Were it any other cultivator, they simply would not have been able to endure such pain.
It would have been perfectly normal for them to lose consciousness and faint on the spot.
Yet Su Shi'er merely clenched his teeth, allowing sweat to stream down his forehead and body.
Ghostly Qi was the most yin and frigid power in the world. For such power to enter his body—and enter his soul at that—if he felt nothing at all, that would be an outright lie.
Time slipped by silently.
At this moment, Su Shi'er had never felt time pass so slowly.
As Ghostly Qi completed a full circulation cycle within his soul, only the time it took to drink a cup of tea had passed.
Yet to Su Shi'er, that brief span felt as though a hundred, even a thousand years had gone by.
After one full circulation cycle, Su Shi'er's soul radiated an intense, icy aura.
Even Su Shi'er himself felt profound discomfort from that aura.
It was as though his soul could forcibly leave his physical body at any moment.
This sense of detachment made Su Shi'er's heart rise to his throat as well.
This... was precisely the situation he feared most.
If Ghostly Qi entered his body, he had his own ways of resolving the problem with his physical body.
But if Ghostly Qi affected his soul and caused it to become detached from his physical body, the consequences could not be ignored.
"No matter. I'll continue cultivating first and see what happens."
Suppressing the worry in his heart, Su Shi'er circulated his cultivation and energy, then calmly continued guiding his soul in cultivation.
After completing one circulation cycle, the second was still extremely uncomfortable.
But compared to the first time, the situation was clearly much better.
The pain