By the time Jiang Che finished a night of regulating his breathing and recuperating, the horizon had begun to brighten.
He could hardly be called refreshed and full of vigor. At best, he had recovered to about seventy percent.
The main reason was that he had fought several grueling battles in succession the day before, draining his body, strength, and mind to their limits. Even after a night of rest, his limbs and bones still ached. It would likely take three to five days to return to peak condition.
And it was not just his body and mind that had been depleted. Yesterday, he had also used up every last bit of his [primordial origin first spirit].
Of the five wisps of [primordial origin first spirit] rewarded by his second Little Hidden Temple instance, only the one spent cultivating the [Bodhi Heart Lamp] had truly gone to the right place and yielded a solid gain. The remaining four had all been consumed in yesterday's successive battles, whether to unleash the Thousand-Jin Finger and Azure Torrent Sword Art, protect his mind with the [Bodhi Heart Lamp], or activate the sutra... in short, they had all been converted into spirit essence of various attributes and expended.
When fighting desperately to survive, it could hardly be called wasteful. Without using them, he would have died. Still, in the long run, it had been quite a loss.
Those resources could have supported three or four months of undisturbed cultivation!
The thought made Jiang Che's heart ache.
But the enormous haul of five hundred and twenty-five points of transmigration energy soothed that pain.
And aside from the transmigration energy, he had undoubtedly rendered a great service this time.
After the three Qi Refining masters returned yesterday, Du Yongchang had even offered him a few pointed