I continuously regulated my breathing and circulated my qi, condensing the qi within me to its greatest concentration in hopes of breaking through in one attempt.
And my master's voice would occasionally sound in my ears:
"Don't rush, don't rush. Gather your qi slowly, gather your qi slowly..."
I didn't know how long I had been gathering qi, but I felt it was about enough.
So I began to try. I gathered all my true qi and fiercely charged toward the peak of the Strength Soul Realm.
But the moment I began breaking through, the blood and qi throughout my body suddenly surged, and all my veins bulged.
It was as if I had suddenly run thirty thousand meters. My heart began pounding wildly, and I was almost unable to control it, utterly shocked.
This had never happened during any of my previous breakthroughs.
No wonder Master had immediately returned after hearing that I was attempting a breakthrough and used talismans to suppress the true qi in my body.
In my current state, if Master's Qi-Calming Talisman had not suppressed it, the violent pounding of my heart and the sudden swelling of my meridians could have made me cough up blood instantly.
Even so, I could feel warmth beneath my nostrils.
The capillaries in my nasal cavity must have burst...
But the breakthrough had already begun. There was no turning back.
True qi gathered, then surged fiercely toward the peak of the Strength Soul Realm.
At that instant, it felt as though an explosion sounded inside my body, and my whole body jolted violently.
The barrier to the next realm remained unbroken, while I spat out a mouthful of blood with a Pfft!
But the breakthrough continued. I did not stop.
At the same time, I felt a palm strike