In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.
Jiang Ding opened his eyes atop a top-grade third-tier spirit vein.
Beside him, the thousand-meter-tall Sun God Wood had been drawing in Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth and Essence of the Great Sun. As he stopped, it stopped as well, its brilliant radiance withdrawing inward.
The turbulent sea of clouds within a hundred miles gradually calmed.
"My injuries have initially recovered..."
Jiang Ding performed an Internal View of himself.
His Sea of Consciousness, once devastated and covered in spiderweb-like cracks, had now stabilized somewhat. Though the cracks remained, they had narrowed. The large breaches had basically been repaired, and his divine soul was initially whole again. He would no longer suffer the chaos of making mistakes even in simple numerical calculations.
The same was true of his meridians. They could now initially accommodate the circulation of mana without worsening his injuries.
His charred skin had grown back. It was still very pale, and some places were translucent enough for blood to be faintly seen flowing beneath, but at least it had grown back.
"My combat strength has recovered by a small half."
"If I encounter danger, I can still erupt with my full combat strength, though my injuries will worsen. The safety within the realm is further assured."
Jiang Ding nodded slightly and calculated the time needed for a complete recovery. "It will probably take another thirty years to recover completely, without any lingering aftereffects."
"My cultivation speed will be affected during this period, but not by much."
Such were the terrifying consequences of Burn Essence Blood, Burn Spirit, and burning one's Flesh and Blood Body.
That was even with Jiang Ding having already used large quantities of fourth- and fifth-tier healing pills and medicines sent over by the