Treasures of the Epochal Calamity

That day, Zhang Shuai slowly opened his eyes from meditation. Divine light glimmered deep within his gaze, as profound as a sea of stars. An irrepressible look of delight appeared on his face.

The bottleneck that had plagued him for years, barring his way like an insurmountable chasm between the early and middle stages of Great Luo, had actually begun to loosen!

His once-stagnant mana now flowed and stirred anew like spring waters thawing from ice.

Could the death qi have repaired the hidden injuries in his body, loosening his cultivation bottleneck?

A flash of insight came to Zhang Shuai. He knew the opportunity for a breakthrough had arrived.

He no longer suppressed the surging blood qi and rushing mana within him. He circulated his cultivation art with all his strength, guiding the immense vitality transformed from death qi, along with the deep foundation accumulated through a century of cultivation, to launch an assault upon that invisible barrier!

Boom—!

It was as though a silent clap of thunder had erupted within the cave abode.

Zhang Shuai's body trembled slightly as a certain barrier within him shattered in response! His aura rose step by step like an erupting volcano, while his blood qi surged like a dragon, shooting straight into the heavens!

The middle stage of Great Luo—the Semi-Saint realm—had been achieved!

As the joy of his breakthrough gradually subsided, Zhang Shuai calmly sensed the changes within himself.

"So that's it... The reason I had remained stuck at the early stage of Great Luo and been unable to break through was largely because I had repeatedly used the Blood-Battle Heaven-Piercing Art, especially when I forcibly wielded the Heaven-Opening Axe. I excessively drained my life potential and origin!"

Enlightenment dawned upon Zhang Shuai as he grasped the key. "This secret art possesses