Pain—excruciating pain!
He nearly screamed, but the next instant, a vast surge of life energy poured into his Sea of Spirit.
His Sea of Spirit expanded outward at an astonishing speed.
Under Bi Ji's deliberate guidance, the incoming life energy gathered in one place and soon formed an azure lake.
Yu Mingxiao struggled to keep his wavering consciousness awake. He steadied the Spiritual Origin thrown into disarray by the invading Life Gold while enduring the agony of tearing away a portion of it, then fused that portion with the life energy to form a space above the azure lake.
Once he had finished, his consciousness nearly sank away.
Bi Ji saw what he intended and sped up the infusion of Life Gold.
The Life Sword slowly softened into an azure liquid and flowed through the wound into Yu Mingxiao's head.
The wound did not close as the Life Gold flowed in.
Instead, a ring of azure-gold light slowly drew it open, like an eye.
A miracle occurred!
With the help of the vast life energy still pouring in, Yu Mingxiao's shattered, scattered Spiritual Origin slowly knitted itself together.
The Spiritual Origin split completely in two, yet the life energy made each half whole: two complete entities.
The pain that had bored into his heart gradually gave way to soothing warmth, and Yu Mingxiao's mind cleared.
"The Second Sea of Consciousness... it worked."
Yu Mingxiao let out a long breath. He had nearly passed out just then and lost everything at the final step.
"Congratulations. You've successfully opened a Second Sea of Consciousness," Bi Ji said. She, too, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Mingxiao had not been the only one afraid of failure. She had been holding her breath as well.
Yu Mingxiao nodded and extended his perception outward.