The liver is a late bloomer!

"This, this, and this!"

"Keep these three, and send the rest to the Eternal Sleep Realm," the black-robed man said, pointing to three of the Spirit Clan's Great Luo Immortals.

"Yes, but don't kill him," Grandmaster Qingzhu warned the man in black robes.

"Don't worry, don't you know my skills? I guarantee they'll suffer for eternity." The man in black robes chuckled.

Standing next to the Azure Bamboo Venerable, Xu Chen always felt that this man in black robes was not a good person.

“Little guy, I sense the presence of the Netherworld and the Soul within you. Are you interested in staying here? Torturing these alien races is much better than fighting outside.”

The black-robed man's deep, dark eyes sent a shiver down Xu Chen's spine with just one glance.

"No need, senior."

"Pity."

The Great Venerable Qingzhu remained silent, gesturing for Xu Chen to leave with him.

The Green Bamboo Secret Realm within the headquarters of the Human Emperor Temple.

As was customary, Venerable Qingzhu brewed Xu Chen a cup of bamboo leaf tea.

"There is a wanted list of alien races. When you see the corresponding alien race, don't kill it. Seal it and send it directly to the alien race's Heavenly Prison."

"Also, this is for you."

An embryo of a Dream Dao Innate Spiritual Treasure appeared before Xu Chen.

"This is a reward from the Human Emperor to you."

This innate spiritual treasure embryo resembles a seven-colored crystal ball, radiating a dreamlike and mesmerizing seven-colored light. Upon closer inspection, this seven-colored light is composed of countless tiny colored bubbles, each bubble seemingly a dream world.

"The power of this innate spiritual treasure embryo is so strong. If it is placed in its birthplace and allowed to mature for tens of millions of years, it may transform into an innate supreme treasure embryo."

After examining the items, Xu Chen sounded somewhat regretful.

"This innate spiritual treasure embryo was discovered 90,000 years ago in the depths of the Star Sea, where a great venerable of the Spirit Race was guarding it. Our Human Emperor took it by chance."

"You got it for free, that's good." Xu Chen's tone changed.

"I can directly refine a congenital spiritual treasure embryo after I advance to the Great Luo Realm, and then I can refine a top-tier Dream Dao congenital spiritual treasure."

"If our human race could gather ten Dream Dao Innate Spiritual Treasures plus one Innate Supreme Treasure, we might be able to build a Dao Network like the Divine Race."

Although he had been away from the Divine Clan for a long time, Xu Chen still couldn't forget that net.

"I would like to, but the only innate treasures related to the Dream Path are currently found in the Primordial Holy Land."

"When your strength reaches the Great Dao in the future, the Primordial Holy Land will offer it to you with open arms." Grand Venerable Qingzhu smiled and picked up the bamboo leaf tea in front of him.

Usually, by this point, Xu Chen knew it was time for him to leave.

"I take my leave, Your Excellency. I am returning to my sect to cultivate. Please contact me anytime if you need my assistance with any missions."

"Alright!" Venerable Qingzhu nodded, holding a cup of bamboo leaf tea.

In the world of the Great Stream Sect Master, Xu Chen saw that the sect was holding a competition to select the sect's most outstanding disciples as soon as he returned.

Eighteen enormous Dream Worlds floated above the Great Stream Sect, with countless disciples watching the battle from the sky aboard their flying magical artifacts.

The eighteen dream worlds each have a different theme: arena battles, survival battles, treasure hunts, obstacle course battles, and battles of wits...

Outside a grand hall of acquired spiritual treasures floating in the sky, Yang Wanshan and Sheng Qing watched the performance of the sect disciples in the Dream World.

Sensing Xu Chen's presence, Yang Wanshan happily called Xu Chen over.

"It's just in time to come back, just in time for our sect's once-in-a-millennium gathering of the most outstanding disciples."

After paying his respects to Xu Chen, Sheng Qing immediately brought out a chair and placed it next to Yang Wanshan.

After sitting down, Xu Chen looked at the tens of millions of disciples in the eighteen Dream Dao Worlds and felt that this was the true grandeur of a major sect.

At this moment, all the elders who were watching the battle in the void on both sides of the Spirit Hall stood up and respectfully bowed to Xu Chen.

"Greetings, Second Supreme Elder!"

The sound attracted the attention of other disciples watching the battle, and then an even louder, sky-high sound of disciples paying their respects rang out.

All the disciples watching the battle in the void bowed in the direction of Xu Chen.

A quick glance reveals hundreds of millions of them.

"Get up and watch the game."

Xu Chen's voice resounded throughout the sky.

"The fact that this year's Gathering of Prodigies was able to be held in such a grand manner is also thanks to Da Xu for refining those eighteen Dream Dao Acquired Spiritual Treasures."

"As usual, there would be a selection process that would involve multiple layers of screening."

Xu Chen's gaze fell upon one of the irregular elimination dream worlds.

