Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

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The monument can test the talents, potentials, and combat strengths of living beings. After comprehensive consideration, it conducts rankings.

Recorded upon it are three thousand prodigious talents from ancient times to the present, and those who leave their marks on it are very likely to ascend beyond mortality unless they fall prematurely, with the potential to look down upon the Upper Realm as supreme beings!

Above all, the greatest existence on the monument is possibly the founder of the Polar Ice Island, a legendary figure from the ancient past—the Ice Emperor, ranked at the top without replacement despite the endless passage of time.

Perhaps since the ancient times, because the Frost Soul Sect controlled Polar Ice Island, no young geniuses from other domains of the Upper Realm would come, but according to what the founder of the Frost Soul Sect understood, during that splendid era before the ancient times, Polar Ice Island was incredibly prosperous and held a grand reputation among the heavens.

The Ice Emperor, with the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, is a true great mystical being among the strongest of the strong, recognized throughout the universe as one of the most formidable.

And because of this, he has occupied the first rank of the monument for countless years, with no one to match him.

But today, history was rewritten, and the first rank of the monument was about to change hands!

In an instant, divine rainbows filled the sky, sweet dew descended from heaven, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, and dazzling celestial mist shone brilliantly, creating various miraculous visions to the extreme, enough to shock the world!

At this moment, everyone from the Frost Soul Sect was stunned, unable to imagine that Gu Chen could actually dethrone the Ice Emperor and take the first rank on the monument?!

"Is this... is this a dream?!" Their pupils contracted, their faces underwent a drastic change, and they found it unbelievable that in their lifetime, they would witness such a scene.

"Has a prodigy that will shock the world just emerged?" someone murmured.

Mo Bai, the hidden talent of the Frost Soul Sect, also showed a shocked expression, with a tumultuous feeling in his heart.

Although he knew that Gu Chen was strong and that there was a gap between them, he did not expect the gap to be so vast!

At this moment, the monument was shaken, celestial mist scorching the eyes, divine light shaking the heavens, rising to pierce the clouds, with an immortal brilliance spreading, like ten great suns rising to the sky, an inexplicable aura of The Way surfaced in this place, moving everyone's hearts.

"The monument has been revived, and extraordinary opportunities are descending to the world!" Mo Bai and Lu Mingyue watched intently with solemn expressions, not blinking at all.

After years of exploration by the Frost Soul Sect, they understood that when a being ranks within the top hundred, the monument would grant rewards. Not to mention others, the current sect leader Mu Han obtained tremendous benefits after being ranked after the hundredth place and enjoyed benefits for life.

At this moment, Gu Chen stood opposite the monument, his body involuntarily levitating, emanating a blazing light, faintly echoing the monument as the two resonated constantly.

Boom!

In an instance, Gu Chen felt his bones and muscles resonating, his organs trembling, pores on his skin quivering, divine light permeating, arising within him, releasing a thousand auspicious lights, actually helping him purify his body!

"My body is getting stronger!" Gu Chen exclaimed in surprise after feeling all this.

Since his bodily reconstruction and ranking first on the monument, