Sated with food and drink, Hou Niao began to assess his injuries.
The attacking power of the ghost's techniques was divided into two parts, the main part being the simulation of various technique damages by the chilling spiritual power. These damages, more essential in nature, would eventually be absorbed by the Purple Mansion Vortex, but this absorption was not instantaneous; it was a process that first required his body to endure before being absorbed.
During the endurance period, it would cause damage to various parts of his body. The Purple Mansion Vortex could absorb the cold power, but it could not remove the damages that had already been inflicted, which was why his back was battered.
This meant that the essential damage left no trace, but the external physical damage was startling, especially considering that along the way, he had endured a hundred or so technique bursts head-on.