Half a month later, a rudimentary seawater desalination array was completed. 

With ample drinking water and food rations, the surviving residents of Tai’an Island knelt and kowtowed, offering gratitude for the Immortal Master’s grace.

Yet Li Fan felt little joy, instead harboring a growing unease.

Having personally constructed an array, Li Fan could finally be said to have barely stepped onto the path of array cultivation. 

It was then that he realized the island protection array was deteriorating at an alarmingly abnormal rate.

Typically, such an array could operate continuously for over a century. However, at its current rate of damage, it would lose all effectiveness within two or three years.

After careful investigation and cross-referencing the Introduction to Arrays, Li Fan identified the cause: the ambient spiritual qi...