Sage Raph lifted his hand, and for a brief heartbeat the courtyard fell completely silent. Not a whisper of wind, not a movement of dust.
Then Raph pressed his palm fully over the activated formation.
The effect was instant.
A roaring surge of power erupted outward, though not as sound or force but as sheer gravitational pull, a silent command sent into the world itself. The air thickened. The temperature shifted. The Qi in the courtyard trembled as though recognizing a sovereign's voice...And then...everything moved.
Qi from the courtyard rushed in first, swirling around Sage Raph like a spiraling storm. The glow climbed the pillars, threaded through the training dummies and constructs, and pulled free every particle of loose energy.
But it did not stop there, Qi from beyond the courtyard came next, then waves after waves.
