Li Su slept soundly through the night.
He had basically woken naturally, though not after as much time as he had expected—only about half a day.
His mental state had recovered fairly well. Since he had not stuffed his soul into that slash, although seventy percent of his divine sense had been drained at once, with his soul intact and the Great Sun Visualization Art suppressing it, he was essentially the first to recover.
His mana had also mostly recovered.
Although the Sky Firmament Art lacked its later portions, rendering Sky Firmament Qi of limited use, as a purely restorative cultivation art, it was absolutely astonishing.
Even earthly baleful qi could be absorbed. The origins of this cultivation art were quite terrifying.
Thus, after waking from a single sleep, aside from his expended true intent, Li Su had more or less recovered seventy to eighty percent.
Mm, his head hurt a little.
The price of consuming true intent was no small thing. Being able to kill five Golden Core cultivators in a single slash, it had undoubtedly accounted for the lion's share. Otherwise, relying solely on mana, blood qi, and the like would have produced very little effect.
After all, the core of that slash lay in will.
Although Li Su had also poured a great deal of divine sense into it, he lacked the Heavenly Blade's creator's resolve to abandon everything. The damage divine sense could unleash was not particularly high.
Only true intent—the thing he manifested with his spirit and nourished with mana—was the fundamental reason his Heavenly Blade could go berserk and kill Golden Core cultivators.
If mana recovered relatively quickly, then true intent would likely take some time. It needed to be slowly nurtured back to health.
Unless it was truly necessary, it was better not