The Holy Spirit slashed the Heavenly Thunder with a sword, cutting it in half, and the lightning passed by on both sides of his armor.

Some of the lightning was conducted into the armor, but although the armor was metal, the lightning could only flicker on the surface without breaking through the armor’s defense and unable to harm the Holy Spirit.

Li Shiming was shocked upon seeing the Holy Spirit’s attitude towards the Heavenly Tribulation; he knew such an attitude would trigger a counterattack from the heavens.

Sure enough, the power of the second Heavenly Thunder was greatly enhanced, yet the Holy Spirit continued to resist firmly.

The Holy Spirit relied on his formidable strength to split the Heavenly Thunder again.

He managed to survive the third to eighth Heavenly Thunders. During this process, the Holy Spirit employed various methods.

When the third Heavenly Thunder descended, he condensed an energy shield with the "Holy Spirit Rule Mark," blocking most of the third thunder’s power and allowing him to overcome it successfully.

For the fourth thunder, an energy wall appeared in front of him. For the fifth, he condensed a castle, and for the sixth, he summoned a mountain to block it.

For the seventh and eighth thunders, he used space movement and speed, continuously activating multiple techniques to get through.

By the ninth Heavenly Thunder, he had exhausted all his methods and consumed most of his internal energy.

With the previous amplification of each thunder, the ninth was insurmountable for the Holy Spirit.

Li Shiming only hoped the Anti-lightning Secret Method he had blessed would take effect; it was the strongest anti-lightning method he had cast.

The ninth thunder, carrying a world-ending threat, fell upon the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit’s combat instinct made him aware that this thunder was irresistible.

His body contracted, and his wings covered him protectively.

With a "boom," his wings were almost shattered, his armor was damaged, and a substantial wound appeared on his body.

Through this wound, a faintly beating heart could be seen; just a little more, the ninth Heavenly Thunder would have destroyed the Holy Spirit’s heart.

It was just a thin line that prevented the Heavenly Tribulation from annihilating the Holy Spirit.

This thin line should be the effect of Li Shiming’s Anti-lightning Secret Method, allowing the Holy Spirit to successfully pass the tribulation.

The heavenly reward came after a moment.

The Holy Spirit’s wings were restored, and his body began evolving into something stronger, especially the "Holy Spirit Rule Mark," which received a heavenly earth energy reward, deepening significantly.

Li Shiming, leading the Holy Spirit, along with Li Yuanba, used "Swift Ascent" to head towards the ocean.

Upon reaching a sea surface, Li Shiming issued an order for the Holy Spirit to demonstrate its power.

The Holy Spirit in ragged armor, with a longsword in hand appearing cracked, all due to the Heavenly Tribulation’s devastation.

Li Shiming considered equipping the Holy Spirit with new armor and longsword but found the armor worn by the Holy Spirit and the longsword held in his hand were slowly repairing themselves.

It seemed the "Holy Spirit Rule" within the Holy Spirit also had a restorative effect on the armor and longsword.

Soon, the armor and longsword will be completely repaired.

There’s no need to consider new equipment for the Holy Spirit; if each tribulation requires a new set of gear, he would require seventy-three sets of armor and weapons for the seventy-three twin-winged intelligent life corpses he has, plus the gear for the Holy Spirit, and even combining all the armor and longswords on him wouldn’t suffice.

Under his command, the Holy Spirit first flashed in the void, exhibiting space movement ability.

Then, the "Holy Spirit Rule Mark" gleamed; with a wave of his hand, shields, walls, and mountains previously used appeared.

Since the longsword in the Holy Spirit’s hand had cracks, he didn’t use energy to bolster it but instead opted to transform energy into a sword.

With a sweep of the Holy Spirit’s hand, beams of light flew out, extending a hundred leagues and striking a fish leaping out of the sea.

Though the beam of light struck merely an ordinary fish, Li Shiming could sense the terrifying energy contained within.

The Holy Spirit is not limited to close combat; this ranged attack demonstrates that the Holy Spirit could substitute any half-step great power expert skilled in distance spell attacks.

"How can the Holy Spirit be so versatile?" Li Shiming shook his head, marveling.

Little did he realize, the Holy Spirit was created for battle purposes.

The Holy Spirit is the perfect combat machine, possessing power to annihilate formidable foes.

Certainly, the more versatile the Holy Spirit, the more Li Shiming favored it.

Regardless of how powerful, he never complained about having more.

To create more Holy Spirits, he resumed crafting Great Cultivator Spirit Pills for great cultivators.

Only this time, he implemented an auction system, hosting periodic auctions to sell his alchemy opportunities.

This increased his income substantially while reducing the number of pills crafted.

What he required were more top 4th grade corpse refining materials; he now intended to refine only three times annually, crafting five furnaces each time.

This amounts to fifteen furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills yearly, a production unmatched in the cultivation world.

Even an alchemy master with similar abilities couldn’t achieve his output.

During this period, Li Shiming first utilized "Infinite Immortal Fire" for alchemy; the potent fifth-grade "Infinite Immortal Fire" nearly caused a failure during his first alchemy attempt.

The force of the fifth-grade "Infinite Immortal Fire" required more insight into flames to control it skillfully.

Luckily, Li Shiming’s 0.05-nanometer precision control prevented alchemy failure, enabling timely corrections.

The formidable power of "Infinite Immortal Fire" accelerated the alchemy process, originally taking thirty days per furnace of Spirit Pills, now requiring only four days.

This undoubtedly made crafting Great Cultivator Spirit Pills easier, affording more leisure time.

In the Yuqing Sect’s Inheritance Cave Heaven, Great Power Luo Yuan stood there dumbfounded for three days.

Since realizing Great Power Leng Luo’s soul lamp had extinguished, he stood there in shock.

He wanted to learn what had befallen Great Power Leng Luo but upon dispatching his avatar from the Inheritance Cave Heaven, he found an empty mountain gate.

The entire Yuqing Sect had no trace of cultivators; the dilapidated state made it believable as a junk heap.

Great Power Luo Yuan couldn’t find anyone to talk to, let alone contact the intelligence network.

The Yuqing Sect’s intelligence network had been thoroughly cleansed; even if there were any survivors, no useful information could be obtained.

"Brother Leng, I was wrong, you shouldn’t have returned!" Great Power Luo Yuan murmured to himself, recovering.

Gritting his teeth, he glanced in several directions, understanding that Great Power Leng Luo’s demise had to involve multiple great powers joining forces.

Unfortunately, as an inheritor great ability, leaving the mountain gate imposed severe restrictions, particularly in strength, making him incapable of matching those mighty powers.

"Alas!" All culminated in a helpless sigh.

He knew how extreme Great Power Leng Luo’s actions were; in haste, breaking cultivation world rules.

The situation escalated with others instigating in the background, leading to more chaos.

Ultimately, collaborated by powers, Great Power Leng Luo suffered heavy injuries, resulting in his downfall.

Great Power Luo Yuan was lost on what to do; even a revenge thought popped up, he suppressed it immediately.

If he entertained such thoughts, the powers would join forces again to eliminate the Yuqing Sect remnants.

His avatar left Yuqing Sect to gather external information, a duty formerly handled by a designated intelligence head.

Now, he had to undertake this himself, without any disciples to command.

"Yuqing Sect cannot perish under my watch!" declared Great Power Luo Yuan, gritting his teeth.

No matter the challenges, he vowed to rebuild Yuqing Sect.