The liver is a late bloomer!

A colossal celestial palace stands in the vast and desolate starry sea.

The star field is vast, with only the distant Milky Way as my companion.

Outside the Immortal Palace, Xu Chen savored dishes from his hometown.

Xu Chen raised his glass of Sihailou's fine wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Looking at the unfamiliar starry sea in the direction of the human race, Xu Chen suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness.

"I don't know how many more years it will take to get home."

"In a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat the dishes from my hometown anymore."

By the time he cultivates to the Golden Immortal realm, these food boxes he brought with him will probably be expired.

"It seems I can't just focus on cultivation during this time. I need to finish all the local dishes before they expire to avoid waste."

After downing another glass of wine, Xu Chen recalled the faces of many people in his mind.

"Father, Mother, Xiyue, Yueyao, Senior Sister, Senior Brother..."

"How are you all?"

"My parents' cultivation level should have reached the Celestial Immortal Realm, so their lifespan shouldn't be a big problem."

"Not to mention Xi Yue and Yue Yao, they should have reached the peak of the Celestial Immortal Realm by now, and if they hurry up, they can reach the Profound Immortal Realm."

"As for my senior brother, under his management, a large number of Golden Immortal Realm experts should have emerged in the entire sect."

"The things that Da Xu left over there should be enough for the Da Xi Sect."

"Bei Ci and Brother Xiao are both talented. If they have some fortuitous encounters, they should be able to advance to the Golden Immortal realm."

Just then, the space of the distant Star Sea region became blurred, and Da Xu walked out from it.

"Are you homesick?" Da Xu's voice rang out in this vast expanse of starry sky.

"It suddenly occurred to me that I've been away from home for 30,000 years, and I wonder what my situation is now," Xu Chen said leisurely.

"Didn't the Great Dao of Humanity send you a message?" Da Xu took out a wine glass and poured himself a drink.

"The speed at which the Great Dao of Humanity transmits messages is much slower than when you return to your physical body through the Dream Path."

"We don't know how many years have passed in between."

"I'll linger here for a while, then I'll continue my cultivation."

"By the way, how's your exploration of the way home going after all these years of cultivation?" Xu Chen asked.

"As always, the last coordinate immortal artifact was activated 50 years ago, and the message sent back by the temporary clone is the same as before."

"Aside from a few desolate worlds and some unusable mineral veins, there's nothing else."

"I estimate that it will be the same if we go forward for tens of thousands of years. Although it will be more barren, there will be less trouble along the way, and we can just rush forward without thinking, which is quite good."

Da Xu waved his hand, projecting a light screen in front of Xu Chen.

The light screen displayed news about the starry sea region in the direction of home.

Looking at the light and shadow of those desolate worlds displayed on the light screen, Xu Chen inexplicably thought of Qi Tianyun.

"How is that world of Qi and Destiny in progress?" Xu Chen knew that Da Xu had set up many monitoring artifacts around that world.

"It is gradually shrinking to conserve energy."

"In that world, natural disasters are constant, the path to immortality is collapsing, and the existing powerful figures on the path to immortality are beginning to face the tribulation of the five decays ahead of schedule," Da Xu said, describing the recent changes in that world.

Upon hearing this unusual news, Xu Chen began to habitually prepare a backup plan.

"Among those spatial artifact blind boxes, are there any embryonic spiritual treasures of spatial type? I'll set up spatial coordinates in this area before I leave. I feel that I'll need this spiritually rich Xuanxian Realm world in the future."

"No need for such trouble." With a wave of his hand, Da Xu summoned a flying boat that appeared to be forged from a single piece of black crystal.

"Black Crystal Ship? You don't mean you're planning to take that Mystic Immortal Realm world with you, do you?" Xu Chen immediately guessed what Da Xu was thinking.

“That’s right! After you fully mastered the supernatural power of the Burning Vessel Spirit, you passed it on to me, and I discovered many wonderful uses for it.”

“Once you advance to the Golden Immortal realm, you can use a special method to directly activate this innate spiritual treasure, store it in the flying boat in that Xuanxian world, and bring it directly back to the human race. Wouldn’t that be convenient?” Da Xu said proudly.

“Yes, it would be more convenient to take it back directly. Have you told Fellow Daoist Qi about this?” Xu Chen asked.

"I've already said it. He's very happy, but his own mother is not willing. However, that doesn't matter. In this small world of immortals, it's not difficult to control him."

By this time, most of the dishes on the table had been eaten, and Xu Chen had finished the ten-jin jar of wine.

"Take a break at noon, then continue your cultivation."

A banquet slightly eased Xu Chen's homesickness.

Thousands of food boxes bearing the logos of major human restaurants appeared in the Star Sea.

"Here you go. They're already halfway through their shelf life, so eat them quickly."

"Otherwise, once it expires, we won't be able to enjoy the taste of home anymore."

