This layer of the Abyss World slid into the Primal Abyss, leaving thirty-five layers of Surface Abyss World in the Plane Graveyard.
The Surface Abyss World above it slid downward, closer to the Primal Abyss, but its number stayed the same.
The Surface Abyss World below it remained in the same spatial position, still just as far from the Primal Abyss, but its number moved up by one.
As if one calamity weren't enough, a few months later another layer of Surface Abyss World formed, restoring the Plane Graveyard's Abyss Worlds to thirty-six layers.
The Abyss Worlds whose numbers had stayed the same now had their numbers pushed back by one. For example, the Abyss World containing Iron Arm City became the Seventeenth Layer.
The Abyss Worlds whose numbers had moved up by one returned to their previous numbers, as if the whole thing had been a dream.
The succession of bad news dealt a serious blow to morale.
The Star Alliance came down from its excitement and realized the Abyssal Demons still held an overwhelming advantage. The great victory won by the Star Alliance's warriors had been nothing more than a miracle.
The Iron Arm City miracle would be hard to repeat. They couldn't unleash another terrifying Chaotic Elemental Storm without consequences.
If they really blasted a hole through the Elemental Realm, the Elemental Lords would probably come to their home planes to vent their fury and teach them a painful lesson.
The Wrynn Alliance had unleashed a Chaotic Elemental Storm only at Iron Arm City. The outposts at Steel Arm City and Winter City, in the other two Abyss Worlds, hadn't made a move.
That showed that even the Wrynn Alliance couldn't easily repeat the miracle. Using it once had already left them badly weakened.
Medivh said that