After having successfully broken through from the 1st Qi Condensation Stage to the 2nd Qi Condensation Stage, Albert Lee's father nevertheless didn't stop cultivating.

He then takes out another Grade 1 Cultivation Pill from the small porcelain vial, and down it into his mouth.

The enriched spiritual qi from the Grade 1 Cultivation Pills allowed for him to reach the peak of the 2nd Qi Condensation Stage, but not enough spiritual energy that is required in order to break through to the 3rd Qi Condensation Stage.

Ding!

The sound of the system notification as a blue screen panel then appears in front of him.

(!) System Notification You have consumed a Grade 1 Cultivation Pill! Your spiritual power attribute stats have been increased by 95 points!

After each consumption of the cultivation pill, the medicinal effects of the cultivation pill is greatly reduced to a certain extent, as the user then builds up a tolerance towards the pill's medicinal effects.

Albert Lee's father then takes out another Grade 1 Cultivation Pill, as he then downs it as he did with all the other previous cultivation pill that he consumed.

The Grade 1 Cultivation Pill then exploded withinside his mouth. With enough spiritual energy that was gathered after consuming the third Grade 1 Cultivation Pill, Albert Lee's father was able to easily break through to the 3rd Qi Condensation Stage.

Ding!

The sound of the system notification, as a blue screen panel then appears in front of him, but he immediately ignores it and continued cultivating.

(!) System Notification You have successfully breakthrough from the 2nd Qi Condensation Stage to the 3rd Qi Condensation Stage! All attribute stats have been increased!

"It's not enough." Albert Lee's father spoke with unwavering determination, as he then continues to pop in another Grade 1 Cultivation Pill.

The 3rd Qi Condensation Stage took two whole Grade 1 Cultivation Pills in order to break through to the 4th Qi Condensation but carried along with the excess spiritual energy from the previous breakthrough to make the current breakthrough much smoother.

The rapid increase in cultivation for Albert Lee's father, having reached the 4th Qi Condensation Stage in such a short time. The cultivation base isn't actually really that stable, so it caused his massive amounts of spiritual energy to run rampant inside of him.

Albert Lee's father is currently entering into a state of qi deprivation, in which his spiritual energy is flowing in reverse and is currently out of control.

'Oh no. This is not good.' Albert Lee's father thought so to himself, as he then grimaced intently.

Grinding his teeths intensely, he tried his best to regain control over his own spiritual energy. The rampaging spiritual energy was relentless, as each time that it clashes with another, it would then damage one of his organs, thereby causing some internal bleeding.

Albert Lee's father then unconsciously spit out a mouthful of blood. As the blood landed directly on the clean bed blanket, thereby dying it completely red.

However, he didn't immediately give up on his struggle to regain control over his spiritual energy stream. His body was extremely tough after having forcefully broken through to the 4th Qi Condensation Stage.

The body of a {Cultivator} otherwise known as an Immortal Practitioner is completely different to that of an average human. It is a mortal human that is cultivating spirituality and refining oneself in order to achieve immortality or godhood.

A {Cultivator} at the Qi Condensation Stage is able to exert a varied level of powers depending on their cultivation base and the skills and techniques they cultivated over a lifetime.

For a person at the 4th Qi Condensation Stage, their fists when imbued with spiritual qi can easily punch through a solid oak tree stump and possibly shatter a stone boulder in one go.

The body of a Qi Condensation Stage Cultivator can easily survive getting hit by a car at full throttle, but not without escaping, with some serious injuries.

It took some time for Albert Lee's father to completely regain control over his spiritual energy stream. Not before suffering some serious internal injuries resulting from accidentally going into a state of qi deprivation, having his spiritual energy flowing in reverse, thereby disrupting the natural balance inside of his body.

The end result, Albert Lee's father having lost several litres of blood from coughing, about approximately a litre or two.

However, being a {Cultivator} and all, his body is quite durable and filled with vitality from the high concentration of spiritual energy withinside his body. The internal injuries weren't at all that serious nor life-threatening, as they could just heal in a couple of hours or days even.

But, for an average person, their bodies wouldn't be able to handle it and would need to go into the immediate intensive care unit, as the doctors would have to personally stitch and sew the damaged internal layers of the organs back together. So that it won't leak out important contents that are essential to the body.

