Cultivation is just so scientific!

Even with a portion of his consciousness entrusted to the spatial cabin, the thought of that soul-deep pain triggered a stress response in both his muscles and brain.

He had never offended Baili Jin Yan; Baili Jin Yan merely wanted to win over Yin Shilan's heart and thus sought to kill him.

Towards those who wanted to kill him, even if he had already slain them, he still had not completely released his anger.

"Since you wished to kill me, it is only fair that I turn your corpse into my Life-bound Corpse Refinement!" Li Shiming said coldly.

After all, it was Baili Jin Yan himself who mentioned that his spirit root was a sole elemental type, and more specifically, a Metal Spirit Root perfect for Corpse Refining.

Within the Body Refining Techniques, at least half are related to the metal property, compatible with Metal Spirit Root and relevant to Body Refinement.

A single-element Metal Spirit Root, the practice of Body Refining Techniques, coupled with the power of the late-stage Qi Refining—it was all overly perfect for the requirements of Life-bound Corpse Refinement.

What's more, Baili Jin Yan had just perished, and Li Shiming had in his possession the materials ready for forging a Life-bound Corpse.

Almost every Xuanming Sect cultivator with the means would prepare a set of materials for creating a Life-bound Corpse, just in case good fortune struck and they came upon suitable Life-bound Corpse materials so they wouldn't lament the lack of basic components.

Although Baili Jin Yan's body had some damage, Li Shiming had examined it and found that the damages were not severe.

Baili Jin Yan's corpse had severe internal impact injuries, but these injuries would automatically heal during the Corpse Refining process.

Of course, the difficulty of forging a Life-bound Corpse was immense, and the failure rate was equally high.

But to Li Shiming, this did not matter—if he succeeded, it was his good luck; if he failed, then it was just practice.

He took out a large packet of liquid, which was the transformation fluid for Corpse Refining—made by melding the Lifebound Corpse Refining Fluid with various materials.

He was about to use the Fiery Flame Sword to cut open his arm and bleed, but realized the sword was gone.

Indeed, the Fiery Flame Sword had been claimed by Baili Jin Yan previously. After some hesitation, he decided not to retrieve it from his storage bracelet; whatever was in the bracelet he wouldn't take out in the short term.

He took out the Qingyuan Wood Sword, this tiny toy-like wooden sword, which could be far sharper than the Fiery Flame Sword when imbued with Spiritual Power.

The Qingyuan Wood Sword glided across his arm, immediately drawing forth fresh blood.

He used a Spiritual Power hand created by the Object Driving Skill to wrap the blood and mix it into the previously taken out transformation fluid, ensuring it was fully integrated.

After the transfusion fluid integrated with his spirit blood, as long as the transformation was complete, the corpse would naturally become his Corpse Refining project.

He carefully smeared the transformation fluid over Baili Jin Yan's corpse, a substance that was highly toxic to ordinary people.

The primary ingredient, Lifebound Corpse Refining Fluid, meant that only sects skilled in Corpse Refining and with significant heritage could produce the main ingredient for Life-bound Corpse Refinement.

A large packet of fluid was just enough to coat Baili Jin Yan's entire body.

What followed was waiting for Baili Jin Yan's corpse to transform into a refined corpse, a step where the majority of attempts at creating a Life-bound Corpse failed.

Li Shiming did not wish to wait there; he was also concerned that Baili Jin Yan's corpse could be tracked. At least until Baili Jin Yan's corpse was fully transformed, he could not expose the corpse.

After the transformation, the properties of the refined corpse and the original body would no longer belong to the same species.

A refined corpse turns a body into a Dead Spirit—considered a different form of life, whereas a body is a lifeless object.

The safest place for Baili Jin Yan's body was still the spatial cabin.

He sent Baili Jin Yan's corpse into the spatial cabin and promptly stored away the Dragon Locking and Phoenix Sealing Array Plate as well.

After putting away the Dragon Locking and Phoenix Sealing Array Plate, he glanced at the cave dwelling, thinking that he should not linger there either.

He took out ten kilograms of nitroglycerin and, after setting the timing for the detonation, left the cave immediately.

