"Fate!" Huang Xiao sighed. There was nothing more he could do. All his meridians had ruptured. He had intended to undergo Rejuvenation, but this strand of heavenly demon true qi now prevented him from rebuilding his meridians, leaving him only the road to death.
Even the aura of Phoenix Blood still within him could no longer help Huang Xiao restore his meridians, for it clearly feared this strand of heavenly demon true qi. Once that aura erupted fully again, the Phoenix Blood's aura would surely retreat far away. His internal power alone was not enough to achieve Rejuvenation.
Besides, having this strand of heavenly demon true qi within him was an enormous hidden danger. It was on the verge of erupting, yet he could do nothing. It seemed he could only sit and await death.
Daoxuanzi was right beside Huang Xiao and could sense very clearly that all his meridians had ruptured. What puzzled him, however, was that Huang Xiao was still alive. His current condition was unlike that of most others whose meridians had all ruptured, who usually died on the spot. Even if they did not die immediately, they would not be far from death.
Yet Huang Xiao's condition was entirely different. Auras still surged within him, including that strand of heavenly demon true qi and the aura of Phoenix Blood. Besides those two, Daoxuanzi could sense another aura, which should have been Huang Xiao's own internal power.
This internal power likewise puzzled Daoxuanzi.
Huang Xiao normally used everlasting spring ageless true qi against his enemies, and lately he had mostly used heavenly demon true qi. Yet the internal power within him now was completely different from both.
Thus, Daoxuanzi wondered whether Huang Xiao possessed yet another cultivation method. Had this cultivation method preserved him, keeping him from