Unfortunately, although the size of the Nascent Soul has increased threefold, and the quality has greatly improved, the Nascent Soul seems to have reached its limit.

This is not a bottleneck; he can feel that this is the limit of the Nascent Soul, which cannot further enhance its power.

Li Shiming took a long sigh of relief and withdrew his spirit from his body. This is not the time to indulge in the changes within himself; he is not in the Dongqi Continent, but near the Luanyang Palace.

With a slight movement of his mind, he collected the one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’.

"Thank you so much, Feng Xianzi!" Li Shiming’s figure flashed, appearing next to the Phoenix Palace Master, bowing in gratitude.

He was genuinely grateful to the Phoenix Palace Master, for he had no foundation in the Central State Continent. If any cultivator made small moves to interfere during his tribulation, it might affect his crossing.

Of course, unless a Great Power came here, it would likely be impossible to disrupt his tribulation.

The armor composed of one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ boasts strong defensive power, and the Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulation poses little threat to him.

"Mr. Li, what would you call your current realm?" The Phoenix Palace Master returned the bow and asked somewhat helplessly.

Despite being from such a super force as Luanyang Palace, with access to all its classics, she had never heard of such a situation as Li Shiming’s.

Perhaps in ancient times, such a situation might have existed with Li Shiming.

But this is not ancient times; back then, the Cultivation World did not have a complete unified cultivation system, and varied cultivation methods coexisted.

Resources were extremely abundant to support the existence of various cultivation methods of the time.

But in today’s cultivation era, due to the significant decrease in cultivation resources between heaven and earth, especially the rarity of top-tier resources, human cultivators can only choose the optimal cultivation method summarized.

"I am still a Great Cultivator, just with some ability to mobilize Half-step Great Power’s prowess!" Li Shiming thought for a moment before answering.

Even though the Gold Rules in his body have reached Half-step Great Power Level, even though his physical body has reached that level, even though his soul has reached that level, even though his ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’ has reached that level, the Nascent Soul formed from the fusion of the soul and ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’ can mobilize Half-step Great Power’s prowess, yet the Nascent Soul Realm still is at the Great Cultivator Realm.

And the Great Cultivator Realm of the Nascent Soul is its limit, it simply cannot break through this limit.

"Would you still call this a Great Cultivator?" The Phoenix Palace Master shook her head and said.

Standing in front of Li Shiming, with his aura occasionally leaking due to his recent promotion, the Phoenix Palace Master felt the suppression from his realm.

This was no different from standing in front of a Half-step Great Power. But curiously, when perceiving Li Shiming as a whole, it indeed seemed he was still at the Great Cultivator Realm.

The Phoenix Palace Master did not ask more questions, nor did she inquire how Li Shiming managed to provoke Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulation without constructing a Grotto Heaven first.

Li Shiming naturally did not volunteer any information, following the Phoenix Palace Master back to Luanyang Palace.

His crossing of the Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulation quickly spread throughout the Cultivation World.

Cultivators from forces without Half-step Great Power inheritance were stunned by the event with Li Shiming.

But among the super forces truly possessing core inheritance, cultivators deeply regretted for Li Shiming.

A talent like Li Shiming, if within a super force, would certainly become a true Half-step Great Power, rather than like now.

Perhaps forces without Half-step Great Power inheritance would view Li Shiming as experiencing a great enhancement in force, but in the eyes of forces with such inheritance, Li Shiming took the wrong cultivation path.

In the history of the Cultivation World, cultivators who chose the wrong path had no good outcomes.

Though Li Shiming’s strength has greatly increased, the wrong path will make future advancements more difficult, possibly even impossible.

Li Shiming, however, was not concerned. He returned to the Fengqi Palace within Luanyang Palace, beginning secluded cultivation to absorb and organize this harvest.

One thing he could be certain of was that he was in an extremely peculiar state, everything about him transcended the Peak Great Cultivator Realm, reaching Half-step Great Power Realm.

Nonetheless, due to the Nascent Soul’s restriction, he still was a Great Cultivator, a Great Cultivator mastering Half-step Great Power’s strength.

What he needed to do now was to become familiar with the growth in his body, the Nascent Soul, and ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’.

Originally, he would have undergone secluded cultivation for a long time, but when the clone Li Yuanba began introducing ’Sword Intent Rule’ and ’Space Rule’ into the Grotto Heaven, upgrading them to Half-step Great Power Level, he similarly shared the Half-step Great Power Level’s ’Sword Intent Rule’ and ’Space Rule’.

This seemingly minor matter went awry because Li Shiming had grown accustomed to using the Divine Foot Skill.

When he activated the ’Worlds Apart’ of Divine Foot Skill, he mobilized the Half-step Great Power Level’s ’Space Rule’, conjuring Half-step Great Power Level’s Spatial Energy.

"Here we go again!" Immediately, he felt the exclusion from the heavens, and his scalp prickled.

He had no hesitance, flashing his figure again, initiating ’Leap Forward’, and after several repetitions, he returned to the previous location of the heavenly tribulation.

The Phoenix Palace Master was in a stupor; this soon, Luanyang Palace’s great array issued another heavenly tribulation alert, again a Half-step Great Power’s tribulation alert.

"It can’t possibly be Li Shizhen facing Heavenly Tribulation again!" she muttered to herself.

This wasn’t speculation, and she knew such a notion wasn’t realistic or even possible.

Yet upon using her access to investigate, she discovered it was indeed the aura of heavenly tribulation emitted from Li Shiming, and Li Shiming had again departed towards the former location of the heavenly tribulation.

"What is going on!" She shook her head, summoned the Red Gold Phoenix, and pursued Li Shiming utilizing its speed.

Meanwhile, she issued orders to mobilize more Great Cultivators to blockade the area of Li Shiming’s tribulation crossing.

The previous occurrence was sudden, and if it happens again, intelligence personnel from other forces might risk discovery to investigate the events at the location of the tribulation.

Li Shiming stood in the void, as the Divine Power Rune of his ’Divine Foot Skill’ transformed into a more advanced Space Rule Rune.

Simultaneously, the Space Rule Rune nurtured a Half-step Great Power Level’s Spatial Energy, which was the driving force behind his Space Movement.

It was precisely this spatial energy that led to him facing another heavenly tribulation.

His situation was extremely unique; after having crossed a Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulation once, he was considered a recognized Half-step Great Power by the heavens.

But the issue arose because his Nascent Soul Realm was still the Great Cultivator Realm, not having elevated to Half-step Great Power Level.

With new Half-step Great Power Level energy appearing within him, the heavens regarded this as a process of breaking through from the Great Cultivator Realm to Half-step Great Power, thus generating celestial exclusion again.

Thunderclouds gathered over his head, and their overwhelming power made him feel as though he was directly confronted by an extreme heavenly thunder.

Half-step Great Power Level’s extreme heavenly thunder was equivalent to the power of previous heavenly thunder strikes during his tribulation.

If Li Shiming had no tactics, this would be the heavens deciding not to let him live.

Truly, if it were any other cultivator, it would be certain death; no Half-step Great Power could withstand such powerful heavenly tribulation.

This heavenly thunder’s power was about to touch the lower limit of Great Power’s attack, given the disparity between Half-step Great Power and Great Power, heavenly thunder could wipe out a group of Half-step Great Powers.

Li Shiming, being perceptive, summoned the one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’, forming armor.

Faced with such powerful heavenly thunder, he dared not relax for a moment. If the thunder struck his physical body, he feared he would be obliterated immediately.