The Yellow Venerable responded steadily and ultimately stabilized the situation, slowing Fang Qianyuan's encroachment on the Inner Vista Grotto Heaven.
But this did not mean the danger of the Two Sects' downfall had passed.
For every day that the Black Moon hung high over the Inner Vista Grotto Heaven, the Heaven and Earth here naturally spawned strange spirit creatures condensed from Origin Energy.
They were embodiments of the Laws, manifestations of power. Most took the forms of snow wolves, ice dragons, or raging winds, endlessly attacking anyone they encountered.
These spirit creatures were not strong. Most were only at the early stages of Human Rank, possessing strength ranging from the First to the Third Transformation. Yet their advantage lay in their inexhaustible numbers, their ceaseless incursions and attacks, never knowing rest.
Some Power of the Laws did not even possess a tangible form, instead circulating through the realm as invisible forces, silently transforming the Heaven and Earth of this world.
Those within felt the weather grow increasingly bitter, as though the entire Inner Vista Grotto Heaven had become a world of ice and snow in just a few days.
"This world is an artificially constructed small world. Its Heavenly Dao's will is weak, at most as strong as a sect's formation spirit."
"If it truly were a sect's formation spirit, that would be one thing. Protecting a hundred-mile radius, it would be no worse than a Spirit of Nature. But spread across a grotto heaven tens of thousands of miles wide, its effectiveness leaves much to be desired."
"Does that mean we cannot stop this world from changing?"
"Correct. As the climate grows colder, a whole series of other problems will arise. We must prepare for the worst!"
Within the grotto heaven, in a great hall protected by formation arrays,