Not everyone has both Dual Cultivation Divine Skill and Rejuvenation Law; for an ordinary person, needing several months to recover from injuries is completely normal. Zhao Changhe's urgent northern expedition was timed not only before the revival of the Longevity Heaven's deity but also before Bo'e's recovery from his injuries.
This former second on the Heavenly List, who should have ascended to first place as the "closest to the divine" after Xia Longyuan's death, couldn't display his full abilities in these months, neither brief nor long, and as a result, failed to keep up with the general breakthrough wave. Now, he could only have a draw when solo dueling with Huangfu Qing.
Before he was injured, Huangfu Qing was merely on the Earth List, not even having broken through the Third Layer Secret Treasure... Now they stand as equals, one can imagine how aggrieved Bo'e feels.
