"It’s been very pleasant. Thank you for your generous hospitality, Mrs. Zhu. I’m here to see the patient. Oh, and this cat—returning it to its rightful owner." Ning Xuan reached for the cat. This time, the kitten wasn’t as fragile as it was yesterday. Using a bit of force, Ning Xuan plucked it from her clothes and handed it to Zhu Hongying.

"Meeew..." Little White whimpered plaintively at Ning Xuan, clinging to her hand, unwilling to let go.

Zhu Hongying took Little White with a smile. Ning Xuan needed to treat Yun Han and couldn’t be disturbed.

As was her routine, Ning Xuan first examined the patient. She noted that the depth and frequency of Yun Han’s breathing had changed noticeably. She gently placed her right hand on Yun Han’s wrist, and her heart skipped a beat. Compared to yesterday, his pulse had changed significantly. Yesterday, his pulse showed signs of depleted vitality and blood. Today, though it was still faint and deep, new blood was stirring, bringing life back to his dormant vessels.

’Since his physical condition is improving, has his Spiritual Sea changed as well?’ With a sliver of hope, Ning Xuan took out a Golden Needle and inserted it into the Forehead Acupoint between his eyebrows. She attached a thread of her spiritual power to the Golden Needle. Her fingertips gently twirled the end of the needle, and its shaft suddenly began to emit a faint golden glimmer. She closed her eyes, her consciousness following the vibrations of the needle’s tip as it slowly descended into his chaotic Sea of Consciousness.

The last time she had entered, she had been met with a tightly sealed Spiritual Sea. Only at the point corresponding to the Baihui Acupoint would a tiny crack occasionally appear. Violent and chaotic spiritual power would leak from that fissure, destroying the nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues of the brain. Yesterday, she had used the Golden Needle Crossing Spirit technique to put a temporary seal on the crack. Looking today, she saw the crack was gone. The energy she had transferred with the Golden Needle had been assimilated by his body.

’His condition has improved today. It’s likely related to the Golden Needle Crossing Spirit technique I used yesterday.’

Ning Xuan carefully observed the chaotic Sea of Consciousness. Other than the crack’s disappearance, the Spiritual Sea remained sealed, showing no other changes. Her spiritual power roamed slowly around the sealed perimeter, but she made no new discoveries. Just as she was preparing to withdraw, her vision suddenly went black. She found herself in a strange, desolate, and treacherous land. It was a place of cold and shadow, where sharp, blade-like gales swept through periodically. She dodged them clumsily, feeling as if she were being frozen solid. In moments, she was covered in injuries.

Looking up, she saw shattered fragments of stars floating in the void, seemingly drawn together by some unseen force, slowly reassembling. One of her spiritual tendrils accidentally brushed against the nearest fragment. A sharp pain lanced through her mind, and a memory fragment began to play out before her like a film. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The young Commander stared at the field of debris—the wreckage of Starships and Mecha, the scattered, severed limbs. He waved away his subordinates and stood alone before a wormhole on the verge of a second eruption. He summoned his Companion Spirit, a colossal White Tiger. A golden pattern materialized on his forehead, and his immense spiritual power shot out like a spiderweb, instantly connecting with every device on the space station. The floating star fragments began to tremble in unison, broadcasting a silent, resonant symphony through the vacuum of space.

An alarm warning of a spiritual resonator overload reverberated inside his skull. Tiny beads of blood began to seep from the corners of his eyes. The shoulder-mounted Particle Cannon of the Crimson Mecha was charging. A mote of dark purple light at its muzzle coalesced into a dangerous cocoon, aimed squarely at the eerie blue wormhole.

Countless hideous Exotic Beasts and grotesque creatures surged from the wormhole. BOOM! The Particle Cannon fired with a deafening roar. The colossal White Tiger swiped its paws, unleashing waves of Annihilating White Light. The ensuing clash was apocalyptic. Star Domains collapsed one after another amidst the battle. She watched as the young Commander channeled the entirety of his spiritual power, transforming it into a spiraling nebula that plunged into the eerie blue wormhole.

"Cough!" Ning Xuan’s eyes flew open. A metallic, sweet taste rose in her throat and filled her mouth. A trickle of blood escaped the corner of her lips.

She swiftly withdrew her spiritual power, flicked the tail of the needle three times with her fingertip, and then plucked it out. The Golden Needle emitted a clear, sonorous hum, its vibration leaving several afterimages in the air before Yun Han’s forehead.

Ning Xuan turned her head to look at Lin Mo. Seeing the blood on her lips, he immediately pulled out a black face cloth. He didn’t have a proper handkerchief. Ning Xuan frowned with distaste, just as Yan Fuzhen bowed and offered a snow-white handkerchief.

Ning Xuan accepted it, wiped her lips, and spat the remaining blood onto the handkerchief.

"Miss Ning, are you injured?" Zhu Hongying asked, her voice tight with concern as she spotted the crimson stain.

"His Spiritual Sea is filled with ice and storms, and it had previously shown signs of collapse. However, yesterday I mended the fissure at his Baihui Acupoint and stimulated several other acupoints. Today, his Spiritual Sea has stabilized, and the shattered fragments of his spiritual power have started to reassemble and heal. I will perform the needle treatment one more time today, and that should stabilize his condition." Ning Xuan hadn’t seen inside Yun Han’s Spiritual Sea yesterday, so she hadn’t dared to make any definitive conclusions. Now that she had, she understood the situation clearly.

But she had just been injured, so her voice was somewhat weak, and a fine sheen of sweat had broken out on her brow.

"You... you’re saying you can enter his Spiritual Sea? How did you manage that?" Zhu Hongying stared at her in disbelief.

’Even Tianye and her own brother, both with SSS-level spiritual power, couldn’t get into Yun Han’s Spiritual Sea. Yet Ning Xuan somehow managed it.’

"I don’t know how. I just suddenly found myself inside. I saw the Star Domain Battlefield... a wormhole erupted, and he was in a suit of Crimson Mecha with a Particle Cannon on its shoulder. There was also a giant White Tiger. When that White Tiger swiped its paw, a brilliant white light flared, and huge swaths of Exotic Beasts were incinerated." Ning Xuan had fought in countless battles before, mostly against demon beasts and Exotic Plants. It was the first time she had ever witnessed a scene from an interstellar battlefield.

"You truly are a savior for our Yun Han, Miss Ning! As long as you can save him, we are willing to pay any price." Zhu Hongying’s eyes grew red with emotion.

"Mrs. Zhu, I can use the Golden Needle Secret Technique to stabilize his Spiritual Sea and regulate the vitality, blood, and meridians in his body. However, his spiritual power is immense, and it’s in a violent, chaotic state. I was injured just by being brushed by it. I’m afraid I have no way to untangle his rampaging spiritual power, which means I can’t get him to open his Spiritual Sea or awaken him. You should continue to look for someone with a high Spiritual Power Level to help channel it for him," Ning Xuan said, resigned.

"Please, Miss Ning, don’t be modest. To be perfectly honest, we have already tried everything. We’ve found many Spirit Controllers and Doctors with Spiritual Power Levels higher than Yun Han’s. We even tried to establish a spiritual connection, but nothing worked. In fact, it only made Yun Han’s condition worse. To date, your treatment is the only thing that has had any effect. Your Spiritual Power Level may be low for now, but that doesn’t matter. We can wait. The resources of the Yun Family and the Zhu Family are at your disposal. Please, don’t refuse." Overcome with emotion, Zhu Hongying pressed an exquisite key into Ning Xuan’s hand. "This is the key to the medicinal treasury on the mountain. Please, take whatever you need."