The passage of a month within the Shattered Moon Ravine felt less like a simple passage of time and more like a miraculous, fundamental rebirth.
Acting as the ultimate architect, Gu Fan utilized the System's Faction-Base building tabs and poured millions of his plundered Yin-Essence into the foundation of the sect. The results were nothing short of astonishing. The dilapidated outer defensive arrays, once flickering and fragile, were entirely dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up, replaced by complex Earth-Grade runes that hummed with quiet, stabilizing power.
Within the Inner Sanctum, the atmosphere shifted from one of desperate survival to disciplined prosperity. The female assassins, who had spent years shivering in damp caves and scavenging for stale bread, were now supplied with a daily regimen of premium Qi-gathering pills and roasted spirit-beast meat. The hollow, malnourished look faded from their faces, replaced by healthy, radiant skin and sharp, focused eyes.
