"Haah... haah..."
He had no idea how long had passed.
Lu Ran, drenched from head to toe, slumped into a golden-threaded wooden chair. Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled from his chin.
He looked as though he had just been fished out of the water.
The weakness left by the ordeal of searing pain and the fullness that came with his strengthened body had somehow appeared in him at the same time.
Panting, Lu Ran flexed his hand, feeling the strange contradiction.
Not everyone got to experience something this extraordinary.
Electrolux's divine soul had grown even fainter. Clearly, controlling the Life Gold and merging it with Lu Ran had taken an enormous toll.
But his voice brimmed with excitement:
"I'm only a wisp of Divine Sense. I could only delay the dissolution of my divine soul by sleeping. Now that I have this heaven-made treasure, Life Gold, I have a vessel to nourish my divine soul and gradually restore my strength."
"I can also heal Mu En."
Lu Ran's voice was weak.
"Sorry for the trouble, Elder Yi."
Then,
He probed the Sea of Consciousness, which had expanded several times over.
The entire space was milky white, stretching farther than the eye could see.
At its center stood a turquoise Spring of Life, radiating a dense aura of life and constantly nourishing the entire Sea of Consciousness.
And before Lu Ran,
Electrolux's divine soul was also visibly condensing.
The effect was almost immediate.
A hint of relief appeared on his aged face.
His strength was gradually returning.
"I need more time to nourish it..."
He looked at the Soul Guiding Lamp on the wall.
"And I'll finally have time to study these fascinating things..."
As a scholar, Electrolux's thirst for knowledge would never change. Ever since he had