The liver is a late bloomer!

Chapter 523 The Holy Lord of Taiheng
"Fortune favors the bold." Xu Chen smiled slightly.

Upon hearing this, Mu Chunlei showed a speechless expression.

"Anyway, you can handle it yourself."

"The second match has already been scheduled for three months from now."

At this moment, a magical artifact treasure chest fell into Mu Chunlei's hands. He then took out 30% of it and handed the chest to Xu Chen.

"5400 million catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals".

Xu Chen checked it with his divine sense and nodded after confirming that it was correct.

"Ru Hai, then we'll see you in three months." Mu Chunlei said, preparing to leave.

"Aren't we going to celebrate?"

"The restaurants around here haven't had any new dishes lately, it's boring."

Mu Chunlei's figure disappeared.

Xu Chen accepted the treasure chest and looked around, discovering that the surrounding Yushen Clan members were eager to try their luck.

"Fellow Daoists, farewell." Xu Chen's figure also disappeared from the arena.

Inside the temporary cave dwelling, Xu Chen was examining the immortal divine abilities of the Nebula Clan that he had recently purchased from the Dark Dao Network.

In order to earn the appearance fee of 30 million catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals, Xu Chen decided to learn more immortal divine abilities and continue to play the role of the Nebula Clan's prodigy.

"The Four Symbols Holy Sword, the Zhou Tian Starfall Sword Formation, the Ice Flame Sword Domain, and the Thirty-Six Swords—with these four top-tier immortal divine abilities of the Nebula Clan, that should be about enough."

"I'll stop once I've earned 10 billion from the Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals."

According to Xu Chen's calculations, he has 1 billion catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals, enough for him to cultivate his other 7 Dantian Worlds to more than 50 million feet.

At that time, both combat power and personal source power will reach a peak.

If you want to make significant changes in the future, you may need to accumulate knowledge and comprehend the Great Dao over time to expand your dantian world to over 100 million zhang.

In three months, Xu Chen quickly learned these four immortal divine abilities and then mastered them in the Holy White Space.

The Dark Dojo, the eleventh battle world.

Xu Chen, who was releasing his aura, looked at the dark figure in the distance.

The battle world below was still crowded with powerful figures from various races, just like in the previous battle. The majority of them were Golden Immortals, and most of them cultivated the sword path and the shadow path.

"Qian Ruhai, I saw that battle. In terms of immortal supernatural powers alone, you have some advantage over me." A sinister voice rang out.

"Being able to call me by name means you've gathered all the necessary information. The fact that you're standing here shows you're confident."

"When the battle begins, fellow Daoist, don't let me down." Xu Chen gave the dark figure a friendly smile.

"Hahahaha, Fellow Daoist Qian, do you know what I like to hear from my enemies before a battle?"

The dark shadow coalesced into an ordinary-looking face of a member of the Divine Race, who was laughing heartily.

"Me too, but I always heard my opponents say it before. This time I spoke first to see what it felt like to say it."

"I must say, it's quite interesting."

Just as the two sides were exchanging words, a loud voice rang out across the battlefield.

"Battle begins!"

In an instant, the dark figure opposite disappeared into the void, and the entire battle world was quickly covered by a shadow.

"He actually possesses supernatural powers."

Xu Chen flicked his acquired spiritual treasure sword, and a phantom of a giant sword imbued with destructive power appeared behind him.

With a single sword strike, the shadows that had covered the entire battlefield were instantly cleaved away.

The destructive power attached to that sword penetrated deep into the void, searching for that dark figure.

The shadows that had been cleaved in two began to miraculously converge, eventually transforming into two black shadows resembling Xu Chen, each with a phantom image of a giant sword of destruction formed from the shadows behind it.

The destructive power attached to that phantom was only 30% less than that of Xu Chen.

"I've been studying this ever since I learned I was going to fight you."

"Those two immortal divine abilities you used, although they gave me a headache, are not without ways to counter them."

"I will win this battle!"

The shadow that was Xu Chen spoke at the same time.

Seeing that the other person had even imitated his voice, Xu Chen frowned slightly.

"Then let me see how you win?"

A terrifying destructive sword intent erupted from Xu Chen's body. The terrifying power unleashed by each sword strike brought the two shadowy figures surrounding Xu Chen to the brink of collapse.

Those two transformed figures were extremely resilient; no matter how much destructive power they endured, they could recover instantly.

For a time, Xu Chen was able to suppress the two transformed figures, but his efforts were in vain.

Just as the battle reached its most intense moment, a terrifying wave suddenly erupted from the other side of the battlefield.

Xu Chen's other illusion found the dark figure hidden in the void.

"impossible!"

"How did you find my true form?!"

