This was a barren gorge covered with exposed rocks, and it was covered in a layer of dense mist all year round.

Swoosh!

A tall figure tore through the sky and arrived within the gorge before sizing up his surroundings, and when he didn’t notice any danger, he sat cross-legged on a rock and started to clean the injuries on his body.

There were over ten scars on his body, his flesh had split apart and blood flowed from them, and one could even see the bones within at many places. It seemed as if he’d just experienced a fierce life and death battle that seemed to be terrifying to the extreme.

If it was an ordinary person that suffered such heavy injuries, the person would probably have cried out in pain since long ago, but he didn’t. Not only did he not cry out in pain, he didn’t even frown, and he seemed to be extremely calm.

After a short moment, he’d finished cleaning his wounds and stood up, and then he started cleaning the traces of blood in the surroundings. He did this for the sake of avoiding any nearby demon beasts rushing over after smelling the blood.

He only spent 10 minutes of time to finish all this in an orderly manner. But it seemed as if every single second of time was extremely precious to him, and he seemed as if he was racing with time and wasn’t willing to waste the slightest amount of time. After that, he sat down cross-legged and started circulating his cultivation.

This person was naturally Chen Xi.

An entire...