realm, with the continuous improvement of the fifth-grade 'Infinite Immortal Fire', has exceeded the boundary of the peak great cultivator realm.

He even almost touched the edge of becoming a half-step great power with only his current spiritual power, spirit and body. If he had not taken the initiative to stop using the fifth-grade 'Infinite Immortal Fire' to enhance his power, he might have suffered the heavenly tribulation of a half-step great power level in advance.

Li Shiming's realm is at a special stage, beyond the level of peak great cultivators, but not yet reaching the realm of half-step great power.

As for his strength, this only made his spiritual power, spirit and physical body stronger, but it did not reach the level of qualitative change, and it was not as drastic as the breakthrough of a higher realm.

But for the Heavenly Ghost or other spiritual pets, Li Shiming's situation broke the shackles of the fourth grade of spiritual pets.

The realm of the master Li Shiming restricts the realm of the spiritual pet.

Li Shiming's realm has surpassed the first level of the peak great cultivators, and his spirit pet can also break through the fourth level. As for what realm he can reach, it is unlikely to exceed the realm of half-step great power.

Li Shiming sensed the changes in the Sky Ghost and was startled. He caught the Sky Ghost with his spiritual sense and his figure flashed. He and the Sky Ghost left the cave and the gate of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

He used the "Reach in One Go" technique continuously and in a short while he reached the valley dedicated to the heavenly tribulation.

He sensed that the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Ghost's body was constantly increasing. This increase was not an ordinary increase, but a fundamental transformation was taking place.

What the Heavenly Ghost devoured this time was not the soul of a half-step powerful person, but the soul of a truly powerful person.

Although this soul is a fragment of a powerful soul, it is a truly powerful soul at the soul level. Not to mention that Luo Yuan's powerful incarnation has nurtured this soul fragment for many years. The soul contained in the soul fragment is no less than that of a complete soul.

After the soul energy of the powerful level was devoured by the Heavenly Ghost, the Heavenly Ghost was no longer bound by Li Shiming's realm, so its realm was no longer restricted. After it devoured the soul of Luo Yuan's powerful clone, the spiritual energy in its body began to continuously shrink and transform.

The body of the Sky Ghost was constantly shrinking. Over the years, it had devoured countless amounts of soul energy, causing its body to exceed three meters.

At this time, it continued to shrink, and soon shrank to a height of less than three inches.

Inside the Heavenly Ghost's body, the spiritual energy has been continuously compressed, and its quality has surpassed the fourth grade level.

It's a pity that when the quality of spiritual energy enhanced by this compression reaches a certain level, the shackles of the realm from its master Li Shiming appear again, limiting the quality of the spiritual energy in the Sky Ghost's body to the level of half a step to the fifth level.

Fortunately, such shackles exist. Otherwise, if Tiangui really breaks through to the fifth level, it would be difficult for Li Shiming to control him.

Just think about the destructive power that an out-of-control celestial ghost would cause, and it would be difficult for Li Shiming to restrain the out-of-control celestial ghost.

"Half a step to the fifth level, how unexpected!" Li Shiming felt the realm of the Heavenly Ghost, he couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and a terrifying thunder was brewing.

Li Shiming shook his head. This was a heavenly tribulation of the half-step powerful level that was about to come.

He quickly contacted the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' in the computer room, and with the blessing of the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl', he used the fifth-grade spiritual treasure 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' to cast a secret method of resisting thunder on the body of the sky ghost.

He was still a little worried, mainly because the celestial ghost was a pure spiritual body and had very weak resistance to heavenly calamity.

However, something unexpected happened. Black lines appeared on the body of the Sky Ghost, forming complex patterns.

Through the connection with the Heavenly Ghost, I learned that this was the knowledge that was automatically acquired after being promoted to the Half-Step Fifth Grade, a secret method of using spiritual energy to construct a defensive shell.

I just don't know whether this secret technique comes from the ghost or the devil. However, as for the secret technique related to the shell, it is more likely to be the inherited knowledge from the devil.

Because the outer shell of the Heavenly Ghost comes from the Heavenly Demon.

It may be that the body of the sky ghost has become smaller, and those black lines have become more dense on the surface of its small body.

Li Shiming felt strange energy fluctuations from these lines and patterns, as if these lines and patterns formed a barrier on the surface of the Sky Ghost's body.

