The damage was extensive.
Some meridians were merely constricted, their walls stiff and scarred. Others were fractured, jagged tears running along their length like broken channels after a flood. And then there were the worst ones. Entire segments that had collapsed inward, twisted upon themselves, or fused incorrectly during the initial trauma.
Those were his priority.
Healing the lighter damage first would accomplish nothing. If Qi were allowed to flow even partially, it would slam violently into the ruined sections and cause unbearable pain, possibly worsening the damage. Han Yu knew this from theory, from observation, and now from experience.
So he began where it hurt the most.
The first needle slid in, guided by spirit sense rather than sight. He adjusted its angle by fractions of a degree, threading it through flesh and into the damaged meridian wall. A second followed, then a third, forming a precise pattern meant not to heal yet, but to stabilize.