There were over three million disciples left in this world, divided into three factions, the other two of which were the strongest.

The leader of the remaining side was indeed only at the Spirit Immortal Realm, but under his strategic planning and tactics, he was the strongest of the three forces.

Xu Chen also noticed this dream world, where the struggle between the three forces had reached its most intense stage.

"This little guy is named Yu Liang. Although his aptitude is only at the Spirit grade, he is naturally intelligent, has excellent comprehension, and is particularly good at the art of deduction."

“If this little guy can win in this dream world, he will become Sheng Qing’s assistant,” Yang Wanshan introduced.

"Over the years, thanks to Senior Brother's development, the sect has become a treasure trove of talent." Xu Chen's gaze swept across the other Dream Worlds, discovering many promising talents, each one of whom looked like a protagonist.

"This is just the beginning. Now that you and Da Xu are back, our Daxi Sect will enter a period of rapid development again." Yang Wanshan then recounted the sect's development over the years.

Thanks to the numerous resources Xu Chen provided to the Daxi Sect, and especially in the years since his return, the sect has gained dozens more Golden Immortal Realm disciples.

"By the way, how's Sheng Qing's plan going?" Xu Chen asked.

"It's going relatively smoothly. We've already located the race controlled by the Dark Side and are currently making contact with them slowly."

"Once Da Xu has completed the corresponding production line, we can start the initial plan." Yang Wanshan said, turning his head to give Sheng Qing a praising look.

"Have we found a Saint-grade weapon refiner yet?" Xu Chen knew that the sect still had an unstarted production line for acquired spiritual treasures.

"This plan has the support of the Human Emperor Temple, which has assigned ten of our Saint-grade weapon refiners to produce acquired spiritual treasures for trade."

"Our sect's production line for acquired spiritual treasures is still gathering dust."

"However, the weapon refiners you've trained over the years are quite skilled, but it might take tens of thousands of years for them to advance to the Saint-grade level," Yang Wanshan sighed.

"Should we buy some Saint-grade weapon refiners?" Xu Chen regretted not rescuing a group of Saint-grade weapon refiners from his inner world and bringing them back.

"Which race would sell? Unless they robbed them."

A casual remark by Yang Wanshan suddenly gave Xu Chen an idea.

"Rob it, that's a good idea." Xu Chen's eyes lit up.

“Saint-grade weapon refiners are treasures even among great clans, and they are heavily guarded. Are you really planning to rob them?” Yang Wanshan looked at Xu Chen.

"It didn't say I was robbing it." "Have you forgotten that your junior brother is the richest?" Xu Chen chuckled.

"A Saint-grade weapon refiner with a great family lineage is worth a Primordial Spiritual Treasure."

"I don't want that kind. I only want those Saint-grade weapon refiners from small clans with incomplete lineages, and they specialize in the Spirit Clan and the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court."

Xu Chen took stock of his own assets.

“Go to the Black Market of Ten Thousand Races and buy seven of them for 50 million catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals. With the addition of the Saint-grade weapon refiners recruited by the sect, we can barely get our dusty post-natal spiritual treasure production line running.”

"Once the production line is up and running, what are these hundreds of millions of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals?" Xu Chen waved his hand.

Standing behind the two, Sheng Qing looked at Xu Chen with admiration.

“Yes, I’ve had this idea before, but our sect isn’t wealthy.”

"That's good! I'll make the contact."

Xu Chen's divine sense entered the Human Realm and sent a message to Grand Venerable Qingzhu, intending to issue a mission through the Human Emperor Temple to the Myriad Races Black Market in the Main Realm to plunder the alien weapon refiners of the Spirit Race and the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court.

The Spirit Clan has wiped out countless races over the years, and many Saint-grade weapon refiners from these great clans have been captured. Xu Chen's target is them.

"The price of 50 million catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals is a bit low. If we raise it to 80 million catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals, a powerful person will take the order."

As Xu Chen looked at the reply from the Azure Bamboo Venerable, a sentence suddenly echoed in his mind.

What is the most lacking thing in the 21st century?
“If we want to increase it to 80 million, I’ll pay 200 million catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals first, and you can cover the rest in advance,” Xu Chen replied.

"Okay~"

Xu Chen withdrew his divine sense from the human realm and nodded to Yang Wanshan.

Just then, cheers erupted from outside a dream world in the distance.

In the unregulated dream world, the faction that Yu Liang belongs to wins.

"What kind of treatment will we receive if we win?" Xu Chen asked.

"Contribution points, resources, stronger cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities—there are many benefits."

"It's because you came back that the reward wasn't so high this time."

"Alright, senior brother, there's no need to emphasize my importance in the sect." Xu Chen laughed heartily.

"I couldn't help it. The sect is developing rapidly, and it's getting bigger and bigger. It needs resources everywhere."

"Just when I was scaling back my development, my junior brother returned like a divine soldier, once again putting the sect on a path of rapid development," Yang Wanshan said with some relief.

