The liver is a late bloomer!

"No matter where you go, you can't escape paying taxes, but this tax is too heavy!"

Xu Chen calculated that it was equivalent to 30% of the goods on his reported list.

They took out some unused acquired spiritual treasures and converted them into Dao Origin Immortal Crystals to pay taxes.

"Fifteen acquired spiritual treasures, estimated to be worth 1,532 catties, and I will give you another 232 catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals."

The Golden Immortal Realm's Divine Clan presented Xu Chen with thirty-two one-inch square Dao Origin Immortal Crystals, plus two Immortal Crystals slightly larger than ping-pong balls.

After seeing Xu Chen accept the gift, the Golden Immortal Realm Divine Clan member turned and left.

"The God-King Clan really does have principles."

Just as Xu Chen was thinking about what to do next, a group of Yushen Clan members wearing yellow robes walked quickly towards him.

They looked as if they had discovered a new continent.

"Friend, you're a stranger. Where do you come from, and what race are you?"

“My name is Tigu, stranger.” The leader of the Yushen Clan said warmly, while the rest of the Yushen Clan looked at the acquired spiritual treasure flying boat behind Xu Chen with burning eyes.

"I am Xu Chen of the human race. As for where I come from, I do not know."

"The flying boat was accidentally teleported here due to spatial turbulence," Xu Chen said.

When Xu Chen returned after escaping the territory of the Divine Race, he had already prepared his explanation.

Furthermore, they left a backup plan: both Xu Chen and Da Xu who came this time were clones.

"So you're a lost friend. I feel sorry for what happened to you."

"However, you've come to the right place by coming to our Divine Clan. If you can earn a large amount of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals here, you might be able to activate our clan's most treasured artifact to send you back to your familiar place."

Upon hearing Xu Chen's words, Ti Gu's expression became even more enthusiastic.

"Huh? I can go back!" Xu Chen didn't expect to find his way as soon as he arrived at the Yushen Clan.

“Friend, you need an ocean of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals to do this~” Ti Gu gestured with a very broad gesture, indicating an enormous amount of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals.

Xu Chen looked at the eager members of the Divine Race and invited them onto the airship, where he showed them the cargo it carried.

A large number of acquired spiritual treasures, holy-grade talismans, and resources left to Xu Chen by the Holy Light Clan.

As soon as the items were displayed, the members of the Yellow Robe Divine Clan transformed into experts, carefully examining each and every item.

"The systems for refining these acquired spiritual treasures are all different."

"These sacred talismans are indeed identical."

"And these..."

After listening to what they said, Xu Chen couldn't help but look at these merchants from the Divine Race with new respect. They had almost all guessed correctly about the way out of these things.

After a period of valuation, Xu Chen negotiated with the seller and finally set the price at 6132 jin of Daoyuan Immortal Crystals.

After the transaction was completed, at the enthusiastic invitation of the group of Yushin clan merchants, they went to a nearby restaurant that best represented the Yushin clan's unique characteristics.

“Friend Xu, you came from a magical place, didn’t you?” Tigu looked at Xu Chen and said sincerely.

"I can't hide it from Fellow Daoist Ti." Xu Chen then slightly modified the story and recounted his inner world.

"It turns out my friend was looking for his way home, which is difficult in other places."

"But in our Divine Race, as long as there are enough Immortal Crystals of the Great Dao Origin, we can send our friends home." Tigu raised his wine cup and invited everyone to drink it all in one gulp.

"I wonder how many immortal crystals it will take to get home?" Xu Chen asked tentatively.

"It depends on the distance. My friend, you can go to the Star Chart Divine Tower in the capital and spend 100,000 catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals to test it. Then you will know how many Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals you need."

Xu Chen couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache when he heard that it would cost 100,000 Origin Immortal Crystals to conduct the test.

The testing alone requires 100,000 immortal crystals; who knows how much it will cost to actually start it up.

“If your friend wants to take the test, they can let me know in advance,” Tigu said with a smile.

"Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist." Xu Chen raised his glass in gratitude.

While Xu Chen was drinking, his soul received the message from Da Xu.

"As expected of a top expert with an invincible saintly status, I found out how to get home in less than a quarter of an hour in the tavern."

"However, it's a bit pricey; it requires 10,000 catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals to conduct the test."

At this moment, Xu Chen was smiling as he clinked glasses with Ti Gu.

"I have some connection with the Venerable Anwei, who is in charge of the Star Chart Divine Tower. At that time, the price of 10 catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals can be reduced to 8 catties."