Albert Lee's father then breathed a sigh of relief as he has managed to narrowly escape from death's doors, which he had created from his ignorance of wanting to rush things.

He then slowly recovered himself by entering into secluded meditation, whilst his body naturally heals gradually.

* * *

On the other side of the house, after a good nap, Albert Lee began to wake up from his slumber. Having checked outside his bedroom window, he immediately notices that a lot of time has passed.

'How long was I asleep for?' He thought so to himself, as he lightly stretches his arms out.

Albert Lee then reaches his hand out and grabs his smartphone from right underneath his bed pillow to check out the current time, and it was currently 7:37 PM.

'Was I really that tired? I slept for like roughly three hours already.' Albert Lee thought so to himself, as he then immediately get out of bed.

He then turned around to look at the corridor outside of his bedroom, and it was extremely dark.

'Did Dad forget to turn on the lights when it was getting darker?' He thought so to himself as he walks towards the light switch located in the middle of the corridor.

He then flicks the light switch on the wall, and with a slight clicking noise, electricity then flows through the light bulb that is located at the ceiling of the corridor, thereby producing light.

"Dad, are you awake?" Albert Lee raised his voice, shouting at seamless nothing.

Having heard no response from his father. He then finds it to be peculiar and strange, as he then repeated whatever he just said again. A second time.

"Dad, are you awake?" He shouted out.

Having heard no response for the second time, he grew unnaturally curious about the whereabouts of his father.

He then thought, 'Is he sleeping? So that is probably why he isn't answering.:

Albert Lee assumed that his father was sleeping, as he slowly went to his father's bedroom in order to confirm whether this statement is true or not. However, he quickly finds it impossible to seek the answer, as his father's bedroom door was completely locked.

The bedroom door can only be locked from the inside, with a heavy stainless steel sliding padlock. So no matter how hard he presses on the door handle, the bedroom door won't budge.

'So he is definitely inside. The door can only be locked up by the sliding door padlock mechanism on the inside of the room.' He thought so to himself.

It was then, that his uncanny nose then picks up on something. A foul stench, much worser than rotten eggs, began to emit strongly from his father's room. With the scent of metallic iron mixed in with the filthy stench.

'What is this foul stench that I'm smelling right now.' He thought so to himself until his brain then clicks in, linking the two stuff together. 'This somewhat metallic smell smells like iron. Could it be blood, it can't be can it?'

"Dad, are you okay? Answer me!" Albert Lee shouted, as he then runs towards the bedroom door, and slams it with his hand to produce a loud noise. To possibly get his father's attention if he is still alive.

Albert Lee's father then immediately wakes up from his secluded meditation, with his internal injuries now no longer considered fatal or life-threatening, but he definitely needs some time in order to recover from his wounds.

He weakly answered to his son calling him, "I'm fine, son. I just need a little rest, that's all."

And after hearing that his father was safe and sound. He felt contented and immediately give up what he was currently doing, as he then responded with "Alright then."

It was then that Albert Lee's stomach began to rumble, as a feeling of hunger began to slowly unravel from within him.

'I'm hungry.' He thought so to himself, having skipped dinner.

He wondered to himself, 'I wonder if dad had made any food today or else I have to have anything that is edible downstairs in the kitchen.'

After which he then went down the stairs to the kitchen area, and have a quick look before opening up the large fridge to see if there is any good food lying around.

However, he immediately spotted a box of pasta, that was made a couple of days ago, left at the top part of the opened fridge.

Feeling hungry and quite lazy, he nevertheless rescinded to his fate of eating the pasta box. So he then takes the cold pasta box and places it in the microwave for three whole minutes.

And after the microwaving was done, aware of how hot the plastic box can get, as it was currently steaming. Albert Lee then carefully takes the microwaved pasta box out from the microwave and closes the microwave door.

He then carefully grabbed ahold of the outer edge and rim of the pasta box lid, as he then immediately lifts the plastic lid.

And out immediately came out steam that was trapped inside the microwaved pasta box, whilst it was microwaving. He then grabs a fork and brings the microwaved pasta box to the living room.

With the hot microwaved pasta box placed on the glass living room table. He then opens up Youtube on his phone, eating the microwave pasta box whilst watching exciting Youtube videos for plain amusement and entertainment.