After they returned to the spiritual vein, Xiang Yu took measurements of the sword before returning it to Li Yao. He decided to craft the scabbard later using the leftover materials from his furnace crafting, for now, she'd have to use it without a scabbard. Luckily, although the spatial treasure couldn't be stored inside a normal space ring, the empress could store it for her.
For now, his priority was fixing the destroyed formation barriers. The divine sword's energy burst had shattered not only his personal cave formations but several sect-wide protective arrays as well. Fortunately, the formations weren't completely destroyed and he could repair them. With his fourth-grade formation mastery, the repairs took only a few minutes per array.
As he worked on the main sect barrier, Elder Huang came over, concern evident on her face.
"What happened?" she asked, gesturing toward the formations. "The barriers suddenly broke all at once. I've never seen anything like it."