"My friend, no need to thank me, it's what friends should do." Tigu still had that signature warm smile.

Xu Chen's smile remained unchanged.

"It's better not to trouble you, fellow Daoist, to do me this favor."

After the banquet, both sides waved goodbye warmly and agreed on a time for the next transaction.

"Given your personality, shouldn't you have swindled them out of their money?" Da Xu couldn't help but ask after Xu Chen met up with Da Xu.

“Arrogance has its limits. Besides, the information he provided was correct. At most, his asking price was a bit high, but he wouldn’t resort to underhanded tactics.”

As Xu Chen spoke, he extracted the wisp of causal energy from his body, which was then consumed by a flame.

At that banquet where the guests enjoyed themselves immensely, both sides secretly prepared contraband for each other.

Xu Chen was marked with a causal imprint, meaning that wherever he went, the other party would know.

Xu Chen planted seeds of Golden Crow Divine Fire within them, which would sprout as long as Xu Chen left a certain area.

"How many Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals do we still have?" Xu Chen asked Da Xu.

"There are many. The legacy of the Holy Light Clan, plus what was extracted from the spiritual treasures in the acquired space, adds up to about three million catties."

"If that's not enough, you can make several million catties from those Great Thief Origin Space Beads by adding a little impurity." Da Xu gave a rundown of his entire fortune.

"If that's not enough, then work like crazy here. A Saint-grade weapon refiner shouldn't have to worry about not earning enough Dao Origin Immortal Crystals."

Xu Chen rolled his eyes at Da Xu. Although he was not as eager for the Great Dao Origin Crystals as before, the purest Great Dao Origin was still extremely precious.

"Let's go take a look first. It's only 10,000 catties of immortal crystals."

The Divine Race, the capital of the outer realm, the entire capital city is a world of the Great Venerable level.

Xu Chen was in a queue, waiting to enter.

The outer capital city only allows a certain number of alien races to enter; those exceeding this number must queue to enter.

Only when a foreign race leaves the capital world can a foreign race enter the outside world.

Looking ahead at the endless queue, there were more than 1 such queues on this huge platform.

"Even if you pay money, they won't let you in. I haven't felt this kind of status in a long time."

Xu Chen couldn't help but sigh, looking into the distance. That was the entrance to the Divine Control Clan's passage, where even members of the Divine Control Clan with the lowest cultivation levels could freely enter and exit.

Tens of thousands of years later, Xu Chen experienced again the feeling of standing like an ant when his cultivation level was low. At first, Xu Chen felt a little unbalanced, but when he saw a great venerable from another race standing in front of him, his mood calmed down a bit.

Even the most powerful beings of other races have to queue here, let alone a mere Golden Immortal like him.

The alien Grand Venerable standing in front of Xu Chen had two pairs of transparent wings on his back and golden scales on his body, but otherwise his appearance was like that of a human.

Perhaps sensing Xu Chen's emotional fluctuations, the alien Grand Venerable standing in front of Xu Chen turned around to look at him.

"Greetings, senior," Xu Chen said quickly.

"This is your first time visiting the Divine Realm, right? I sense that you are quite emotional."

"It seems you still haven't gotten used to the status of the overlord of the Divine Race." The alien Grand Venerable looked at Xu Chen curiously, trying to find out information about Xu Chen's race.

"This junior is merely marveling at the power of the Divine Race," Xu Chen said, seemingly both sincere and unserious.

The alien lord gave Xu Chen a meaningful look, then turned around and continued queuing.

Although countless alien races are queuing to enter the outer capital world, alien races are also emerging from the world every moment, and the queue is slowly moving forward.

Fifty years later, it was finally Xu Chen's turn.

A jade card representing his alien identity appeared in Xu Chen's hand.

"You must never leave your identity jade card, or you will be killed by the Heavenly Dao of the World. In addition, you must leave the Capital World within one year."

Xu Chen entered the capital city world with the jade card.

A magnificent, colossal teleportation hall spanning millions of miles. Xu Chen stepped out of the teleportation array, paid an exorbitant teleportation fee, and was directly teleported to the outside of the Star Chart God Tower.

"This is so convenient." Xu Chen looked up at the towering divine tower that reached into the clouds in the distance.

Contrary to his expectations, the tower was extremely deserted, with only a few leaders of the Divine Clan guarding it.

"Senior, I have been lost in a time-space turbulence and am trying to find my way home."

