Time flashed by, and more than half a year had passed.
Within the Chang'an Government Office, a golden light curtain enveloped the surroundings of a particular other garden, forming a square-shaped Golden Array that entirely enclosed a great hall along with its surrounding courtyard.
At each corner of the courtyard stood a stone pillar half the height of a man, inscribed with complex runes, all of which were now emitting a faint golden shine.
Outside the Array, strands of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, converged from all directions, flowing into the golden light and surging madly towards the central great hall.
Contrary to the calm appearance outside the Array, above the great hall within the Array, a funnel-shaped vortex had formed. The vast Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi from outside the Array was being crazily drawn in and incessantly poured into it.