Spiritual Energy Turmoil, Everyone's Shock

Several months later.

Inside the Seclusion Chamber.

Ji Haoyuan had successfully condensed Liquid Mana.

Everything had gone far more smoothly than he had imagined.

It was as if his aged vitality and blood, his ever-shrinking meridians, had posed no obstacle whatsoever.

It was an utterly unbelievable thing.

Even though he had anticipated his own success beforehand,

successfully condensing Liquid Mana in such a natural, effortless manner still left him somewhat unable to believe it.

If word of this got out, would it not shake the entire Cultivation World?

It was simply too outrageous.

And there was no way to explain it through ordinary reasoning.

If he had to explain it, it could only be because the cultivation technique he had perfected was almost one hundred percent suited to his current Foundation Establishment.

For someone else, it would likely be nothing more than a relatively ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivation technique.

To disregard so many of one's own obstacles as he had done was absolutely impossible.

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

From within Ji Haoyuan's body came the sound of a great river surging onward.

The Liquid Mana circulating through his body grew smoother and smoother, more and more turbulent.

The Spiritual Energy throughout the entire Seclusion Chamber could be seen wildly gathering toward where Ji Haoyuan sat.

Gradually, funnels of varying sizes formed around him, one vortex after another.

Under such circumstances, Ji Haoyuan's originally graying hair visibly began to turn black.

Even the wrinkled skin on his body began to grow full again, gaining a faint sheen.

A vigorous, surging aura of life reappeared upon Ji Haoyuan.

It made him look like a middle-aged man in his forties.

Not enough, this was still not enough!

Ji Haoyuan's gaze sharpened.

He needed more resources, more Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth, to fill his body, meridians, Dantian, and mana!

Boom!

At that moment, the many Jade Bottles before Ji Haoyuan all exploded.

Pills that replenished mana, vitality and blood, or Spiritual Energy all poured into his mouth in one rush.

At the same time, the many Spirit Stones he had placed around him beforehand burst apart with a series of bangs, all transforming into dense Spiritual Energy that surged madly into his body.

Even the Spiritual Vein beneath the chamber he currently occupied was having its Spiritual Energy extracted at an astonishing speed.

Very quickly, the Spiritual Energy around Ganyang Mountain, where the Ji Family resided, began to churn uncontrollably.

Ji Bochang, who was reclining on a lounge chair in the Back Mountain with his eyes half-closed, suddenly snapped his eyes open.

His aged body abruptly rose to its feet.

Two long-absent flashes of sharpness burst from his formerly clouded eyes.

His gaze locked tightly onto the direction where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion. Shock, horror, wild joy, and tension intertwined in his heart almost instantly into a great net, sending towering waves crashing through his once-calm state of mind.

"Yuan'er..."

Whoosh!

Without any warning, Ji Bochang vanished from where he stood.

At the same time.

Clan Leader Ji Yunfan, who was quietly arranging for the clan members to evacuate in secret, also sensed the disturbance in the Spiritual Energy of Ganyang Mountain.

Very quickly, his gaze too turned toward the place where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion.

The shock in his heart was even greater than Old Ancestor Ji Bochang's.

"Fifth Uncle, how could he...?"

Ji Yunfan simply could not believe that Ji Haoyuan, already a hundred years old, could cause such a commotion while attempting Foundation Establishment during this seclusion.

Such an omen meant success was already close at hand.

For a time, Ji Yunfan could no longer suppress the excitement, tension, unease, joy, and other emotions on his face.

Almost like Old Ancestor Ji Bochang before him, he swiftly set aside what he was doing, then summoned his personal magical artifact and flew quickly toward the place where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion.

Hope—this was absolutely the hope of their Ji Family!

Though he knew this was still far from the time to celebrate, and that everyone needed to remain calm,

the problem was that Ji Yunfan simply could not remain calm right now.

The surprise had come too suddenly, filling his heart with an intense sense of unease and fear.

He feared that all of this would once again prove to be empty joy, feared the feeling of seeing hope only to fall back into despair.

At the Family Treasury.

Ji Haohuan, who was reviewing and inventorying the clan's various current resources, felt his heart violently jolt.

He looked toward the distant place where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion with utter disbelief, and two streams of aged tears suddenly rolled down his weathered face.

At this moment, there was comfort, joy, and relief on his face.

Without any unnecessary movement, Ji Haohuan put away the list in his hand, then rose and headed toward where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion.

At this very moment.

Most of the Ji Family's cultivators gradually sensed the anomaly coming from the place where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion.

The difference was that those below the rank of Elder did not fully understand what was happening, nor did they know who was in seclusion and causing such a tremendous disturbance.

Only figures above the rank of Elder, such as Ji Bochang, Ji Yunfan, and Ji Haohuan, knew what was truly going on.

Before they knew it.

All the Ji Family Elders, including Ji Bochang, Ji Yunfan, and Ji Haohuan, had gathered in the sky outside Ji Haoyuan's Seclusion Chamber.

And with perfect unspoken coordination, they firmly surrounded the chamber where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion, preventing anyone from approaching.

And so, one day, two days, three days...

A full three days passed, yet the strange phenomenon outside Ji Haoyuan's Seclusion Chamber did not cease.

This inevitably left the Ji Family Elders standing guard outside worried and uneasy.

They feared that the hope they had just glimpsed would shatter again.

They feared that Ji Haoyuan inside the Seclusion Chamber would meet with some mishap.

After all, he was already a hundred years old.

What he was doing was itself an extremely risky undertaking.

If some accident occurred midway, that would be entirely possible.

"Old Ancestor, Clan Uncle... he should be all right, shouldn't he?"

At last.

One Elder could no longer suppress the unease in his heart and could not help asking Ji Bochang, who stood among them.

Upon hearing his words, everyone present, including Clan Leader Ji Yunfan and Ji Haohuan, could not help turning their gazes toward Ji Bochang.

Although Ji Bochang's heart was also in a state of extreme turmoil,

outwardly, he maintained a trace of composure. Looking at the Elder who had just spoken, he pondered briefly before saying,

"There is no need to worry. From what I can see, your Clan Uncle should have already passed the most dangerous Flesh Barrier and Mana Barrier.

Next, he need only condense his Spiritual Sense and break through the final Soul Barrier. Then everything will be accomplished.

Wait patiently."

Upon hearing Ji Bochang's words, the hearts of everyone present, which had been hanging in suspense, eased slightly.

And so.

Another seven days passed in succession.

Suddenly.

The Spiritual Energy outside the entire Seclusion Chamber surged violently once more.

Immediately afterward, a Spiritual pressure wholly different from that of a Qi Refining Stage cultivator slowly radiated from the chamber where Ji Haoyuan was in seclusion.

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