This was not him actively attacking a bottleneck. Rather, the energy accumulated after the Five Elements Spirit Body awakened was simply too enormous. It naturally overflowed, forcibly pushing his realm upward.
Yet this time, the barrier to the Four-Star Dou Zong realm was not broken through.
There was a rather thick dividing line between Four-Star and Five-Star Dou Zong. It could not be crossed through energy infusion alone.
Lu Heng adjusted his breathing and actively circulated the Five Spirits Chaos Art, guiding the surging torrent of energy within him to focus on striking that barrier.
Once, the barrier did not budge.
Twice, cracks appeared.
The third time, Lu Heng compressed all the pure residual power from the Heavenly Treasure accumulated when the Five Elements Spirit Body had first awakened into a single point, then slammed it fiercely against the barrier.
The cracks widened and shattered completely.
Five-Star Dou Zong, achieved!
The chaos vortex within his dantian stabilized, its size fully three times greater than before the awakening. At its center, a grayish-white Dou Qi core had condensed, faint patterns of five colors emerging across its surface as they slowly revolved.
Lu Heng let out a long breath of stale air.
A white column of air shot from his mouth straight into the cabin ceiling, leaving a shallow dent in the wooden planks.
The five-colored radiance covering his body gradually receded, revealing his skin.
He was different from before.
A faint flowing sheen covered the surface of his skin. It was not obvious, but from up close, it could be seen—a layer as thin as glass clinging tightly to his body. It was the outward sign of the Five Elements spiritual energy merging with his flesh.
Lu Heng raised a hand and clenched his fist.
This strength was on a completely