At that moment, even with Lin Fan treating him, Shi Hao had walked the edge between life and death. His body and primordial spirit had nearly been shattered to pieces.
A Remnant Immortal, even crippled and far from his peak, still possessed power beyond the pinnacle of the mortal world, utterly incomparable to that of an Escape One cultivator.
And this was with another supreme expert intervening. Otherwise, Shi Hao would already have been reduced to ashes, with nothing left.
"Dao Brother, I am truly sorry. I failed to protect this young friend and let him suffer this calamity," a hazy being said.
It was the Five Elements Mountain, flowing with five-colored radiance. A being sat cross-legged atop it, wreathed in immortal mist and emanating an undying aura.
There was no need to think twice. This was a peerless expert who had entered the Immortal Dao Domain.
Unfortunately, much like the Remnant Immortal, this being was afflicted and partially sealed, unable to unleash its full power.
"I should be thanking you, fellow Daoist. Had you not protected his body and primordial spirit and held off the Remnant Immortal, he likely would not have lasted until I came to save him," Lin Fan said.
Who could contend with a strike of the Immortal Dao?
Even so, while he had healed Shi Hao's Dao foundation, the Immortal-Breaking Curse afflicting him was a tremendous problem, exceedingly difficult to handle.
This was a curse reputed to have no cure, vicious beyond measure. Once a True Immortal contracted it, even their Dao cultivation would be destroyed, reducing them to a mortal.
Kunpeng of the Ten Fiends was the clearest example. After returning wounded from battle against the Foreign Realm, Kunpeng had been ambushed by Remnant Immortals and afflicted with the Immortal-Breaking Curse, then slowly ground