It wasn’t just that she could spot arrays at a glance—as Bai Sha looked out, she even felt she could perceive their internal flow patterns.
“Activate the Chaotic Star Hand,” Gong Yuxiang’s voice came from beside her.
Bai Sha immediately began channeling it. As her Demonic Power circulated, she felt her pectoral fins become light and buoyant, while the arrays before her eyes transformed yet again. She could now clearly capture the various operational trajectories of many arrays, and she sensed that with just a gentle touch, she could dismantle those formations.
Gong Yuxiang asked, “Break every array you think you can.”
Bai Sha nodded and moved forward. With a point of her fin from a distance, an invisible force acted upon one array, and it instantly collapsed with no effort at all. One after another, she proceeded, and wherever she passed, arrays were broken down without reason.
Through this process, she deepened her understanding of the Chaotic Star Hand. ‘This is a spell specifically for breaking arrays.’ She had grasped that now.
Yet there were also arrays that she knew at a glance she couldn’t shatter. Bai Sha deduced that she could break any Qi Condensation-level array with ease, but Foundation Establishment-level ones remained basically beyond her.
“How do you feel?” Seeing Bai Sha pause as if contemplating, Gong Yuxiang waited a moment before asking.
Bai Sha turned back and replied, “I understand the purpose of the Chaotic Star Hand now. But I can only affect Qi Condensation-level arrays.”
Gong Yuxiang explained, “That’s normal. With only Qi Condensation cultivation, the Chaotic Star Hand is limited by your realm. Once you break through to Foundation Establishment and familiarize yourself with it further, it will grow strong enough to destroy Foundation Establishment arrays as well.”
Bai Sha was surprised. “The Chaotic Star Hand can grow?”
Gong Yuxiang nodded slightly. “It’s a rare growth-type spell. Your own growth will fuel its growth. How far it can ultimately go depends on how far you can go.”
Staring at her pectoral fins, Bai Sha felt shaken. From Gong Yuxiang’s description, the Chaotic Star Hand could only be described as terrifying. To think an array sect like the Heavenly Cycle Array Sect hid such a method!
Gong Yuxiang then said, “Now that you’ve mastered the Chaotic Star Hand, there’s nothing more in the sect suitable for you to learn. You may go out and gain experience.”
The Heavenly Cycle Array Sect’s primary teachings were arrays, and those capable of learning the Chaotic Star Hand generally found arrays hard to learn—so indeed, there was little left to study.
‘Go out and gain experience…’ Bai Sha understood: this meant she was to leave the Dream of the Heavenly Cycle Array Sect, and perhaps she wouldn’t be entering again.
At that thought, she couldn’t help but say, “Shizun, I know a good friend with exceptional talent in arrays. Would Shizun accept her as a disciple?”
Gong Yuxiang was taken aback. “Who?”
“Her name is Yin Sha.”
“Yin Sha…”
“Yes, she’s right beside me.” Bai Sha looked at Gong Yuxiang with earnestness. She knew there were still opportunities related to arrays within the dream. Since she herself couldn’t gain them, she would leave them to Yin Sha—she trusted Yin Sha completely.
Gong Yuxiang fell silent, but her silence didn’t last long before the surroundings began to blur. By the time Bai Sha could clearly see again, she was standing outside the hall on the mountain. Gong Yuxiang remained inside the hall, seated at the table and reading a book.
Bai Sha: “???” She looked at Gong Yuxiang.
Gong Yuxiang set her book down and glanced over. “Today, I have accepted a new disciple, who will be your junior martial sister. In a moment, your Senior Sister Yingying will bring her over. Wait here a while and get acquainted with your new junior sister.”
Bai Sha was speechless. She really wanted to ask: Must we roleplay? Can’t you just speak plainly? But ultimately, she didn’t disrupt the atmosphere. The real Heavenly Cycle Array Sect no longer existed; perhaps, for Gong Yuxiang, being able to recreate the scenes of her old sect was deeply important.
Bai Sha didn’t have to wait long before she saw Zhou Yingying jogging over from the distance, pulling a great white shark by its pectoral fin. Without a doubt, that great white shark was Yin Sha!
At this moment, Yin Sha looked completely bewildered, having no idea what was happening. She only knew that she had been cultivating happily when a sudden, intense drowsiness overwhelmed her. When she woke up again, she was in this unfamiliar place, being dragged along by a human girl she didn’t know who called her “junior martial sister.” Who could tell her what was going on?
While Yin Sha was utterly confused, Bai Sha’s figure appeared before her. “Bai Sha?” Yin Sha immediately grew excited. Seeing a familiar face in such a bewildering situation definitely put her heart at ease.
Bai Sha smiled faintly and said to Zhou Yingying, who had approached, “Senior Martial Sister Zhou, I’d like to speak with the new junior sister for a moment. You go ahead to see Shizun.”
Zhou Yingying beamed. “No problem, I’ll go in first.” She released Yin Sha’s fin and skipped into the hall.
“Bai Sha, do you know what’s happening?” Yin Sha was nervous. She crowded close, almost pressed against Bai Sha, and whispered her questions.
Bai Sha nodded and explained in a low voice, “This is a dream, a reflection of the Lost Island in the past. This sect is called the Heavenly Cycle Array Sect…” She briefly outlined the situation, explaining that their entry was caused by the items she had brought from Lost Island, and that it was no bad thing but rather a rare opportunity.
“Yin Sha,” Bai Sha said softly, “as long as you properly play the role of a Heavenly Cycle Array Sect disciple, you’ll receive instruction in arrays. With your talent, I’m sure it won’t be long before you become a Great Master of arrays.”
As Bai Sha spoke, Yin Sha rapidly accepted the situation. This was an opportunity! An extremely rare one. “I understand. Inside is Shizun, right? I’ll go pay my respects now,” Yin Sha said eagerly.
“Go ahead.” Bai Sha stood outside the door, watching Yin Sha excitedly enter the hall to greet Gong Yuxiang and become a member of the Heavenly Cycle Array Sect. Then her vision went dark, and she left that world.
Back in reality, Bai Sha found herself inside the undersea cave that blocked the seawater. Beside her, Yin Sha lay there in deep slumber.
“Yin Sha, what kind of surprise will you give me?” Bai Sha gazed at Yin Sha with a sigh of emotion. After spending so much time together, she had discovered that Yin Sha not only had extraordinary array talent, but also exceptional cultivation talent. After receiving the 《Raging Waves Art》, Yin Sha had now reached the Mid Foundation Establishment stage!
