Chapter 714
Venerable Sea
Outside the Chaos God Clan's Order faction, Xu Chen led two women on a stroll through the divine city.
The sight of all kinds of people gathered on the street was an eye-opener for the two women.
"Hunling City is one of the largest cities on the outskirts of the Chaos God Clan, and also the most prosperous city in terms of commerce."
"Here you can see millions of holy beings, as well as all sorts of strange magical treasures and elixirs."
As Xu Chen explained, the two women showed great interest.
"Commander!"
A familiar voice came from afar, and Xu Chen looked over.
Sun Ba, dressed in a long robe, showed no signs of being a Saint Venerable. He quickly approached Xu Chen, as if he were grasping at the last straw that could save him.
"What's wrong?" Xu Chen asked. When he was the military commander of the Chaos God Clan, his adjutant Sun Ba did his best to save him a lot of trouble.
"Can the military lord save my clan's lives?!"
Sun Ba was about to bow in the street when Xu Chen stopped him.
"You two go shopping first, I'm going to have a chat with this fellow Daoist," Xu Chen said, glancing at the two women.
"Go on, my husband, don't worry about us~" Yang Ling'er waved with a smile, then pulled Su Yueyao to a shop next door.
Xu Chen randomly chose a teahouse and listened quietly to the story of Sun Ba and his clan.
"The star sea region where your clan resided originally belonged to the neutral faction of the Chaos God Clan, but later it became the chaotic faction of the Chaos God Clan, which led to your near extinction?"
"It shouldn't be that bad. The Chaos God Clan's border army needs many powerful warriors, so they shouldn't resort to such methods." Xu Chen sipped his tea, thinking about what Sun Ba wanted.
“That’s how it is, but that one from the Chaos Faction…” Sun Ba pointed to the sky as he spoke, and Xu Chen knew that this represented the Great Dao.
"Every million years, a blood sacrifice must be made to a holy clan to strengthen itself."
“In recent years, many of our Holy Clan’s powerful members have fallen at the border, and we don’t have many treasures to bribe the officials of the Chaotic God Clan. So we were chosen by the officials to be sacrificed to our Holy Ancestor.” Sun Ba’s tone was full of resentment.
"I'm only at the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm right now, I'm afraid I can't save the nobles." Xu Chen shook his head gently while drinking his tea.
“That’s not what I meant. I want to lead the rest of my people to join the army’s race.”
Sun Ba stood up and bowed deeply to Xu Chen.
Hearing this, Xu Chen felt a moment of relief.
It's impossible for him to save Sun Ba's entire clan, but he can protect the rest of his clansmen.
"Gather your people. I'll let you know when I get home, and I'll bring you all back with me then." Xu Chen agreed to this.
"Now tell me, how many powerful individuals are left in your clan?"
"There are nine Saint Venerable Realm experts, fifty-four Great Venerable Realm experts, and the rest of the clansmen number in the billions."
"Although the clan is small, its members are all top-notch in talent. If they attach themselves to the upper clan in the future, they will be able to handle the affairs of the upper clan properly."
Sun Ba's eyes, which had been lifeless just moments before, now radiated boundless vitality.
Having followed the military lord for twenty million years, Sun Ba knew of the lord's terrifying strength and also understood his personality.
As long as you work diligently under him and have no disloyalty, you can live a peaceful and stable life.
"So, your clan has entrusted all its essence to you."
"After we return, I will designate a star-sea territory for you to develop as you see fit. If my clan needs you, just wait for my orders." Xu Chen said, and then sent the message to the Green Bamboo Saint Lord.
"Yes, sir!" Sun Ba's heavy heart finally settled down.
Inside a secluded corner of a restaurant, Xu Chen accompanied two women as they savored a delicious meal.
"My lord, we want to go and take a look at the border area," Yang Ling'er said, putting one arm around Su Yueyao.
"You're the one who wants to go, right? Don't bring Yueyao with you."
"I'll take you there once we return to the human territory." Xu Chen knew that Yang Ling'er wanted to share his burdens.
The outer perimeter of the Chaos God Clan's Order Sect alone was vast. Xu Chen led the two women to wander around here for 30,000 years before preparing to return to the human race.
Outside the territory of the Chaos God Clan's Order Faction, Xu Chen encountered the Xuanhua Clan, led by Sun Ba.
"Greetings, Lord!" Nearly four hundred million Xuanhua Clan members bowed to Xu Chen in the void.
"Become a vassal of my human race and do your job well."
Xu Chen didn't say much, just a simple sentence.
Following the traces of cause and effect, he could sense that many powerful members of the Xuanhua Clan harbored other thoughts and were not yet united in their loyalty to the human race. After returning to the human race, they would need further training.
