Illusion? Reality?

"Beep..."

"Beep..."

"Beep..."

In the hospital ward, amid the steady sounds of the heart monitor, Chen Yang slowly opened his eyes.

He felt his breathing was somewhat shallow, and his body was still in an extremely weakened state.

Turning his head slowly, he saw that the time displayed on the bedside table was 1:05 in the morning.

Recalling what had happened before he transmigrated, this should have been a continuation of his memories after he fell unconscious.

"Was this... an illusion created by the tribulation, or reality?"

Chen Yang made a guess inwardly, but he was not certain.

He still retained all his memories from his time as the Stone Immortal Venerable, and he also remembered arriving here after pushing open that door within the True Self Cave Heaven.

"My body is too weak right now. Thinking too much makes my head hurt. I should recover a little first."

Chen Yang had originally planned to press the call bell by the bed and call a nurse over to ask for some water.

But when he forced himself upright and his breathing quickened, he suddenly sensed an extremely familiar aura.

Chen Yang's expression froze. Unable to believe it, he then sat on the bed and did his best to assume a meditative posture.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

A moment later, as he sensed faint streams flowing around him, Chen Yang understood that the familiar sensation was not an illusion. There truly was heaven and earth spiritual energy here.

"What was this supposed to be? After transmigrating, I got sent back to the modern world, and then spiritual energy revival happened?"

Chen Yang quietly mocked it in his heart, then maintained his meditative posture as he sorted out a small fragment from his vast, tangled memories.

"This technique is called the Nether Spirit