Before Xu Chen could finish speaking, all the food boxes floating in the Star Sea were collected by Da Xu.

"You don't need to see me off."

A spatial force shot out from the void, guiding Da Xu away.

The puppets responsible for cleaning in the Immortal Palace began to tidy up, and Xu Chen stood up, transformed into a streak of light, and flew towards the distant floating island.

"Cultivate, advance to Golden Immortal as soon as possible, and return home as soon as possible!"

Back on the floating island, Xu Chen resumed his cultivation.

The seven enormous dantian worlds transformed into black holes, frantically absorbing the primordial energy of the Great Dao within the floating island.

It seems to devour a massive amount of the Great Dao's primordial energy every day, but no matter how much it absorbs, the core of the array will release just as much, maintaining the Great Dao's primordial energy within the floating island at a constant level.

Nourished by this rich aura of the Great Dao, the entire floating island actually developed a trace of consciousness, showing signs of transforming into the spirit of heaven and earth.

Xu Chen, who was focused on his cultivation, did not interfere and let the consciousness of the floating island develop.

Sometimes, when he was cultivating, Xu Chen would make a point of observing.

The seven enormous dantian worlds in the sky began to absorb the primordial energy of the Great Dao at a slower pace, and then slowly guided it into the void, where it was absorbed into Xu Chen's body.

"Another 20,000 years have passed. Time really flies."

At this moment, the seven dantian worlds within his dantian had expanded to 1200 million zhang, each dantian world filled with Xu Chen's liquefied immortal energy.

"Those two bastards, I really want to kill them head-on!"

Whenever Xu Chen's strength increased, the first thing he thought of was the two Golden Immortal Realm beasts on the Path of Filth.

Just as Xu Chen was speaking, the floating island's consciousness, which had been active just moments before, disappeared.

"In my cultivation grounds, I don't like things that I'm in control of."

"Come out if you want to live, otherwise never come out."

An invisible pressure weighed down on the entire floating island.

"Don't~"

Several small stones slowly rolled together, forming a tiny stone figure that awkwardly bowed to Xu Chen.

“You’re just a lowly earth spirit, not even at the Profound Dao Realm, yet you dare to hide in front of me.”

Xu Chen couldn't help but laugh when he saw the little stone figure.

"Xiao Ling was merely hiding instinctively; please forgive her, senior." The little stone man bowed awkwardly to Xu Chen once again.

"It wouldn't matter if it were anywhere else, but this is my place of cultivation, and your birth here is your destiny."

Xu Chen flicked his finger, and a ray of spiritual light flew into the little stone man's body. "Rest assured here, from now on you will be the spirit of my cave."

As Xu Chen spoke, he waved his hand and released numerous jade slips.

"These are all inheritances suitable for the spirits of heaven and earth. Find the cultivation method that suits you."

"Furthermore, I will allow you to absorb only one wisp of the primordial energy of heaven and earth here each year. Any more than that and I'm afraid you'll burst."

Upon hearing Xu Chen's words, the little stone man was filled with gratitude and bowed deeply to Xu Chen.

Its true form is a piece of waste rock floating in the starry sea, and its ultimate fate may be to be captured by the world and used to fill the foundation of the world.

But to everyone's surprise, it actually had a chance.

"Little Stone will definitely work hard in his cultivation in the future and serve his senior like a beast of burden!"

"No need for that, just do your job well."

Xu Chen briefly assessed his own cultivation level, and finally stepped off the floating island and arrived at the immortal artifact palace facing the human race.

There were already puppets waiting nearby. As soon as Xu Chen sat down, he opened the food box and began to arrange the dishes.

Not far away, a spatial portal appeared, and Da Xu walked out from it.

"We agreed to eat once every now and then. You've been cultivating for 20,000 years. If it weren't for me, all the food in these food boxes would have expired," Da Xu said leisurely.

Eat more if you have time.

"With Fellow Daoist Qi's Heavenly Fortune Mantra blessing me, I will always have new insights during cultivation, and I can't stop once I start cultivating." Xu Chen smiled.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, Xu Chen has discovered that the luckiest thing he ever did was agree to let Qi Tianyun follow him.

Since the blessing of the Heavenly Fortune Mantra, my cultivation has been extremely smooth, and I have not experienced any frustration.

"It's a pity that Fellow Daoist Qi is in seclusion cultivating. Otherwise, I would have invited him to have a drink and a long chat," Xu Chen said regretfully.

After learning about the myriad races of the main realm, Qi Tianyun began to work hard and strive for excellence.

In his words, the Tianxuan Clan was not allowed to be even a minor clan.

"I left him a few food boxes. I'll eat with him when we leave the border for you," Da Xu said with a smile. Ever since he met Xu Chen, the smile on his face had never faded.

"Something good has happened." Only then did Xu Chen notice that Da Xu's expression was a little strange.

