"Now that the Chat Group is upgrading, it seemed I had nothing much to do." Lu Changsheng pondered. Though he could travel across worlds, he could only visit them one at a time. He had not gathered everyone together, so there was none of that lively group-chat atmosphere.
Still, cultivators had always been able to endure solitude.
Especially someone like Lu Changsheng, who preferred to lie low.
"I might as well go into seclusion. By the time I come out, the Chat Group should be nearly done upgrading." Lu Changsheng calculated on his fingers and estimated the approximate date.
It was also the perfect chance to absorb the remaining power of merit within the Mysterious Yellow Pearl.
He entered the Mysterious Yellow Pearl, while the pearl itself slipped into the void, becoming a pitch-black, utterly inconspicuous bead that slowly rotated. Its concealment was excellent, and after its quality had improved, the Mysterious Yellow Pearl could even block cultivators' senses.
Having absorbed a massive amount of merit power, the Mysterious Yellow Pearl no longer contained merely a Great Thousand World. It had evolved into a universe—vast and boundless, with countless planets.
The place where Lu Changsheng stored his treasures had evolved into the center of the universe, and the world's scale had expanded dozens of times over.
Dense Xuanhuang power spread throughout it, while Xuanhuang iron was born along the edges of the world, usable for forging treasures.
He stood in the center of the world like a loophole, and the nearby merit power flowed into him like quicksand.
Lu Changsheng no longer restrained the golden light around his body. His entire figure seemed to have activated some dazzling cheat, plated in gold; even a Buddha would pale in comparison before him.
As the merit power gradually dwindled, the cultivation of