The liver is a late bloomer!

"A spatial passage isn't out of the question either, although it's not as fast as a teleportation array," Xu Chen said.

"But it consumes little energy, and once built, it can benefit for countless years as long as it is not destroyed," Da Xu said.

"Moreover, the acquired spiritual treasure materials here are top-grade. Combined with immortal artifact-level spatial materials, they can create very long spatial passages."

"It can cover the entire main boundary with three vertical and three horizontal lines and still have room to spare."

"It would be more convenient and reach further into the Star Sea if we were to build there."

"So, has this news been reported yet?" Xu Chen asked his good friend.

"It's the same as what that Saint-grade weapon refiner predicted back then, only not as accurate as yours, brother," Jiang Beici said.

"In that case, there's no need to go through all that trouble to refine a large-scale acquired spiritual treasure space station."

"We'll have Da Xu build you a production line with a production space channel, and we'll build it wherever you go in the future."

"Actually, if we really want to build a teleportation array, we can build it on the basis of the space channel after it is built. By using the spatial power gathered by the space channel, the consumption will be reduced by 70% compared to a regular teleportation array," Da Xu added.

“That’s fine,” Jiang Beici nodded.

"Then I'll use the jade slip to draw a diagram in a bit. By following the teleportation array on the diagram, we can achieve the state with the least energy consumption."

After Da Xu finished speaking, he looked at Xu Chen.

Xu Chen understood immediately and took out a blank jade slip, handing it over.

"Prepare these materials and send them over. I will refine a production line for acquired spiritual treasures. The materials produced will then directly create spatial channels."

"Okay." Jiang Beici took the jade slip and sent a message into the Human Emperor's Great Dao Palace.

After everything was taken care of, the two looked at the vast and boundless space and the acquired spiritual treasure mine.

"Although the main world is rich in resources, the competition is also fierce. To acquire a mineral vein like this, it may require two or even three Grand Venerable experts to be in charge."

"Moreover, Saint Venerable Realm experts must be constantly vigilant, as they might be ambushed by Saint Venerables from other races one day," Xu Chen said.

"Perhaps every place has its advantages," Jiang Bei said.

"Xu Chen's strength must have grown to a terrifying level. I've heard about your legend in the main realm, how you can kill a Grand Luo Realm expert without hesitation."

"I wonder if I'll have the strength to contend with a Grand Luo Realm expert after I advance to the Golden Immortal Realm?" Jiang Beici said enviously, looking at the distant mine.

"Unless you cultivate to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm and master the divine power I gave you to the perfect Golden Immortal realm, you might be able to withstand a few more rounds from a Grand Luo realm expert." Xu Chen silently calculated.

Is the difference really that big?

Jiang Beici thought about it and realized that the difference between the two was like heaven and earth.

"Fortunately, my cultivation techniques and the supernatural abilities I practice are somewhat special," Xu Chen laughed.

Just then, the distant acquired spiritual treasure mine trembled, and a Great Luo Realm spirit of heaven and earth hidden within the mine rushed out.

In an instant, the vanguard guarding the mine appeared around the spirit of heaven and earth.

The powerful experts of the Great Luo Realm who were guarding this place also came out.

Seeing this, Jiang Beici's eyes lit up.

"Xu Chen, how about showing off your skills?" Jiang Beici asked expectantly.

“I won’t listen to what others say.”

"But you're different. You're my brother. If you want to see something, I'll show you my skills."

Xu Chen said, extending his palm into the void.

In the distance, a hand formed from the power of the five elements appeared, gently grasping the spirit of the Great Luo Realm and pulling it back into the void.

The spiritual energy of the Great Luo Realm, which had just caused phenomena spanning tens of millions of miles, has now been transformed into something in Xu Chen's palm.

A pale purple sphere contained the spirit of heaven and earth from that moment.

"I'm giving it to you to play with. When you're fighting an enemy, just throw it out. After you're done, it will come back and turn into a small ball. From now on, you'll be its master."

A pale purple ball, about the size of a glass marble, arced through the air and landed in Jiang Beici's hand.

"Ah, the spirit of heaven and earth of the Great Luo Realm, just like that, gone?"

Jiang Beici looked at the small purple ball in his hand. The spirit of the Great Luo Realm that had been inside the ball was now sleeping peacefully.

At this moment, a spatial force flashed in the distance, and the powerful Grand Luo Realm expert guarding the place appeared, looking at the small ball in Jiang Beici's hand with a shocked expression.

"Greetings, senior."

Out of respect for the powerful human race, Xu Chen and Jiang Beici stood up and bowed.

"No need for formalities. With your current strength, you'd probably look at me like an ant," the human Grand Luo Realm expert guarding the area quickly said, his face still showing shock.

