In Sea-Sealing County, in a location not too far from the county capital, there was a teleportation portal that flared with dazzling light as Xu Qing emerged.8

His face was pale white. He was dangerously weak, but without a moment of hesitation, he raced off into the distance. Once away from any prying eyes, he found a random cave in some remote mountains. Inside the cave, he coughed up a huge mouthful of blood. He was having trouble seeing as he sat down cross-legged and gasped for breath. Yet that didn’t stop him from clenching his jaw and performing an incantation gesture to lock down the area.0

Based on his past experiences, a single day should have been enough to recover by half. Unfortunately, he was currently only about ten percent recovered.1

As his internal organs pulsed with intense pain, he sent his senses inside himself to look at the reason why he was recovering so slowly. His internal organs were all cracked and on the verge of falling apart. His flesh was extremely withered. And his bones were all deeply fractured. That was the source of the pain he felt.1

As for why he felt so dispirited, it was because his sea of consciousness was dim and his soul wasn’t glittering brightly like u...3