The liver is a late bloomer!

After listening to Xu Chen's words, Grand Venerable Qingzhu thought about it seriously.

In the long history of humankind, there has never been a peerless genius like Xu Chen.

Aside from a period of dormancy in the early stages, they were among the strongest human races in their respective realms.

Especially after embarking on the path of immortality, he is invincible among humans of the same realm, and even when fighting opponents of higher levels, it is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

"But the thirteen paths are too dangerous." Grandmaster Qingzhu was still unwilling and couldn't help but offer another word of advice.

"Senior, please come with me."

Xu Chen thought for a moment, then casually tore open a spatial passage.

After the two walked out, they arrived at the gate of the Human Emperor Temple headquarters.

Xu Chen exuded an indescribable aura, his hands clasped together, forming the Great Dao Seal.

A long river, stretching across half of the Nine Emperor City, appeared in the sky above the city.

The projection of ten thousand long rivers shocked all the powerful figures in the Nine Imperial Cities.

Only in the Primordial Holy Land is there one of these myriad river projections.

"A projection of ten thousand rivers!" Grand Venerable Qingzhu stared at the sky in astonishment.

The thousands of rivers extend outwards, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, reaching the surrounding cities.

"This projection of ten thousand rivers is my gift to the human race."

Mobilizing so much power of the Great Dao is a huge drain on Xu Chen, but there has been no war recently, so it's just right to unleash the power of the Great Dao within him.

"Your Dao Realm has far surpassed that of ordinary Great Venerable Realm experts." Great Venerable Qingzhu looked at the myriad rivers of Dao in the sky and couldn't help but sigh.

At that moment, three figures appeared in front of the two.

"Greetings to the Human Emperor, the Profound Cauldron Saint Venerable, and the Ancient Origin Saint Venerable."

Xu Chen and Qingzhu Dazun quickly bowed.

"This projection of the Great Dao River allows me to see the terrifying foundation within you. Tell me, how many Great Dao Paths do you want to condense to advance to the Great Venerable level?" the Human Emperor asked directly.

"Thirteen points, Your Majesty, please persuade Xu Chen!" Grand Venerable Qingzhu couldn't help but speak up first.

"Thirteen major roads."

The three human saints immediately frowned.

"Are you confident?" The Emperor looked at Xu Chen solemnly.

“Yes, that represents my confidence.” Xu Chen pointed to the projection of the myriad rivers in the sky.

"In this projection of ten thousand rivers, I only see the limit of your ability to condense 11 Great Daos." The Human Emperor stared at the projection of ten thousand rivers in the sky for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I cannot show you the rest, but I am absolutely confident," Xu Chen said earnestly.

"Then I will use the power of the entire human race to help you."

The Emperor patted Xu Chen on the shoulder.

"I wish to live on with humanity forever." Xu Chen's expression was firm.

"Just remember that. Let me know when you advance to the Great Venerable level, and I'll gather the strongest human warriors to protect you during your advancement," the Human Emperor said.

"Thank you, Emperor."

The Great Venerable Qingzhu, standing to the side, hesitated several times before finally sighing and giving up.

The battle between the two holy lands was still ongoing, but the fluctuations echoing in the Star Sea were much smaller than before.

"It seems these two holy lands have had their fill of fighting." Xuan Ding Saint Venerable smirked to himself.

"It's almost over," Gu Yuan said from the side.

Sure enough, the fluctuations from the battle between the invincible saints dissipated after only a few days.

"Great Venerable Qingzhu, I'm leaving. As for the 11 Great Dao Paths to advance to the Great Venerable Realm, I'll consider that later."

Xu Chen smiled and waved to Grandmaster Qingzhu before activating the teleportation array and leaving.

In the Great Stream Sect Master's world, Xu Chen returned to his cave dwelling as soon as he came back.

"Continue cultivating, and strive to reach the peak of the Great Luo Realm in one go."

Xu Chen took out another Myriad Dao Fruit and put it in his mouth.

As the familiar feeling returned, Xu Chen's consciousness was once again drawn into the River of Myriad Paths. At this moment, what Xu Chen saw, felt, and touched was more real than the second time, and his understanding of the Dao he had transformed into was more surging than the second time.

This time, however, Xu Chen's Dao was not like the previous two times when he could only drift with the tide. This time, Xu Chen felt as if he could control the direction of the Dao.

Upon sensing this, Xu Chen immediately controlled the Dao he had transformed into, attempting to gravitate towards the other Great Daos within this River of Myriad Daos.

In the vast river of myriad paths, some are as small as dust, while others are so large that they occupy half of the entire river.

These greatest paths are Xu Chen's goals.

Xu Chen struggled to change direction, squeezing out of the paths around him that were smaller than himself.

With Xu Chen's efforts, he finally arrived in front of the largest path and squeezed in without hesitation.

