Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 161: Chapter 127 Starlight

The black sea stretched out, Li Shiming flying closely above the waters. The Spirit Turtle Shield emitted a faint glow, shielding his entire body and enabling him to surge forward at full speed without any constraints.

Beside him, the main soul of the ‘Spirit Control Soul Splitting Technique’ had grown almost three times larger, with visible outlines of a body and head, and the vague semblance of facial features on the head.

This was the result of the main soul devouring the residual souls of Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the explosion site. He had once worried about the weakness of the main soul, but now there was no need for concern.

As he flew, he was receiving the research results from IBMz15 on the formations of the previous small island.

The Holy Ice Sect’s stronghold was set up extremely close to the territory of the Sky Sea Sect, so the formations they laid were quite thoughtfully designed, utilizing many significant methods of the Holy Ice Sect.

This greatly expanded the array knowledge base of IBMz15, and after a short period of study, IBMz15 had already replicated the island’s formations in their entirety.

The ability to replicate the island formations was partly due to the formidable computational power of IBMz15, and partly because Li Shiming had entered that cave dwelling and approached the formations with his Spiritual Thought, collecting ample data for IBMz15’s research.

Li Shiming absorbed the new formation knowledge transmitted from IBMz15, and unknowingly he fell into a state of epiphany.

The source of his formation knowledge was mainly from the legacy of array formations given by Yin Shilan, which was the most comprehensive system of array knowledge.

Whenever Yin Shilan communicated with him thereafter, it benefited not only her but also greatly enriched his own understanding, as the issues she raised were key points in the Sky Sea Sect’s formations.

Although limited by Sect restrictions, Yin Shilan only revealed a part, allowing Li Shiming to catch a glimpse of the Sect’s formation shadows.

Another source of Li Shiming’s formation knowledge was Yun’s Trading House, from which he had acquired a vast amount of disorganized formation knowledge—some merely fragments of research on particular arrays.

But it was the aggregation of this vast knowledge that formed his unique system of formations.

After acquiring formation knowledge from the Holy Ice Sect via IBMz15, his unique formation system filled in its most crucial gaps.

In his mind, a dazzling field of stars was taking shape.

Each point of light represented a piece of knowledge he had mastered; while not extensive, it formed a small cosmical expanse in its own right.

Each point of formation knowledge sparkled among the stars, his clarity of mind enhanced.

He finally understood why there were incomprehensibly complex formations; those powerful Array Masters did not have IBMz15’s help but relied on their own calculations and analysis to craft formations as intricate as the Mountain Protection Array of a Sect.

Now, this field of stars provided him with an answer; all his formation knowledge was completely interconnected within the stars. As long as the knowledge did not stray beyond the field, he could effortlessly substitute previous experience for calculations, directly arriving at the conclusion.

Even as he dwelled in his epiphanic state, he did not contact IBMz15, but he felt he could understand every formation node’s data for any array he had studied, without the need for IBMz15’s assistance.

Whenever he desired, he could discern every detail of an array through experienced analytical judgment.

His consciousness roamed within his own starry array, and with each encounter with a starlight, he gained new insights, feeling as if he had become part of the array’s stellar essence.

The array’s starlight was him, and he was the starlight of the array.

Time lost meaning, and when Li Shiming felt weariness, he pulled himself out of the state of epiphany.

The moment he opened his eyes, the divine light within carried the mesmerizing shimmer of starlight.

“We’ve arrived at Eagle Beak Island!” On the dark sea surface, he realized he was near Eagle Beak Island, somehow having returned without notice.

Despite being in deep contemplation, his subconscious had guided him accurately back to Eagle Beak Island.

He was eager to meet Yin Shilan, to inquire what this starlight in his mind signified.

But glancing at the time, he knew he had to wait until noon the next day to contact her through the Identity Jade Disc.

He traveled through the undersea passage, directly returning to the underground space.

He was growing fonder of the underground space, the dwelling above merely a decoy. Even if the Holy Ice Sect came looking for him, breaking through the modest Mountain Protection Array, they would only search the cave dwelling.

Whereas he, ensconced in the underground space with surveillance set up, could detect intruders at any moment, always prepared for their arrival.

“If two tons can’t kill a Golden Core, then twenty tons. If not twenty, then two hundred!” Seated on the ground in the underground space, he mulled over the recent operation, muttering to himself.

Honestly, he was shaken; two tons of solid explosives had been placed below the ground of that cave dwelling.

And as the detonation occurred, he watched Elder Baili and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator standing right above the solid explosives.

The explosion’s force was fully borne by Elder Baili and the Foundation Establishment Cultivator at the moment of blast; to say they experienced one hundred percent of the explosion’s might would be an understatement, thanks to the cave’s environment and formation protections, which significantly amplified the blast.

The more confined the explosion, the greater the unleashed power.

Yet despite this, Elder Baili still managed to escape. Though his exit was somewhat disheveled, given a Golden Core’s might, Li Shiming believed that Elder Baili’s injuries were trivial.

“Let’s first see what’s in the storage bag,” Li Shiming stopped pondering the unimaginable. A Golden Core cultivator was beyond his comprehension. He took out the all-black storage bag.