The incredulous voice of the dark figure echoed across the battlefield.

In an instant, the world of battle was divided into two battlefields.

Outside the battle world, Mu Chunlei nodded upon seeing this scene.

"Ru Hai wasn't bragging back then~"

In the arena, the black shadow, caught by Xu Chen's sword illusion, endured several sword strikes from Xu Chen while fighting with its own essence. In an instant, the entire black shadow transformed into tens of thousands of black rays of light and scattered in all directions.

"You think I can't find you like this?" Xu Chen's calm voice carried a hint of leisure.

He then directly targeted one of the black lights and slashed at it.

The sword light struck the black light, and it melted away like snow meeting the spring sun.

At this moment, two more illusory figures surrounded Xu Chen's sword illusion.

"Interesting! You want to use your origin to bet that you can win?"

"Annihilation!"

An even more terrifying destructive force erupted, and a sword of destruction condensed in the void, piercing towards the entire battlefield.

"boom!!!"

The immense destructive power covered the entire battlefield, like an indiscriminate bombing.

The violent power made the Golden Immortal Realm experts watching the battle from the sidelines secretly alarmed. With this level of power, if they were even slightly affected, they would lose at least half of their source energy.

All the gamblers who specialized in swordsmanship grew increasingly excited.

Above the battle world, even the dozen or so enormous divine thoughts couldn't help but communicate.

“Last time I went to ask the Nebula Clan, none of the three parties would admit it.”

“But if a genius of this caliber doesn’t receive top-tier resources to nurture him, he could cultivate two immortal divine abilities to this level, and even a weaker Grand Luo Immortal might be defeated by him.” A dissatisfied voice rang out.

“Those three parties are at a critical moment of vying for power within the clan. Even if they are released, they cannot easily admit it. It is a bit excessive for you to go directly to ask them,” one of the divine thoughts spoke.

“That’s right, that’s right…” The surrounding divine thoughts began to echo.

At this point, the battlefield had reached a stalemate.

Xu Chen and the sword illusion faced the two transformed figures respectively.

As the battle dragged on, the Shadow's strength grew stronger and stronger.

But Xu Chen remained completely calm, unleashing his two immortal divine abilities to their fullest extent to deal with the avatar. While Xu Chen remained unperturbed, the avatar attached to his true form panicked.

If he cannot kill Xu Chen within a certain time, he will exhaust his life force, ultimately leading to defeat in the battle.

As the battle dragged on, Xu Chen and the sword illusion began to slowly fall into a disadvantageous position.

Even so, Xu Chen persisted.

The battle lasted for ten days and ten nights. The four transformed figures had grown to their maximum strength and had completely gained the upper hand in the battle.

Even so, Xu Chen always managed to turn danger into safety at crucial moments by using his rich combat experience.

"Shadow, annihilate!"

The four phantom figures instantly pounced on Xu Chen and detonated.

"boom!!!"

The entire battle world trembled slightly, and the power of the four transformed figures detonating simultaneously surpassed the power expected of a Golden Immortal.

All the gamblers in the audience thought it would be a lose-lose situation.

But as the energy of the Shadow Dao dissipated, Xu Chen staggered to his feet, supporting himself with his acquired spiritual treasure sword. He knelt on the battlefield, and everyone could sense that Xu Chen's essence was severely depleted, to the point that he was about to fall into a deep sleep.

"The battle is over."

Xu Chen was teleported to the plaza below, next to Mu Chunlei.

Mu Chunlei quickly led Xu Chen away from the gambling arena.

"This is yours. Hurry back and restore your original form." Mu Chunlei took out the treasure chest and handed it to Xu Chen.

"it is good!"

Xu Chen withdrew from the Dark Dao Network, and his consciousness returned to his physical body.

The energy consumed in the battle was almost instantly replenished.

The aliases within the Dark Dao Network account for less than half of Xu Chen's total.

"I've got another 100 million Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals. Should I start cultivating?"

With this in mind, Xu Chen prepared to take immediate action.

Just as he was about to leave, Xu Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks, remembering what Mu Chunlei had once said.

If the Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals obtained and the time intervals between cultivation or within the Dark Dao Network are too regular, a powerful person with a keen eye can deduce their true identity.

"Let's cultivate in the cave first, and talk about it again after a thousand years."

Meanwhile, in the main world capital and the outer main world, some famous cultivation secret realms and merchant guilds selling pills that can restore one's original essence have all been targeted.

After a long time, realizing they hadn't managed to ambush their desired target, the spies withdrew.

Time flies when you're cultivating yourself; a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the temporary cave, Xu Chen absorbed the eight dantian worlds into his body, his expression somewhat listless.

"Without the boost from the Heavenly Dao World's cultivation secret realm, the speed is too slow."