The Xuanhua clan was taken into a celestial treasure within a grotto-heaven.
The treasure fell into Xu Chen's hands.
"let's go."
Xu Chen opened a spatial portal, bringing the two women back to the human race.
A strange place, but it belonged to the star sea region once controlled by that powerful figure on the Great Dao.
After returning, Xu Chen stepped out of the void.
With a wave of his hand, he released and opened the innate treasure of the cave.
Sun Ba led eight Saint Venerable experts to Xu Chen and bowed in greeting.
"From now on, this star sea will belong to your clan for development." Xu Chen said, pointing to Sun Ba with one hand forming a hand seal.
In an instant, the human dream realm descended upon this area, granting all members of the Xuanhua clan the qualification to enter the dream realm.
"If needed, you can enter the Dream Realm to communicate with the human race, where there is information about the human race."
"From now on, stay here and develop your career peacefully. If you perform well, I will grant you the opportunity to advance to the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm."
With a gentle flick of his finger, Xu Chen sent Sun Ba an invitation from the Yuanxin Dojo. He decided to first help Sun Ba advance to the Invincible Saint Venerable realm to set an example for him.
With the current strength of the human race, even if the other top experts of the Xuanhua clan had not been sacrificed, even if he did not make a move, the human race could easily crush him.
"My lord, our people shall be loyal dogs to humankind for all eternity!"
Upon sensing the information from the Source Heart Dojo, Sun Ba was extremely shocked. This was a dojo of the level above the Great Dao. Before this, he had never heard of any holy race possessing a dojo of this level.
"Time will prove everything."
After Xu Chen finished speaking, he entered the void and left.
The cave dwellings of Da Xu and Er Xu had now been transformed into a puppet battlefield.
On one side are countless puppets of the Great Venerable level, numbering in the hundreds of millions.
On the other side are Saint Venerable Realm puppets, which now number in the hundreds of thousands.
In the smallest puppet battlefield, a thousand puppets exuding the aura of invincible Saint Venerable stood tall.
Xu Chen found Da Xu.
At this moment, Da Xu was refining an invincible Saint Venerable Realm expert whose physical form resembled an octopus.
"How much of his original strength can he exert with his physical body alone?" Xu Chen asked.
"It can only exert 50% of its power, but with the added power of the battle formation, it can exert 70% of its power."
"The puppets I create have the potential to grow. As the battle goes on, a battle spirit will be born within the puppet. When the battle spirit reaches its limit, they can unleash 90% of their original strength."
Da Xu began filling the void within this invincible Saint Venerable realm puppet using the Great Dao of Life, while also infusing it with a wisp of the Soul Dao to eventually transform into a battle spirit. Da Xu needed ten days to refine one invincible Saint Venerable realm puppet.
"Finally, with these puppets' carriers added, will they be able to unleash their full power?" Xu Chen asked.
"Then you can underestimate me."
"This puppet army will be used to deal with the border demons in the future. Based on the characteristics of the border and the demons, I have created a small Heavenly Dao Void Realm."
"When the battle begins, the Lesser Heavenly Dao Void Realm will envelop the entire battlefield, and the army will be endless and never cease."
"I will refine the Lesser Heavenly Dao Void Realm into 108 parts, each of which is a mid-grade innate treasure. When the 10 parts are combined, they will become a high-grade innate treasure."
"A hundred innate treasures combined together would be a top-tier innate treasure. When combined with the Dream Realm, it would definitely be able to protect a region of the star sea," Da Xu said proudly.
"Well done, you've included everything I was thinking of, and even things I hadn't considered."
"Not bad~"
Xu Chen looked up at the sky above the cave, where one after another large innate treasures were displayed, each radiating considerable power.
“You used to have low-grade innate treasures in your cave, but later you upgraded them to mid-grade ones.”
"Now it has jumped directly from the middle grade to the top-level innate treasure."
Xu Chen gently waved his hand, and a Nine-Dragon Divine Chariot materialized, with nine invincible Saint Venerable Realm dragons pulling the chariot to Xu Chen's side.
"I just said it offhand at the time."
"Speaking of which, I remember now, there's also this~"
While refining weapons, Da Xu suddenly pointed to the sky.
The dozen or so colossal innate treasures in the sky began to rotate, and the last throne appeared in the sky.
"There isn't a suitable top-grade innate treasure embryo, so I can only use a mid-grade one to make do. It can barely be considered a fine example among top-grade treasures. You can make do with it for now."
As Xu Chen gazed at the seven-colored throne shimmering with various colors of the Great Dao, a memory from his past life suddenly surfaced in his mind.
"Not bad~" Xu Chen praised.
"You don't like it?"
