Xu Qing had never even come close to being this badly injured. Both of his dharmaboat’s lines of defense had been destroyed, and even though he fought back with godliness, the front half of the boat was crushed. He had used a large number of talisman treasures as well, and had fought back with every scrap of his great circle fleshly body strength. Despite all that, he barely made it out alive.

In fact, he could tell that even with the violet crystal’s powers of regeneration, it would take quite some time before he was back to normal. Fear still lingered in his heart despite the fact that he’d made his escape. He had the feeling that if he’d been missing even a single line of defense, then he would be dead right now.

“But... it was worth it!” he murmured as he gritted his teeth against the pain. Then he decided to take a quick inventory.

He didn’t care as much about the talisman treasures as he did his dharmaboat, which he had worked so hard to upgrade. Right now, it had almost no godliness left. The front half was almost completely destroyed. It was going to cost a lot to...