Just as the Divine Race here were all at the Great Luo Realm, Xu Chen immediately bowed and explained his purpose.

"You're quite lucky. You managed to land near the territory of my Divine Race after entering the spatial turbulence. I wonder if your luck is good or bad." The leading Great Luo expert of the Divine Race glanced at Xu Chen.

"1 million catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals".

Xu Chen handed over a spatial artifact containing 1 jin of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals.

A large purple gate appeared not far away.

"Go, walk through this door, and once inside, imagine the star map that your own people see. If you don't see it, the Divine Tower can only explore the cause and effect deep within you to find it."

"Thank you, senior."

Xu Chen pushed open the purple door and entered. The space inside resembled a starry sea.

The purple door slowly closed.

In an instant, the distant Milky Way vanished, and the entire world was plunged into darkness.

Following the guidance of the powerful Grand Luo Realm expert from the Divine Race, Xu Chen began to fantasize about the star path he was familiar with.

Light began to appear in the dark world, and star maps imagined by the illusory dust appeared one after another, illuminating the entire world with starlight.

After Xu Chen pieced together the star map he was familiar with, the whole world began to slowly start to turn.

The star map began to change slowly, and seemed to be shifting in one direction.

After seeing the program run automatically, Xu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground and watched the changes in the star map.

"I hope you can teleport me there, even if it's expensive, I don't care."

Even if he were to take 100 million catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals from Xu Chen, he was confident he could earn it from the Divine Control Clan.

It was unclear how long the star path had evolved, until Xu Chen saw the newly added stars, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Because the positions of those stars began to correspond with the positions of the stars in the starry sea he was now seeing.

As time went on, Xu Chen became familiar with more and more stars, until it completely transformed into the star map he sees now.

A spatial force enveloped Xu Chen, bringing him back to the main hall he had just been in.

Those few Great Luo Realm Divine Race members looked at Xu Chen with strange expressions.

“Ordinary spatial turbulence probably couldn’t teleport such a long distance,” said a member of the Great Luo Realm Divine Race, frowning.

"Senior, can I go back?" Xu Chen had a bad feeling.

"Your race is too far from here. Even the Star Chart Tower's maximum teleportation distance can only shorten your journey home by 30%."

"A massive amount of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals are needed, and the current spatial tide in your home is in the opposite direction."

After speaking, the Great Luo Realm expert of the Divine Race closed his eyes and began to calculate the number of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals needed.

Xu Chen waited patiently to the side.

"Nine million three thousand catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals can teleport you to the extreme distance."

"Senior, could you please explain to this junior what spatial tides are?"

"If we follow the spatial tides, can we teleport to a greater distance?" Xu Chen said, taking out a spatial sphere and handing it to the Great Luo Realm expert of the Divine Race. Inside, a thousand catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals were sealed.

The Grand Luo Realm expert smiled as he looked at the spatial sphere and casually stored it into his spatial magic treasure.

"Spatial tides are fluctuations in spatial energy at the deepest part of the void."

"If you are slightly stronger and have mastered the art of space, you should be able to see just a small part of the spatial tides if you break through space with all your might."

"If a powerful expert above the Great Luo Realm wants to descend over a great distance, they need to enter the space of this level to make the descent."

"Just like ocean waves, they go fast with the current and slow against it."

"If the spatial tides flow in a counter-current, your journey home might be halved."

"Even Saint Venerables cannot predict the changes in spatial tides. They can change in an instant when they are fast, or they may not change direction for tens of millions of years when they are slow."

"You must be one of the most outstanding talents in your clan. If you can provide enough immortal crystals..."

"The Star Chart Tower can shorten your journey home by 30%. When you reach the last 10% of the way, your clan's Holy Venerable can consume some divine energy to bring you back."

"If you follow this path slowly, you'll eventually get home."

The Grand Luo Realm expert who accepted Xu Chen's Immortal Crystal looked at Xu Chen and felt a hint of sympathy in his tone.

Even as a powerful expert at the Great Luo Realm, he wasn't confident he could return home safely from such a long journey.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior. I will consider it when I get back." Xu Chen bowed to the powerful members of the Divine Clan and took his leave.

Inside a luxurious temporary cave dwelling, Xu Chen and Da Xu discussed how to get home.

"You said if we're lucky, the spatial tides might change direction, and if someone picks us up when we get back, we could reduce the journey home by 60%."

"But even the remaining forty percent is an unimaginable distance." Da Xu's voice echoed in Xu Chen's soul. (End of Chapter)