Lu Changsheng let out a loud shout.
Lu Ping'an, who had been hiding in a side room and eavesdropping for a full thousand years, immediately came scampering out.
Lu Changsheng tossed him a Ginseng Fruit brimming with vitality.
"Take this fruit and get back to the Gravity Chamber. You're not allowed out until you've broken through to the Golden Immortal peak!"
Lu Ping'an caught the Ginseng Fruit, practically drooling as he nodded repeatedly, then vanished in a flash.
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, cradled the remaining Ginseng Fruit in his palm, and turned toward the cultivation chamber in the deepest part of his cave abode.
"Everything is ready."
"Now, it's time to break through to the Golden Immortal Great Dao, the path to imperishable eternity!"
Then the stone door to the chamber crashed shut, cutting off all the chaos of the outside world.
Deep in the cave abode, this chamber, where Lu Changsheng had personally laid down one hundred and eight Spirit Gathering Arrays and isolation formations, was so quiet that only the faint sound of spiritual energy flowing could be heard.
Lu Changsheng sat cross-legged in midair, while the twelve Merit Golden Wheels behind his head turned slowly, scattering myriad streams of auspicious golden light.
He took a deep breath and carefully cradled the infant-shaped fruit, which radiated a dense aura of creation and vitality.
"Ginseng Fruit, the innate origin of wood, boundless creation."
A flash of fervor crossed Lu Changsheng's eyes. Without another moment's hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed the immortal fruit that would have made countless mighty figures across the Primordial Land green with envy.
"Boom!"
The immortal fruit melted as soon as it entered his mouth.
There was not the slightest bitterness, only an unimaginably vast stream of pure spiritual liquid that burst