On the third day after returning from the Ten-Thousand Bones Cavern, before the predawn light had pierced the clouds, Han Li was already sitting cross-legged in the Green Bamboo Courtyard.
Morning dew dampened the green bamboo in the corner of the courtyard. He circulated the Azure Water True Art, using the spiritual power pathways of the Yin-Yang Harmonization Formation to regulate his meridians. The Essence-Nourishing Foundation-Stabilizing Pill he had swallowed the previous night still retained some potency, and spiritual power flowed gently through his body like a stream. Yet his spiritual sense, depleted while suppressing the space-devouring threat, still throbbed faintly, as though it had been repeatedly scoured with fine sandpaper.
The Jade Slip Elder Sun had entrusted to him lay quietly on the low table. The instant the spiritual power at his fingertips touched it, rows of golden characters rose in the gloom: "Void Sky Hall, a trial ground established by the first Hall Master after the Primordial Xuanhuang War, holds the complete inheritance of the Twofold Formation Pill. Yet over the past thousand years, fewer than one in ten who entered have survived.
"The fissure in the Ten-Thousand Bones Cavern connects to its Soul-Burial Zone. The leakage of remnant souls may be caused by the weakening of the seals within the hall. Li Feiyu is hereby instructed to investigate using Array-Pill Form Transformation. Should an opportunity arise, he may obtain the inheritance; should danger emerge, he must withdraw immediately."
Han Li's gaze sharpened slightly. The Soul-Burial Zone mentioned in the Jade Slip matched the perilous place described in the second volume of the Two-Ceremonies Formation-Pill Manual exactly. The intertwining of remnant souls and spatial power was precisely the root of the space-devouring threat in the Ten-Thousand Bones Cavern.
He took out the Two-Ceremonies Pill Conductor Zi Ling had