Only Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan, who were cultivating atop the mountain, clearly sensed a sudden shift in the surrounding Spiritual Energy, and looks of surprise appeared on their faces.
When they came to their senses, they realized that most of the Spiritual Energy was flowing toward Song Qingming's cave abode, where he was in seclusion.
Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan immediately stopped cultivating, yielding the mountain's pure Spiritual Energy to Song Qingming as he broke through, afraid that they might affect his advancement.
Now that Song Qingming's cultivation had risen, the Spiritual Energy atop Funiu Mountain was clearly no longer as abundant as before.
His breakthrough alone had drained all the Spiritual Energy from the mountaintop, and it took more than half a month before it slowly began to recover.
Inside his secluded cave abode, Song Qingming slowly opened his eyes, a satisfied smile gradually appearing on his face.
"I've been in seclusion for so long. This time, I finally succeeded!"
Though this secluded cultivation had taken Song Qingming quite some time, the result was just as he had hoped. He had successfully broken through and become a Nascent Soul Second Layer Cultivator.
He had only broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm a little over a decade ago, yet he had already successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Second Layer. Among Nascent Soul Cultivators, such an achievement was exceptionally outstanding.
However, the reason Song Qingming had broken through so quickly was not solely his own arduous cultivation. More importantly, it was thanks to his swallowing and refining the Flame Heart Jade years ago.
Without that spiritual item saving him decades of arduous cultivation, he would likely have needed at least another twenty years of slow cultivation before he could successfully break through.
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