The Relic sprawled not only across its cavern, but even deeper into the earth than any suspected. The 3 known flowing streams of Qi went towards the center but then dropped many kilometers beneath the known surface.
The 3 flows come together in a chamber at the heart of the Relic. There, the other 3 elements also stream endlessly into the heart. They collect in the center to forge an island of ever moving sand. Once the sand pulses at maximum capacity, the Qi disperses to even lower channels to relieve the pressure.
The surge Lind and the Aether Sect noted was caused by that dispersal and there were gated passageways along the exit channels to move the Qi along. An endless cycle of Qi leaving and returning all to that center island.
