The undercurrent violently hurled Ling Xiao into a subterranean karst cave. He slammed heavily against the stone wall, coughing up a mouthful of fresh blood. Deep inside his body, the Chaos Swallowing Art was still operating at a frenzied pace, uncontrollably devouring the residual spiritual energy lingering around him.
"Damn it..." Ling Xiao inspected his internal state and found his meridians flooded with an excess of spiritual energy, rampaging like a breached dike. Fine cracks began to surface on his skin, oozing pale golden droplets of blood.
More perilous still, the spiritual essence left behind after the Qingling Spring dried up was surging in from all directions, pouring into his body like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea. Within the undercurrent, this spiritual energy mixed with the restrictive power of Xuandanzi, turning violently erratic.
Chapter 386