A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

After leaving Huanlangtian, the group floated in the void.

Li Qiang asked, "Senior brother, where are we going now?"

"Go to Linming Star and wait for Gu Xing there. When he arrives, you can go to the Illusion Star Temple with Gu Xing."

"Senior brother, aren't you going?"

"I need to comprehend the realm first and break through to the second level as soon as possible."

"Senior brother, didn't you say you wanted to suppress your realm and keep it higher than your cultivation level? Why are you suddenly in such a hurry to break through?"

"How can I improve my strength without breaking through to a higher realm?"

"That's true." Li Qiang was also thinking about making a breakthrough at this moment.

Luo Cheng cautioned, "Junior brother, your cultivation level is still too low. It's better to be more cautious."

"I see."

Then, Luo Cheng turned to the two immortals: "Old Qian, Fairy Dai Nan, where are you planning to go?"

Qian Shanyong said, "I don't want to see Gu Xing." Just thinking about Gu Xing's cold face made him feel uncomfortable, not to mention that he couldn't beat him. Just thinking about it made him depressed.

Luo Cheng suggested, "How about this, you all go back to Fengyuan Star first. After we go to the Illusion Star Temple to collect some divine items, we'll go back to Fengyuan Star to refine a batch of Seven-Ingredient Pills, and then we'll go to the Ancient God's Treasury."

Upon hearing the name "Illusionary Star Temple," Qian Shanyong hesitated. He knew that there were many divine items there, including those not found in the Immortal Realm, but even though he was a Celestial Immortal, he didn't dare to venture into the Illusionary Star Temple.

Now, hearing that Li Qiang would be going to the Illusionary Star Temple, he was actually quite tempted.

Dai Nanfeng was also somewhat tempted: "Old Gan, how about we go to Lin Mingxing too?"

"Fine!" Qian Shanyong gritted his teeth and decided to go to the Illusion Star Temple.

Luo Cheng laughed and said, "Junior brother, this is great, you now have two immortals to act as your bodyguards."

"That would be an honor." Li Qiang showed no fear in the face of the two immortals. An ordinary cultivator would probably stutter in front of immortals.

Qian Shanyong summoned Xingyao and sent Li Qiang up. In Luo Cheng's eyes, Xingyao transformed into a streak of light, disappearing into the vast universe like a shooting star.

Luo Cheng took out his astrolabe, checked the direction, and used his teleportation technique to head towards a nearby inhabited planet.

After several shifts, he felt somewhat tired and finally approached a habitable planet. Luo Cheng floated in outer space and could see a star, a water-blue star, like a sapphire.

According to the astrolabe, this is a "peripheral star"—a planet that is far from the center of the cultivation world.

The center of the cultivation world contains tens of thousands of cultivation planets, each with its own cultivation sect, making it the most prosperous place in the starry sky. Planets like Heavenly Court, Blue Star, and Apocalypse Star are all far from the central region.

Luo Cheng used teleportation to land on the planet's surface. To his slight surprise, the people on this planet had no concept of a planet, no technology, and no cultivation sects. It was a truly marginalized planet.

Land makes up only one-tenth of the planet's surface; the rest is ocean. However, this planet is more than thirty times larger than Earth, so its land area is actually much larger than Earth's.

Luo Cheng sensed the abundant spiritual energy here and deduced that there were many spirit stones hidden underground, making it a sacred place for cultivation. Strangely, however, there were no cultivators on this planet.

"This kind of place is perfect for me to understand the meaning of the ordinary heart," Luo Cheng thought to himself.

This planet is similar to Tanbang Star, divided into an eastern continent and a western continent. However, due to their backward technology and lack of cultivation civilization, the people on both sides are unaware of each other's existence.

Luo Cheng chose this place because the people on this planet look similar to the humans on Earth. He even speculated: Could it be that the Primordial Elder, who lives nearby, was the one who moved people from other planets here?

As for the question of human origins, Luo Cheng only thought about it briefly before putting it out of his mind—he was neither an archaeologist nor a historian.

To experience the essence of ordinariness, Luo Cheng concealed his cultivation, transformed into a mortal, and even deliberately shortened his height from 1.9 meters to 1.75 meters. His divine body possessed immense vitality, making the change in appearance effortless for him.

One day, a stranger came to Tiger Village. The man was dressed in animal skins and carried several pheasants on his back as he walked into the village.

An old man at the village entrance stopped him: "Young man, where are you from?"

"I come from Hexi Village, which is across the mountain."

"Hexi Village? Never heard of it."

Luo Cheng understood that the transportation on this planet was too backward, and many people had never left their villages in their entire lives and had no idea about the outside world.

"Young man, are you lost?"

"Yes." Luo Cheng nodded. "A month ago, I went hunting in the mountains and encountered a pack of wolves. After escaping, I lost my bearings."

"Sigh..." the old man sighed.

People from Hujia Village often go into the mountains to hunt, and those who are unlucky will get lost and never return. The old man remembers that his uncle did just that; he went into the mountains and was never heard from again, and no one knows whether he is alive or dead.

"Since you're here, why don't you stay here for now?" the old man said.

"it is good."

"Oh, by the way, there's a thatched hut next to Aunt Mei, you can stay there for now."

"OK."

The village is mostly made up of mud houses and wooden huts, while thatched huts are generally used for raising livestock. Led by the old man, Luo Cheng came to a thatched hut. This hut used to house cattle, but it has been empty since the cattle went missing.

"Aunt Mei, I've brought a young man with me. He got lost while hunting, so he'll stay in this thatched hut for now."