"I haven't made much progress and I'm feeling really frustrated."

Xu Chen left the temporary cave dwelling and went to the All-Knowing Shop.

As always, the shopkeeper greeted Xu Chen with great enthusiasm upon his arrival.

Welcome, esteemed guests!

"I just finished my training and had some free time, so I came here to take a stroll."

Xu Chen sat down, and the waiter brewed a pot of the immortal tea that Xu Chen had left there and brought it over.

"Have any interesting things happened in the Imperial God Clan in recent years?" Xu Chen asked casually.

"A few interesting things did happen."

"Some time ago, a family's Holy Ancestor hid his strength to experience life. Later, in the capital world, he took a fancy to a young lady from a small family, but at this time, the young lady from both the large and small families already had someone she loved."

"So the Holy Ancestor directly revealed his identity, trying to use his power to intimidate the young lady from the small family and make her obediently submit."

"But to my utter surprise, the young lady's beloved was actually an avatar of one of our clan's holy lords."

"According to the rules of the Divine Race, the two fought in the Star Sea Domain, and the Holy Venerable Ancestor was almost killed by the Holy Lord's clone."

Upon hearing this amusing story, Xu Chen suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

"Just how beautiful must that young lady from that small family be to catch the eye of two Saint Venerable experts?" Xu Chen couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not sure about that. I was curious about it before, and then I was warned by my colleagues." The shopkeeper stroked his chin.

"By the way, 200 years before our distinguished guest went into seclusion, a powerful figure at the Saint Lord level brought a large number of alien races to this region, saying that he wanted to find the path to the Great Dao."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen's expression froze.

"Does that Invincible Saint have a name?"

"His name seems to be Taiheng Holy Lord. After talking with three of our clan's Holy Lords, he almost made one of our Holy Lords leave with him," the shopkeeper said.

Xu Chen was shocked to hear this. When Taiheng Saint Venerable left the main world, he had only been a short time since he joined the Primordial Holy Land. Calculating the time, it had been more than 100,000 years since then.

"There are a few other things, not too big and not too small, that I'll tell you if you'd like to hear them."

In the time that followed, Xu Chen sipped tea and listened to the shopkeeper recount the various events, big and small, within the Divine Clan.

One day later, in the outer realm, inside the Great Xu Cave.

At this moment, nearly half of the entire cave was occupied by Xu Chen's spiritual treasure factory.

"There are still over 3000 years left. Let the main body hold on for a while longer," Da Xu said as he saw Xu Chen approaching.

"Don't worry about me, just focus on making this spiritual treasure factory." Xu Chen waved his hand.

"You've been refining this spirit treasure factory all these years. Judging from the progress, you haven't rested for a whole year. You've worked hard," Xu Chen said after inspecting the main body of the spirit treasure factory.

"If you're enjoying it, there's no such thing as hardship."

"On the contrary, you find cultivation quite tedious," Da Xu said, sensing the melancholy emanating from Xu Chen.

"It's alright, but I've gotten used to the cultivation secret realm, and suddenly returning to a normal cultivation state feels quite uncomfortable," Xu Chen said leisurely.

"The idea of ​​comprehending the Great Dao is boring. Once I've successfully refined those large-scale acquired spiritual treasures, I'll find a way to refine some large-scale acquired spiritual treasures that can help you with your cultivation."

After completing the crafting of a house-sized acquired spiritual treasure accessory, Da Xu began crafting the next one.

"Why is it ranked later? You can help me refine it after you successfully refine the Puppet Reincarnation Tower."

"No money~" Da Xu spread his hands.

"The Puppet Reincarnation Tower consumes only the most advanced acquired spiritual treasure embryos and spiritual ores. If the materials are complete, the time required to refine the Puppet Reincarnation Tower can be reduced by half."

A list of materials appeared in front of Xu Chen, densely listing various materials and their current prices at the Divine Ancestor Sect.

Xu Chen looked down the list, and the final number made his expression twist.

"1.3 billion jin of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals!!"

"How outrageous!"

"Therefore, I need to spend thousands of years at the Spirit Treasure Factory to earn the Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals and gather the materials."

"By the way, main body, how many Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals do you have now?" Da Xu looked at Xu Chen expectantly.

"Not much, just enough for my cultivation." Xu Chen sighed, suddenly feeling very poor.

"You continue, I'm going to cultivate now."

In the Myriad Dao Sacred Hall, Xu Chen spent 60 million catties of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystals cultivating for a hundred years each in the Sword Dao and Knife Dao Heavenly Dao Worlds.

Inside the temporary cave, Xu Chen, having finished his cultivation, returned and began to comprehend the Dao of Sword and Knife to expand his second dantian world.

(End of this chapter)