Of course, this wasn't entirely without a solution.
The alchemy master had said that the Sea of the Abyss and the Well of the Abyss were inherently connected. The reason the Well of the Abyss was successfully activated and opened was precisely because the seal on the Sea of the Abyss had been broken, allowing the Well of the Abyss to draw upon more abyssal energy to revive.
If the Sea of the Abyss could be sealed once more, it could buy them another few years of time.
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