While Lan Yingying was chatting with her new friends, Yuan was on the verge of becoming a cultivator inside his room.
After dedicating just over a month to cultivation and using every single point he had—along with Lan Yingying's points—to enhance the spiritual energy around him, Yuan finally absorbed enough to attempt a breakthrough.
However, simply accumulating enough spiritual energy didn't guarantee a successful breakthrough. Without sufficient talent or understanding, there was a significant chance that one would need multiple attempts to succeed.
Failing to break through came with a cost—each failure resulted in the loss of a portion of the accumulated spiritual energy, forcing the individual to absorb even more to try again.