Xuan Yuan swished her tail and fins, accelerating as she darted away. Howling currents slammed against her back. As she swam, she sensed the changes in the world's spiritual energy behind her, unable to suppress her anxiety:
The spiritual energy that had been combed through and filtered was indeed a little gentler, a little purer. But just as seawater sped up sharply when the mouth of a gorge narrowed—
The more that enormous fissure was repaired, the stronger the force spraying out from within would become. Once that opening closed to half its size, then one-third, one-fifth, or even less...
Could Shen Le hold out?
She could sense that he was an extremely powerful cultivator. There were also cliffs and rock walls shielding him from the outside, but... but...
They had to hurry!
She had to urge everyone to hand over every spiritual treasure they could spare to Mr. Shen. At the very least, it could give him a little more support—perhaps that last bit would make all the difference?
Her enormous body shot like a torpedo toward the plaza, toward the Sea Market. Before she even arrived, Xuan Yuan's shrill voice had already exploded through the currents from afar:
"Inkshadow Lord! Phantom Moon Princess! Bring out all your spiritual treasures! Anything that can be eaten! Drunk! Absorbed! Bring it all out!
"Mr. Shen is helping us repair the Dragon Gate, making its power gentler and smoother, so the children won't die in droves! Hurry! I'm going to get my and Embroidery Lord's collection!"
The light cast by coral branches swayed into a kaleidoscope of color at the center of the Sea Market. Xuan Yuan hurled out a coral branch with all her strength, making sure everyone could see it clearly.
Then, riding the crushing water pressure, she surged past