"If I recall a major IP from my dream world, an emperor ascended to the throne, and the outcome wasn't good." Xu Chen crossed his arms and stroked his chin.
"Then I'll get you a different style." Da Xu nodded and put the seven-colored throne away.
"What have the two Xus been up to lately?"
“We recently crafted a top-tier innate treasure for treasure hunting. Er Xu said he’d take it out to test it out, since we’re running low on innate treasure embryos in our inventory,” Da Xu said casually.
"When he comes back, tell him to be mindful of cause and effect, and not to provoke anything that involves the Great Dao."
Xu Chen recalled the enormous catfish. He had neglected to investigate the cause and effect, failing to detect the trace of cause and effect on the Great Dao, which almost led to disaster.
"Okay~"
Above the myriad rivers, a nine-dragon chariot carried Xu Chenyang, Ling'er, and Su Yueyao towards the border.
As Xu Chen sat atop the divine chariot, sensing its speed, he couldn't help but form a hand seal, using the stars as a guide to increase his speed.
At the border closest to the human territory, a peculiar aura permeated the air.
As soon as Xu Chen arrived, he attracted the attention of this special aura.
"Huh~"
"Turns out, he's just a poor little penny-pincher~"
A figure appeared on the Nine Dragons Divine Chariot.
The figure was human, except for a large aura marking his forehead.
Seeing this, Xu Chen knew that it was a powerful figure guarding the Great Dao in this area.
He stood up and bowed with the two women.
"Xu Chen of the human race, accompanied by his two Daoist partners, pays his respects to the senior."
"No need to be polite. It's rare to find a strong person willing to come to this godforsaken place," the figure said with a slight smile.
"A while ago, a holy race occupied this star sea area. I presume it was your human race?"
"I took a look out of curiosity and was surprised to find that a small holy race actually had a Daoist temple at the level of the Great Dao."
"At that time, I was glad that I was the one guarding this border. If it had been an ordinary powerful figure on the Great Dao with a race, your clan would probably have disappeared without a trace in the long river of ten thousand paths by now," the figure said leisurely.
"Perhaps I have a special connection with you, senior~" Xu Chen replied with a smile.
"What do you mean by fate? It's just that Old Long, who used to guard this starry sea territory, was infected and died by the alien demons, so I was forced to guard this border."
"Bad luck is bad luck, and it may have some connection with you."
The figure looked Xu Chen up and down. At that moment, Xu Chen felt his own past and future, and the cause and effect were instantly seen through.
"Also, some time ago, a group of Great Venerable Realm alien demons smuggled themselves into the Star Sea Domain."
"Originally, I was waiting for that invincible Saint Venerable Realm demon to be summoned so I could roam freely for a while before capturing him. Who knew you would discover me and kill him instantly, causing my plan to fall through."
Xu Chen felt a cold sweat break out on his forehead as he listened, feeling as if he had done something wrong.
"This junior was unaware. If I had known, I would never have dared to touch the demonic creature you were observing, senior," Xu Chen quickly apologized.
"None of this matters. The blessing of the Star Sea Domain's will is of little use to me now."
The figure stood atop the Nine Dragons Chariot, gazing at the distant border.
"The human race to which I belong is adjacent to the border guarded by you, senior. If you have any requests in the future, I am willing to serve you."
"Before I knew how to address him."
"Just call me Zunhai. What brings you to this border? If you have time, why not play a few rounds of the Great Dao Chess with me?"
The surrounding space changed, and the Nine Dragons Divine Chariot appeared on a continent.
In the center of the continent stands a magnificent temple, where tens of thousands of Saint Venerable Realm experts are busy at work.
“This is my palace,” Zunhai said.
“Senior Zunhai, my Daoist partner wishes to see the borderlands, so we have come here specifically for this purpose.”
"Please allow me a hundred years. I will definitely come back then to play a few games of the Great Dao Chess with you, senior," Xu Chen said.
"Okay, a little more time won't make a difference."
"Go quickly and come back quickly." The figure said, waving his hand, and then disappeared into the world.
A giant spatial gate also appeared in front of the Nine Dragons Divine Chariot.
The Kowloon Carriage returned to its original border area.
"Husband, the aura of the powerful figures on that Great Dao is so strong that I dare not speak," Yang Ling'er said cautiously.
"Don't be afraid. Most powerful figures on the Great Dao would disdain to attack us."
Xu Chen looked towards the border area, where he had spent millions of years playing with Yang Ling'er and Su Yueyao.
During this time, Xu Chen also encountered some lone demons, and he had Yang Ling'er deal with them all, so that she could clearly understand the strength of the demons.
A century passed in the blink of an eye. Xu Chen returned to the human territory with the two women, and then went to the palace where Zun Hai was located. (End of this chapter)