His hands were violently shaking due to the pain, he couldn't even sit down properly. He took a few deep breaths despite the pain. His body twitches uncontrollably as he tries to calm down.
Shen Yuan clutched his head again as he felt the pain intensifying, it nearly broke his mind but just then, his bloodline, which was dormant this whole time released an ethereal wave of energy that used the energy from Shen Yuan's dantian to make directly towards his soul.
Shen Yuan felt the pain lessen as his condition stabilized somewhat, but then the pain intensified as the qi vortexes that formed inside his Acupoints began gathering energy.
Shen Yuan felt his cultivation breakthrough from the first level of the Qi Refining Realm to the second level of the Qi Refining Realm, but he felt not a bit of happiness as he continued to feel the immense pain.