Another month passed before Di Jiu finally managed to completely finish repairing the Defense Array. Then, he left the Search Lake.
Di Jiu had originally intended to leave a backdoor in this Defense Array, as he was worried that someone would be forced to retrace their steps even though he had made so much effort to cross the Search Lake. This was because the Defense Array was preventing them from leaving the Search Lake.
Di Jiu was able to exit the Search Lake only because the Defense Array had been previously incomplete. Now that he had repaired the hold in the Defense Array, other people would have no choice but to turn around even if they transversed the lake.
