The liver is a late bloomer!

"Uh……"

“Father, now that you’ve advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, your top priority is to consolidate your cultivation,” Xu Chen said.

"You little rascal~"

Xu Qiangjia rolled his eyes at Xu Chen, then transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the temporary cave.

“Your father is right, it’s time for our Xu family to have more descendants.” Wei Miaoqiu looked at Xu Chen with a gentle tone.

"Mother, these are some sacred pills I refined for you. You said you would use them when you were undergoing your tribulation."

"I've already arranged for someone to refine the life-saving acquired spiritual treasure. I'll send it to you when it's ready." Xu Chen smiled and changed the subject, saying that cultivating was more important than having a child.

"I know you're busy cultivating, so hurry back." Wei Miaoqiu waved her hand.

"Mother, we're leaving."

Upon returning to the Great Stream Sect, Xu Chen encountered Yang Wanshan, who had just emerged from seclusion.

“Uncle has advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, I should give him a congratulatory gift.” The two were drinking tea by the lake when Yang Wanshan heard about Xu Chen’s whereabouts and said this.

"No need, we're all family."

"Why did you emerge from seclusion? I saw you in the cultivation world at a crucial moment in your cultivation of immortal supernatural powers."

Xu Chen picked up the immortal tea, brought it to his lips, gently blew away the strange phenomenon formed by the tea mist, and took a sip.

"The plan has been completed. In a secret realm deep within the Star Sea Domain, a design has been created, containing numerous acquired spiritual treasures and three innate spiritual treasures."

"It was discovered by a spy from another race at the Xuanxian realm by chance. Initially, the plan was to have the spy lure the powerful members of the Spirit Race here."

"This alien spy wanted to kill two birds with one stone, so he reported to the human race that the killing formation and guarding beasts set up in the secret realm would require a human Grand Venerable Realm expert and several Great Luo Realm experts."

"Trying to kill two birds with one stone?" Yang Wanshan sneered.

"Good idea. When do we make our move?" Xu Chen asked.

"A month from now, the Human Emperor Temple Fair will send five Grand Venerables to the event. They will definitely be able to kill one or two Grand Venerable experts from the Spirit Race." Yang Wanshan gave Xu Chen a jade slip with coordinates.

"What is this?" Xu Chen asked.

"This is the location of that secret realm. The Spirit Clan will definitely be ambushing us with several Grand Luo level experts."

"The battle begins. The Human Race Grandmaster will release several Great Luo Realm experts, who will be your opponents."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen frowned slightly.

"Can't I just join the battle directly?"

"The Human Emperor Temple will not allow it. Once you join the battlefield first, the powerful Spirit Clan Grand Venerable will definitely burn his source power and risk his own life to kill you in order to make his death worthwhile."

"Therefore, the Great Venerable Realm experts of the human race will choose a good opponent for you," Yang Wanshan explained.

“This… will do.” Xu Chen nodded gently.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing you might be interested in."

"what's up?"

"Back when the human race was still in the main realm, they fought a great war against the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court. My uncle and aunt perished on the front lines because of the betrayal of the Tai'a Mountain Spirit."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen immediately unleashed a strong killing intent, but quickly withdrew it.

"The Spirit Clan and the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court are in cahoots. This Tai'a Mountain Spirit has already advanced to the Great Luo Realm. Some time ago, when we were looking for a suitable secret realm, we discovered that the Tai'a Mountain Spirit was guarding a large mine."

"There are four Great Luo Realm experts in total, two from the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court and two from the Spirit Race."

As soon as Yang Wanshan finished speaking, Xu Chen stood up.

"Where is that mineral vein!" Xu Chen wanted to set off immediately to bring back the Tai'a Mountain Spirit and let him know the consequences of betraying the human race.

"It's not too far from this secret realm. Once you've dealt with the alien spy, you can seek revenge under the protection of the Human Grand Master."

"Thanks, senior brother."

"Just now you said you were family."

Xu Chen and Yang Wanshan looked at each other and burst into laughter.

A month later, in a distant starry sea, a fleet of human beings equipped with acquired spiritual treasures arrived.

A human Grandmaster, accompanied by eight powerful experts at the Great Luo Realm, used spatial power to forcibly open the secret realm.

A spatial gate, thousands of feet wide, appeared in the Star Sea Domain.

At this moment, tens of thousands of miles away, the three Great Venerables and ten Great Luo Immortals of the Spirit Clan were watching this scene from a hidden formation.

"After sending so many spies among the human race, we finally caught a big fish."

"Three innate spiritual treasures, plus the loss of one Great Venerable and eight Great Luo Immortals from the human race—such merit, upon returning to the clan, will surely be greatly rewarded by the Holy Venerable." A hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of the leading Great Venerable of the Spirit Clan.

"This is the Human Race's Grand Venerable Moshan, whose combat strength ranks in the lower middle of the Human Race. The two of us are enough to suppress him." The Spirit Race Grand Venerable beside him said in a relaxed tone, as it was rare to have such an easy yet rewarding task.

