Arm had become the de-facto leader again once Hou had left. When the powers were all withdrawn, they all had to rely on Hamar and his power.
Unlike Arm and all the other people native to Sacrarium, Hamar was given knowledge by Hou. He became a knight and created his own power, one which Hou did not take when he left.
In the new Hou Sect, without the protection of symbiotes and Hou's power, life became much rougher. Even with the mountain range protecting them, miasma still seeped in from the hole in the mountain range.
Luckily this hole made it so monsters could only slowly enter and Hamar would have enough time to kill them. Despite the miasma, the lingering effects of Hou's spirit allowed the land to grow crops.
The small amount of sunlight that passed through the purple fog fed the crops and allowed the people inside to survive.
This was all until one day, the day Mo Huai took all of his qi and spirits away. It was a normal day, Hamar was defending the sect, holding base at the hole in the mountain range.
He was a knight and used aura, he slashed through the air, cutting up large wolf's the size of trees. He did not need to use swordsmanship with such small jobs, he swung his sword at various monsters. As the arc of blue aura was thrown out of his sword and sliced through the monster's body, it happened.
All the miasma which covered the air shook, like an earthquake. The whole foggy cover of the Sealed Solar Tomb shook until it shattered. All the qi started flying upwards towards the dark layer of thicker purple at the top of the world.
It merged with that barrier then it dissipated, all the qi was gone, then the monster that Hamar was cutting through changed.
It's size shrunk and it's monstrous and ravage face morphed into that of a normal wolf. Throughout the forest, Hamar saw the animals change again. Their large bodies shrinking.
Hamar scrunched his fist and looked duo in the air while holding back tears,
"Thank you"
The injured wolf, then ran away. It was no longer a bloodthirsty monster, it saw that Hamar was strong and ran.
He was left standing in the new world, holding back his tears. He threw his sword into the floor and fell to the ground.
Looking up at the sky, Hamar saw the 'real' sky, a bright blue vast skyline. Unhindered by hand mystic purple miasma, only white and grey clouds.
The single sun shining brightly, real sunlight shining down and nourishing the plants highly. They had been surviving of the scraps of sunlight that passed the miasma, now though...
They all bathed in sunlight, almost too much to handle. With the removal of the miasma all the plants gained a new shade. The sickly purple quickly leaving a bright and vivid green.
The whole forest turned from a dark and scary place if unknowns to a bright beautiful land. Hamar sat down on the grass, once again green. Like when Hou had used his spirits, the grass regained it's natural colour and texture.
Hamar took a deep breath and started laughing.
At the same time, in the centre of Hou Sect, formerly Sacrarium, Arm was sitting in his office full of defeat. First he found Hou again, practically his son. But as soon as he was there, he was gone.
Arm was once again left all alone, he had to maintain his authority but in private, he was not doing so well. He sat in a chair, a glass of alcohol in his hand.
The room was covered in thick smoke and the smell of strong alcohol. Arm sat with his eyes red from crying. He took the glass in his right hand and lifted it into the air,
"...happy birthday"
He downed the drink and threw the glass onto the floor. Today was Hou's birthday, one that Arm had missed since he had left. He secluded himself today for this very purpose, wallowing in his sadness.
Then through the closed curtains of his room, he saw a wisp of light. With lethargy, Arm pushed himself up onto the ground and stumbled over the the window.
'Sunlight? can't be..'
He dramatically threw the curtains open and unveiled the changes. Instantly, his mind sobered and he walked onto the balcony.
He leant over the balcony and watched the world as it now became. The sky became clear, he could see the mountains around him, there was no miasma.
Not only that, the sunlight shone beautifully and he could feel it's loving warmth. The whole landscape of the Hou sect reminded him of when Hou was there. The crops and grass and bright and vivid, no corruption from Miasma.
Similarly, all the people of Hou sect stood outside looking up at the sky, watching as their lives of oppression disappeared in an instant.
Instead of loud cheering, all became silent. The sounds and sights of nature overloading people's emotions.
Similarly, across Sealed Solar Tomb there were large masses separated by miasma walls. The thick purple walls disappeared and the true size of Sealed Solar Tomb revealed itself. What Hou ha been in was just a small section of many.
Hou had thought he was already brought up in a cage but if he knew this, he would have known that he was truly of frog within a well. No matter how deep he goes, it is more lies and more cages.
He was in a part of Sealed Solar Tomb, which had a whole that was lost to him, Sealed Solar Tomb was a part of the real world of Mo Huai's. Mo Huai's world was just another layer above, above that stood Araxis' world.
Unbeknownst to the citizens of Sealed Solar Tomb, they were now a part of the Nine Clouds Sovereign Sect and they were one layer out, towards their freedom.
On the other side of this debacle, Mo Huai sat in his room beside Hou. The spirits turned into laws and became absorbed by Mo Huai. His Spirit Stone Soul absorbed the laws and he broke through. His spirit stone absorbed some of the laws and became thicker, it was now at the peak of Cirrus realm.
While for the people inside Sealed Solar Tomb, this was a day free of oppression, for Mo Huai it was the day he gained his true strength.
He was no longer inhibited by controlling Sealed Solar Tomb. He was free and had his true strength. His laws were nigh unlimited.
Each spirit contained vast amounts of laws, what Hou hold was much more than he knew. However, as an Elder, Mo Huai could use all the laws from thousands of spirits effectively! In one move, he became one of the strongest elders that are currently alive!