Golden light cascaded down like a waterfall before the ritual platform, pouring into one Spirit Jade after another.
Around the ritual platform, all the water demons sprang into action. First, they rallied their spirits, waved their banners, and raised their magic artifacts, ready to help Shen Le bear the burden;
After waiting a moment and seeing that he did not need their help for now, they retreated behind the platform under Qing Li's command, doing their best not to disturb Hidden Abyss at work;
After another pause, they saw that the golden light had filled a batch of Spirit Jades and shifted to the side. At Qing Li's command, shrimp soldiers and crab generals immediately rushed forward:
The crab general scuttled sideways on its eight legs, reaching the nearest Spirit Jade already filled with golden light. It flattened itself against the ground, and two shrimp soldiers lifted the Spirit Jade onto its shell.
Then the crab general scuttled back, guarded by shrimp soldiers before and behind. Once one Spirit Jade had been carried away, another group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals rushed up to transport the next one—
One group carried away the filled Spirit Jades, another brought in fresh ones that had not yet been infused with golden light, while large numbers of water demons in the other side halls busied themselves placing seals on blank Spirit Jades.
The assembly line began to run perfectly. One end of the Great Wall of Spirit Jade shrank while the other extended, endlessly shifting around the ritual platform.
An hour passed, half a day passed, a day passed. The golden light over the wound in the magic vessel remained unchanged, as though Hidden Abyss's efforts had only taken away a tiny fraction.
But after ten days, the layer of golden light