“In that case, our mission needs to change a bit. We’ll put this Human Race Grandmaster into a deep sleep, bring him back to our clan, and seal him away permanently. That way, we can extract more information about the Human Race.” The leading Spirit Race Grandmaster wanted to make this mission even more significant.

“It’s a bit risky, but I should be able to manage once I’m free,” said the Spirit Clan Grand Venerable who was in charge of quickly eliminating the Great Luo Realm experts of the human race.

"Okay, now let's wait for them to come out."

Not far from this hidden formation, Xu Chen's black gold ship lay hidden in the void, waiting quietly.

"Great Venerable Dragon Elephant, do I want to fight five of them?" Xu Chen sat at the bow of the boat, brewing tea for the four Great Venerables.

"What about five? I'll release seven for you in a bit." The Dragon Elephant Venerable laughed heartily.

"Seven is fine too," Xu Chen nodded.

"If a million Golden Immortal Realm puppets are mastered to perfection in battle formation techniques, they can at least trap five Great Luo Realm experts."

"Even if we encounter a Grand Venerable, we might be able to escape from him." Grand Venerable Luo Qing took a sip of the fresh tea brewed by Xu Chen, his expression very satisfied.

“Those Spirit Race Grand Venerables are probably feeling quite pleased with themselves right now, and I wonder how many of them have come,” said another Thousand Law Grand Venerable.

"According to the intelligence sent back by the alien spies, there are at least three Grand Venerables and a group of Great Luo Realm experts."

"The Spirit Race has made many enemies in the main realm. Most of the Spirit Race's powerful members are currently in the dark side of the main realm, so they can't send out many powerful members."

"If it weren't for the two great saints issuing a ban, this would definitely be a good opportunity to exterminate the Spirit Clan."

Xu Chen listened to the conversation of the four Great Venerable Realm experts while observing the secret realm in the distance.

Just then, the Dragon Elephant Grandmaster patted Xu Chen on the shoulder.

"Boy, I find your ability to use magic treasures beyond your level by activating your source to be very useful. It's just a pity that our clan doesn't have any extra innate treasures."

"When are you going out again and bringing back a few innate treasures?" the Dragon Elephant Grandmaster joked.

“Even the strongest Golden Immortal cannot escape the clutches of a Saint Venerable. Besides, even if there were extra innate treasures, they wouldn’t be yours.” After saying this, the Thousand Laws Grand Venerable suddenly looked towards a certain star sea region.

"I scanned the area within hundreds of millions of miles several times and finally discovered the hiding place of the Spirit Race."

"You guessed right. Three Grand Venerables and ten Grand Luo Immortals should be easy to deal with."

The Thousand Laws Grand Venerable waved his hand, releasing a beam of light. The light displayed the information of three Grand Venerables, along with their cultivation techniques, supernatural abilities, and magical treasures. The light then revealed information on ten Great Luo Realm experts. "These three Grand Venerables only possess two innate spiritual treasures; they are truly poor," the Dragon Elephant Grand Venerable said, looking at the information with considerable disappointment.

“That’s enough. We have five Grand Venerables, but we only have three Innate Spiritual Treasures,” said Grand Venerable Luo Qing.

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen felt somewhat incredulous and looked puzzled.

Are innate spiritual treasures difficult to obtain?

"You don't understand, kid. Although all the Great Venerables of our human race can be given an innate spiritual treasure on average, it depends on whether the innate spiritual treasure is suitable or not. Otherwise, it is better to have an acquired spiritual treasure."

"Not everyone is like you, kid, with such heaven-defying cultivation techniques, supernatural abilities, and fortuitous opportunities. Even those in unorthodox sects are the same."

“Once you advance to the Great Venerable Realm, I’m afraid all of us old guys will have to beg you for help.”

As soon as the Dragon Elephant Venerable finished speaking, the other three Venerables looked at Xu Chen together.

"You don't need to wait until the Great Venerable Realm; you can advance to a Divine-grade Weapon Refiner once you reach the Great Luo Realm," said the Thousand Laws Venerable leisurely.

At this moment, Venerable Luo Qing silently took out a tea set and then took out the immortal tea that he usually couldn't bear to drink.

Of the five Great Venerables from the human race, only he and another Great Venerable who entered the secret realm did not possess a suitable innate spiritual treasure.

"Come, have some tea."

"This is a bit of Chaos Divine Tea that I obtained after surviving a near-death experience in a secret realm of the Chaos Divine Tree." Luo Qing pushed the brewed Chaos Divine Tea in front of Xu Chen.

"You good-for-nothing Luo Qing, I begged you 800 times not to even let me smell it, and now look what you've done, you want it for a mere innate spiritual treasure."

“We’re all here, so we should each have a cup.” Grandmaster Dragon Elephant immediately objected.

"This Chaos Divine Tea can only be brewed into three cups at most, and the Chaos Myriad Paths generated within the body after drinking it are only helpful to beings below the Great Venerable Realm."

"It would be a waste for us to drink it."

"Come, Xu Chen, drink this cup of Chaos Divine Tea. It will save you ten thousand years of arduous cultivation." Luo Qing looked at Xu Chen expectantly.

"Ah, it's so valuable." Xu Chen said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Once you advance to the Great Luo Realm, I'd like to be the number one order in your queue."

