Deep within Cold Pool Cave, in the Seven Mysteries Sect.
Han Li sat cross-legged on the icy bluestone, his aura fluctuating wildly and his face pale as paper. After being teleported out of the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, he had forced himself back to his cave abode and immediately activated every restriction. Then he could no longer suppress his grievous injuries and collapsed to the ground.
His deadly battle with the Shadow Killer Sect's False Core elder, the backlash from forcibly using the Fiend-Burning Art, enduring the altar remnant soul's suction and counterattack, and instantly killing the Shadow Killer Sect assassin at the last moment... the successive fierce battles had long since driven him to his limits. His meridians had ruptured in several places, the sea of qi in his dantian churned restlessly, his Profound Fiend True Core had lost its luster, and his soul hurt as though it were being torn apart.
"Cough, cough..." He coughed up several mouthfuls of clotted blood and struggled to take out several bottles of healing pills, pouring them all into his mouth without even looking. The pills dissolved into warm currents that barely checked the worsening of his injuries. Not daring to delay, he immediately circulated the Foundation Establishment cultivation method of the Profound Fiend Asura Art, directing the medicinal power to repair his damaged meridians and dantian.
[Ding! Severe injuries detected in host. Meridian damage: 42%. Dantian instability. Weakened soul. Activating emergency repair protocol: optimize medicinal absorption efficiency, direct spiritual power to nourish meridians, stabilize the Profound Fiend True Core. Estimated repair time: 15 days.]
The system's notification was cold and efficient. An invisible force assisted the circulation of medicinal power, immediately accelerating his recovery considerably.
Han Li felt somewhat reassured. He cleared away every distracting thought and immersed himself entirely