Grandmaster Hu and Grandmaster Chai have been stationed near the Sun Concealing Sect for the past two years.

Compared to other matters, anything concerning a Half-step Great Power is significant enough to pose a constant threat to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s existence, making other matters trivial.

When the four Late-stage Golden Corpses showed signs of unrest, Grandmaster Hu and Grandmaster Chai noticed it, and they immediately looked towards the sealed place within the Sun Concealing Sect.

It’s not that they didn’t want to help, but if a trouble that couldn’t be solved by four Late-stage Golden Corpses had arisen, their help would be of no avail either.

When they saw the formation sealing the space was undone by the Late-stage Golden Corpses, smiles appeared on their faces.

They understood that when the Late-stage Golden Corpses did such a thing, it meant the matter had been resolved.

Especially when they saw the phantom doppelganger appear from the void, Grandmaster Hu was the first to fly towards it.

"How is the Half-step Great Power?" Grandmaster Hu scrutinized the phantom doppelganger carefully, without realizing it was a doppelganger, still feeling it was a true Peak Great Cultivator, he shook his head helplessly and asked.

"The Half-step Great Power from the Yuqing Sect has had his life span completely exhausted by me, he has perished. The grotto heaven here will gradually collapse, and this nearby region should still be isolated to avoid the impact of the space collapse!" the phantom doppelganger replied with a smile.

He didn’t mention the risks involved, since the matter was already resolved.

"That’s good!" The worry on the faces of Grandmaster Hu and Grandmaster Chai vanished completely, as no one could imagine the pressure they had endured these two years.

It was a Half-step Great Power, an entity so powerful to them that it only existed in legends.

A Half-step Great Power had been hiding on the Dongqi Continent, and he was their enemy. If it weren’t for Li Shiming’s assurance that the Half-step Great Power was sealed away, they truly couldn’t imagine the fate of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

"Master, please spread the word about this, and also have the sect prohibit receiving any cultivators from the Yuqing Sect!" continued the phantom doppelganger.

"Of course, the Yuqing Sect has gone too far!" Grandmaster Hu nodded heavily and said.

Even though the Yuqing Sect is a super power, they have already completely torn ties with the Yuqing Sect, so there’s no question of welcoming their Great Cultivators again, and arranging for Li Shiming to perform alchemy for them.

The phantom doppelganger did not stay long at the Sun Concealing Sect before heading towards the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s mountain gate.

With the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s announcement that Lian Lei, the Half-step Great Power from the Yuqing Sect, ambushed Li Shizhen and that Lian Lei had fallen, Li Shizhen would no longer accept any alchemy commissions from the Yuqing Sect.

This news shook the entire cultivation world; while earlier, the slaying of a Peak Great Cultivator by Li Shiming showcased his formidable strength and was understandable to many forces.

Information about Li Shiming was no longer a secret; he possessed the talent of a Thunder Cultivator, had many Late-stage Golden Corpses with incredible speed, and spiritual pets of divine beast level.

With such power, being able to slay several Peak Great Cultivators was still acceptable.

But the fall of Lian Lei, the Half-step Great Power of the Yuqing Sect, at the hands of Li Shiming was difficult for the forces to accept.

Of course, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s announcement did not claim that Li Shiming had slain the Half-step Great Power Lian Lei, but aside from Li Shiming, even if all of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect combined, they couldn’t harm a hair on Lian Lei’s head.

Furthermore, it was peculiar for the Yuqing Sect to dispatch a Half-step Great Power just to deal with Li Shiming.

Nonetheless, due to Li Shiming’s current alchemy capabilities, no force wanted to offend him, and they supported his protest against the Yuqing Sect.

Thus, his refusal to accept alchemy commissions from the Yuqing Sect cultivators received wide support from many forces.

In any case, losing a super power’s Great Cultivator’s alchemy commission meant shorter waiting times for the Great Cultivators from other forces.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect benefited greatly from this upheaval, as various super powers recognized their strength more, leading to deeper cooperation in many cross-continental commercial endeavors.

These matters did not affect Li Shiming, and after the phantom doppelganger returned to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming retrieved the spoils of this battle from it.

Seeing the phantom doppelganger still possessing a corporeal-like body, though he could feel the body was changing; if it lacked the support of a Nascent Soul for a prolonged period, it might quickly revert to an energy form.

"We’ll figure something out later!" He did not intend to kill a Great Cultivator to obtain their Nascent Soul.

Since entering the cultivation world, though he had rarely shown mercy, always striking ruthlessly, he had never actively provoked any force, and all his actions were justified.

However, finding a Nascent Soul for his phantom doppelganger would not be too late, as the Yuqing Sect’s actions warranted a response.

That was his way of doing things; if he didn’t strike hard, other forces would look down on him.

Li Shiming took out the soul crystal ring of the Half-step Great Power Lian Lei and sent his divine sense into it.

He saw an abundance of jade scrolls, something he had never expected to find so many in one space artifact.

In the soul crystal ring, besides the jade scrolls, there were no particularly valuable spiritual objects.

He suspected that this Half-step Great Power Lian Lei might have not only copied the Yuqing Sect’s Book Collection Pavilion into the soul crystal ring but also obtained a large number of classics through other fortuitous encounters.

Because upon inspecting these jade scrolls, he found not only classics of Thunder Cultivation but also various others of different attributes.