Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Gu Chen penetrated the essence of his true self, his nature ascended, and under the illumination of the pure light of his soul, his primordial spirit transformed, initiating a growth, extending from three feet and five inches to a full four feet in height, a whole five inches of growth!

Not only that, but his physical body and cultivation level, or rather, Gu Chen as a whole, underwent a different transformation at this moment.

He felt that his essence, energy, and spirit seemed to have become more harmonious and compatible, vaguely sensing an indistinctiveness between them.

If there were an expert here, they would surely discern that Gu Chen's transformation of heart had brought him the insight of the pinnacle of the Earth realm—the Unity Realm!

Essential origin in harmony, the Primordial as one, this is the most crucial point in achieving the Unity Realm!

At the same time, it is also the greatest inner requirement for a cultivator's advancement!

At this instant, Gu Chen already exhibited such a trend, his essence, energy, and spirit elevated and nearly in perfect unison, circulating without the slightest hindrance.

In other words, the integration of the physical body, cultivation level, and primordial spirit was stronger, more harmoniously coordinated, the Primordial as one, operating without obstructions, hence a cultivator naturally could unleash a greater strength.

This was why Gu Chen felt, even though his physical body and cultivation seemed not to have progressed, there was a sense of great advancement in strength.

"The path of cultivation is truly wondrous," Gu Chen said emotionally, not expecting that just a moment of spiritual enlightenment could bring about such a significant change.

Meanwhile, after a brief respite, Huo Ming, the young master of the Fire Crow Clan, finally reacted. He looked at Gu Chen standing somewhat absent-minded in the distance and suddenly let out a cold command, "Kill!"

Hiss hiss hiss!

The next instant, myriad crimson lights flickered, they were one feather after another, each feather engulfed in dense flames, the strongest technique of the Fire Crow Clan, the Mystic Bright True Fire!

At that moment, Huo Ming's eyes were sinister. He knew that Gu Chen's strength was far superior to his, by so much that even if he reached the Huanxu Realm and used minor divine powers, it was futile, unable to bridge the vast gap between them.

Therefore, he took advantage of the moment Gu Chen was lost in thought without any hesitation, and directly unleashed his secret weapon—Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure!

Yes, before coming to the Holy Brilliance Dynasty, the chieftain of the Fire Crow Clan, his father, personally handed him this Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure for self-defense.

Although only the Great Powers of Heaven Realm could fully unleash the power of a Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure, even the small amount of power that Huo Ming could evoke was beyond the control of cultivators at Earth Realm.

"You are alone with no one at your side; I don't believe you also have a Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure as your trump card!" Huo Ming bellowed with fierce and ruthless eyes.

The hundreds and thousands of flaming feathers, even those shed by a long-deceased powerhouse of the Fire Crow Clan, were later refined into a Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure by the clan's experts, capable of shredding even the void when thousands of those feathers were joined together!

Hiss!

The next moment, accompanied by the blazing Mystic Bright True Fire, strands of fiery red feathers tore through the void and hurtled with an unparalleled might towards the unsuspecting Gu Chen.

"Gu Bai is finished!"

Zheng Zhiyuan watched this scene from a distance and his expression instantly shifted, knowing the terrifying power of the Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure, and certain that Gu Chen could not withstand it.

Unless, Gu Chen also possessed a weapon of comparable grade, which was obviously impossible.

It is known that, albeit not as precious and rare as congenital divine artifacts, Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasures are typically in the hands of bigwigs from the upper realms, and only top-tier forces would entrust them to the younger generation under their command.

"Oh?"

Just then, at the critical juncture, thousands of fiery red feathers sprung forth, piercing the void and finally awakening Gu Chen, bringing him back to his senses.

Clang clang clang clang clang!

The very next instant, a series of collision sounds rang out, incessant and thunderous, like divine generals from the heavens forging iron, causing violent tremblings in the void!

The sky filled with Mystic Bright True Fire also engulfed Gu Chen.

"Gu Bai, it's all over for you!" Huo Ming declared with a face smeared in blood, his gaze extremely cold.

Being hit by a Postnatal Supreme Spiritual Treasure, even a peak Unity Realm cultivator of the Earth Realm could hardly survive!

Let alone Gu Chen, who only had the cultivation of the God Transformation Realm, unless his physical body was stronger than that of the Great Powers of Heaven Realm!

"Such a pity, it's not possible... could..."

Huo Ming's voice grew fainter and fainter; as he gazed at the scene before him, he was dumbfounded, his pupils dilating with intense shock.

Because, he saw within that sky of Mystic Bright True Fire, a tall figure in black robes, approaching him leisurely as if strolling through a courtyard.

"You... you..."

This time, even Huo Ming's voice trembled as he watched the man who appeared like a god of flames, causing his heart, gall, spirit, soul, and entire being to quake.

"Are you even human?" Huo Ming asked, quivering, a profound fear surfacing in his pupils.

The fiery red feathers striking Gu Chen's body only produced a series of clangs and then no further effect.

As for the pervasive Mystic Bright True Fire, it couldn't harm him in the slightest; he was like a divine being within the flames, capable of subduing all fires under heaven.

In the distance, Zheng Zhiyuan, witnessing the spectacle, was equally shaken, murmuring subconsciously, "Could this Gu Bai be comparable to the monstrous geniuses in the top ten?"

