Level Three Cave Abode; Wishful Heavenly Grotto (Monthly Votes, Please)

After letting the Giant Toad in, Ji Yuan wanted to test the Stardust Illusion-Killing Formation's power on him.

But he worried the Formation might be too fierce and injure him.

After some thought, he decided against it. They had not seen each other for over a year; he could hardly come back and immediately give the Giant Toad—who had been getting along just fine—a hard time.

After all, the Giant Toad had not had it all that easy this past year.

Once he concealed the Starry Illusory Killing Formation, Mist Island returned to its former calm.

Tu Yue was obediently building houses, and Ji Yuan looked at the Panel again.

The Formation Room had reached Level Two, so its Level Three Spirit Effects had naturally appeared.

[Formation Room: Lv. 3 (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Spirit Effect 1: First Tier Formation comprehension +60%; Second Tier Formation comprehension +40%; Third Tier Formation comprehension +20%; Fourth-Tier Formation comprehension +5%]

[Spirit Effect 2 (Reversed Big Dipper): Grants the Inverted Big Dipper Formation.]

[Upgrade requirements: Middle-Grade Spirit Stones ×500; Nine Luminaries Stone ×2 pieces; Celestial River Sand ×1 jin; upgrade a Second Tier Formation to a Third-Order Formation. (Unmet)]

Spirit Effect 1 was the usual upgrade.

As for Spirit Effect 2... it granted another Formation, the Inverted Big Dipper Formation.

By that reckoning, the Level Two Formation Room now had two Spirit Effects?

Yet the Stardust Illusion-Killing Formation had not been listed separately as a new Spirit Effect, while the Inverted Big Dipper Formation had.

What did that mean?

It meant this Formation... was probably something special!

The upgrade requirements were tougher too. Leaving aside the need to raise a Second Tier Formation to Third Tier, the mere fact that it required only small amounts of Nine Luminaries Stone and Celestial River Sand spoke