Chapter 223: The Divine Script Reappears!

Dai Zichen was already infinitely close to half-step Condensation. This seclusion was intended to further consolidate his realm in preparation for breaking through to half-step Condensation.

At this moment, Dai Zichen was in excellent condition. He felt that after one or two more seclusions, he would be able to break through!

"Hmm? What's going on? Why is the primal energy in the cultivation room weakening?"

Dai Zichen, who had been in a state of cultivation, was startled awake by the sudden occurrence.

Closing his eyes to sense, Dai Zichen discovered that the primal energy in his cultivation room was rapidly weakening, as if being plundered by something!

"Damn! Damn! I was at a critical moment in my cultivation, and now the cultivation room is malfunctioning? This has never happened before!" Dai Zichen's face was full of chagrin.

He had just been at a critical point in his cultivation, showing signs of an imminent breakthrough.

Dai Zichen knew that if this sign appeared a few more times, he should be able to smoothly break through.

But this mysterious state was forcibly interrupted, so one could imagine how frustrated he was. He couldn't understand how a perfectly fine cultivation room could have such a problem.

Under these circumstances, Dai Zichen obviously could no longer continue cultivating.

Not every cultivation session could enter that mysterious state. Once the state was broken, finding it again was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

Fortunately, for those who left seclusion early, unused points could be refunded, so it wasn't a complete waste.

Dai Zichen walked out of his cultivation room with a frustrated expression. When he arrived at the hall, he found it in complete chaos.

"What are you doing? I had just found the feeling of a breakthrough, and then the primal energy suddenly disappeared? Points are trivial, but who will compensate for my state?" a Liquid Essence eighth-layer disciple shouted.

Hearing this, Dai Zichen's mood immediately improved. Indeed, it was better to have company in suffering!

However, he also felt puzzled.

He had thought it was only his cultivation room that had a problem, but now it seemed far from just him!

Many people in the hall were shouting and complaining, all evidently blaming the sudden disappearance of primal energy.

What had happened? The cultivation rooms had never had such an issue!

Dai Zichen suddenly caught sight of someone and his expression changed. He stepped forward to greet him: "Greetings, Senior Brother Xin. Why is Senior Brother Xin here? Could it be because of the primal energy disappearance in the cultivation rooms?"

This person was Xin Lie, who was waiting for Ye Yuan to emerge from seclusion.

But before he could see Ye Yuan emerge, he encountered the primal energy problem in the cultivation rooms.

Xin Lie replied indifferently, "No, I'm waiting for someone here."

Although Dai Zichen was not yet an elite disciple, he held a very high status in the sect, and Xin Lie clearly recognized him. If it were anyone else, Xin Lie wouldn't even bother to reply.

But his words made Dai Zichen even more curious: who could be worthy of Senior Brother Xin personally waiting at the cultivation rooms?

At this moment, the attendant disciple was sweating profusely. He had never encountered such an emergency.

"Don't worry, fellow senior brothers, don't worry! I've reported the issue upstairs, and Elder Peng is on his way. Ah, Elder Peng, you've finally come!" The attendant disciple felt greatly relieved at the sight of Elder Peng.

Seeing the disciples crowding around, Elder Peng frowned and said, "What is all this noise? All of you, get out and wait outside! If anyone dares to cause trouble again, they will be banned from using the cultivation rooms for a month!"

At Elder Peng's outburst, everyone immediately quieted down and obediently filed out.

No one wanted to delay their cultivation for a month!

After everyone left, only Xin Lie and a few top core disciples remained in the hall, who stepped forward to greet Elder Peng.

Seeing Xin Lie, Elder Peng was momentarily surprised, but he didn't say much and asked the attendant disciple, "What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."

"Reporting to Elder Peng, a quarter of an hour ago, the cultivation rooms were all fine. But for some unknown reason, the primal energy in all the cultivation rooms suddenly began to disappear rapidly, as if being drained," the attendant disciple replied.

Elder Peng pondered for a moment, evidently considering various possibilities for this situation.

"I'll go check the spirit-gathering array," Elder Peng said.

Elder Peng, named Peng Liming, was a fourth-rank array master of the Nethercloud Sect, highly skilled in array formations.

The spirit-gathering array in the cultivation rooms was a medium-sized array, relying on the sect's grand array. The cultivation room arrays extracted part of the primal energy absorbed by the grand array and then transmitted it to each cultivation room through the formation.

This array was maintained year-round and had never had any issues. Today's situation was truly unexpected.

Elder Peng carefully inspected the array and said in confusion, "The array hub is fine, and the array itself has no problems. Could it be a problem on the cultivation room side?"

Elder Peng then went to check the associated array controlling the cultivation rooms, examining it carefully.

Upon inspection, he immediately noticed something was off.

"Hmm? So that's it! All this primal energy is flowing toward one cultivation room! But who has such ability to plunder so much primal energy?" Peng Liming was puzzled again.

Returning to the hall, Peng Liming asked the attendant disciple, "Who is using cultivation room number forty-three in the A-class section?"

"Uh, it's a disciple named Ye Yuan," the attendant disciple blurted out.

It wasn't that the attendant disciple was particularly diligent in remembering every disciple's room, but he had a very strong impression of Ye Yuan, so he answered without hesitation.

At his words, Elder Peng was indifferent, but Xin Lie and Dai Zichen's expressions changed.

"Oh, is that so? I'd like to see what kind of extraordinary being this Ye Yuan is, to have such ability to absorb so much primal energy!" Peng Liming was filled with intense curiosity.

...

This situation was not intentionally caused by Ye Yuan.

In fact, he hadn't expected that breaking through to Liquid Essence fourth layer would require absorbing so much primal energy!

The breakthrough had been proceeding normally and under Ye Yuan's control.

But when he broke through to Liquid Essence fourth layer and entered the mid-stage of Liquid Essence, the feeling of his soul being torn apart reappeared!

Every time one broke through a minor realm, the soul would undergo a small transformation. However, Ye Yuan's transformation process was far more painful than that of ordinary martial artists.

Nevertheless, this pain was far less than when he broke through to the Liquid Essence realm.

That feeling was something Ye Yuan never wanted to recall again.

As expected, the golden script in his sea of consciousness surged forth again, just like when he broke through to the Liquid Essence realm!

As soon as the divine script appeared, it began to frantically absorb primal energy!

Fortunately, the cultivation room was quite effective, providing a continuous supply of primal energy.

After a long while, the cultivation room finally returned to calm, and Ye Yuan successfully broke through to Liquid Essence fourth layer!