Jinzhou, the Border Fortress.
As Magistrate, Jinhsi had been feeling deeply unsettled lately.
Nearly half a month had passed since Ling An and Rover left.
But today, that tremor had come again.
She had no choice but to appear before the entire city once more and make an announcement to ease the anxiety hanging over Jinzhou City.
Still, no matter what happened, she believed in Ling An, and even more so in Rover.
The return of the legendary Celestial would inevitably bring a crisis, but Jinhsi believed Rover had come precisely to resolve it.
Yet the unease in her heart refused to let her rest.
Changli had already gone to Mingting some time ago, but she had brought back no good news.
Without a doubt, Huanglong had neither the power nor the inclination to intervene in the crisis of the Threnodian's reawakening in Rinascita.
Intervening in a crisis that verged on the destruction of the world was far beyond anything an ordinary person could accomplish.
Even she, even Changli, was still nowhere near strong enough.
On this planet, revived after the Lament, only those who wielded immense power of their own could ultimately stand at the top of the pyramid.
The radiance of humanity could not be ignored, but how could scattered candle flames shake the stars?
When a certain being suddenly arrived, Jinhsi's anxiety finally reached its peak.
She stared blankly at the Sentinel coiled overhead and blurted out, "Why... why have you come?"
The Sentinel's voice rang out above the Border Fortress, yet it brought Jinhsi no comfort at all:
"Of what is to come, I can glimpse only darkness in my prophecies. Xi, the situation has changed!"
"What do you mean?" Jinhsi stared fixedly at the Sentinel, Jué.
"Xi, the slightest misstep in this matter could usher