Just as he was thinking about it, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck the Heavenly Ghost directly.

The black lines on the Sky Ghost's body turned even darker the moment the thunder struck.

The thunder from the sky caused the small body of the Heavenly Ghost to roll over involuntarily, but in fact the Heavenly Ghost was not hurt.

The power of the Sky Demon was completely blocked by the black lines.

Li Shiming shook his head. The black lines on the Sky Ghost's body were not surprising, no matter it was the inheritance of the Sky Demon or the ghost.

If there were no relevant inheritance, then with the natural restraint of thunder and lightning by the demons and ghosts, perhaps the demons and ghosts would have no chance to survive the heavenly calamity at all.

It is impossible for the world to leave no glimmer of hope, so there are ways to deal with it.

In fact, the secret defense method used by the Heavenly Ghost comes from the inheritance of the Heavenly Demon.

Heavenly thunder has a strong restraining effect on heavenly demons. If a heavenly demon descends into the body of a cultivator, one needs to consider the baptism of heavenly tribulation that the cultivator will encounter when his realm is upgraded.

Therefore, the inherited knowledge of the demons includes ways to fight against thunder tribulations.

Thunderbolts struck down one after another, and the celestial ghost resisted the power of the thunders. The spiritual energy in its body was also greatly consumed.

If it weren't for the soul energy transformed from the soul fragments of the clone of the great Luo Yuan, even with the secret method to resist the heavenly thunder, it would not be possible to protect the heavenly ghost.

Until the eighth heavenly thunder fell, the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Ghost's body was consumed to the extreme. If it was consumed any further, the Heavenly Ghost's realm would become unstable, and it is very likely that in the process of transcending the heavenly tribulation, its realm would drop back to the fourth level.

If that were the case, it would not be able to survive the ninth heavenly thunder either.

Li Shiming could only worry. As for something like overcoming the heavenly tribulation, if he didn't intervene at the beginning, he wouldn't be able to take action at the end.

Because once he intervenes, the power of the heavenly tribulation will increase exponentially.

Besides, this was a heavenly tribulation at the level of a half-step great power. Although his realm had surpassed that of a peak great cultivator, his realm had not been substantially upgraded, so his strength increase was limited.

The heavenly tribulation of a half-step powerful being is not something he can bear.

The ninth heavenly thunder fell, and Li Shiming felt the energy that could destroy everything rushing down.

Even though he was still some distance away from where the thunder fell, he could still feel the destructive aura in it.

The heavenly thunder bombarded the heavenly ghost, and the black lines on its body collapsed instantly. However, just when the heavenly thunder wanted to hurt the heavenly ghost, golden lightning flashed on the heavenly ghost, and in an instant its body turned golden.

In other words, the sky ghost is transparent, and only after being blessed with the secret method of resisting lightning will it have such a dazzling effect.

If it were any other normal life form, it would be impossible for the golden color to show through the skin, and there would not be the dazzling light like that of the Sky Ghost.

This is exactly the secret thunder-resistance method that Li Shiming bestowed upon the Heavenly Ghost. However, this secret thunder-resistance method was still somewhat difficult to use against the ninth Heavenly Thunder.

Under the attack of the heavenly thunder, the body of the celestial ghost was blown away, and the golden light on his body dissipated after a short while.

Li Shiming couldn't help but exhale a breath of foul air. Although the Heavenly Ghost was seriously injured, he survived the heavenly calamity.

In fact, at the last moment, the Sky Ghost was not only helped by the Thunder Resistance Secret Method, but it also saved itself.

When the thunderbolt falls, the Sky Ghost uses the state of nothingness. The Sky Ghost in the state of nothingness can offset the physical and energy attacks to a certain extent.

Unfortunately, the power of the heavenly thunder was too great, beyond the limit that the heavenly ghost in its state of nothingness could withstand.

So with that one strike, although the Sky Ghost's state of nothingness offset some of the attacks, the remaining attacks still almost destroyed the Sky Ghost.

Li Shiming was happy. He looked at Tiangui, who was enjoying himself at that moment.

The reward from heaven and earth arrived, and mysterious energy appeared out of thin air in the body of the celestial ghost.

The injuries on the Sky Ghost were completely healed in just two breaths. Under the influence of the mysterious energy, all the spiritual energy in its body was transformed into a half-step fifth-grade spirit.

