A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

In the blink of an eye, another seventy years have passed.

As Luo Cheng and Li Qiang stepped out of the teleportation array on Fengyuan Star, they couldn't help but sigh once again—time flies in the world of cultivation.

It took over seventy years for the two cultivators to return from Linming Star to Fengyuan Star. This was only because they possessed the cultivation level of Luo Tian Shangxian and were able to use the Starry Sky Great Teleportation technique to travel to a planet with a damaged teleportation array. For ordinary cultivators, the journey from Linming Star to Fengyuan Star would likely take a hundred years.

Stepping out of the teleportation array, Li Qiang suggested, "Senior brother, let's go back to the Chongxuan Sect."

"Okay," Luo Cheng replied. He hadn't seen Lin Chen for nearly a century, and he missed him terribly.

The two used a teleportation technique and returned to the Chongxuan Sect in the blink of an eye. To their surprise, they ran into Fu Shan as soon as they landed.

"Brother Fu, what are you doing here?" Li Qiang asked in surprise.

"Brother Fu!" Luo Cheng also bowed in greeting.

When Fu Shan saw his two brothers, his face was full of smiles: "You two lads, you just love to run around everywhere."

"Hehe." The three of them looked at each other and smiled, their joy at the reunion evident.

Fu Shan suddenly stopped smiling, a hint of melancholy creeping into his eyes: "I'm about to ascend to immortality."

"Ah!" Li Qiang was taken aback. He had never imagined that the separation would come so soon.

They've only just met, and now they have to part ways again.

Fu Shan sighed, "If you count the days, it's been over two hundred years since I took you away from Blue Star."

"More than two hundred years..." Li Qiang murmured repeatedly, his heart filled with mixed emotions. He suddenly thought of his hometown and wondered to himself: After two hundred years, how advanced has Blue Star's technology become? In an instant, a wave of homesickness surged up.

He turned to Luo Cheng and asked, "Senior brother, what was your home like when you went back to Blue Star last time?"

"Technology has become more advanced," Luo Cheng replied.

"Sigh." Li Qiang sighed softly, his heart filled with melancholy.

The news of Fu Shan's impending ascension overshadowed the joy of their reunion. Just as the three remained silent, a young girl walked briskly towards them, and upon recognizing Luo Cheng, she froze on the spot.

"Chenchen!" Luo Cheng called softly.

Lin Chen didn't say anything, but suddenly threw himself into Luo Cheng's arms and hugged him tightly, as if he would disappear if he let go.

Luo Cheng gently stroked her long hair and smiled, "It seems you've cultivated very quickly; you've already reached the Nascent Soul stage."

For ordinary cultivators, advancing from the Nascent Soul stage to the Out-of-Body stage within a hundred years is already considered genius.

Like Fu Shan, a cultivation prodigy, he left Earth at the end of the Western Han Dynasty to embark on the path of cultivation, and it took him more than two thousand years to reach his current level. Of course, compared with "cheating" cultivators like Luo Cheng and Li Qiang, both Lin Chen and Fu Shan's cultivation speed seems very slow.

Lin Chen looked up, grabbed his arm, and asked curiously, "Brother Cheng, what realm are you at now?"

"It's hard to say what his realm is, but in terms of strength, he's roughly equivalent to a Celestial Immortal."

Lin Chen didn't have a deep understanding of the immortal realm, only that Luo Cheng was very powerful. Fu Shan, however, was different. He had met the Luo Tian Shang Xian (Immortal of the Heavenly Realm) and knew what that meant. He was deeply shocked upon hearing this—had he actually raised such a brother? In just two hundred years, he had already reached the Luo Tian Shang Xian realm!

Seeing the change in Fu Shan's expression, Luo Cheng added with a smile, "Brother Fu, my junior brother is also quite strong. I think he can fight Lao Qian to a draw."

If Qian Shanyong were present, he would probably be frustrated again—he had become the "yardstick" for measuring the strength of others.

After a brief moment of joy, Lin Chen's face fell with worry: "Brother Cheng, I always feel like I'm drifting further and further away from you."

Luo Cheng gently comforted him, saying, "In cultivation, one must not be impatient; one must take each step steadily and firmly."

