The liver is a late bloomer!

Xu Chen stood on the floating continent and stretched his body.

"A hundred years is too short, and with only a mortal body, one can't comprehend much of the Dao. It's better to do something."

After speaking, Xu Chen began smelting iron and assembling an underwater mining vessel.

As the years went by, the floating island where Xu Chen was located grew larger and larger, and the number of various ships docked next to the island also increased year by year.

Xu Chen spent ten years transitioning from the steam age to the electrical age.

Xu Chen no longer needs to collect minerals himself.

Using his knowledge of puppetry and some basic chips, he created robots that could barely adapt to repetitive physical labor.

Fifty years after arriving in this world, Xu Chen embarked on a journey around this maritime world aboard the large cruise ship he created.

"We've already reached the information age; there's no point in continuing down this path."

"Even if we work our way up for a hundred years, there won't be much progress."

On a giant cruise ship hundreds of feet long, Xu Chen lay on a beach chair under a parasol, leisurely gazing at the sea in front of him.

"Let's spend the rest of our time traveling the world and see just how vast this aquatic world is?"

With Xu Chen's command, the massive cruise ship slowly set sail and began to wander in the ocean world.

"Keep developing! I want to see what you'll look like a hundred years from now."

"This feeling of creating something from nothing is quite interesting," Qianming exclaimed in Xu Chen's mind.

"This level of development is sufficient. It's not good for a mortal body to overwork. It's time to enjoy life."

"Besides, I am now a mortal with a lifespan of only 120 years. It would be too exhausting to live that long. If I don't live that long, I would be in big trouble."

A robot placed a glass of juice next to him, and Xu Chen took it and took a sip.

"Besides, the weather and temperature are nice in this world, making it a peaceful place to recuperate and rejuvenate."

"Senior, you've been in this world for a hundred years, is there really nothing strange about it?" Xu Chen asked again, unwilling to give up.

"No, apart from the relatively comprehensive marine resources, there's nothing else."

Just as Qianming was speaking, a giant whale leaped out of the sea in the distance and then crashed down heavily.

"In that case, let's leave it at that."

A century passed in the blink of an eye. Xu Chen, who was originally at the peak of his mortal body, became stooped and his hair turned white when he reached the age of one hundred.

Looking at his reflection on the cruise ship, Xu Chen felt his life force dwindling and couldn't help but laugh.

"The aging process is truly a wondrous feeling," Xu Chen said leisurely.

"It feels like those powerful beings have lost interest in everything in this world, feeling that their lives are just like that." Qianming expressed his feelings when he was a hundred years old in this world.

"Senior, do you think it's possible that the Divine Tree intentionally made us experience this feeling to convey this meaning?" Xu Chen asked slowly.

"I don't know. I have this feeling, even a stronger one, but I still didn't get a reward after I went out."

"I wonder what will happen to you after you go out?"

Just then, an invisible force pulled Xu Chen out of the water world.

Xu Chen returned to the Divine Tree and instantly recovered all his cultivation.

Two fruits floated before Xu Chen's eyes: a Myriad Paths Fruit and a Great Venerable Fruit.

Xu Chen chose the Myriad Paths Fruit without hesitation.

"Why! Why do you get a reward!" Qianming shouted in Xu Chen's mind.

"Are they the things I've seen more of than my seniors?" A smile appeared on Xu Chen's face.

"The things you've created are novel, but they're completely meaningless."

“But the aquatic world I’m in isn’t very meaningful either,” Xu Chen suddenly said.

"Never mind all that, as long as there's a reward, that's good enough." Xu Chen looked at the third world and stepped into it.

Xu Chen suddenly appeared in a world that was still in its infancy and chaos.

"This is!" Xu Chen, upon entering this world, felt a strange connection with it.

This world seems to change according to his will.

Looking at this incredibly real chaotic world, Xu Chen felt as if the essence of the Dao was right before his eyes.

The great principles he had previously comprehended seemed to be validated in this world.

As Xu Chen's thoughts stirred, this world began to change, and a strange power suddenly burst forth from the chaos.

This world was divided into two halves: the pure air rose and the turbid air sank, and yin and yang began to separate.

As the world becomes clearer, the realm of pure air transforms into the sun, and the realm of turbid air transforms into the moon.