"You have to invest first in everything you do. You can't go it alone for long. I'll still need you when I go out into the world."

In the unregulated dream world, Yu Liang stood on the battlefield, looking at the mountains of corpses, his gaze neither surprised nor pleased.

"Chief Yu, the battle has been won. It has been a pleasure to work with you."

"Chief Yu, hurry up and cultivate. In the future, I am willing to go to the Star Sea Battlefield with you to enhance the prestige of our sect."

The remaining disciples of the Daxi Sect all bowed to Yu Liang.

"Thank you all for your kindness. I hope we will have the opportunity to work together in the future." Yu Liang returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

A massive portal to reality appeared on the battlefield.

Yu Liang was the first to enter and appeared outside the Dream World.

As soon as they came out, they heard cheers and applause from all the disciples watching the battle.

Yu Liang bowed to the surroundings, and then went to queue up in another world of wisdom and dreams.

This grand gathering of elite disciples of the sect uses a points system; as long as one reaches the required points, one can become an elite disciple.

Those who don't reach the required points will have their points converted into contribution points, which can be considered a considerable income.

"This kid has big ambitions." Xu Chen chuckled as he watched Yu Liang's actions in the distance.

"Our ancestors were all spiritual farmers for generations, and the most outstanding one was just a graduate of the spiritual plant master class of the outer academy of the sect, specializing in the various arts of cultivation."

"They used the savings accumulated over tens of thousands of years by generations of spiritual farmers to come to the main world from a small world and spend a huge amount of money to buy 10 acres of spiritual fields."

"Then, his family used the identity of the Great Stream Sect Master, World Spirit Farmer, to send Yu Liang over to participate in the assessment. With his extraordinary wit, he passed the assessment and entered the Great Stream Sect."

"Having reached this point, their family is already heavily in debt, which has led to this little guy's extreme thirst for resources. Oh well, the sect has plenty of loopholes."

"However, they all knew when to stop and reported to the sect promptly afterward," Yang Wanshan said, recounting Yu Liang's experience.

"The natural resources of the Great Stream Sect Master's world are so expensive! Is this the accumulation of hundreds of generations of spiritual farmers?" Xu Chen said with some emotion.

"It's quite expensive, and some regulations have been introduced to restrict it, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to afford an acre of spiritual land."

Upon hearing Yang Wanshan's words, Xu Chen looked at Yu Liang again.

"The accumulation of tens of thousands of years by a farming family has resulted in such a prodigy, so it is worth it."

At this moment, Xu Chen's gaze fell upon a special dream world, where disciples from different races were vying for supremacy.

Golden Armor Thunder Bull, Spirit Flower Clan, Three-Colored Fox Clan, Heavenly Talisman Clan...

"Not bad, there are quite a few promising talents among these disciples from other races," Xu Chen said.

"Over the past tens of thousands of years, these alien races have contributed a great deal to the sect, so the resources given to them have been abundant."

"By the way, your friend Niu Dali is now the patriarch of the Golden Armor Thunder Bull clan, with the cultivation of a Golden Immortal. He is currently leading his clan's army to conquer a Great Luo World deep in the Star Sea Domain."

"I know that. I have to thank you for the resources you've given him over the years. Otherwise, with Niu Dali's talent for cultivation, it would be difficult for him to embark on the path of immortality."

Xu Chen couldn't help but feel grateful that his senior brother had taken care of everything during his absence.

The sect's top disciples' competition lasted for half a year. During this time, Xu Chen did not cultivate. He came to watch the competition whenever he had time and got to know many outstanding disciples of the sect.

Xu Chen did not enter the cultivation world until the conference ended.

In the cultivation world, Xu Chen felt the seven-colored chaotic energy in his dantian and entered into cultivation with some anticipation.

"After ten thousand years of arduous cultivation, coupled with the cultivation world, I wonder how much progress I can make."

The purest and most refined primordial energy of the Great Dao began to appear in the cultivation world where Xu Chen was located.

Eight enormous dantian worlds hung high in the sky, each one like a black hole, frantically absorbing the primordial energy of the Great Dao.

Once these primordial energies entered the dantian world, under Xu Chen's comprehension of the Great Dao, they began to transform into the foundation within the dantian world, expanding it.

During his cultivation, Xu Chen could clearly perceive the Great Dao he sought to comprehend with each wisp of seven-colored chaotic energy absorbed from his dantian.

Previously incomprehensible and unfathomable laws of the Great Dao were now as if fed directly into the mouths of the Seven-Colored Chaotic Qi.

The eight dantian worlds expanded at an increasingly rapid pace, eventually almost occupying the sky above Xu Chen's cultivation world.

The spirit of this cultivation world had no choice but to compress other areas to expand the cultivation world where Xu Chen was located.

To this end, the artifact spirit even specially sought out Da Xu to forge a cultivation world expansion package. (End of this chapter)