Within the palace, Su Mo sat cross-legged as dense Spirit Mist filled every corner.
He was breaking through a cultivation bottleneck—the bottleneck of the Ninth Level of Martial King Realm.
Su Mo had originally been at the Martial King Realm Seventh Level, but after cultivating in seclusion for three months, he had successfully broken through to the Martial King Realm Eighth Level a month and a half earlier.
Thus, after cultivating for another month and a half, he began attacking the Ninth Level of Martial King Realm.
All the cultivation resources he had originally possessed had long since been depleted. Everything he used now came from the top-grade Spirit Stones in his jade bracelet.
Top-grade Spirit Stones contained purer Spiritual Qi and fewer impurities, making them even more suitable for warriors to absorb.
However, Su Mo's consumption of Spiritual Qi had become increasingly terrifying. This time, he had devoured a full three hundred million top-grade Spirit Stones, equivalent to three hundred billion high-grade Spirit Stones.
Dense Spirit Mist filled every corner of the palace. Su Mo's body seemed like a bottomless pit, wildly absorbing the Spiritual Qi.
His aura surged like towering waves, while the five Divine Cores within his body trembled continuously, all Spiritual Qi flowing into them.
Even with endless Spiritual Qi supporting him, it was not easy for Su Mo to step into the Ninth Level of Martial King Realm.
However, he had plenty of time now and was in no rush to break through in a single breath.
As long as he maintained a vast flow of Spiritual Qi entering his body, it would not be long before his cultivation bottleneck naturally burst open.
Time quietly passed, and soon ten hours had gone by.
Over those ten hours, Su Mo consumed eighty percent of the dense