Chu Xiao's laughter echoed through the little courtyard. "Come, come, stop carving. Let me offer you a toast."
There were countless ordinary Golden Core cultivators across the Central Region.
In the eyes of Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators like them, those naturally amounted to little.
Yet only they truly understood just how vast the gulf between Golden Cores could be.
So far, they had only encountered first-rank Golden Cores in legends.
Throughout the ages, how many people in the entire Mortal World had attained one?
It signified a heaven-favored Dao Seed, boundless possibilities.
Still, this also showed that the immortal Dao of the Mortal World was truly enjoying a golden age.
About a year earlier, rumors had circulated in the Southern Province's cultivation world that extraordinary phenomena had stretched across the sky near Luofu Mountain, spanning a thousand miles.
Someone had presumably formed a Dao Embryo and achieved first-grade core formation.
Thus, some rumors claimed that Luofu's Dao Child, Zhong Ali, had attained a first-rank Golden Core. Unfortunately, no one could prove it.
At the time, Chu Xiao had lamented that Luofu and Taiyi both had first- and second-rank Golden Cores, while wondering where their own Ziwei Star was.
He had never expected it to arrive so soon.
"Don't celebrate just yet..." There was some hesitation in Li Li's expression.
"What is it?"
"Song Yan is naturally a heaven-endowed genius. But as I see it, the lad is cut from the same cloth as Chen Linyuan. He probably won't stay out of trouble."
Divine Lord Li Li said, "He seems mild and humble, but in truth, he has an exceedingly strong personality."
"Really...?"
The smile faded from Chu Xiao's face. His brows furrowed, and he pondered for a moment.
But within a few breaths, the delight returned to his eyes.
"Isn't