In just a moment, Xu Chen's mind was filled with a massive amount of insights into the Great Dao.

"The Great Dao of Painting is interesting. I haven't encountered the Great Dao of Magnetic Lightning before." After sensing it for a while, Xu Chen moved on to his next target.

In the time that followed, Xu Chen transformed into various Daos, but all of these Daos had the same goal: to leech off those Daos of enormous size.

Occasionally, when bored, I would control it to dive to the bottom of the long river and see those terrifying beings.

Driven by curiosity about the abyss at the bottom of the Myriad Rivers, Xu Chen once controlled his transformed Great Dao to descend. After descending to a certain depth, he was stopped by some force, or perhaps it was a warning.

He felt that if things continued this way, the Great Dao he had transformed into might be worn away.

Mysteries are everywhere!

As Xu Chen spoke of controlling the Great Dao, he began to dabble in other Great Daos.

Through countless reincarnations, Xu Chen's consciousness returned to his original body.

In an instant, a profound understanding of the Great Dao, even more powerful than the second time, surged into his heart.

Xu Chen, having digested and comprehended the Great Dao, entered a state of sudden enlightenment.

This sudden realization allowed the outside world to directly experience millions of years.

When Xu Chen awoke from his reverie, he immediately felt that the world around him had changed.

"A million years have passed!" Xu Chen said, somewhat shocked, after calculating with his fingers.

Xu Chen hurriedly came out of seclusion, and as soon as he came out, he found that the Great Stream Sect Master World had advanced to the Great Venerable level, and the Small Heavenly Dao Formation of this world was dozens of times stronger than before.

"Husband, you've emerged from seclusion!" Su Yueyao's voice rang out in surprise.

A beautiful figure flew over, and Xu Chen took the opportunity to hug Su Yueyao.

"In these millions of years, Yueyao, you've changed quite a bit."

At this time, Su Yueyao had already cultivated to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and was only one step away from advancing to the Great Luo realm.

“When Yueyao misses her husband, she will work hard to cultivate.” Su Yueyao hugged Xu Chen tightly and wouldn’t let go.

After a long and tender time, Su Yueyao finally let go of Xu Chen.

"How have your parents and younger sister been these years?" Xu Chen asked first.

"My parents have always been in the vanguard. Now, my father can command 50 million vanguard troops and is a famous commander among the human race. My mother has always been by my father's side." "As for my little sister, she has worked hard to cultivate over the past million years and has now reached the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm. She only needs one more opportunity to advance to the Great Luo Realm."

Listening to Su Yueyao's story, Xu Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"not bad."

"Get ready. After I finish talking with my senior brother, we'll head to the human territory to sample some new delicacies."

"Okay~"

Inside the temple of the Daxi sect.

Yang Wanshan looked at Xu Chen who had suddenly appeared and thought he was seeing things.

“Junior brother, you’ve been in seclusion for a million years this time,” Yang Wanshan couldn’t help but exclaim.

"I never expected to be in seclusion for so long."

"Senior brother, how has the sect been developing lately?" Xu Chen asked with a smile.

“Very good. Currently, the sect has 53,000 Great Luo Realm experts and countless Golden Immortals, numbering in the tens of millions.”

"In addition, the Great Stream Sect has six guest elders at the Great Venerable Realm."

"Now, apart from lacking a Saint Venerable Realm expert, the Great Stream Sect is stronger than most major clans," Yang Wanshan said proudly.

"It's developed so fast, what's the deal with this guest elder system?" Xu Chen couldn't help but ask.

"These are all spirits of heaven and earth that the Daxi Sect has encountered on its trade routes over the years. As long as they feel they are suitable, they are all brought to the Daxi Sect to serve as guest elders."

As Yang Wanshan spoke, he took out his communication device and made a notification.

Before long, six more Great Venerable Realm experts appeared in the main hall. Although they had all transformed into human form, Xu Chen could recognize their true forms at a glance.

"Greetings, Second Elder." The six Great Venerable Realm experts said respectfully.

“You are all seniors, there’s no need for such formalities,” Xu Chen said politely.

"Strength is paramount."

After chatting with these six great esteemed spirits of heaven and earth, Xu Chen felt that their personalities and character were compatible with the Great Stream Sect.

"That's right, our Great Stream Sect has also begun to have Great Venerable Realm experts."

"By the way, how has the human race fared in the last million years? Have any new Saint Venerable Realm experts appeared?" Xu Chen asked.

"The Daoist Grand Master in the Dao Domain has advanced to the Saint Venerable Realm, and the human branch you discovered in the Dao Domain has also produced one there."

"As for the main human realm, there should be another one, but the information has been hidden."

"Over the years, our human race has been secretly developing its strength. Taking advantage of the spatial rift you left behind, we have opened up several branches of the human race in different regions."

