While waiting for sunrise, Lu Mian arranged a large pile of Spirit Stones around himself and swallowed several qi-replenishing elixirs.
Once the elixirs entered his stomach, the Spirit-Swallowing Stomach Pouch began working furiously, rapidly digesting them into pure vital essence.
This vital essence quickly seeped deep into Lu Mian's bones, where the jade marrow absorbed it and produced copious amounts of fresh blood imbued with mysterious spirituality, sending it gushing forth like a spring.
Over the course of a single night, Lu Mian completely replenished the essence blood within his body.
Just then, the sun rose.
Lu Mian sat cross-legged, formed a spiritual seal with his hands, and began circulating the Divine Radiance Scripture to absorb sun true qi.
The sun true qi contained in the dawn light was quite mild. It barely affected Lu Mian, allowing him to absorb it furiously.
Time slowly passed.
The sun true qi grew increasingly scorching.
Previously, Lu Mian would have begun slowing his absorption by now.
This time, however, the Spirit-Swallowing Stomach Pouch continued drawing it in furiously.
Even if his meridians and flesh suffered burns, it did not matter.
As long as the blood imbued with mysterious spirituality flowed through them, those injuries would rapidly heal.
Before he knew it, noon arrived-the hottest part of the day, when the sun was at its fiercest.
Lu Mian was like an enormous magnetic field, furiously absorbing vast quantities of sun true qi until the entire valley became unbearably hot and the air extremely dry.
Under the searing heat of such fierce, overbearing sun true qi, Lu Mian felt as though all his internal organs were burning.
Yet he still did not slow his absorption.
The Spirit Stones arranged around him also released spiritual energy at a furious rate, letting it seep into his body.