Yin and Yang are in opposition, and the Five Elements generate each other, and this world begins to change.

The Five Elements transformed into the most basic elements of the world: earth, mountains, rivers, seas, vegetation, and minerals. The world developed according to Xu Chen's imagination.

As the foundation of this world slowly took shape, life began to emerge.

Just as Xu Chen was watching a tiny, miniature creature being born, a force pulled him out of the world.

"No, I haven't had enough fun yet." Xu Chen looked regretfully at that world, where his life force had not yet taken shape.

“We missed it,” Qianming’s voice rang out.

"What do you mean by that, senior?" Xu Chen asked, dissatisfied.

"I have been to that world as well, but unfortunately the world I have evolved is only one step away from being able to feel the power of heaven and earth."

"Once you reach that point, the Divine Tree will probably offer a reward," Senmei said with a hint of regret.

“I was completely immersed in the world I had created at that time and wasn’t thinking about any reward.” Xu Chen sighed, then looked at the other leaves.

Xu Chen then walked towards a leaf. This world was a desert, and Xu Chen transformed back into a mortal body.

"Has anyone experienced this world before?" Xu Chen felt a sense of unease as he felt the light emanating from the great sun of this world.

"No."

“In this heat, even if you are the strongest mortal, you won’t last more than a few days without water or nourishing food,” Qianming said.

"Senior, no, the Divine Tree wouldn't release a world devoid of any life."

Xu Chen slowly walked towards the highest sand dune in this endless desert, wanting to take a look at the surrounding area.

"That's not necessarily true. I used to enjoy creating those lifeless, secret realms of inheritance when I was bored. To be honest, it was quite interesting." Qianming's cold laughter echoed in Xu Chen's mind.

"Senior, you are truly both righteous and wicked."

Xu Chen stood on the highest sand dune and looked around, spotting a glimmer of green in the far distance of one place.

They immediately headed in that direction.

As the saying goes, "Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death," meaning that no matter how fast a mortal is, they cannot reach the furthest distance they can see in a day in this endless desert.

The sun blazed during the day, and the nights were bitterly cold. In this environment devoid of water and food, Xu Chen walked for six days before finally reaching that patch of green.

A small oasis with a small pool of water in the center.

Having reached his physical limit, Xu Chen didn't rush to drink the water. Instead, he cautiously looked around to make sure no small animals were patrolling the area before he began to drink.

At that moment, Xu Chen, who was drinking water, keenly noticed that the small oasis, which was less than a hundred feet in circumference, was slowly disappearing.

After taking a sip of water, Xu Chen began to quickly store supplies, swiftly capturing several pheasants and rabbits in the oasis, and then climbing the tallest tree to find the next location.

After determining the direction, they cut down all the trees in the oasis and gathered some dry firewood to start a fire by rubbing sticks together.

The pheasants were plucked, the rabbits were skinned, and then roasted over a fire.

They then began collecting all the useful resources from the entire oasis.

After the oasis completely disappeared, Xu Chen had recovered to his peak condition and was pushing his homemade sand cart toward the next oasis.

"This world is pure torture. You're going to suffer for the next hundred years, kid," Qianming said gloatingly.

"Don't worry, as long as there's a glimmer of hope, I can survive."

"Furthermore, the path to the Great Dao is long and arduous, and this experience has been quite interesting. I haven't felt what it's like to be a mortal for tens of thousands of years."

Pushing a homemade sand cart, they walked slowly through the desert under the blazing sun.

In the end, Xu Chen mastered the trick to traveling in the desert: resting on the sand cart during the day and traveling hard at night.

Even so, when Xu Chen had exhausted all his water, food, and energy and was about to reach his limit, he finally arrived at the second small oasis.

As before, this oasis would dissipate from the outside in as soon as Xu Chen arrived.

Having already gained experience, Xu Chen quickly drank some water and began collecting useful resources.

Drink water to restore strength, and hunt small animals on the oasis. This time, there are only a few pythons and several small animals that look like mice on the oasis.

As is customary, a fire is lit to dry the meat, while the skin is kept to make water bags and sand carts.

And so, Xu Chen traveled from oasis to oasis in this endless desert. As Xu Chen collected more and more supplies, the distance between the oases also grew longer and longer.

