Hearing the good news, Austin immediately rushed out of his secret cultivation room.
He ran at a tremendous pace and very soon, reached the entrance where he saw Elder Brendan.
Elder Sharp, three other elders, Earth Hermit, a few stewards and a large group of disciples were also present there.
"Elder Brendan, is it true? Has the Sect-protecting Array really been repaired?"
Austin asked in an excited tone.
"Yes, Austin. It is time to begin the one last step.
Elder Brendan responded in a composed voice, though it reeked of happiness.
"Only the last step remains. We need to unite these resources and form the array."
Elder Sharp chimed in in a serious voice.
At his signal, the three elders and Earth Hermit took out several array flags which seemed to be exuding a mysterious aura.
Each of them then moved into a certain position, calculating each step.
"Now!"
Elder Sharp shouted.
Bang, Bang, Bang.
Tremendous amounts of vital energy forces burst out from the five masters' bodies simultaneously, and the space began to shake. Everything seemed to be vibrating.
If the array was enormous in size, like the way it was here, the array flags needed to be sealed into it with a powerful burst of vital energy force. Otherwise, it wouldn't work.
That was the only way the array could be made strong enough to withstand the erosion of time.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Under some mysterious force, the array flags began to fly around the five masters.
Very soon, armed with powerful vital energy force, they quickly penetrated into the space around them. The reaction caused some sort of ripples which were sent several feet away.
The sight was exhilarating but also fearsome. Austin, the four stewards, and the more than 300 disciples, all retreated to the distance, nervously and excitedly looking at the array forming ceremony that was going on in front of them.
Gradually, as the array flags continued to fly and be absorbed, whoever was present clearly felt that some sort of changes had begun to take place in the Flame Holy Land. These were subtle changes, but still rather obvious ones.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the spiritual energy around them became more and more dense.
The flowers and trees which had been dull began to turn crystal clear as they became filled with the spiritual energy.
Even Austin was amazed and began to admire the astounding effects of the sect protecting array the elders had left behind.
About an hour later, a loud bang was heard.
Bang.
The entire earth beneath them began to shake violently.
"It worked."
Elder Sharp and other five masters called out in unison. There was a touch of pleasant ecstasy in their voices.
Boom.
The ground under everyone's feet was now constantly shaking and swaying like a lamb.
"Oh my God! The earth is shaking! What's going on? Is this an earthquake?"
Some timid disciples began screaming.
"Don't panic.
The array is absorbing the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth from the outside world. This happens.
The space is trembling because too much spiritual energy has flooded in all of a sudden. It'll be all right as the array stabilizes.
Don't worry."
Elder Brendan called out in a comforting voice.
Sure enough, after a while, when a lot of spiritual energy from the heavens and the earth began to madly pour into the place, the ground shook even more violently for a while.
The increased concentration of spiritual energy had turned into a visible form like a fog now, and one could see and feel its effects.
Austin looked around and saw the whole land was full of a sort of vitality now. There were clouds in the sky, and a beautiful aurora effect in the horizon. It seemed that a new life had come into the place.
"This is magical. It feels like something that was incomplete in the space is now being repaired."
Austin muttered to himself. Through his spiritual sense, he also noticed that the little things inside the land were also changing. Little creatures had begun to come back to life and climb out of their holes.
"Yup, you can always feel that something is recovering in the land when a protecting array is formed."
Elder Sharp heard Austin muttering to himself, and remarked.
"You are right. Something deep and profound has woken up. There is a subtle but powerful change in the air. It was incomplete before, but now it is being replenished."
Austin answered in an excited tone.
"Well, I'll be damned! I didn't expect you to be able to sense this.
It shows that you have a very strong spiritual sense.
Yes, this place has been abandoned for too long and had decayed.
Laws and powers had been gradually lost in this space as time flowed on.
But now, we have absorbed enough spiritual energy, to repair the missing laws and rules,"
Elder Sharp responded.
"I get it."
Austin nodded. It was an interesting sight at worst, and astounding at best.
"Austin, your perception of the martial arts should still be at the level of the domain power.
I didn't expect that you would be able to sense the existence of laws in the space before you could comprehend the power of enlightenment.
I think it is high time that I gave you a bit of time instructed you about the law power in advance.
I want to see whether you can jump across the level of enlightening power and comprehend the power of laws directly. It might just be the breakthrough you need."
Elder Sharp told Austin in a thoughtful voice.
"Ignore the enlightening power and comprehend the law power directly? !"
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