"But it's too slow." Lin Chen's eyes reddened slightly. With her current cultivation level, even if she wanted to keep up with Luo Cheng, she couldn't possibly catch up with his pace. "At your cultivation speed, it won't be long before you ascend to the Divine Realm, right?"

"Hmm..." Luo Cheng fell silent. He knew that with his cultivation speed, he would soon be able to ascend to the God Realm.

He held Lin Chen's hand: "This time when we go to the Ancient God's Treasury, I'll try to find a way to speed up your cultivation."

"Really?" Lin Chen's eyes lit up.

"certainly."

Lin Chen bit his lip, his eyes hardening: "I want to cultivate divinity!"

"No way!" Luo Cheng replied decisively, his tone leaving no room for argument.

Luo Cheng knew better than anyone the risks of cultivating to godhood—he himself was a god cultivator. Don't be fooled by Li Qiang's smooth progress and rapid increase in strength; he was essentially cheating. For an ordinary cultivator, the success rate of cultivating to godhood was practically zero.

During those seventy years, Luo Cheng and Li Qiang encountered a cultivator who had accidentally obtained a cultivation jade slip, thus beginning his cultivation journey. However, he ultimately exploded and died before their very eyes. His cultivation speed was too rapid; the cultivator could not control his own power, and the explosion was an inevitable outcome.

Over the years, if Li Qiang hadn't been by Luo Cheng's side, sharing his insights and refining his Divine Chess Power, it would have been difficult for them to stabilize their cultivation levels. In these seventy years, neither of them had improved their cultivation levels; they understood that rapid advancement was not a good thing.

Seeing that Luo Cheng was angry, Lin Chen knew that he was doing it for her own good, but she still felt a little disappointed and felt that the distance between them was growing.

She asked softly, "How long will you stay on Fengyuan Star this time?"

"It won't be long."

"Where are we going this time?"

"Ancient God Zang."

"I want to go!"

"No way!" Luo Cheng refused decisively. "What kind of place is the Ancient God's Treasury? It's a place where even ancient immortals perish. Without the strength of a Heavenly Monarch, going there is just suicide. You're only at the Nascent Soul stage now; you absolutely cannot go."

Lin Chen lowered his eyes: "Brother Cheng, can't you stop and spend some time with me?"

"Once the matter of the Ancient God's Treasury is over, I'll travel with you everywhere, and accompany you all over the cultivation world."

"Okay!" Lin Chen finally smiled, but there was a hint of melancholy hidden in his eyes.

Luo Cheng was filled with guilt. He knew that the journey to the Ancient God's Treasury would take a long time—from Fengyuan Star to the Ancient God's Treasury, even taking the shortcut would take more than two hundred years, and a round trip would take five or six hundred years.

As the group reminisced, Fu Shan suddenly turned to Li Qiang: "Brother Li, you have something important to do."

"Brother Fu, please speak."

"You are a core disciple of the Chongxuan Sect. According to the rules, you should find another brother to carry on our lineage."

Over the years, Li Qiang has taken on many disciples, such as Zhao Hao, Paben, and Bai Shengzhen, but none of them are considered core disciples. In the Chongxuan Sect, core disciples are addressed as brothers, and only one can be accepted at a time. Just as Wu Chen accepted Fu Shan, and Fu Shan accepted Li Qiang, Luo Cheng can only be considered Fu Shan's disciple, similar to Zhao Hao and others accepted by Li Qiang.

Li Qiang nodded and said, "After I return from the Ancient God's Treasury, I will go find a brother." He had already made up his mind to go back to Blue Star and find a brother.

"Brother Li, I'm not worried about your strength; you're already stronger than me. However, I still hope you'll go to the Heart Refining Pavilion and learn more." Fu Shan said, then looked at Luo Cheng, "Brother, you can go and take a look too."

"Okay," Luo Cheng replied.

Fu Shan glanced at Lin Chen and laughed, "Alright, you guys go have fun. If I stay any longer, little Chenchen will get angry."

"No way..." Lin Chen's cheeks flushed slightly, but she was secretly delighted. Back on Blue Star, she was only eighty years old, and the younger generation called her "Ancestor." In the cultivation world, at over two hundred years old, she was indeed still a "little girl" in the eyes of Fu Shan, who had lived for over two thousand years.

