Chapter 713
Dare to flaunt your power in front of me? A true man knows when to yield and when to sta
“Within our divine race, if someone finds and reports such a demon, they can be rewarded with a top-grade innate treasure, but I feel that you have already killed him.”
Then another message came, and Xie Xuan's voice sounded somewhat regretful.
"I did indeed kill it, and I also received the blessing of the Star Sea Domain's will. I'm going into seclusion now. I feel like I comprehended more than a dozen Great Daos in that instant."
After sending the message, Xu Chen opened the spatial portal and returned to his cave to begin his seclusion.
Millions of years is but a tiny step forward for the entire human race.
Inside the cave, Xu Chen, who was comprehending the Great Dao, exuded a mysterious power of myriad paths. This power of the Great Dao condensed into one strange phenomenon after another around him.
As the strange phenomenon disappeared, Xu Chen's seclusion ended.
"This is truly a great opportunity. It has allowed me to comprehend thirty-six Great Daos and elevate them to the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm."
Xu Chen's tone was filled with surprise, and the power of the Great Dao rippled around him, showing his excitement.
With one step, Xu Chen emerged from seclusion.
Sensing the aura emanating from Xu Chen, Yang Ling'er and Su Yueyao immediately rushed to his side.
Xu Qiangjia, Wei Miaoqiu, and Xu Xiyue also emerged from the void one after another, looking at Xu Chen with smiles.
"Father, Mother, Little Sister."
"We rushed back as soon as we received your news of your return, but we didn't expect you to go into seclusion again after we got back. We finally made it back now."
Xu Qiangjia came to Xu Chen's side and looked him up and down.
When will you advance to the Great Dao?
"It's still early. This will definitely be a long time. It won't be possible to become a powerful expert on the Great Dao in a short period of time."
The void flickered again, and Xu Xuanshen and Xu Daojing arrived.
"I've just come out of seclusion, so I've gathered all the Xu family members together to see how things have developed over the years."
Upon hearing Xu Chen's words, millions of Xu family members received the news and excitedly rushed towards the Great Stream Sect's main realm.
Three months later, a million people gathered in a temple.
Xu Chen observed the Xu family members, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding.
Overall, he was fairly satisfied with the cultivation and character of the Xu family members.
"Greetings, Ancestor!"
A million members of the Xu family bowed to Xu Chen, their voices echoing throughout the temple.
"Rise, all of you. I am satisfied with your cultivation level and the results of your karma and conduct."
"Indeed, you are worthy of the Xu family bloodline."
Xu Chen suddenly turned around, and a million rays of light flew towards the Xu family disciples.
Each ray of light contains a profound understanding of the Dao.
This is the new Great Dao of Blessing that Xu Chenxin comprehended, using the method of bestowing blessings to share his own understanding of the Great Dao.
It can be said that this one path alone, the blessing of the Great Dao, will allow these Xu family bloodlines to at least advance to the Great Venerable realm in the future.
Xu Chen then met with several of the Xu family disciples who were all of exceptional talent and character, and offered them a few words of encouragement.
After the lively scene at Xu Chen's cave, the Xu family members left one after another to attend to their own affairs, and the cave became quiet again.
"Husband~" Yang Ling'er shook Xu Chen's hand.
"What's wrong?" Xu Chen asked with a smile, stroking Yang Ling'er's hair.
"Next time you go out, could you take me and Yueyao with you? We usually stay in our personal cave dwelling and won't bother you."
"I don't want to be away from you for so long again." Yang Ling'er blinked at Xu Chen.
"Okay, I'll call you guys next time I go out." Xu Chen nodded in agreement.
Xu Chen and Yang Wanshan enjoyed tea at the highest peak of Daxi Zong.
"This endless expansion, while exhilarating, can become tedious after a while."
Yang Wanshan waved his hand, and a star map appeared in mid-air, showing the star sea areas occupied by the human race.
"This is just the beginning. We've only just finished digesting the territories of the nine holy clans. We still need to expand further."
"In the future, our human race's enemies will be those otherworldly demons, so our current strength is simply not enough. Let's continue to expand and develop properly."
"Let's set a small goal first," Xu Chen said, picking up his teacup and taking a sip.
"What small goal?"
"Let's first gather a million-strong army at the Saint Venerable level~" Xu Chen smiled slightly.
"A million-strong army!" Yang Wanshan quickly deduced in his mind.
"If we continue to expand and acquire resources like this, it could take hundreds of billions of years."
"It's alright. The Saint Venerable Realm is an eternal existence. Let's accumulate experience slowly. When a human powerhouse breaks through to become a powerhouse above the Great Dao, then no matter how many Saint Venerable Realm powerhouses there are, they will all have a place to be used." Xu Chen looked towards the border area, seemingly deep in thought.