He was currently frantically calculating in his mind that even if he mastered all the strongest techniques and the most powerful divine abilities he knew, he still wouldn't reach this level in the Golden Immortal realm.

Even if one were to advance to the Great Luo Realm, let alone the Golden Immortal Realm, it would be impossible to subdue a Great Luo Realm Heaven and Earth Spirit with such ease as Xu Chen.

"Senior is too kind. Those of higher cultivation levels among our clan will always be my seniors," Xu Chen said modestly.

"Alright, I won't disturb your reunion any longer."

After the Grand Luo Realm expert finished speaking, he left, feeling uneasy standing next to Xu Chen. Even though he was only at the Golden Immortal Realm, he felt strangely constrained.

"It's simply unimaginable."

"Xu Chen, after you advance to the Great Venerable Realm, can you also seal Saint Venerable Realm experts like this for me to play with?" Jiang Beici said excitedly after accepting the sealing ball.

"That's impossible. The difference between the realm of a Saint Venerable and a Great Venerable is too great. It's impossible to seal them so easily."

"Once I become a Saint Venerable, I'll seal away a Saint Venerable alien race for you to play with." Xu Chen laughed as he looked at Jiang Beici, who was both shocked and excited.

Three months later, the materials Da Xu requested were delivered.

By this time, Xu Chen was no longer needed, but he still stayed there.

“There’s nothing to do back there, so why don’t we explore this area?” Xu Chen said, looking at Jiang Beici beside him.

“That’s a good idea. Over the years, the Great Dao Palace has been expanding outwards. Although the resources aren’t plentiful, the quality is quite high. Go out and take a look; you might find something good,” Jiang Beici agreed.

"Why don't you come with me for a trip and see if you have any amazing adventures?" Xu Chen said.

"No need, I won't be of any help going with you, and besides, I have a mission to complete."

"Go ahead."

"also."

Xu Chen looked at the distant sea of ​​holy sunlight. Although the light had dimmed considerably by then, it appeared to be the brightest star in the Star Sea.

The black crystal ship flew towards the depths of the star sea at an extreme speed, directly entering the void.

At this moment, in the Great Dao Palace Realm, a human race Grand Venerable Realm expert finished his cultivation.

In the vast and endless sea of ​​stars, Xu Chen chose an area that was less explored by the main realm of the Great Dao Palace.

The black crystal ship flew through the void for several years, leaving only emptiness and silence in its wake.

However, Xu Chen was already used to such scenes, and he simply left spatial coordinates along the way so that he could quickly return on his way back.

The black crystal ship was getting faster and faster, and Xu Chen couldn't help but feel a little bored.

Just then, a giant hand suddenly reached out from the void and abruptly stopped the black crystal ship traveling at top speed.

"Great Venerable One? This aura..."

Xu Chen's expression changed. He wasn't afraid of the Grand Venerable; he had enough trump cards to escape. However, this aura felt somewhat familiar. "Boy, offer up your body!"

In short, Xu Chen, who wanted to break free of this space, calmed down.

They just watched quietly as those large hands grabbed the black crystal ship.

A colossal Dharma image, ten thousand feet tall, appeared in the Star Sea Domain.

"Senior, are you a member of another race, lurking in the gaps between our races?" Xu Chen's eyes flashed with a torrent of energy, as he had just activated the Great Luo Cave Observation.

The myriad-mile-long Dharma Image held the black crystal ship right in front of him.

"I am a spirit of heaven and earth, reincarnated into your human race. I have always wanted to find a body that defies the heavens, but I have never been able to find one."

"After you appeared, I was troubled by not having the opportunity."

"Now you're finally in my hands!"

The Grand Venerable Realm expert was extremely excited.

"Hmm, doesn't the senior know that I have many trump cards up my sleeve?"

"To be honest, a Grand Venerable with the strength of a senior like you simply cannot be kept. It was the same just now, and it will be the same now."

Xu Chen stepped out of the black crystal ship and appeared before the Dharma Image of the Great Venerable Realm expert.

"Of course I know I can't keep you here, but I also know you will stay."

“People like you who stand at the top of the world are all arrogant.”

"Therefore, your body is mine."

At this moment, the image of the Great Venerable One, spanning ten thousand miles, condensed into a ray of light and entered Xu Chen's body.

The shattered space here has not yet been restored, and the ten-thousand-mile-long Dharma image has already disappeared.

"Hmm, something's weird."

After the faint light of the Great Dao entered Xu Chen's body, Xu Chen instantly checked his soul, body, dantian, and consciousness, and found nothing unusual.

"Senior, your parasitic method is quite interesting."

Xu Chen examined his body, soul, spirit, and will several times, but found nothing amiss. The faint light that had entered his body seemed to have vanished.

