After Xu Mingxian and the other Formation Masters finished their work, they all went back to recuperate.
The others slowly replenished their depleted magic power and spiritual consciousness.
Xu Mingxian's Swallowing Mountains and Rivers talent allowed him to recover his magic power extremely quickly, especially when combined with high-grade Jade Void Pills.
In less than a day.
He had already recovered most of it.
As for his spiritual consciousness, he had only expended thirty to forty percent.
But third-rank Divine Soul Pills had already become far less effective.
Xu Mingxian did not want to trouble Xu Chuan, either.
Fourth-tier Divine Soul Pills were so precious that using them simply to restore his spiritual consciousness would be an absolute waste.
As for taking them to improve it.
He was limited by his cultivation realm.
Even Xu Chuan had struggled to make significant progress after his spiritual consciousness broke through its limits back then, let alone Xu Mingxian.
Thus, he cultivated the third layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit-Refining Art.
He discovered that it could accelerate the recovery of his spiritual consciousness.
Taking a Thunder Zenith Pill increased his recovery speed considerably again.
The next day.
Before daybreak, thick banks of mist shrouded the Heavenly Passage River.
The river was vast, its misty waters stretching endlessly, while the opposite bank lay hidden in white fog, impossible to make out.
A breeze swept past, rippling the river's cold waters and rustling the reeds along the shore.
Occasionally, a night bird skimmed across the river.
It let out a piercing cry that echoed through the thick mist, lending the scene an added air of grim menace.
The sky gradually brightened.
Yet the mist showed no sign of dispersing.
Suddenly.
The mist above the river began churning violently, as though some colossal creature were breaking