The clear energy released from the Heart Lotus flowed continuously, transforming into streams and merging into Lu Qingshan's Primordial Spirit.

The Soul Flame within his Primordial Spirit grew ever more vigorous, exceedingly exceptional.

Lu Qingshan endured the excruciating pain as he continued to refine his Primordial Spirit, persistently challenging his bottleneck, unleashing the potential of his Primordial Spirit.

This breakthrough attempt was overwhelmingly fierce, for reaching the mid-Soul Realm was already an extreme feat for Lu Qingshan, and now he sought to achieve a second breakthrough beyond that limit, which was easier said than done.

This meant that breaking through required his Primordial Spirit to be shattered more ruthlessly than for others.

His Primordial Spirit was riddled with cracks, intertwined like a web, on the brink of collapse, needing repair.

For others breaking through the Primordial Spirit bottleneck, such a terrifying scene would not occur.

As the Primordial Spirit cracked, certain invisible shackles also seemed to shatter, vanishing without a trace.

Soon, a gentle radiance seeped from the Primordial Spirit.

The miniature version of Lu Qingshan, resembling a shattered porcelain doll, under the glow became brighter, eyes filled with brilliance and vigor.

The cracks were being repaired, nourished by the spiritual essence released from the Heart Lotus.

Like parched land receiving a spring rain, slowly healing and becoming more fertile than before.

The cracks vanished, his Primordial Spirit radiating luminously, with tiger and dragon in harmony.

Lu Qingshan's heart surged with joy.

But just as those cracks disappeared by about a quarter, the continuous flow of clear energy abruptly ceased, jolting Lu Qingshan out of his breakthrough immersion.

What happened?

The next moment, he suddenly realized.

It was that the effect of this piece of Heart Lotus had been entirely absorbed by him.

Lu Qingshan's Primordial Spirit Realm was exceptionally high, with a powerful Primordial Spirit, far surpassing his own cultivation.

Thus, while a single piece of Heart Lotus was sufficient for a typical Seventh Grade Demon Cultivator's breakthrough, it was far from enough for him.

Without hesitation, he took out another piece of Heart Lotus and swallowed it.

Spiritual essence was released again, continuously gathering, continuing to nourish Lu Qingshan's Primordial Spirit.

If Lu Qingshan were to inspect the 'Deep Blue' panel at this moment, he would observe that under the Primordial Spirit column, the number that had paused at (6800/8000) for quite some time was now steadily increasing at an observable speed.

Six thousand nine hundred, seven thousand, seven thousand one hundred....

Increases continuously, breaking through the eight thousand threshold.

After consecutively consuming four additional pieces of Heart Lotus, totaling six pieces, all cracks on Lu Qingshan's Primordial Spirit finally vanished.

The violent aura dissipated, becoming stable.

On the 'Deep Blue' panel, a line of glowing tiny characters flashed out.

"Your Primordial Spirit Realm has broken through to the late Soul Realm (8000/9999)."

While some prodigies at the Seventh Realm could reach the mid-Soul Realm, the late Soul Realm Primordial Spirit was entirely a domain only the Eighth Realm Cultivators could attain.

With the aid of Heart Lotus, Lu Qingshan, at the Sixth Realm, achieved this stage today.

How astounding is this?

Although Lu Qingshan was not exclusively a Primordial Spirit Cultivator, he did cultivate the Heart Sword, a Primordial Spirit attack technique, complemented by the terrifying Soul Flame of the late Soul Realm, allowing him to confidently slash an elementary Demon Marshal with just the Heart Sword without deploying his Life-bound Sword.

His combat power received further tremendous enhancement.

However, the primary reason Heart Lotus could boost Lu Qingshan's already peak combat power was due to his extremely robust foundation.

In other words, while Heart Lotus had extraordinary efficacy, it was truly Lu Qingshan who was mighty, not the Heart Lotus.

Heart Lotus has the effect of bypassing bottlenecks, but it only impacts cultivators below the Eighth Grade.

Though some from the Demon Race utilized Heart Lotus for breakthroughs, none achieved as dramatic an advancement as Lu Qingshan.

Most of them managed breakthroughs at the Control Realm level at most, reaching significant realms like advancing from Control Realm to Soul Realm, which is already considered extremely rare.

Yet Lu Qingshan, at the Sixth Realm, already possessed the mid-Soul Realm Primordial Spirit as his foundation, with boundless potential, deeply astonishing.

Therefore, his breakthrough far surpassed that of ordinary people.

As for the idea of further enhancement using Heart Lotus, it was far too unrealistic.

Because Heart Lotus also adheres to the inherent tolerance of celestial treasures.

That is to say, after a cultivator consumes Heart Lotus once, its effect diminishes with subsequent doses, eventually rendering it ineffective.

Thus, Heart Lotus can only assist in repairing a once-broken Primordial Spirit.

In other words, Heart Lotus can only help a cultivator break through a Primordial Spirit bottleneck once—this is entirely reasonable.

......

Lu Qingshan did not immediately open his eyes, as he undertook the final consolidation.

He began to stabilize his Primordial Spirit Realm, familiarize himself with his powers, and further augment his strength.

Cultivation is arduous, advancing becomes increasingly difficult at later stages, and with each advancement, the power increase is substantial, far surpassing prior realms' comparisons.

The same applies to the Primordial Spirit.

The most noticeable aspect is that after breaking through to the late Soul Realm, his Heart Sword could finally be enhanced again, refined into the Third Sword.

Under normal circumstances, one should cultivate the Embryo Light Sword at the Sixth Realm, radiant spirit at the Seventh, and Sword of Ghost Essence at the Eighth Realm.

This is the normal cultivation path.

Lu Qingshan is not a normal cultivator.

He cultivated Embryo Light in the Fifth Realm, radiant spirit in the Sixth.

But this was not enough; today, Lu Qingshan also planned to cultivate the Sword of Ghost Essence at the Sixth Realm!