Initiation
"The first step is complete. You may move freely," Baracus informed Hao Xuan, trying to pull him out of the euphoric state he had found after such a long time.
After each cleanse, hormones like dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins were automatically released into the bloodstream, helping raise the cultivator's mood and spirits. In Hao Xuan's case, these hormones that should be tightly regulated were released in copious doses all at once.
This was due to the instability in his physical center, causing interference in perhaps the most trivial yet effective way.
Hao Xuan's eyelids felt like they were made of lead. No matter how much he wanted to get up, opening his eyes right now and breaking out of the cocoon was now nothing short of a battle against his own self.
Hao Xuan was so out of it in fact, that he even missed Baracus saying that this was only the first step of the procedure.