The liver is a late bloomer!

"Your father and I have been diligently cultivating over the years, thinking that if you really couldn't come back, we would go and find you."

"Now that you're back, your father and I are free from our inner demons, and we'll be able to advance to the Golden Immortal realm in a while."

“Your father has advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, so he will definitely rejoin the vanguard,” Wei Miaoqiu explained.

Over the years, Xu Qiangjia has been worried about her son and thinking about waiting for him to come back and join the vanguard to serve the human race. She has seen all of this.

"Father, I won't stop you this time, but you must tell me before you leave."

"Moreover, after dying on the battlefield, one must retreat to the rear."

Xu Chen decided to grant his father's wish. With his current strength, he could refine a set of acquired spiritual treasures for his father, along with life-saving holy pills, which should ensure his father's safety in ordinary battlefields.

"Good! Son, you finally understand me," Xu Qiangjia said happily.

The family enjoyed a harmonious and happy meal together.

After the banquet, Xu Qiangjia led his group to the large lake outside the city, launched a fairy boat, and began fishing.

Xu Chen sat on the deck and began to sense the presence of Xu Xiyue and Su Yueyao.

"He has cultivated several immortal techniques." After satisfying his homesickness upon seeing his family, Xu Chen began to examine Xu Xiyue's cultivation level.

Xu Xiyue, who was originally immersed in family affection, suddenly tensed up when she heard Xu Chen's words.

"I have cultivated two techniques, the Profound Water Sword Formation and the Void Sword Body, both at the minor completion stage. My combat strength is barely in the middle range within the sect."

"Not bad. I'll take a look at these two supernatural abilities another day and refine a set of acquired spiritual treasures specifically for you."

"After I left, your magical treasures were left behind, which must have been tough on you." Xu Chen sensed that Xu Xiyue only had two acquired spiritual treasures. He remembered that when Da Xu left with him, he was only a Celestial-grade weapon refiner.

"It's not bitter. Having two acquired spiritual treasures in the Golden Immortal realm makes one a top-tier existence among Golden Immortal disciples in the sect."

"Besides, having another acquired spiritual treasure would be too much of a drain on resources," Xu Xiyue said, moved.

Xu Chen turned his head to look at his father fishing on the deck in the distance, his mother preparing fruit on the side, and then looked at Su Yueyao who refused to leave his side. Suddenly, he felt that the hardships of the past 100,000 years were nothing.

"Don't worry about it. I'll have Da Xu make you a full-body set later."

"By the way, what has been the situation of the myriad races in the main realm during the 100,000 years I've been away? And how has our human race fared among them?"

Xu Chen felt that the human race had developed quite well in recent years, which could be seen from the main realm area that the Human Emperor's Great Dao Palace had developed in that star sea region when he returned.

“Uh…” Xu Xiyue hesitated for a moment.

"I feel it's neither too good nor too bad."

"Over the past 10 years, the surrounding star sea has been completely cleared, and the strength of all races has increased significantly."

"Those great clans brought back Great Venerable Worlds from the deep space of the Star Sea Domain. More or less, they all have one or two more Saint Venerable Realm experts than before, especially the Spirit Clan, which has four more Saint Venerable Realm experts."

"But with these powerful figures, the situation where all races were about to start vying for supremacy was instead rallied by the two holy lands, who led them to explore the dark side of the main realm."

"And what about our human race?" Xu Chen asked.

"The Human Alliance has remained neutral and has continued to expand into the deep space of the Star Sea, without joining the conquest of the dark side of the main world."

"This is only what I know; I don't know any more details," Xu Xiyue said.

"It's alright, I'll talk to my senior brother about it and it will be clear."

A gentle breeze blew by, and Xu Chen, sitting on the deck, felt quite comfortable.

After spending half a month with his parents, Xu Chen returned to the Great Stream Sect world.

Inside the floating island cave, Xu Chen nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the well-maintained cave.

"Yueyao, you've worked so hard all year maintaining the cave."

At this moment, only Xu Chen and Su Yueyao were inside the floating island cave.

"Husband~~" Su Yueyao hugged Xu Chen.

“These past years, besides cultivating, Yueyao has been thinking about her husband.”

"Ten thousand years, my husband, I have waited for you so long!"

Su Yueyao buried her face in Xu Chen's chest, and Xu Chen felt a dampness on his chest.

Xu Chen stroked Su Yueyao's hair, and the two of them quietly embraced each other.

After a long time, Su Yueyao finally let go of Xu Chen's hand and led him to the master bedroom of the cave.

"My husband, I have mastered the Phoenix Entwining Dragon Technique. Today, I will give it to you." Su Yueyao turned around and looked at Xu Chen with deep affection.

Xu Chen looked at Su Yueyao, who had waited for him for 100,000 years, pulled her forcefully, and carried her towards the cave.

Three days later, inside Yang Wanshan's private immortal palace.

"The situation of all races in the main realm is very bad right now, and the two holy lands have already begun to reap the benefits."

“In just ten thousand years, more than ten Saint Venerables have fallen in the dark side of the main realm.” Yang Wanshan’s words instantly made Xu Chen feel uneasy.

"Didn't any of the major clans in the main realm notice?" Xu Chen asked curiously.

"This is an open conspiracy; those who have already entered the game have no way to escape."

"No major clan in the main realm dares to defy the will of the two holy lands, and the rewards offered by the two holy lands are extremely high."

