Seeing the Sect Master remain silent, the others waited nervously for her to speak.

After a long moment, Ye Qingbi sighed regretfully and said, "The Tianyun Divine Ability is very special... It consumes an immense amount of spiritual energy. If your spiritual energy is insufficient, it will consume your Spiritual Root instead. It seems your Spiritual Root has been damaged."

Jin Yangqiu's eyes widened, and he protested in disbelief, "That's impossible! How can a Spiritual Root be damaged? Where did the Sect Master learn that the Tianyun Divine Ability could damage one's Spiritual Root?"

He had cultivated his entire life and had never heard of anyone managing to ruin their own Spiritual Root.