A warm blue radiance spread from Li Tianying's Dharma Form. Like a lake awakening, the light slowly rippled out from the surface of the Dharma Form, enveloping the entire high platform in a gentle glow.
The blue radiance circled lightly around Li Bufan's Yang God, steadily drawing it out of the Cave Heaven and returning it to his physical body.
The instant his Yang God completely returned to his Spirit Sea, Li Bufan's consciousness began to recede like the tide. Exhaustion from the excessive depletion washed over him, engulfing his entire being.
Struck by that exhaustion, his body involuntarily tilted forward.
Just as he began to pitch forward, Li Tianying, who had been seated cross-legged upon the ritual platform, suddenly moved.
His figure flashed away in an instant, appearing precisely at Li Bufan's side and steadily catching his falling body.
His other hand then pressed lightly against Li Bufan's back, sending a thread of gentle True Essence from his palm into Li Bufan's body.
When the other Peak Masters saw Li Tianying awaken, faint smiles appeared on their faces as well.
Standing to one side, Xie Qisha teased, "You're a grown man, yet a few words from some little brat had you half-dead with grief."
"If this happens again, we won't save you."
Supporting Li Bufan by the shoulder, Li Tianying glanced at Xie Qisha and smiled faintly.
He raised a hand and rubbed his hair. "It won't happen again. It won't. I made everyone worry."
Seeing that Li Tianying had finally awakened completely, Du Yushu clapped his hands, as though declaring that this long rescue had finally come to an end. "All right, as long as Tian Ying is awake. Since that's the case, let's go."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other Peak Masters nodded one after