"Then what about our human race?" Xu Chen asked, frowning.

"We also sent a group of powerful individuals to conquer the dark side of the main realm. They were just rotated recently, and the current one should be the Xuan Ding Saint Venerable." Yang Wanshan handed Xu Chen a jade slip.

"Our people are only putting in a half-hearted effort in the dark side of the main realm, mainly focusing on preserving their own strength." Yang Wanshan handed the brewed immortal tea to Xu Chen. Xu Chen looked at the jade slip in his hand and probed it with his divine sense, then discovered that it was the coordinates of a star sea region, which was very far away from the main realm.

"What does this mean?" Xu Chen looked at the jade slip in his hand.

"The Human Emperor Temple has assigned us, the Great Stream Sect, as a transit station for our backup position, so that we can go to the deep space of the Star Sea Region."

Yang Wanshan became interested at this point.

"Have you encountered a suitable location for the development of our Daxi Zong along your journey?"

Xu Chen thought back for a moment.

"The best positions are occupied by the powerful clans."

"We did discover a few isolated Great Venerable Worlds, but the energy in the surrounding star seas is insufficient to support our development."

As Xu Chen spoke, he took out the jade slip that had already been made and handed it to Yang Wanshan. It contained everything he had seen and heard along the way.

"The Divine Race has more Saint Venerables than our Human Race has Great Venerables!" Yang Wanshan exclaimed.

"Fortunately, the God Clan has some rules, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come back."

"It has to be because Junior Brother Xu is so strong, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to return using the spatial turbulence area." Yang Wanshan sensed Xu Chen's strength, but even though they were at the same level, he couldn't see through it.

"After all the hardships, I'm finally back."

"By the way, how is our sect doing these days? I haven't seen Master since I came back?" Xu Chen asked.

"My master is fighting alongside my mistress in the Star Sea Domain."

"As for the sect's development, it's very good."

"There are 6,320 disciples in the Golden Immortal Realm, more than 3 billion disciples in the Profound Immortal Realm, and the remaining disciples in the Heavenly Immortal Realm and below number in the tens of billions, and the number is increasing every day."

"Currently, the Great Stream Sect has one Great Luo level world, thirty-six Golden Immortal level worlds, and thirteen hundred Profound Immortal level worlds."

“Once you reach this level of development, you can pause and accumulate experience,” Yang Wanshan explained.

"Accumulate resources? Why not continue to develop?" Xu Chen felt that the strength of the Great Stream Sect was not enough. Even if the Great Stream Sect expanded tenfold, it would not be able to withstand the puppet reincarnation tower he had just taken out.

"If we go beyond this range, the balance between resource income and expenditure will be unbalanced, and healthy development will be impossible."

"This is a dilemma faced by all major sects," Yang Wanshan said.

"The sect will continue to develop, and there's no need to worry about resources."

"I brought a lot of things back with me this time." Xu Chen inherited the entire legacy of the Holy Light Clan.

Hundreds of spatial treasures appeared in the main hall.

"These are all things I don't need, so I've put them all in the sect's treasury."

One after another, a spatial magic treasure entered Yang Wanshan's hands. He was stunned after just one glance.

"So many resources at the level of acquired spiritual treasures!!"

"This is only part of it. In addition, I also brought back thirty-four innate spiritual treasures. You can take a look later and see which ones are suitable for the sect. The rest that I don't need can be rented to the Emperor Temple." Xu Chen waved his hand and released another twenty-six innate spiritual treasures that he didn't need.

"This……"

"I packed a lot of stuff on the road this time, I'll organize it later." Xu Chen took a sip of the immortal tea and felt that the tea from the human race suited his taste better.

"The sect owes you an endless debt," Yang Wanshan said earnestly.

"You know I don't care about these things," Xu Chen waved his hand.

"From now on, your will will be the will of the sect," Yang Wanshan said to Xu Chen, making a promise.

"Okay, that one sentence is enough."

"After our master advanced to the Great Luo Realm, he completely broke away from the Great Stream Sect under the witness of the Human Emperor Temple."

"So now, I am the Supreme Elder, and you are the Supreme Second Elder."

Yang Wanshan took out a Supreme Elder token and handed it to Xu Chen.

"Ah, why is Master doing this?" Xu Chen asked, puzzled.

"After our master's wife was revived, our master was determined to become a strong person to protect her. So he severed ties with the past and established the heart of a strong person." Yang Wanshan said with a sigh.

"Why choose this path? If Master perseveres a little longer, I will advance to the Great Luo Realm, and then he can finally rest easy."

"Master doesn't want Master's wife to fall into a deep sleep again."

"Ok."

Xu Chen didn't quite understand why his master had embarked on this path.

"The news of your return has spread throughout the entire sect. I have just discussed it with the sect elders, and the sect will hold a grand ceremony to celebrate your return in ten days." Yang Wanshan said as he checked the contents of his acquired spiritual treasure space, unable to suppress the smile on his face.

"Oh, that's not necessary."

"You've been gone for the past 100,000 years, and the sect's development has slowed down considerably."

"Moreover, some sects and forces treat people differently based on their status. In recent years, our sect's reputation has weakened considerably compared to when you were here."

"The sect is holding a grand ceremony to celebrate your return and to boost our sect's prestige," Yang Wanshan said earnestly, putting down the spatial treasure he was holding.

"Sure, showing up and fighting is fine." Xu Chen thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. (End of Chapter)