"Yes, Chief Tiger." A pleasant female voice came, and then a simply dressed woman came out of the house. She looked to be in her early twenties, with her hair tied in a bun, her complexion slightly sallow, but her face was very regular.

Luo Cheng looked at Mei Gu and smiled slightly: "Sorry to bother you."

"It's nothing." Mei Gu looked Luo Cheng up and down. Seeing that he was wearing animal skins and had a fair complexion, she suddenly thought of her husband and sighed inwardly. Her husband had gone hunting in the mountains a year ago and hadn't returned, leaving behind only a daughter. Fortunately, the villagers helped them, and the mother and daughter barely managed to survive.

The village chief brought Luo Cheng here, clearly intending to arrange a marriage.

"Young man, what's your name?" the village chief asked.

"Luocheng".

"Luo Cheng, stay here for now. If you need anything, come find me at the big house at the entrance of the village."

"it is good."

After the village chief left, Mei Gu felt a little awkward. At this moment, a little girl of about three years old came out of the house. The girl was clean and tidy and called out "Mommy" in a clear voice.

Mei-gu immediately went to greet her and picked up her daughter, saying, "The thatched hut is over there, you can tidy it up yourself." After saying that, she carried the child back into the hut.

Luo Cheng didn't care about this. He tidied up a bit, took out an animal hide and spread it on the weeds, which served as a place to rest.

From inside the house came the deer's voice: "Mommy, was that Daddy just now?"

"Deer, that's not your father."

In the evening, Aunt Mei started cooking. Luo Cheng took out a pheasant, walked to her door, and knocked.

Mei hesitated for a moment before opening the door, and asked timidly, "Is there something you need?"

Luo Cheng handed over the pheasant: "This was hunted on the mountain, here you go."

"No, no need."

"We're neighbors now, so take it."

"Well... alright then." Mei Gu thought to herself, it's a good opportunity to make some soup for Lu'er. She thanked her and hurriedly closed the door.

Luo Cheng returned to the thatched hut, picked up another pheasant, cleaned it, took out some other mountain produce, and started stewing soup over a campfire.

As time went by, a faint fragrance wafted out.

The little deer said, "Mommy, it smells so good! I want to eat it."

"Mom made you some soup too, it'll be ready soon."

"But Mom's cooking doesn't taste good."

Mei Gu's expression was rather unpleasant. She couldn't understand why the man's stewed pheasant smelled so much better than the other man's. Just the aroma alone made her mouth water.

After hesitating for a while, Mei Gu finally decided to ask Luo Cheng. When she got to his side, looking at the meat and soup in the casserole and smelling the aroma, she became even more tempted.

Luo Cheng could also see that the village was too backward and the way they made soup was very crude. They only put in a kind of leaf to remove the fishy smell and added a little salt. The soup they made was not very tasty.

He picked up a spoon and a bowl, ladled out a large bowl of soup and meat, and handed it to Aunt Mei: "Take this, give it to the children."

"Oh dear, I can't accept this..." Mei Gu said shyly, "I can't take any more."

"I might be staying here for a while, and I'll be troubling you a lot. Here, take this."

"Well... thank you." Perhaps the soup was too delicious, because Aunt Mei couldn't bear to refuse.

She carried the soup home, a smile spreading across her face: "Deer, look what I brought you back!"

"Wow! I want to eat! I want to eat!"

The mother and daughter each filled a bowl. Lu'er took a sip and found it fragrant and sweet, something she had never tasted before. Mei Gu was also shocked; how could the same ingredients make such a big difference?

After dinner, Mei Gu came to find Luo Cheng again, looking conflicted, and said, "Um... Brother Luo, could you please cook the chicken from my house for me?" Her face turned red as she said this. But it was really hard to swallow if it wasn't cooked.

Luo Cheng agreed.

The next day, when Luo Cheng got up, he saw Mei Gu watering the vegetables in the yard and greeted her, "Mei Gu, I've gone hunting in the mountains."

"Oh, okay, be careful." For some reason, even though they had only spent a day together, Mei-gu was already a little worried about him.

As the sun began to set, Luo Cheng returned from the mountains. Passing through the village entrance, he greeted each villager he encountered, thus becoming a familiar face to them.

"Is this the new hunter?"

"Look how amazing he is! He hunted down a pheasant and even carried a wild boar back with him."

When Mei Gu saw Luo Cheng return, a smile appeared on her face, and her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled.

Luo Cheng handed over another pheasant, but Mei Gu waved her hand, saying, "I can't cook it well, it's a waste."

"I'm done. Come and take it."

"Hmm..." Mei pursed her lips, nodded gently, and muttered to herself: It's all his fault for making it too delicious.

Afterwards, Luo Cheng chopped off half a pig and delivered it to the village chief's house. The village chief beamed with joy: "You silly boy, why are you being so polite?"

In the days that followed, Luo Cheng went hunting in the mountains every other day, and each time he had a good catch. When he returned, he would share his prey with the villagers. In just half a month, he became one of the villagers, and everyone liked this young man very much.

Mei Gu blushed and her heart raced every time she saw Luo Cheng. Lu'er liked him even more, finding Uncle Luo's scent very pleasant—the unique aura of a cultivator. Moreover, Lu'er loved listening to Luo Cheng tell stories.

As Luo Cheng spent time with mortals, his understanding of the ordinary heart deepened, and his divine heart began to beat slowly. He vaguely sensed that he was about to break through to the second level of the Heavenly Realm.