The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Beneath the deep abyss, Chu Xiu sat cross-legged, breathing in the aura emanating from the blooming Soul-Refining Lotus.

This strange aura, together with the lotus seeds that Chu Xiu had consumed, cleansed Chu Xiu's primordial spirit and soul.

Immersed in the seven-colored divine light and the fragrance of flowers, Chu Xiu's primordial spirit power was gradually breaking through to its limit.

On the first day, he advanced to the peak of the seventh level of the Profound Immortal Realm!

On the second day, he broke through to the eighth level of Xuanxian!

On the tenth day, his primordial spirit power had already advanced to the peak of the eighth level of the Profound Immortal realm!

The finish line is just one step away!

Chu Xiu opened his eyes, his face showing joy, and murmured to himself.

"Ten days of breathing exercises and cleansing have brought my primordial spirit to the peak of the eighth level of the Profound Immortal realm, and only one lotus seed remains..."

Chu Xiu looked at the largest and rounder lotus seed in the very center of the Soul Tempering Lotus Platform.

"If I consume this last lotus seed, I should be able to break through to the ninth level of the Profound Immortal realm in one fell swoop!"

"But if not..."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then flipped his hand, and the storage ring that Murong Si had given him earlier appeared in his palm.

He probed with his divine sense and immediately showed a look of surprise.

The Empress has practically given me all the cultivation materials in the entire national treasury...

In this way, a breakthrough is inevitable!

Chu Xiu took a deep breath and instructed the system to activate the enlightenment time, entering an excellent state for breakthrough.

Then, he took the last lotus seed and ate it.

The energy contained in lotus seeds melts upon entering the mouth, traveling along the meridians directly to the upper dantian where the primordial spirit resides, enveloping the primordial spirit within.

Chu Xiu closed his eyes, sensing the changes in his primordial spirit as it was bathed in the power transformed from the lotus seed.

After consuming the lotus seed, countless tiny vortexes seemed to appear on his primordial spirit, rapidly absorbing the energy emitted by the Soul-Refining Lotus.

These loose and sparse energies are condensed into drops of pure liquid energy, which are then dripped onto the primordial spirit.

Chu Xiu looked surprised.

This last lotus seed did not provide the primordial spirit with the ability to improve, but rather gathered the energy emitted by the Soul-Tempering Lotus, making it solidify and undergoing a qualitative change, thus providing more energy for the primordial spirit to break through.

Suddenly, Chu Xiu had a flash of inspiration. He reached out and waved his hand, taking out all the rare and precious materials in the ring that could enhance the power of the primordial spirit and soul.

as predicted!

As soon as these rare and precious materials appeared, they were drawn and controlled by the vortexes, transforming into drops of pure energy liquid that floated in mid-air.

Without hesitation, Chu Xiu swallowed all the energy liquid and circulated his spiritual power to refine it.

In the blink of an eye, a decade has passed.

As the liquid energy was refined, Chu Xiu could clearly feel that the barrier between the eighth level of the Primordial Spirit Immortal realm and the final stage was getting thinner and thinner, and he was just one step away from breaking through the barrier!

Now, the power within the primordial spirit is like a flood ready to burst forth, and that barrier has no chance of stopping it.

Chu Xiu roused himself, broke through the barriers, and surpassed the limits—all at this very moment!

Just as his primordial spirit was about to break through that barrier, Chu Xiu suddenly opened his eyes.

In this secret realm, in this hidden chamber, right before his eyes!

Suddenly, an invisible giant hand appeared, reaching into Chu Xiu's dantian and seizing his primordial spirit, suppressing the unstoppable breakthrough energy within it.

The Hand of Heaven!

It's the will of Heaven again!

Chu Xiu spat out a mouthful of blood essence. The primordial spirit power that was originally enough to break through the barrier was completely suppressed by this Heavenly Dao Hand and could not be mobilized...

The Heavenly Dao of this realm does not allow Chu Xiu to break through to the limit of the Primordial Spirit Realm!

"What nonsense about the Heavenly Dao! This must be an obstacle set up by the beings of the Upper Realm to prevent those of the Lower Realm from ascending!"

"The so-called Way of Heaven is nothing more than rules set by the stronger!"

"Since it's a rule, it can be broken and re-established!"

"You can bind others, but you can't bind me!"

Chu Xiu rose up in fury, fully mobilizing the Formless Sword Intent to detach the Heavenly Dao Hand from his primordial spirit, intending to expel it from his upper dantian.

"My body is my own domain; how dare others act so presumptuously!"

"Get out of here!"

Chu Xiu roared, and the Formless Sword Intent transformed into two invisible hands, pulling at the power of the Heavenly Dao and completely expelling it from his upper dantian!

