What was a demigod? Simply put, it was the transformation of Soul Energy from a quantitative change to a qualitative one. It was an inevitable path for mortals who had cultivated to a certain level. Only by crossing this threshold could they advance further.
Shen Fei's Soul Energy had already reached its peak long ago and entered a bottleneck. Under normal circumstances, advancing further would require gradual, painstaking refinement over time. However, the Soul Society's research into souls, the Hollowfication of Shinigami, the Arrancarization of Hollows, and the emergence of the Hogyoku had allowed him to find a way to skip that step.
For Shen Fei, this step was of utmost importance, because it represented his departure from the realm of mortals. Of course, this was merely a transcendence in strength. As for his state of mind, Shen Fei believed that no matter how powerful he became, he would still consider himself human.
Faced with such a crucial threshold, Shen Fei naturally gave it his all. After completing the Hogyoku, he cast every other distracting thought from his mind and focused entirely on breaking through.
This breakthrough differed from Shinigami Hollowfication or Hollow Arrancarization. In Shen Fei's view, both still remained at the stage of quantitative change and had not yet reached a qualitative transformation. Aizen's six Hogyoku evolutions, on the other hand, might have reached this point.
Then there was Ichigo's Mugetsu. His state at the time was probably this kind of qualitative transformation, but unfortunately, it had only been temporary and could not last.
Of course, even among qualitative transformations, there were naturally differences in level. It was like taking an exam: scoring sixty meant passing, and scoring one hundred also meant passing. Could the two really be the same?
"I've finally reached this step. All that hard