Luo Cheng had originally intended to see his other brothers from the Chongxuan Sect again, but seeing Lin Chen holding his hand with anticipation in her eyes, he decided to spend more time with her. Along the way, he took out several treasures: "This is Light Spirit Water; it can increase cultivation speed without any side effects."

As for the divine item, he didn't give it to Lin Chen—fearing she might impulsively use it.

Lin Chen held a pile of treasures and spiritual fruits, his eyes crinkling with laughter.

The two strolled into a market when they suddenly heard a familiar shout: "Don't miss out, come and take a look!"

Luo Cheng looked in the direction of the voice, and when he saw the person clearly, he was stunned: "Li Mengtian?"

When Li Mengtian saw Luo Cheng, she froze on the spot. Over the years on Fengyuan Star, she had often heard rumors about Luo Cheng and knew that he could stand on equal footing with immortals, which filled her with mixed feelings.

Lin Chen, holding Luo Cheng's arm, deliberately gestured with his chin towards Li Mengtian. Li Mengtian was furious, but dared not speak out.

Seeing this, Lin Chen chuckled and said, "What, want to get beaten up again?"

"Get out of here, you damned woman!" Li Meng shouted angrily.

Lin Chen deliberately tried to scare her: "Do you know that my husband is already an immortal? Aren't you afraid that my husband will kill you?"

These words truly frightened Li Mengtian. Having lived in the cultivation world for nearly a hundred years, she had long understood the rules here—if Luo Cheng really wanted to kill her, she wouldn't even have a place to reason with him, and the cultivators of Fengyuan Star might even think, "It's good that he killed her."

Li Mengtian's face fell, and her eyes filled with grievance: "Luo Cheng, can't you help me out of consideration for our past relationship?"

Luo Cheng didn't even bother to say a word, and pulled Lin Chen away.

Li Mengtian watched their retreating figures, a deep sense of loss welling up inside her. She knew that if Luo Cheng had just said a word, her situation would have been much better.

Over the years, she had considered using Luo Cheng's name to swindle cultivation resources, but whenever she dared to do so, she would be severely beaten. Lin Chen only kept her around for his own amusement. Watching Li Mengtian struggle made Lin Chen happy.

Seeing that Luo Cheng remained silent for a long time, Lin Chen asked, "Brother Cheng, if you don't want to see her again, I'll send her to another planet."

"Let her be." Luo Cheng's tone was calm and unwavering. "With her temperament, even if she cultivates to the Tribulation Transcending stage, she still won't be able to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation."

After strolling around for a while, Lin Chen suddenly asked, "I wonder how Mengmeng is doing."

Mengmeng, whose full name is Lin Mengdie, was inspired to become like the ruthless empress after hearing her story. Luo Cheng knew that Lin Chen mentioned her because he wanted to see the girl. Lin Chen had wanted to bring Lin Mengdie to Fengyuan Star back then, but the girl was very opinionated and insisted on following her own path.

Luo Cheng said softly, "Chenchen, the Ancient God's Treasury is about to open, I need to go there first."

"The Ancient God's Treasury... what exactly is this place?"

"That is the dwelling place of the gods, containing a large number of divine artifacts and treasures, and also hiding the secret to becoming a god."

Lin Chen then realized that the Ancient God's Treasure was related to "gods," no wonder Luo Cheng insisted on going there.

This time, Luo Cheng accompanied Lin Chen for two months, and the two explored almost the entire Fengyuan Star. After all the fun, it was time to get down to business. Luo Cheng said, "I'm going to see Lao Gan, do you want to come along?"

"I'm not going." Lin Chen shook his head. He had only seen the immortal out of curiosity, but after seeing him, he lost that curiosity and felt oppressed being with the immortal.

Just as Luo Cheng was about to depart, a streak of light suddenly flashed through the void. He sensed a familiar aura within the light and frowned slightly: "It's Xuan Long!"

After Xuanlong fled into Fengyuan Star, Luo Cheng finally saw clearly that he was in a state of being a living dead, obviously with his six senses sealed off and his injuries extremely severe.

The commotion caused by Xuanlong's return, despite his injuries, alerted Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng.

Seeing this, Lin Chen's heart tightened. She had never imagined that even an immortal could be so badly injured, even falling into a coma. She was terrified, afraid that Luo Cheng would be hurt, but her cultivation was too low to be of any help.