"What in the world is going on?!" Nan Dou Master demanded, his brow deeply creased.
"I don't know the details either!" Chi Yang Master said, his face grim as the words tumbled out in a rush.
"This very morning, several crucial Shiyi Realms in the Sect—the ones responsible for stabilizing the Sect's destiny using the Innate Qi Pool—suddenly grew extremely unstable, on the verge of losing control.
Luckily, I was on duty today. I sensed something was amiss and immediately mobilized the power of the Array, barely managing to temporarily stabilize the situation and prevent a greater disaster."
He took a sharp breath, his eyes filled with disbelief, and continued:
"After stabilizing the situation, I immediately reviewed the operational logs for the Sect's Grand Array. That's when I found the source of the problem—the Innate Qi, accumulated in the Innate Qi Pool for ten thousand years, is vanishing in massive amounts at an unprecedented rate!