"On the Great Dao, nowadays, probably no one in the entire human race except you can reach such a level."
Although Yang Wanshan's cultivation level was artificially boosted, he had comprehended and elevated dozens of Great Daos, and understood the difficulty of continuing to cultivate after becoming an Invincible Saint Venerable.
"Take it slow. Even if it takes trillions of years, it will be enough if the human race can produce one such talented expert." Xu Chen's expression was somewhat complicated.
Nowadays, although there are many invincible Saint Venerable realm experts among the human race, 99% of them reach the end of their Great Dao path the moment they advance to the next level.
The Dao Body, formed from the 108 Daos of Ascension, is difficult to integrate into the Dao Body after advancing to the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm unless one has an extraordinary understanding of a certain Dao.
From Xu Chen's perspective, most of the invincible Saint Venerable Realm experts of the human race will stop at 200 kinds of sublimated Great Daos in their Great Dao Body. Moreover, every time the Great Dao Body is integrated into a sublimated Great Dao, it will be more difficult to integrate another Great Dao.
A time-sealing crystal appeared in Xu Chen's palm, with the Primordial Beginning still inside, fighting against Xu Chen's Dream Dao Body.
"What's wrong?" Yang Wanshan looked at the time-sealing crystal.
“The Star Sea Domain has been insisting that I hand over the Primordial Beginning.” Xu Chen frowned.
"Are there any benefits?"
"I should have a fortuitous encounter, but it will most likely be something of the highest level of innate treasures." Xu Chen pondered, wondering whether he should hand it over.
"There's no use keeping them. To the Star Sea Domain's will, every powerful figure on the Great Dao is a relatively important pawn. If we can't eliminate them, it's better to hand them over to the Star Sea Domain's will and turn them into puppets."
Yang Wanshan knew Xu Chen's purpose in wanting to keep Tai Chu.
"Alright then~" Xu Chen frowned, his tone somewhat regretful, and then waved his hand to throw the Time Sealing Crystal into the depths of the Star Sea.
A power that transcends all paths enveloped the Time Seal Crystal.
As soon as the crystal disappeared, a vague feeling arose in Xu Chen's mind.
"The benefits have arrived. Do you want to come with me to take a look?" Xu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression showing some anticipation.
"Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well go check it out."
"Let's go~"
Xu Chen used the Star Teleportation Technique to bring Yang Wanshan to an unfamiliar star sea.
Following that feeling that was intertwined with the Great Dao of Destiny, Xu Chen led Yang Wanshan to another starry sea territory.
"This is pretty much it~"
As soon as Xu Chen finished speaking, a gaping maw swallowed the two of them whole.
Finally, the two arrived at an inner world.
"This situation seems familiar." The moment he was swallowed, a bad memory was stirred up in Xu Chen.
"Where is this?" Jiang Anshan asked curiously, surveying the world around him.
"This should be the inner world of a colossal beast at the level of the Great Dao. The things that the Star Sea Domain has been rewarding me with are here."
A violent divine thought swept across the entire inner world, and Xu Chen instantly discovered the Myriad Spirit Corpse Pit at the very bottom of this world.
Traveling through the void, the two arrived at the lowest level of this world.
Countless corpses of living beings piled up here, and most of those below the Saintly Venerable Realm had already turned into bones.
The corpse of the Saintly Venerable Realm cultivator showed signs of lividity.
Only the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm retains his appearance from his previous life.
"nice one!"
Xu Chen glanced around and saw that there were millions of corpses at the Saint Venerable Realm level.
There are tens of thousands of bodies at the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm.
"That's great, Da Xu won't have to worry about materials for making puppets anymore!"
Xu Chen suddenly waved his hand and began collecting the corpses of all spirits at the bottom of this world.
Along with them were the spiritual treasures they used in their lives. Xu Chen wasn't too concerned about these spiritual treasures, because even the best of them was only of medium grade.
"As expected of the blessing of the Star Sea Domain's will, it suits my wishes perfectly. This is far superior to top-tier innate treasures." Xu Chen's lips curled up, feeling that the Primordial Beginning had not been handed over in vain.
“Although these corpses of the Great Venerable Realm cultivators have all turned into bones, they are still good materials for refining puppets. The universe is infinite, and just by glancing at it, I can see hundreds of millions of them. Transforming them into puppets to form an army would be quite a training experience,” Yang Wanshan said from the side.
"It's alright, but these bones have been worn down for too long, and some of them are no longer usable."
So~
As Xu Chen spoke, he opened a spatial portal, and Da Xu walked out of the portal.
"What is it now?"
As soon as Da Xu finished speaking, he noticed the corpses of the myriad spirits around him, and his eyes lit up.
