Reunion

At the Dao Seeking School, Feng Fan sat cross-legged in Luo Rong's abode, tirelessly absorbing spiritual qi, determined to break through the barrier that separated him from the Golden Core Formation and Organ Tempering realms.

'The Young Generation Competition is almost here; it's now or never!' he thought, his face set with resolve.

With a high-grade spiritual qi stone on his lap, Feng Fan focused his cultivation technique, drawing in spiritual qi from the air and the stone until it was completely drained.

The qi flowed into his body, coursing toward the pillars inside his dantian and into his bones, taking him closer to the next realm.

But just as he was about to succeed, an overwhelming sense of danger gripped him, as though death itself had come to take his puny life.

His cultivation technique reversed suddenly, and he coughed up blood before being sent crashing into the wall behind him with a thud.