"This is the benefit of the human race's growing fortune; three Saint Venerables have appeared in a million years," Xu Chen remarked.

"There are twenty-six newly promoted Grand Venerables among the human race."

“Right now, the human race has over a hundred Grand Venerables on the surface, but that still can’t match the number of your Grand Venerable puppets.” Yang Wanshan said, unable to help but chuckle.

"A puppet is just a puppet; how can it compare to a true Grand Venerable Realm expert?"

Speaking of the Great Venerable Puppet, Xu Chen suddenly thought of Da Xu.

"How's Da Xu doing lately?"

"Da Xu and Er Xu have gone out. They are no longer interested in innate spiritual treasures, but they don't have enough innate supreme treasure embryos to refine them."

"So the two of them spent more than 500,000 years refining a super-giant innate spiritual treasure that could detect the embryo of an innate supreme treasure. After it was finished, the two of them left the Great Stream Sect and went to various spatial rift passages."

"However, they come back once every ten or twenty thousand years."

"They actually went out on their own. Interesting. Did they find the embryo of the innate treasure?" Xu Chen asked curiously.

"We found one, but Da Xu said it wasn't the kind he wanted, so he just put it in the warehouse and left it there," Yang Wanshan said with a wry smile.

"Interesting, let them search then." Xu Chen was too lazy to bother with them.

"It seems the situation is very promising. If I go into seclusion again, perhaps the human race can become even stronger."

At this moment, a rainbow light flew into the temple and transformed into the appearance of Xu Xiyue.

"Not bad, your foundation is stable and your Dao essence is naturally manifesting. With a little more cultivation, you will be able to advance to the Great Luo Realm." Sensing Xu Xiyue's aura, Xu Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"Brother, after I advance to the Great Luo Realm, could you help me get a supreme innate treasure?" Xu Xiyue approached Xu Chen with a grin.

"I think you're a primordial treasure, but with your limited resources, you can't activate it at all. Just stick to using your primordial spiritual treasure," Xu Chen said bluntly.

Xu Xiyue's use of her innate treasure was like trying to fit a V12 engine into a minivan—it was simply not a good match.

"Once you reach the Great Venerable Realm and pass my test, I will bestow upon you a reward." Xu Chen decided to give Xu Xiyue a promise.

"Really!" Xu Xiyue's eyes immediately lit up.

Yang Wanshan, standing to the side, couldn't help but smile as he looked at the brother and sister.

“Junior brother, I bet you’re going to the main street of the human race to sample some delicious food later, right?” Yang Wanshan said.

"My senior brother understands me best."

"Then you can also take a stroll around the various worlds in the Daxi Sect Star Sea. Recently, many powerful immortal chefs have appeared in the Daxi Sect Star Sea, and the strongest of them have advanced to the Great Luo Realm."

"Really? Then I'll wander around here for a bit."

"I'll take Yueyao to see my parents first. Are you coming?" Xu Chen asked Xu Xiyue.

"Go~"

A massive vanguard military base in the human race's star sea, the entire base is equivalent to a small continent.

In a top-notch restaurant, a family enjoys the region's specialty dishes.

"Chen'er, are you about to advance to the Great Venerable level?" Xu Qiangjia asked after drinking a cup of wine with his son.

"It'll be soon. I estimate it will take another few million years to advance to the Great Venerable Realm."

Xu Chen picked up a jar of wine and filled Xu Qiangjia's wine glass.

"Think back to when you were born, you were so tiny," Xu Qiangjia said, gesturing as he spoke.

"My greatest hope back then was that you would be so talented that you could embark on the path of immortality and bring glory to our Xu family."

Xu Qiangjia's face flushed slightly as he spoke, as if he had returned to the day he became a father for the first time.

"At that time, I used all my imagination, even if our ancestral graves were emitting auspicious smoke, I could only dare to think that you could cultivate to the Golden Immortal realm."

"Later, they found out you had mortal-level talent. At that time, I was thinking, if you have a bunch of babies, one of them might have good aptitude and be able to embark on the path of immortality. The one I dared to dream of the most is a Golden Immortal."

Xu Qiangjia raised his wine glass and spoke, while the others listened quietly.

"Later, after you joined the Daxi Sect, things gradually developed in ways that exceeded my expectations."

"Now that I think about it, without realizing it, our Xu family has already become a great Luo family, which is a thousand times or even ten thousand times better than I imagined back then."

"Chen'er, I am proud of you."

The father and son clinked their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp.

"I also thank Dad for not giving up on me back then," Xu Chen said with a smile.

"Actually, I didn't have time to think about it at the front line. If I hadn't joined the vanguard, who knows what would have happened? You might have several younger brothers and sisters now."

Xu Qiangjia took a bite of the food and then burst into laughter. (End of Chapter)