Then, he ruthlessly tore apart the hand that was formed from the Heavenly Dao!

boom!

As the Heavenly Hand dissipated, a powerful primordial spirit, carrying the aura of a ninth-level Xuanxian, surged forth from Chu Xiu's upper dantian.

Breakthrough in the Primordial Spirit Realm!

Chu Xiu concealed his aura, waved his hand to put the Soul-Refining Lotus into his storage space, and then transformed into a sword light, returning to Empress Murong Si's side.

"Success?"

Murong Si, who was sitting and meditating, saw Chu Xiu and her slightly pale face immediately lit up with a smile. She then tried to get up.

Has she been waiting for me here all this time?

Suppressing his surprise, Chu Xiu stepped forward to support Murong Si, who was recovering from serious injuries, and smiled, "It's a success!"

"Now, my internal and external martial arts skills and my primordial spirit realm have all reached their limits!"

Murong Si smiled knowingly, her eyes brightening as she looked at the man before her.

She firmly believed that Chu Xiu was the one and only person ever to be like him!

He actually did it!

From the moment he stepped into the End, he became the number one person in this world!

"Has His Majesty been here the whole time?"

Chu Xiu couldn't help but ask.

"I... can't rest easy."

Murong Si's pale face flushed slightly, and she stammered.

"With your current level of cultivation, you already surpass everyone else in this world, there's no need for such respectful address..."

"And I have decided that if one day you leave this world, I will follow you..."

As she finished speaking, Murong Si's voice grew softer and softer, and even Chu Xiu, with his level of hearing, couldn't make out the last few words.

"What are you saying in your gibberish..."

Chu Xiu looked at Murong Si's expression and sighed softly, "Let's go, I'll see His Majesty out."

"You've just recovered from a serious injury and need to continue recuperating!"

After speaking, Chu Xiu reached out and wrapped his arms around Murong Si's slender waist, pulling her into his embrace.

Murong Si exclaimed in surprise, bumping into Chu Xiu's chest. Her heart was pounding and her face turned even redder.

Chu Xiu, a straight man, did not lower his head to appreciate the girlish demeanor that an empress was displaying at this moment.

He and Murong Si transformed into a streak of sword light, rushing out of the secret passage and arriving outside the Taiji Hall.

The energy fluctuations in the world brought about by Chu Xiu's breakthrough in his primordial spirit attracted the attention of almost all the Xuanxian realm cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Currently, all the Xuanxian realm experts within a radius of ten thousand miles of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty have gathered in the capital due to the exceptionally large fluctuation of heaven and earth energy.

Among these people, only the hall masters of the Offering Hall and the people of the Immortal Martial Pavilion knew that the person who caused the disturbance in heaven and earth was Chu Xiu.

When he sensed the fluctuations in the heavens and earth, Liu Feibai, the master of the Immortal Martial Pavilion, was extremely shocked.

He did not expect that Chu Xiu had only been in the royal secret realm for a little over ten days, yet he had already completely stabilized his inner strength at the ninth level of the Profound Immortal realm, and even raised his primordial spirit realm to its limit!

The aura that Chu Xiu unleashed when he broke through was so powerful that it was unbelievable. Even his soul trembled under the pressure of this aura!

Sensing that Chu Xiu had emerged from seclusion, Liu Feibai flashed and arrived in front of the Taiji Hall.

The various hall masters followed closely behind, appearing before Chu Xiu and Murong Si.

Murong Si had already stepped back several steps, leaving space for these seniors whom she deeply respected.

"The fourth level of the Formless Sword Scripture? Physical body and internal and external skills have all reached their limit..."

A surge of fighting spirit welled up within Liu Feibai, and he eagerly asked, "Chu Xiu, would you be willing to spar with me?"

He has now broken through to the fourth level of the Formless Sword Scripture, but he is lagging behind Chu Xiu, the younger generation who has come from behind!

"it is good!"

Chu Xiu readily agreed, as he also wanted to know just how powerful his limit had become.

At the moment when Chu Xiu forcibly broke through to the limit, his divine sense saw Nie Han, who was on the verge of death but still had a half-step limit cultivation level because his martial arts golden core was intact.

They also sensed all those in this world whose cultivation had reached the peak of the eighth level of the Profound Immortal Realm.

Only ten fingers' worth!

Liu Feibai is the strongest among these ten people!

If there is anyone in this world who can help me prove my strength, Senior Liu is definitely the only one!

Chu Xiu's figure flashed to a height of a thousand feet in the sky, looking at Liu Feibai who appeared a few hundred meters in front of him.

"Senior Liu, please!"