Void Cicada Wood's First Time

"After so many years of cultivation, plus the tiny bit of cultivation reward brought by the Light Orbs, I've finally broken through to the Late Stage Core Formation Realm."

The corners of Lu Xuan's mouth rose.

"From the time I first advanced to Core Formation until the Late Stage Core Formation, it took nearly forty years."

"Add the thirty-odd years from Qi Training Stage 2 to before Core Formation, and in a short seventy years, I grew from a minor Qi Training rogue cultivator into the Late Stage Core Formation Realm."

His heart was filled with countless emotions.

"This kind of advancement speed, even compared with those Innate Dao Bodies or reincarnated mighty figures, is not the slightest bit inferior."

The path of cultivation, from Qi Training to Foundation Establishment, then to Core Formation, and even every breakthrough after Core Formation, required one to pass through layer upon layer of hardships.

Yet for Lu Xuan, everything seemed so natural.

As if breaking through were as simple as eating and drinking in ordinary times.

"To have reached this point today, aside from my own diligent and bitter cultivation, the Light Orbs also provided a tiny bit of help."

He thought shamelessly.

"Once I digest and absorb this, I can begin contacting the Treasure Tower artifact spirit senior."

"That Defective Grotto-heaven is something I've been thinking about day and night."

"Of course, it isn't purely for that. Mainly, I haven't seen artifact spirit senior in a long time, and I miss him quite a bit."

"Besides that, I should also start preparing matters related to the Nascent Soul Realm."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

He planned to start from two aspects.

The first was to collect rare Treasures capable of increasing the probability of forming a Nascent Soul. Among the many high-grade