Departure, Refinement, Star Sea Realm

Knock, knock, knock!

"Come in!"

Ji Ruxue was in such high spirits that even the knocking at the door sounded like a pleasant rhythm.

"Miss, Young Master Hua has arrived."

"Miss Ji, do you have a cultivation chamber here?"

Hua Qiang's first words upon meeting her caught Ji Ruxue off guard, before she revealed a knowing smile.

"Xiao Wu, take Young Master Hua to Cultivation Chamber No. 1!"

"Yes, Miss!"

"Young Master Hua, this way!"

The stone walls of Cultivation Chamber No. 1 were embedded with densely packed top-grade spirit stones, and the advanced Spirit Gathering Array they formed hummed continuously.

The dense spiritual energy had nearly condensed into tangible white mist, wisps of it drilling into the figure seated cross-legged at the heart of the formation.

Hua Qiang's eyes were tightly shut. The spiritual radiance that should have flowed steadily around him now churned and twisted violently like a lake struck by a massive boulder.

The jade bottle in his hand was already empty. The bottle of Star Lord Realm Giant Crocodile Blood, worth 1.03 billion Universe Coins, had become a stream of scorching magma rampaging through his meridians.

At first, it was merely an indescribable burning pain spreading from his throat to his dantian, but in an instant, that sensation swelled a thousandfold.

That was not energy at all, but a primordial fiendish beast imprisoned for hundreds of millions of years, breaking free of its seal and stirring up a world-destroying tide within his body.

Pfft!

A streak of blood shot from the corner of Hua Qiang's mouth. Then countless bloody marks spread across his arms, chest, and cheeks like a spiderweb.

His skin seemed to be torn apart by an invisible colossal force. Every inch of muscle let out a cry of unbearable strain, while his bones