When Li Shiming was hundreds of meters away from the deserted island, a huge boom sounded from behind; the island collapsed, turning not just the cave dwelling, but even the original rocks into rubble.

The uninhabited island that had experienced the explosion could no longer be seen to have any elevated parts.

At this time, the sky was overcast, and the most frequent heavy rains of the season had arrived.

The heavy rain washed away all traces that might have been left behind; once it had passed, even if a cultivator used a high-level Tracking Talisman, they would not be able to accurately trace Baili Jin Yan's movements.

Li Shiming rode a paper crane, and through IBMz15, he discerned the ocean currents and thereby found his way back.

He did not possess the direction-finding devices that sect cultivators had; he had just reached the Qi Refining Middle Stage, and the sect did not yet know this, plus he was a Spirit Plant cultivator, so the sect wouldn't arrange for him to undertake outside missions like they would for ordinary Qi Refining Middle Stage disciples.

Without outside missions, there would be no sect-provided direction-finding devices or maps for flying over the sea.

However, at times, ocean currents can be more accurate than maps; following their direction, he flew for ten hours before returning to Eagle Beak Island as darkness fell.

It only took Baili Jin Yan thirty-one minutes and sixteen seconds to take him away; that difference in speed was astonishing.

"Finally, I'm back!" Li Shiming muttered somewhat fearfully after setting foot on Eagle Beak Island.

If it weren't for some tricks up his sleeve, he might never have seen Eagle Beak Island again.

He also recognized how unsafe defense arrays were, so easily infiltrated by others.

But with only low-level array materials at hand, it was impossible to strengthen the defense arrays; at best he could only make a few small warning arrays.

In addition, he needed to install surveillance cameras, having placed too much trust in defense arrays before.

He entered the cave dwelling and then went down to the underground space, still feeling unsettled, and released the copper corpse.

His spirit was extremely exhausted; the Soul Piercing Needle attacked the soul, and although its main method of attack was to cause extreme soul pain, his soul still suffered considerable damage.

His body was in a similar state; after being restrained and tortured, and then undergoing ten hours of flight, he was nearing his limit.

Li Shiming collapsed next to the Spiritual Spring and fell into a deep sleep.

While he was sleeping, dramatic changes were occurring to Baili Jin Yan in the machine room space.

Baili Jin Yan's body was twitching uncontrollably; had Li Shiming been awake, he would certainly have noticed something amiss.

A corpse shouldn't twitch; only a living body would convulse upon stimulation.
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Baili Jin Yan was indeed alive, but his state of being was somewhat special.

His father had prepared many life-saving measures for him, and the one currently preserving his life was the last; it was an extravagant third-ranking artifact, beyond the level of Foundation Establishment.

When Baili Jin Yan suffered a fatal injury, in theory, it meant the enemy was too powerful, not something he could withstand.

Even fleeing would not be possible, for if escape was possible, then the previous life-saving measure would have already succeeded.

Or maybe the previous life-saving measure had been used, and Baili Jin Yan's injuries were too severe, triggering the last life-saving third-ranking artifact.

Combining a special cultivation technique with the third-ranking artifact, Baili Jin Yan immediately entered a state of feigned death upon receiving a fatal injury.

In this state, Baili Jin Yan's vitality completely disappeared, indistinguishable from actual death. Only the third-ranking artifact preserved a trace of his life force and prevented his body and brain from sustaining severe damage due to a prolonged death-like state.

To create an even more realistic appearance of death, Baili Jin Yan relinquished all connections to his magic artifacts the moment he entered into a feigned death.

Even an experienced cultivator, upon seeing this, would believe Baili Jin Yan had truly died.

At least through observation with IBMz15, Li Shiming had not detected any anomalies, which showed how convincingly deceptive Baili Jin Yan's feigned death was.

It is rare for cultivators to destroy a corpse after killing an enemy; at most, they would take the spoils of war, especially the substantial loot that Baili Jin Yan had, enough to draw the attention of cultivators and thus prevent them from paying too much attention to Baili Jin Yan's body.