The pain was so overwhelming that Azure Dragon King felt as though his entire body would melt beneath the terrifying heat.
The boiling water wasn't merely scalding his flesh.
Somehow, the strange treatment seemed to reach deep into his meridians, bones, organs, and even his soul.
Every old injury he had accumulated over millions of years seemed to awaken simultaneously.
His body trembled violently.
His breathing became heavy.
Sweat rolled down his ancient face despite the fact that he was surrounded by boiling water.
For an ordinary cultivator, this level of suffering would have been enough to make them lose consciousness long ago.
But Azure Dragon King was no ordinary cultivator.
He had lived for millions of years.
During that unimaginably long lifespan, he had experienced countless battles, heavenly tribulations, betrayals, injuries, and brushes with death.
He had watched countless geniuses rise to prominence only to disappear beneath the wheels of time.