"Indeed, something good happened. 8000 years ago, the advanced coordinate immortal artifact detected a large-scale post-natal spiritual treasure-level mineral vein, Star God Iron."

"Although it didn't condense into an embryonic acquired spiritual treasure, it can still be used to refine ordinary acquired spiritual treasures. Most importantly, it can be used to upgrade my large-scale immortal artifact factory." As Da Xu said this, his smile became even brighter.

“That’s good. Once I advance to the Golden Immortal Realm, we’ll go and mine that vein.”

After a banquet, Xu Chen returned to the floating island to continue his seclusion.

Seven enormous dantian worlds reappeared above the floating island, frantically absorbing the primordial energy of the Great Dao.

Forty thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the Star Sea remains unchanged.

Above the floating island, the seven dantian worlds had all expanded to 13.6 million zhang.

Above each of the seven dantian worlds, chains of Dao patterns have appeared, controlling their expansion and preventing further growth.

Xu Chen looked up at the seven dantian worlds that had expanded to their limits, his expression carrying a hint of vicissitude.

However, as the cultivation ended, that trace of vicissitude disappeared.

"I have finally reached the pinnacle of the Profound Immortal Realm."

Sensing these seven dantian worlds, Xu Chen was filled with countless thoughts.

Images of his cultivation journey from its inception to the present flashed through his mind like a fleeting glimpse.

In a courtyard deep within his memories, Xu Qiangjia concealed the disappointment in his eyes and taught Xu Chen the Six Forms of the Sacred Ape, move by move.

Little Xu Chen recited the incantation while clumsily practicing.

In the Holy White Space, Xiao Xuchen was repeatedly tortured and killed by the Six Styles of the Holy Ape clones.

Mother Wei Miaoqiu returned to her family to humbly plead for Xu Chen's future, while father Xu Qiangjia went back to the front lines for his son.

Standing before the gate of the Daxi Sect, Xu Chen was merely a passerby in life, less than a hundred years old.

On the day of the sect's disciple-acceptance celebration, the welcoming crowd in front of the Daxi sect's mountain gate was as numerous as ants.

After exhausting countless methods, I finally defeated the Six Forms of the Sacred Ape clones, only to realize upon reflection that it was merely the beginning.

……

One by one, the events he had experienced replayed in Xu Chen's mind.

It took Xu Chen an unknown amount of time to slowly come to his senses.

At this moment, Xu Chen discovered that his body, origin, spirit, and soul had all reached a mysterious state.

At that moment, he knew that the time had come to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.

Xu Chen stepped off the floating island and looked out into the vast and desolate starry sea.

At this moment, he could already sense the existence of countless rivers.

'Rumble~~~'

It was as if a boundary had been broken, and the sound of endless, surging river waters resounded throughout the entire star sea.

The phantom of countless rivers appeared in the starry sea.

Compared to the myriad rivers Xu Chen had seen before, the myriad rivers he sensed seemed to occupy the entire star sea, with the rushing waters stretching as far as the eye could see.

Following his own senses, Xu Chen felt a massive true spirit, three thousand feet tall, slowly rise from the surging surface of the Myriad Rivers.

At this moment, the entire star sea was shaken.

Sensing the commotion, Da Xu and Qi Tianyun appeared in the Star Sea, their expressions extremely shocked.

Their base was located tens of millions of miles away from Xu Chen's floating island.

Even here, one can see the illusory images of countless long rivers.

The overwhelming power of the myriad paths pressed down on them, making it hard for them to breathe.

In the myriad paths forming a river, the true spirit reflected by Xu Chen, who was three thousand feet tall, confronted Xu Chen.

As their eyes met, Xu Chen transformed into a stream of light and merged with the true spirit of the Myriad Rivers.

In that instant, Xu Chen entered the true domain of the Myriad Rivers.

Wave after wave of the myriad river waters, carrying mysterious power, washed over Xu Chen's body and soul.

Although it was three thousand feet high, Xu Chen felt like an ant in the vast river of ten thousand rivers.

The only difference was that this ant was much stronger than the average ant.

As the waters of the Wandao River washed over him, Xu Chenzhi felt his body and soul undergoing a process of sublimation, which was also a test for his body and soul.

As the waters of the myriad rivers washed away the impurities from the original three thousand feet tall, the true spirit gradually shrank, eventually becoming only one thousand feet tall.

Just as Xu Chen felt his physical and spiritual body reach its peak and step into immortality, several alien eyes suddenly opened above the myriad rivers.

A curse from the deepest recesses of cause and effect spread from Xu Chen's soul.

"The Spirit Race, the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court!"

Xu Chen looked defiantly at the several pairs of alien eyes in the sky, a hint of contempt on his lips.

Since these alien races' Saint Venerable experts have sensed it, the human race may have already laid out a backup plan.

In this respect, Xu Chen had great faith in the Saintly Venerable experts of the human race. (End of Chapter)