Xu Chen looked down at the cup of Chaos Divine Tea and saw the tea mist condensing into a small, ten-thousand-river in the air above the cup.

“Great Venerable One, none of the innate spiritual treasures I brought back are suitable for you,” Xu Chen asked.

“I cultivate the path of shadow, which is extremely rare. Moreover, there are very few weapon refiners who can craft such magical treasures. But I think it shouldn’t be a problem for you.” Grand Venerable Luo Qing gestured for Xu Chen to drink the Chaos Divine Tea again.

"Don't worry, once I advance to the Great Luo Realm, I will refine a Primordial Spiritual Treasure for you as long as you have a Primordial Spiritual Treasure Embryo." Xu Chen picked up the Chaos Divine Tea, gently blew away the tea mist, and then drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking the Chaos Divine Tea, Xu Chen felt a warmth emanating from his soul, and a cloud of seven-colored chaotic mist gathered in his dantian.

"When you cultivate, the seven-colored chaotic mist within your body will help you cultivate and comprehend the myriad paths, at which point you will enter a state of sudden enlightenment."

"Before you begin your cultivation, you should prepare the Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals according to the amount you consumed during your previous ten thousand years of cultivation," Grand Venerable Luo Qing reminded him, recalling the cultivation method Xu Chen practiced.

"As for the innate spiritual treasure embryo of the Shadow Path, I have already prepared it."

Grandmaster Luo Qing gently opened his hand, and a primordial spiritual treasure embryo radiating a shadow domain appeared.

“In that case, senior, please feel free to entrust it to me. I have already mastered many of the great divine scripture of the Shadow Path.”

Luo Qing smiled and put away the innate spiritual treasure embryo in his hand; these were the words he had been waiting for.

“I had the same idea, but you beat me to it. Xu Chen, I’m number two now,” said the Dragon Elephant Grandmaster. He had a suitable innate spiritual treasure, but he would always want more.

After the Dragon Elephant Venerable finished speaking, the other two Venerables were also introduced.

Xu Chen readily accepted them all.

"Four Venerable Seniors, in order to speed up the refining of innate spiritual treasures, after I advance to the Great Luo Realm, I will first refine a large furnace innate spiritual treasure, which will take some time."

“No problem, you can even practice with your innate spiritual treasure first.” The four Grand Venerables nodded in understanding.

The five then enjoyed tea while keeping an eye on the exit of the secret realm.

A month later, the portal to the secret realm appeared in the Star Sea Domain.

All the powerful figures who were enjoying tea on the black gold ship stood up, and the four terrifying auras made Xu Chen, who was standing to the side, unable to breathe.

"Be more restrained when you make your move. Release the six Great Luo Realm experts to Xu Chen first," said the Dragon Elephant Grand Venerable.

"no problem."

In the distance, through a spatial gate, Grandmaster Mo Shan emerged with eight powerful experts at the Great Luo Realm, all with smiles on their faces.

"You've worked hard inside and gained a lot. When you get back, the contribution points awarded by the Human Emperor Temple will be increased by another 20%." Grand Venerable Moshan had a relaxed expression on his face, but he was extremely wary in his heart.

The spatial portal leading to the secret realm slowly dissipated, and the remaining human Grand Luo Realm experts wore relaxed smiles on their faces.

"Such a bountiful harvest, then we'll gladly accept it!"

A greedy and excited voice echoed throughout the starry sea.

The ten Great Luo Realm experts of the Spirit Clan broke through the void and arrived at the fixed location, forming a battle formation to seal off the space.

Three terrifying auras descended upon the great formation.

"Great Venerable of the Spirit Clan!" Great Venerable Moshan showed a look of shock.

"Hand over all innate spiritual treasures, or else..."

Before he could finish speaking, the three Spirit Race Grand Venerables suddenly attacked.

"You dare to bully my human race? You're courting death!!"

The four Great Venerables shattered the void and descended outside the great formation.

The Thousand Laws Grandmaster exuded a mysterious aura, instantly breaking the battle formation composed of ten Great Luo Realm experts from the Spirit Clan.

"Damn it, an ambush! Retreat!!"

Judging from the current situation, the three Great Venerables of the Spirit Clan joined forces to open up a spatial passage in an attempt to lead all the Spirit Clan members to escape.

But the three great venerables have already been targeted and have no way to escape.

Only the ten Great Luo Realm experts on the periphery took the opportunity to enter the spatial tunnel.

"Want to leave!"

The Dragon Elephant Grandmaster transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma form, and with a single tear of his bare hands, directly brought out four Spirit Race Great Luo Realm experts from the void.

"None of you spies from the Spirit Race who have been reincarnated into our Human Race will escape."

"Only the three of you will stay!"

The war is about to start.

Xu Chen followed the coordinates marked by the Dragon Elephant Grandmaster and steered the black gold ship in that direction.

In an unfamiliar starry sea, six powerful cultivators of the Spirit Clan at the Great Luo Realm were sealed in the void by the Dragon Elephant Grand Venerable.

"The spatial seal here isn't strong. The six of us working together can break it in just fifteen minutes. Our lives are safe." (End of Chapter)