"We will circumvent them. The roots of the Pillar run deeper than any ward. They tap directly into the planet's core, into the raw, untainted energy they seek to corrupt. And it is there, in the earth beneath the earth, where their detection fails. Where the Void thrives."
Xiaochen understood. He thought of the tunnels beneath the Reruntuhan Bayangan Kuno, the pathways carved from primal earth. The Pillar's foundation, its very roots, would be a similar network, a conduit of raw power that predated the Taixu's influence.
He melted back into the shadows of the surrounding buildings, his presence fading to a whisper. He moved away from the plaza, towards the city's older, neglected districts, where the foundations of ancient structures ran deep, and the earth was less disturbed by celestia
