As the quantum drilling machine’s roar pierced the last ten meters of the crust, what seeped from cracks in the ancient basalt was no longer groundwater, but wisps of arcane energy glowing with a faint blue light. This source of heaven and earth, sealed since Pangu split heaven from earth, set off a chain reaction in the ancient Demon-Suppressing Formation. Nine dragon-shaped chains cracked apart inch by inch, and the power of primordial chaos, laden with the might of the primeval wilderness, surged forth from its slumber of countless eons.
In an instant, dormant lingzhi broke through the earth and took on human form, mechanical gears in the steel forest sprouted vines, and even the laboratory mice opened their eyes to the hidden world. Wherever the arcane energy reached, dead trees put forth new shoots and rotten bones regained flesh and blood. The entire civilized world underwent a cataclysmic transformation in the tide of spiritual energy. Yet as humanity gazed up at the sky, dyed purple and gold by the spiritual energy, no one noticed the countless scarlet, vertical pupils in the rift of the abyss, staring at this world of humanity reborn with life.
