The Potential Awakening Scroll could not simply be used directly. Su Xiao opened the slightly yellowed parchment scroll, which had a grain-of-rice-sized crystal embedded inside.
Su Xiao pressed his finger against the crystal, and a "cold sensation" spread through him, making his body shudder. This was not coldness sensed through touch, but a contact on the soul level.
Before eating the Soul Fruit, Su Xiao would have been unable to distinguish between physical and soul-level sensations. Now, however, he sensed the difference with ease.
Threads of chill seeped into his body through his fingertip and eventually entered his brain. The world before Su Xiao's eyes seemed brighter, and the dust particles drifting through the air became more distinct.
With a crack, the grain-sized crystal shattered, and the Potential Awakening Scroll broke apart as well, transforming into a surge of black energy that sank into Su Xiao's body.
The colors before Su Xiao's eyes began to turn brilliant. His heartbeat accelerated, and his body temperature doubled repeatedly.
"Mum, set the cooling to 30°C."
The world in Su Xiao's eyes changed completely. Light and shadow twisted, and everything within sight was stretched and flattened.
A wave of chill spread over. When it touched Su Xiao, droplets of water gradually formed on his skin.
The world before his eyes stretched and twisted. After a moment, Su Xiao's vision shifted, and everything returned to normal—but he was no longer inside the Exclusive Room.
Faint light drifted through the air. Su Xiao found himself in a gigantic cavern. Various gemstones had formed naturally across the ground, making the place dazzlingly colorful. Above the cavern hung tens of thousands of transparent tentacles. They were slightly thicker than strands of hair and drifted slowly.
Sensing Su Xiao's consciousness, the transparent tentacles coiled together and formed a human