The loss of all energy he had gathered had come as a shock to Alex as he didn't even know how it had been used up. One moment it was there, and the next, it was completely gone.
It took him a moment to realize where he had lost that energy.
'Was it the price to connect to the Heaven earlier?' he wondered. That was likely why his connection this time hadn't worked, because he was lacking in energy.
Alex felt his Dantian and slowly felt a tiny thread of energy still continue pouring the unique Fire and Yang energy inside there, that mixed with the Qi.
So, at the very least, he hadn't lost access to the incoming stream. He was quite thankful about that.
"God, does just connecting to the Heaven require energy? What about when I actually start asking for stuff? How much more will I have to spend?" Alex wondered.
He didn't think it was fair to cost him energy just to connect to the Heaven, but the Heaven decided what was fair, so he could only shut up and do what it said.
