Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 517: Chapter 305: The Master

Above the vast sea, two giants were engaged in battle.

It was something Li Yuanba would have been unable to see, otherwise he would have recognized one of the combatants as the same illusionary giant that had intercepted the rocket carrying Li Shiming himself in the sea years ago.

When reaching the Fourth-Grade Realm, regardless of the type of sea beast, they could all transform and manifest a human-like Nascent Soul Dharma Form.

Moreover, the human body was recognized by heaven and earth as the optimal Taoist Body. Spirit beasts and sea beasts alike evolved towards this goal, able to freely switch between beast and human forms at the Fourth-Grade Realm, but their Nascent Soul Dharma Form would always take human shape.

The other giant also possessed a Nascent Soul Dharma Form; it seemed their battle was the result of a sudden encounter.

Yet, it was evident that both parties were exercising great restraint, fighting in a probing manner and not entering a stage of life-or-death conflict.

Even though they were both greatly restrained, the shockwaves from their casual blows were enough to change the color of the sky and raise towering waves upon the sea surface.

“Scram from my territory!” the Fourth-Grade Sea Beast with a Nascent Soul Dharma Form projected its will. This was not communicated through language, but rather through spirit-induced fluctuations, the most direct form of communication between living beings.

This method of communication did not require consideration of language barriers; any recipient could clearly understand the ideas the other wished to convey.

The Fourth-Grade Sea Beast with a Nascent Soul Dharma Form had an agreement with the Beishu Continent. It occupied this part of the ocean and coexisted peacefully with the Beishu Continent, also protecting the marine area from invasions by external enemies.

These external enemies referred to other Fourth-Grade Sea Beasts or human Nascent Soul Ancestors; no power wished to be approached by potentially hostile Fourth-Grade Sea Beasts and Nascent Soul Ancestors.

It was precisely the guard provided by the Fourth-Grade Sea Beasts around the Beishu Continent that had prevented many unnecessary invasions.

Of course, the Beishu Continent did not prohibit entry to Nascent Soul Ancestors. If Nascent Soul Ancestors wished to enter Beishu, they had to do so from a designated location, rather than sneaking in surreptitiously.

Patriarch Weng Zhao was extremely vexed; he was a Supreme Minister of Skywalk Trading Company. He was tasked by Skywalk Trading Company to investigate the situation after receiving news that its Beishu division had been annihilated by numerous powers.

Since he was there to investigate, he did not use the official channels, but rather intended to infiltrate secretly.

No sooner had Patriarch Weng Zhao approached the Beishu Continent than he encountered interception by the Fourth-Grade Sea Beast.

After a brief struggle, he realized that the combat power of the Fourth-Grade Sea Beast before him was on par with his own, making victory impossible.

Of course, forcing his way into Beishu Continent wouldn’t be an issue, but having engaged in combat, the continent was already alerted to his arrival and hence, there was no chance of sneaking in unnoticed.

While Patriarch Weng Zhao was still contemplating his next move, an aura from the direction of Beishu Continent was drawing near.

His expression changed, and without a moment’s hesitation, he turned and fled, his colossal Nascent Soul Dharma Form vanishing into thin air.

He had no confidence in facing two Nascent Soul Stage powerhouses at once, and he certainly wasn’t going to put himself in jeopardy over the affairs of Skywalk Trading Company, when he was but a Supreme Minister there.

Wave after wave crashed against the grand formation surrounding Northern Island, the formation’s light flickering continually, with mysterious Array Formation Patterns appearing and disappearing in the sky.

Each wave sent shivers down the spines of the cultivators on the island, their lives hanging on the seemingly fragile protection of the formation’s barrier.

Yet the formation’s barrier was surprisingly robust, each wave seeming capable of shattering it, but each one dissipated after being met with the continuous flashing of the formation’s light.

By now, everyone knew what was happening—a Formation Master was at the control, securing the safety of Northern Island.

Northern Island was like a rock in the midst of the ocean, and no matter how powerful the waves, they turned to dust before it.

Li Yuanba was sitting cross-legged at the central position of the formation’s core, a mist of white vapor rising above his head.

This was a sign of his brain being overused. Though the bulk of the computations were conducted by Li Shiming himself along with the IBMz15, ultimately, all operations were enacted by Li Yuanba’s body.

As such, Li Yuanba’s brain was working at full speed. No matter how strong his spirit was, the sole control of the grand formation and its ongoing fine-tuning to the limits was pushing his brain close to its breaking point.

Far away, at the top of Sword Holding Peak within Shushan Sect, although Li Shiming had lost his sight, a smile graced his face. Above his head, the Array Formation Starlight Sea manifested, with mysterious star patterns operating in special ways.

Li Shiming at that moment was in a state of enlightenment, and such a state in the Cultivation World had never been seen before, making it a rare historical occurrence.

In the period of remote connection with his avatar, he experienced an epiphany regarding formation techniques.

While controlling his avatar, Li Yuanba, to operate the Northern Island formation amidst attacks that surpassed its limits, such an experience could be said to be exceedingly rare for any Formation Master.

Li Shiming was essentially making trouble for himself. When he had first created the Array Formation Starlight Sea, it was entirely based on his own ideas rather than following a formal Formation Master heritage.

If he had followed a formal Formation Master lineage and studied accordingly, the Starlight Sea would not have taken on a star chart form.

The complexity of the star chart form of the Array Formation Starlight Sea surpassed that of any Array Master’s, making his advancement to Array Master infinitely more difficult.

With his depth of knowledge and the help of the IBMz15, he should have achieved Array Master status already, but it was the profound intricacies of the star chart Starlight Sea that had kept him trapped at this bottleneck for so many years.