The moment Xu Yi entered the cold pool, his battered body froze into a lump of ice, and his last scrap of consciousness sank into boundless darkness.
Just then, the Rebirth Pill's medicinal power erupted.
The pill rapidly dissolved, splitting into two streams of energy—one bone-chillingly cold, the other searingly hot. Black and white, they converged above the Qi Sea, forming a vortex like the taiji symbol.
The vortex spun and happened to crash into the drop of Fierce Rhinoceros heartblood suspended above the Qi Sea.
In an instant, it swept the heartblood into its currents, then split apart once more: black and white, hot and cold, two streams of energy.
The black, scorching current raced through his body. Skin, bones, and fascia all began to regenerate beneath its nourishment, at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The terrifying heat rapidly thawed the block of ice. His bloodstained body became as smooth as a baby's, while his shattered bones and torn fascia regenerated at breakneck speed.
The other black, icy current raced through his internal organs, threatening to freeze them solid in an instant.
Just then, the Sea of Malice formed from Fire Gang Malice in his Qi Sea seemed to be roused. Towering waves suddenly surged, and abundant heat streamed toward his internal organs. The organs, on the verge of freezing, were warmed as if spring had arrived.
The cloaked figure had been right. To take this pill, one needed to find a place of extreme cold and warmth, extreme yin and yang—but where could such a place be found?
As it happened, Xu Yi cultivated Fire Gang Malice, which was extremely yang and warm.
And this cold pool was icy to the bone, perfectly suited to extreme yin and cold.
One was hot, the other cold; together,