No matter how many resources Xu Chen collects, he must exert all his strength; he won't reach the next oasis until he reaches his limit.

This back-and-forth, repeated over and over again, took only 30 years. Xu Chen's temples have turned white, and he looks old.

Arriving at another oasis, Xu Chen looked at his reflection in the water and couldn't help but sigh.

"At this rate, it definitely won't last a hundred years," Xu Chen sighed.

"Keep going, there might be a turning point. Haven't you noticed that the flesh beasts in the oasis are much bigger than when you first arrived?"

“In that case, you might encounter a meat beast suitable for long desert journeys in the oasis later,” Qianming said.

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen's eyes lit up. He had actually already noticed these things, but he wasn't sure.

Now that Qianming has revealed his identity, Xu Chen feels more confident than before.

After stockpiling supplies, Xu Chen continued on his journey.

In the vast desert, Xu Chen sat on a sand cart, controlling the sails on it.

"At least it saves some effort."

Before the resources ran out, Xu Chen arrived at the next oasis, where several wild boars lived, each weighing over 100 pounds.

"It seems your guess might be correct."

There were six wild boars in total. Xu Chen kept the two largest ones and made the rest into jerky.

Xu Chen quickly searched the oasis and tamed the two wild boars in the shortest amount of time.

The wild boars were tethered and ran wildly in the direction Xu Chen pointed out, but as soon as they left the desert, the two wild boars collapsed in the desert after only a short time.

After bleeding and butchering, the meat from the two wild boars was hung on a sand cart to air dry.

"It does save some distance."

After another 10 years of this journey, Xu Chen finally saw several sand beasts on the oasis, which looked like camels.

"The good days have finally arrived." Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

After taming several sand beasts, Xu Chen gathered resources and continued his journey.

But to their surprise, the distance between oases suddenly increased several times over. Without exhausting Xu Chen's resources and the strength of those camels, they simply couldn't reach them.

"Phew, looks like there's no way I can rest now." Xu Chen sighed.

However, with the Sand Beast, Xu Chen was able to conserve some of his own stamina.

After a hundred years, when Xu Chen reached the last oasis, it was almost time to complete the hundred-year period.

Xu Chen's mortal body had been drained of its last bit of life force, and just as that life force was about to be exhausted, a strange force pulled Xu Chen out.

Upon emerging, Xu Chen, who had been emaciated and white-haired, immediately returned to the Great Luo realm.

After recovering his cultivation, Xu Chen did not go to the next world. Instead, he took out two food boxes, opened them, and began to eat voraciously.

And he directly used his divine powers to condense several cans of iced soda.

After a period of feasting, Xu Chen finally managed to suppress the feelings that had lingered for over a century.

Seeing that no reward option appeared, Xu Chen couldn't help but sigh.

"How should one behave in that world to receive a reward?" Xu Chen couldn't help but ponder this question.

"Perhaps there are no rewards in that world."

Xu Chen felt that with the existing resources, he had done his best to save his life.

"Kid, keep going, see what the next world is like," Qianming urged in Xu Chen's mind.

During the hundred years in that world, Xu Chen was mostly in a state of constant running around, a scene that Qian Ming found quite amusing.

"Then go have a look."

As Xu Chen spoke, he arrived at the next world.

He continued experiencing world after world for ten thousand years, until a hundred worlds were completed. Then, a spatial force sent Xu Chen out of the territory of the Divine Tree.

A temple appeared in the Star Sea Domain. After entering it, Xu Chen began to summarize the 100 worlds, replaying the events of each world in his mind.

Some worlds are so interesting and joyful that Xu Chen, deeply immersed in them, doesn't want to leave.

In some worlds, he seems to control everything like a sovereign, but unfortunately, every time he senses something, a hundred years have already passed.

In some worlds, he was transformed into a mortal body, experiencing suffering, weariness, pain, and sorrow, with all sorts of feelings intertwined.

The experiences from a hundred worlds began to slowly accumulate in Xu Chen's mind.

“Apart from those worlds that have become the masters of the world, the rest seem to be useless.”

Xu Chen waved his hand, and four Myriad Dao Fruits floated in front of him. (End of Chapter)