The next realm was the Strength Soul Realm.
This had also been my previous cultivation level. Taking the Explosive Qi Pill had caused my realm to fall.
Though I was unwilling to accept it, the situation had been too critical at the time. Mao Jing and I had no other choice.
At this moment, I placed extraordinary importance on this breakthrough. Once I succeeded, I would return to my peak.
My thirst for power made my blood surge.
The true qi within me gathered in the central pivot chakra. Its aura swelled and churned, then, under my guidance, charged straight toward the Strength Soul chakra.
My entire body trembled, my blood and qi roiling wildly as my heartbeat accelerated with a rapid thump-thump-thump.
As long as the chakra was opened, the soul palace where the Strength Soul resided would open as well.
Since this was a breakthrough across realms, once I succeeded, my strength would rise dramatically.
I had made every possible preparation, including for a prolonged breakthrough.
Yet as I assaulted the Strength Soul Realm, I made an unexpected discovery.
The instant the restless true qi touched the Strength Soul chakra, it surged in without encountering the slightest obstruction.
Just like when I had broken through the minor peak realm of the Central Pivot Realm earlier, it entered the Strength Soul chakra in an instant, immediately opening this soul palace and clearing the corresponding meridians.
In that instant, the blood and qi throughout my body began gathering toward the chakra where the Strength Soul resided.
A long-lost sense of power began to emerge. Bit by bit, until it erupted explosively and spread through my entire body once more.
Every hair on my body stood on end.
The Strength Soul chakra had been fully opened. I had broken through.
But