Su Mo's cultivation was actually not very refined and he was still a far cry from breaking through to the next realm.
This was also a result of him advancing ranks too quickly as he simply did not allocate time to refine his cultivation.
However, despite not being refined, Su Mo's persistent pushing of his cultivation eventually loosened the bottleneck to the next realm.
Spiritual Qi and Dark Force circulated within him as tons upon tons of Spiritual Crystals were devoured. As though there was an endless supply of Spiritual Crystals, Su Mo seemed indifferent to using such a large number of them.
Ten hours later, the bottleneck to the next realm was completely loosened and Su Mo felt that the Rank 2 Martial Honorable Realm was within his grasp.
"Breakthrough!"
Su Mo yelled as he retrieved another 2000 Middle Spiritual Crystals and devoured them in one shot.