After the Heavenly Ghost survived the heavenly tribulation, more inheritances were continuously transmitted into its brain.

The inheritance that was transmitted into its brain at this time included both that of demons and ghosts, and they were all extremely comprehensive.

Li Shiming stretched out his hand and held the Heavenly Ghost in his palm. Although the Heavenly Ghost's strength jumped from the fourth rank to the half-step fifth rank, because the Heavenly Ghost's body became smaller, he could not feel any threat from the Heavenly Ghost in this state.

What he was most worried about was that the Heavenly Ghost would retaliate against its master, but he felt relieved when he connected with the Heavenly Ghost through the contract.

The contractual relationship between Tiangui and him is extremely close, and is not affected by the improvement of Tiangui's realm.

"I don't know how much soul energy it will take to make you grow back!" Li Shiming looked at the small celestial ghost and couldn't help but complain.

The growth of a celestial ghost is actually very simple. All you need to do is find a half-step powerful person, kill him, and then give his soul to the celestial ghost to devour.

But how to find a half-step powerful person, especially a hostile half-step powerful person, is not easy.

Li Shiming took the soul crystal ring belonging to Luo Yuan's clone. He had no interest in what treasures were inside the soul crystal ring.

This is because the spiritual objects that can be placed on the body of a powerful clone should not be particularly precious.

If there are any good things, the original body should be used first, and the clone can only use the remaining parts.

The owner of this soul crystal ring has died, and the restrictions on it have been lifted.

Li Shiming casually pointed out the method of recognizing the master, allowing the Soul Crystal Ring to successfully recognize the master, and his spiritual consciousness entered the Soul Crystal Ring.

Just as he imagined, there were very few spiritual objects in the Soul Crystal Ring, and most of them were emergency spiritual objects.

"How come there are so many jade slips?" Li Shiming found piles of jade slips when he checked the Soul Crystal Ring. These were the only spiritual objects in the entire Soul Crystal Ring that caught his eye.

He didn't know that Luo Yuan was worried about some unexpected events, so he made several copies of the Yuqing Sect's inheritance books.

The clone of the great Luo Yuan has a complete copy of the Yuqing Sect's inheritance manual, which is the pile of jade slips that Li Shiming saw.

Don’t underestimate these jade slips, as they are the complete inheritance texts of the Yuqing Sect.

A complete inheritance manual of a superpower includes manuals on how to advance to great powers.

Even though Li Yuanba had a very high status and position in Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, he could only access relevant classics on promotion to a half-step great power in Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, and he was still not qualified to access classics of a higher level.

But looking at the jade slip in front of him, Li Shiming swept his spiritual sense over it and found a book on how to be promoted to a powerful being. It was a senior from the Yuqing Sect who recorded the entire process of being promoted to a powerful being.

Through these records, Li Shiming can see the entire process of a great monk being promoted to a half-step great power and then to a great power, even including the psychological changes of this great power during the promotion process.

Along with the promotion to half-step great power and great power, the interior also comes with the elixir needed for each realm and the recipes of the elixir.

Of course, this pile of jade slips contains more than just this content. The jade slips include all the knowledge of cultivating immortal arts, knowledge of the "Yuqing Thunder Classic", various thunder cultivation secrets and so on.

Obtaining these classics is equivalent to obtaining the inheritance of Yuqing Sect.

Unfortunately, the Wanshou Sect’s search for a disciple with talent in thunder has not yet yielded any results.

From this we can see how difficult it is to discover a disciple with talent in thunder.

However, it is still early, and I believe it won't be long before the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect will be able to find a disciple with talent in thunder. Then he can take out some thunder skills and secret techniques and cultivate powerful thunder cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

He also found a blank talisman. In fact, the talisman was not blank, but had been used, leaving only the blank talisman with a messy interior.

This blank talisman can no longer be used, but he felt a special aura from it.

He cast several spells in succession, and the original spell runes were faintly revealed on the blank talismans. This was a spell that concealed one's own aura.

While observing, Li Shiming used IBM z15 to collect all the data into the database.

It is not easy to reproduce the previous spell runes through blank talismans, but through this kind of research, his understanding of spells can be greatly improved.

He checked the Soul Crystal Ring again and again, and when he couldn't find any useful spiritual object, he put the Soul Crystal Ring away.

At the same time, he also put the jade slip he found into Tianren Cave Heaven, his own library.