Or rather, he questioned internally, after witnessing Gu Chen's strength, could those monster geniuses in the top ten, be this powerful at the God Transformation Realm?

"Ao!"

The next moment, suddenly, a remarkably resonant dragon's cry echoed through heaven and earth, as several golden dragons materialized, coiling around Gu Chen's side, spreading an immensely regal aura which nearly made Huo Ming and Zheng Zhiyuan fall to their knees and kowtow in homage.

It was indeed the Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret!

"No——"

Huo Ming howled as his pupils constricted. Within them, a golden dragon surged forth, attacking directly towards him.

With a splatter, blood sprayed as Huo Ming's entire being was torn to shreds by a stream of imperial dragon aura, dead beyond dead.

"Brother Zheng, it's time to hit the road." Then, Gu Chen's gaze shifted, his expression as calm as ever as he looked towards Zheng Zhiyuan in the distance.

Such familiar words had been heard by him many times during his previous interactions with Gu Chen.

But none of those times had ever instilled such fear in Zheng Zhiyuan.

"Gu... Brother Gu, can we... can we talk this out..." His face was the picture of grief as he clung to a sliver of hope, trying to plead for his life.

"We cannot."

In the next moment, Gu Chen's merciless words rang out, and amidst a sonorous roar of a dragon, unsurprisingly, Zheng Zhiyuan was also torn to shreds.

"Two thousand two hundred merit points?" At this time, Gu Chen's gaze shifted, he pulled up his panel and saw the increase in merit points.

A monster from the Huanxu Realm well-known across a hundred domains contributed a decent amount of merit points to him.

With the thought of not wasting them, Gu Chen directly added these two thousand two hundred merit points onto his cultivation level.

In an instant, a bit of pure magical power emerged within his body, and Gu Chen's cultivation had reached five thousand seven hundred and twenty years.

"I really wish there were some powerful enemies from other races in the ancestral land." Gu Chen muttered to himself.

The stronger the enemy, naturally the more merit points they could contribute to him.

After his character ascended, it's not that Gu Chen no longer relied on merit points. Acquiring merit points and Divine Power value to enhance oneself remained a priority.

The panel was his greatest aid—a fact that Gu Chen never denied—but it was just an aid. It was the most important method for boosting his strength, yet he had to firmly grasp the lead himself and not become too indulged in it, lest he lose himself and become a puppet of power.

Just now, the thought of killing members of the Human Clan to gain merit points was very dangerous. Once he did that, he would become a thorough killing machine, ruthless and without end, murdering beings to the point of losing his soul.

At that time, would Gu Chen still be Gu Chen? Perhaps a different persona would have already emerged in his mind, replacing him, no longer pure and unique.

Thankfully, at the last moment, he pulled back from the brink and remained alert, preserving his true nature.

"I, the unparalleled, will walk my own path." Gu Chen thought to himself in silence.

It was Gu Chen reminding himself that no matter when or where, oneself is always paramount.

Perhaps, one day, he must break all shackles.

"Eh?"

At that moment, imperial dragon energies swirled around him, and Gu Chen snapped back to reality, sensing that something was off.

"Why would the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty enhance the Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret?" He was momentarily astonished and unsure.

Indeed, Gu Chen found that his mastery of the Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret seemed to be subtly stronger here.

So engrossed was he in the elevation of his own mentality that he'd nearly missed this detail.

"Why is this?" Gu Chen found it strange.

The very next moment, as he racked his brain, he suddenly recalled a phrase that Princess Xidie and Yun Zishu had mentioned when introducing this place to him.

The founding emperor of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty had begun his rise here, gaining the respective heritage and then soaring to the heavens, rapidly rising to establish the Holy Brilliance Dynasty.

And previously, during his private conversation with Princess Xidie, she had mentioned that his Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret bore some resemblance to the Holy Brilliance Dynasty's ancestral method.

The subtle enhancement of his Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret in this place seemed to be for that reason.

After all, Princess Xidie had also mentioned that the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty was a place where dragons ascended.

"Perhaps... could it be this way?" Suddenly, an idea flashed in Gu Chen's mind, sending a jolt through his spirit.

One must know, whether it's the Divine Sun World Illumination Sutra, the Cycle of Reincarnation Seal, Soaring Over Void, or the ultimate Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret, all of them were the product of the cultivation essence Gu Chen had accumulated over many years in the entire Kyushu world, combined with an exorbitant amount of merit points, that he had fused and deduced.

The rank of these techniques was not low, and they had accompanied Gu Chen all the way from Earth realm to God Transformation Realm, still more than enough to crush a host of prodigies and monsters.

Of course, this was also inseparable from the reason that Gu Chen had elevated these techniques to very high levels.

And the thought that had just arisen in Gu Chen's mind was that since the founding emperor of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty had acquired a method in this place that had the same origin as the Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret, did that mean if he could also obtain this heritage, and then use the panel to deduce and integrate both techniques, naturally, he would come to possess an even more powerful technique, likely to shake the world!

After all, the founding emperor of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty had created this dynasty precisely because of the technique he had gained on this ancestral land!

Even up to now, although that technique had undergone some modifications, it was still the ancestral method of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty's imperial family, giving birth to countless strong figures!

"Perhaps, this idea is really feasible!"

With this thought, even Gu Chen, upon considering the metamorphic path of his Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret, was momentarily overcome with joy, his emotions seething!