Yun Ge Sect.
A secluded cultivation chamber on a secondary peak.
Su Shi'er sat cross-legged, waves of abundant True Yuan emanating from his body and pouring without end into the frozen heart before him.
When he had left Medicine King Island in the East Sea Archipelago years ago, the island's master had warned him that his body was flawed. He had also left behind a secret method that would allow Su Shi'er to fuse the heart back into his body once he found it.
Daring not to waste time, Su Shi'er formed hand seals with both hands, his lips murmuring ceaselessly.
In the blink of an eye, dense blood-colored mist filled the secluded cultivation chamber.
The crimson mist continuously expanded and contracted like a beating heart, constantly giving off an arcane and sinister aura.
Su Shi'er's eyes were slightly closed. Like an old monk deep in meditation, he remained utterly motionless, turning a blind eye to the changes within the chamber.
As time passed.
The dense blood mist dyed the ice sealing the heart red, adding several shades of eeriness to the heart within.
The heart had been separated from its body for too long and had been refined by the Lord of the Sinful Path, increasing its strength.
If he directly fused the heart into his body, it would not be a good thing for Su Shi'er. And this... was precisely the key reason Su Shi'er had told Sect Master Ren Yunzong that he needed three days.
Day after day passed.
By the third day, the solid ice sealing the heart had completely turned blood-red, and the heart within could no longer be seen.
The blood mist pervading the secluded cultivation chamber rapidly contracted, all of it drawn into the solid ice.
At that very moment, Su Shi'er abruptly