"These are good things, give them all to me!"
Xu Chen smiled and waved, handing the spatial treasure he had just used to collect the corpses to Da Xu.
Then, Da Xu transformed into a diligent little bee, and began to harvest the corpses of all the spirits below as if scraping the ground.
Half a month later, Da Xu finally collected all the useful corpses.
"There are 11,000 bodies at the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm, more than 1.3 million at the Saint Venerable Realm, and 300 million at the Great Venerable Realm."
"I happen to have a high-grade innate treasure embryo of the Great Dao of Reincarnation in my treasure vault. Combined with three mid-grade innate treasure embryos of the Great Dao of Life, the Great Dao of Ghosts, and the Great Dao of Soul, these can be used to refine the Reincarnation Tower I envision."
After Da Xu finished speaking, he couldn't wait to have Xu Chen take him away.
"Let's go. This encounter just reminded me that there's something I haven't done yet." A hint of killing intent flashed in Xu Chen's eyes. Since he advanced to Saint Venerable, he had been under tremendous pressure, causing him to forget about some minor grudges.
The three of them passed through the spatial gate and left. After sending Yang Wanshan back to the human territory, Xu Chen followed that trace of cause and effect and flew towards the depths of the Star Sea.
In an unfamiliar starry sea, a colossal beast, its length unknown and spanning billions of miles, is roaming the void.
Wherever he goes, he devours any living beings and any world.
"It's just like a giant catfish, it eats everything!"
Xu Chen appeared, his eyes filled with a hint of killing intent.
Just as Xu Chen hesitated about whether to make a move, the giant beast seemed to sense Xu Chen's presence.
"Guru!!"
A long roar echoed from the void, and Xu Chen sensed the fearlessness in the voice.
The voice seemed to be saying to Xu Chen, "Come and kill me."
Feeling this sense of meaning in life, Xu Chen laughed in exasperation.
“An invincible Saint Venerable Realm Star Sea Domain behemoth dares to flaunt its power in front of me.”
The Blade of Time appeared in Xu Chen's hand, and a mysterious power of time sealed off this star sea area.
"Throughout my life, I have only ever felt stifled by you."
“You devoured me before I reached the Golden Immortal realm, and then you took me to such a distant place from the human realm, almost preventing me from returning.”
"And when I left your inner world, I was restricted, and when I came out of that foul mouth, I was intercepted by the guardian beast inside you."
Therefore, you will die today!
Xu Chen's Dao Body appeared in the Star Sea Domain, the Blade of Time. It slowly sliced through the void, slashing towards the giant beast of the Star Sea Domain.
Just as the power of time, capable of cleaving through countless paths, was about to strike the giant beast in the Star Sea Domain, a terrifying force suddenly froze time.
The power of time shattered instantly.
A pair of eyes, as bright as the sun, slowly opened from the void, staring indifferently at Xu Chen.
At that moment, Xu Chen's soul trembled.
This aura from the Great Dao was on a completely different level than the Primordial Chaos he had faced before.
Under this aura alone, Xu Chen felt that whether he could escape was another matter entirely.
"Gurgle~~"
Another distant voice rang out, this time with a smug tone.
The aura above this great path grew increasingly dense, and an aura of decaying time enveloped this star sea region.
Xu Chen felt that his own body and soul, and even the true spirits in the Myriad Rivers of Time, were beginning to slowly decay.
Xu Chen, whose time had been frozen, was unable to resist in the slightest.
"Damn it, I acted impulsively!" Xu Chen thought to himself, but he didn't panic.
Just as this decaying force was about to corrode Xu Chen, an even more powerful force instantly reversed time in this area, and Xu Chen's memories returned to the moment he saw the giant beast.
Xu Chen looked inexplicably at a certain starry sea, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"Looks like I'm still worth your time."
"Gurgle~~"
The giant beast in the distant star sea glanced back at Xu Chen, then swayed its tail and leisurely swam towards other star seas.
"The man can bend and stretch!"
As he spoke, Xu Chen opened the spatial portal and returned to his cave.
At this moment, Yang Ling'er and Su Yueyao were tasting the spiritual fruit and whispering to each other.
Upon seeing Xu Chen, the two immediately stood up.
"Come on, I'll take you to see what the gods are like!"
Although Xu Chen's essence was not damaged in the clash between those two powerful figures on the Great Dao, his mind was indeed severely injured.
The clash between those two powerful auras from the Great Dao was so intense that Xu Chen felt as if he were in an abyss.
It would take at least tens of thousands of years to repair one's mind and spirit.
Seeing Yang Ling'er and Su Yueyao, Xu Chen wondered how to pass the time. (End of Chapter)