Meanwhile, inside the Myriad Secret Realm.
Lin Yi sat cross-legged in a quiet chamber.
A Source Essence Crystal Core, about the size of a fist, floated before him. Pure Source Essence was being drawn from it bit by bit, then channeled through some mysterious connection into the Purple Mist Space deep within his soul, where it was converted into new Spirit Enlightenment Qi.
The crystal core had come from a mid-stage Star Domain Rank Blood Mist Beast he had hunted three days earlier.
The absorption was nearly complete.
The luster on the crystal core's surface was fading rapidly, and the violent, chaotic fluctuations within it were dying down.
Just as the last trace of Source Essence was about to be drawn away, Lin Yi's heart gave a sudden, inexplicable leap.
An unaccountable sense of unease rose from deep within him.
It wasn't the emptiness that followed spending Source Energy, nor the restlessness that came before a breakthrough in comprehension.
It was something vaguer and more distant, as if someone had gently plucked a string deep within his consciousness that had not been touched in a long time.
Lin Yi furrowed his brow slightly and slowly opened his eyes.
The lighting crystals on the rock walls shone steadily. The simple soundproofing and Anti-Interference Rune Arrays in the corners were functioning normally. The oppressive, unsettling fluctuations unique to the Blood Mist seeped through the rock as usual, but their intensity had not changed abnormally.
Nothing seemed amiss.
At least, nothing within his range of perception.
"Xuanji," Lin Yi murmured inwardly.
"I'm here, Master." Xuanji's voice rang out at once, clear and steady.
"Pull up all the monitoring data, especially the spatial stability, changes in Blood Mist concentration, and energy fluctuation patterns within fifty kilometers of the camp. Have you found anything unusual?"