Boom!
In the vast mountain range, a thunderclap on a clear day shook heaven and earth. Peaks exploded apart, and a blazing sun emerged. Shi Hao returned to the Mortal World, a small clump of blood glowing within his chest like a crimson divine sun, bright red as though ready to drip. Its radiance was so intense that it shone through his breastbone and flesh.
Swoosh!
A surge of sword qi erupted from within him and slashed toward his chest, bursting with dazzling light. The clump of blood dispersed and left that place. As it scattered, it transformed into crimson rays that flowed throughout his body, rapidly burning and continuously erupting as it underwent its final Baptism.
Pfft!
Shi Hao opened his eyes and stood in the air, spitting out an arrow of blood. The small clump of Supreme Blood had burned away, revealing a complex rune wrapped within it.
A pool of glaringly scarlet blood splashed onto the ground, immediately draining the vitality from some nearby plants. A trace of green light flickered within it. It was the Bronze Rust Curse, a power of Law derived from the Immortal Severing Curse, gathered without dispersing. However, it no longer posed any threat to Shi Hao. He had defeated it and expelled it from his body.
The Green Copper Rust rune had been nearly worn away. Its final remnants condensed together and were carried out by the useless Supreme blood, manifesting in tangible form.
"Who... am I? Where... am I?"
After spitting out that mouthful of useless blood, Shi Hao looked in every direction with confusion in his eyes. Yet the vitality in them steadily grew, changing from blazing intensity to profound depth, then to calmness, gradually returning to normal.
"You're awake."
Yan Kuan's voice sounded behind him. A mysterious aura