Chapter 273 - Chapter 272: The Weight of Awakening (Part 1)

Three days had passed since the convergence. Three days during which the Celestial Academy slowly adjusted to the reality that something fundamental had changed at its very foundation. Most students and masters struggled to articulate exactly what that change was. They could sense it in the way formations responded with greater clarity. They could feel it in how spiritual energy flowed through cultivation channels with improved efficiency. They could perceive it in the quality of light that now suffused the floating islands, carrying a luminescence that suggested presence rather than mere illumination.