Having cultivated a hundred kinds of Great Dao Divine Powers, Xu Chen could be said to have no weaknesses, but he was parasitized by a faint light that could not be found.

"Kid, do you think I would have made a move if I wasn't absolutely certain?"

"To be honest, you underestimate the power of a Grand Venerable Realm expert."

A voice rang in Xu Chen's ear.

"Senior, I have never underestimated anyone, not even any living being."

"Since you are unwilling to come out, senior, then I will have to resort to some means."

Xu Chen slowly formed a hand seal, which was called the Great Immortal's Word Seal. This should be the first time he had officially used the Great Immortal's Word Technique since the second time he had mastered it.

"I command: Immortal Body to seek the extraordinary!"

An inexplicable force scanned Xu Chen's entire body, and the last piece of information appeared in Xu Chen's mind.

"interesting!"

Xu Chen raised his hand, reached directly into his dantian, and then pulled out a transparent seed.

"Formless, without appearance, without spirit, without principle, without cause, without effect."

"No trace can be found among all paths, this invisible seed in front of me is truly amazing!" Looking at the transparent seed in his hand, Xu Chen exclaimed, "The world is full of wonders."

"Senior, can you still come out?" Xu Chen said with a mocking expression.

"Xu Chen, I'll tell you about a cemetery, and you'll let me go and we'll call it even, okay?" The arrogant Grand Venerable Realm expert softened his tone.

"Senior, our human race has an idiom, which is called 'to weave a cocoon around oneself'."

"In this situation, isn't it somewhat similar to how our predecessor transformed into this seed?"

As Xu Chen spoke, he summoned the Black Crystal Ship and continued on his way.

"The road ahead is long, I will have time to have a good chat with my seniors."

"Come on, let's start by explaining why you infiltrated my human race?" Xu Chen asked leisurely. If things still didn't go as planned, he would seal the invisible seed back and hand it over to the Human Emperor.

"You'd better tell the truth, senior, because I can sense it," Xu Chen threatened.

"I am a spirit of heaven and earth at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm, but due to my own limitations, I cannot break through to the Saint Venerable Realm."

"I am not reconciled. I have wandered the star sea for hundreds of millions of years. In the inheritance of a Saint Venerable, I obtained a secret technique, which transformed me into this spiritual seed." The voice stopped there, waiting for Xu Chen's reaction.

"Please continue, senior. I'm listening," Xu Chen said leisurely.

“I don’t know how you were able to find me, but my secret technique tells me that once I parasitize a living being, even a Saintly Venerable cannot find my existence.”

"The seeds I transform into will take root and sprout within living beings, until they completely replace those beings."

"So, senior, you've parasitized one of my clan's Great Venerable experts, right?" A terrifying killing intent brewed in Xu Chen's eyes.

"Of course not. I admit that my secret technique is very powerful, but I am not confident that I can surpass the Great Dao Luck of the human race."

"So I used a secret method to transform myself into a spiritual seed and plant it directly into the body of a human woman, without harming anyone."

"I will treat that woman as my own mother and be filial to her!"

"I am the Great Venerable Hongqian. In my tens of millions of years of life, I have made many contributions to the human race, exerted my strength, and shed blood for the human race."

"I have never harmed anyone except you."

Although the former Grand Venerable Hongqian contributed to the human race, it was only to better connect with various geniuses and even legendary high-ranking beings of the human race.

As for the human race, he just took it as a joke.

But now, Grand Venerable Hongqian is incredibly grateful to his former self.

Xu Chen recalled the deeds of Grand Venerable Hongqian and realized that he had indeed made many contributions to the human race, and in the most crucial instance, he almost perished.

"So you're still truly devoted to the human race." Xu Chen chuckled, the killing intent in his eyes fading slightly.

"At least everything I did before was for the sake of humanity." Grand Venerable Hongqian did not answer the question directly.

"Okay, continue."

"Before you rose to power, I always wanted to find a person destined to possess the great destiny of the human race, but I haven't found one all these years."

"It wasn't until you came along that I started to focus my attention on you."

"What a pity," the transparent seed sighed.

"There's nothing to regret. Maybe meeting me was just my destiny."

Xu Chen carefully examined the invisible seed, pondering how to deal with it.

When I used the Great Immortal's Word Technique just now, three methods for dealing with this seed appeared in my mind.

One method is to refine an avatar using a secret technique, and this avatar has the potential to cultivate to the Great Venerable realm.

Secondly, one can merge with this seed, reincarnate and start anew. After birth, one can slowly digest the power of a Great Venerable like the seed, inherit its cultivation techniques and all its supernatural abilities, until one grows into a Great Venerable.

Besides the first two methods, there is a final solution: to transform it into the purest form of Great Dao Divine Source. (End of Chapter)