The lead actors took their curtain call, the host gave the closing remarks, and the broadcast cut the signal. Today's performance ended there, and everyone could openly collapse where they were and get some proper rest.
But another group of people did not rest. Not only did they not rest, they were so busy they could barely breathe. "Report: at the entrance to the main hall of Lady Xiang Shrine, the energy index has fallen 50% from its relative peak! The drop has stopped!"
"Report! At Chenglingji Hydrological Station, the water level has fallen below the warning line!"
"The water level at Yueyang Water Level Station has fallen, Lotus Pond Water Level Station has fallen, Nanzui Hydrological Station has fallen, Xiaohezui Hydrological Station has fallen—the spirituality index has fallen!"
"Huangling Temple Hydrological Station—Jianli Hydrological Station—"
One station after another—Special Affairs Bureau monitoring points attached to hydrological stations, weather stations, earthquake monitoring centers, and all kinds of other sites—sent in reports of energy readings.
And when all these reports were gathered together, they formed an effect that cultivators could see and special instruments could observe:
The barrier of heaven and earth, that invisible boundary protecting the real world from being struck by too much spiritual matter, was now overflowing with streaming light, blooming with unprecedentedly gorgeous rosy radiance.
Lord Xiang's power and Lady Xiang's power intertwined like two vast rivers of light, flowing out of the Xiang Mountain Secret Realm and merging into the barrier above Chu, the one ordinary people could not see:
This power did not slam forcefully into the barrier. Instead, like spring wind turning into rain, it seeped gently into it and became part of the barrier itself.
At the same time, the vital energy of heaven and earth in Chu began to pulse rhythmically as the