The period of rest and recovery endured for a very long time—a full day and night. Shards of mysterious power stones by Li Hao’s body almost formed a mountain. Aside from the massive stone from Hong Yitang, Li Hao consumed eight thousand pieces from his own cache!2

Indeed, eight thousand!1

He’d nearly consumed all of the ten thousand pieces that the Silver Moon authorities had given to him as a deposit. If Hong Yitang’s was included, this meant that they’d depleted more than ten thousand stones on this endeavor. It was a frightful figure, but one that Light Sword wasn’t fully responsible for. The others had absorbed a great deal as well.0

Not only that, but a lot had been stored within the little sword. He wouldn’t have to replenish it first each time before he used it. Regardless, Li Hao spent the mysterious power stones to show Light Sword what a grave undertaking this was. He wanted her to know that the deposit paid by the official authorities was insufficient for her use.0

Li Hao himself had absorbed a lot of sword energy and melded it into his heart's supernatural lock, but he still didn’t sense its saturation. This...2