What made Xia Ruofei feel uncertain, besides the faint sense of hunger coming from the purplish-Gold golden elixir, was something even more important—he didn't experience the feeling of being completely reborn like he had during previous cultivation breakthroughs.
He pondered for a moment and decided not to overthink it. Since the purplish-Gold golden elixir transmitted a vague sense of hunger, he would simply continue absorbing spiritual energy to cultivate. Just as a hungry person's body sent out signals to eat, a cultivator at his level naturally developed similar instincts. He did not lack cultivation resources at this point. He used purple Yuan crystals for his practice anyway, so why would he care about expending a little extra spiritual energy? Furthermore, he needed some time to consolidate his cultivation after breaking through, so he might as well treat this as the consolidation phase.
