Blood Clouds Disperse

Golden light surged and rolled, sending Zhao Lingyin back inside the River-Facing Sect's grand formation.

At this moment, Shen Mo's body was obscured by rainbow light and glazed Buddhist flames. The River-Facing Sect disciples could not see his exact condition, but they knew he had not died beneath the ninth heavenly lightning bolt, and all of them heaved sighs of relief.

Only Shen Mo himself knew how grave the injuries to his Dao Body and Divine Soul were!

The destructive power contained within the final heavenly lightning bolt was truly terrifying. After being struck, more than half of his Dao Body had been charred black, its flesh, blood, sinews, and bones stripped of all vitality, no different from withered wood or burnt charcoal. Moreover, the descending lightning could directly wound the three souls and seven spirits, and even his Divine Soul had nearly shattered...

Had he still been an Origin Core Realm cultivator, he might well have perished by now, beyond even the salvation of the [Remnant Body Rebirth] divine ability.

Even now, lightning power still lingered deep within his Dao Body and Divine Soul, rippling with a terrifying aura capable of destroying all things and constantly hindering his recovery.

Whoosh!

Sword light flashed. Shen Mo opened his sword-domain space, took out several high-grade spirit pills, swallowed them, and began circulating his cultivation technique.

He attempted to refine and expel the lightning power within his body while healing the injuries to his flesh and soul!

However, the moment he recovered even a trace of vitality, the residual lightning power inside him destroyed it. The medicinal power and true essence could not circulate through his entire body. At this rate, he could only rely on the slow grind of water wearing through stone, refining and dispelling this foreign power bit by