Agonizing pain pierced straight through Lu Yun’s body, assaulting his mind in waves. All of his tendons and bones felt like they’d been ground to paste and were being barely held together by the poor sac of his battered skin.

Suddenly, he felt something wet and warm touch his cheek. He struggled to open his eyes and saw the little fox lying prone next to his ear, unconsciously licking the blood on his face. She looked as broken as Lu Yun.

“This is my primary body. What’s going on? My primary body was in the kingdom of hell. How did I get here and in this state?” Dazed, Lu Yun took stock of his condition. His blood vessels, flesh, meridians, and bones were all blended together like dumpling filling. He couldn’t...