However, the good times did not last. Just as people gradually let down their guard, a mysterious and powerful force quietly began moving through the spiritual energy veins of the Immortal and Mortal Realms. Like a ghost, it slipped soundlessly through the channels of spiritual energy. Wherever it passed, the once-calm energy became restless, like a disturbed swarm of bees.
The guardians keenly sensed the anomaly and immediately became alert, launching a swift investigation. After an in-depth search, they were shocked to discover that this mysterious force seemed to have a clear objective—it was deliberately destroying spiritual energy nodes! These nodes were the crucial hubs through which spiritual energy flowed across the Immortal and Mortal Realms. If they were destroyed, the spiritual energy of both realms would collapse completely, with unimaginable consequences.
The guardians did not dare delay in the slightest. Following the trail of the mysterious force, they tracked it all the way to its source. To their shock, the force came from an evil spirit sealed within an ancient ruin! During the previous upheavals, the evil spirit had taken the opportunity to absorb a large amount of lingering evil power, gradually recovering part of its strength.
Now, the evil spirit was controlling that mysterious force in an attempt to plunge the Immortal and Mortal Realms into chaos. Facing such a perilous situation, the guardians did not retreat. They quickly gathered, preparing for a life-or-death battle against the evil spirit.
During the battle, the Divine Bell, divine weapons, and ancient tome once again displayed their formidable power. The Divine Bell rang crisply, disrupting the evil spirit's movements; the divine weapons flashed with cold light as they struck fiercely at it; and the ancient tome continuously released ancient runes, dealing sustained damage to it.
However, the evil spirit was extremely