Inside the Heavenly Drum Grotto-Heaven.
Jianmu flourished with lush foliage, its branches growing.
Its roots spread across nearly the entire bottom of the grotto-heaven, enveloping the Spirit-Eye Spring.
Chen Zhuo stepped into the Heavenly Drum Grotto-Heaven and let out a long breath.
"It feels good to be home..."
Chen Zhuo savored the fresh air. The spiritual qi inside this grotto-heaven truly was rich and abundant.
Compared to the spiritual qi environments he had experienced along his journey, this place really was different. Cultivation was still much more satisfying somewhere rich in spiritual qi.
"Next, I need to prepare for my battle against the strongest undergraduate, Lü Yaochen..."
Chen Zhuo exhaled a deep breath of stale air, suddenly feeling the pressure multiply.
Although he had cut his way through every obstacle in the Ancient Immortal Realm, slaying countless Foundation Establishment cultivators.
He had even dared to draw his sword against Golden Core cultivators, earning himself the title of the Southern Wilderness's foremost Foundation Establishment cultivator.
But facing the Immortal Estate's strongest undergraduate, a tenth-generation immortal scion whose maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents, parents, and even ancestors were all Nascent Soul cultivators, he still felt boundless pressure!
"It'll be hard to win."
After letting out a long sigh, Chen Zhuo sat cross-legged right where he stood and used Jianmu to cultivate his dharma body.
Although Chen Zhuo had cultivated the Second Wood Dharma Body at Great Li Mountain, its foundation was decidedly unstable.
Now that he had returned to the Heavenly Drum Grotto-Heaven, he naturally needed to use Jianmu's power to remedy his dharma body's previous shortcomings.
And so Chen Zhuo went into seclusion to cultivate. Only after several days of earnest cultivation, fully perfecting and stabilizing his Second Wood Dharma Body, did he finally exhale.
Golden Core Stage divine sense, a Golden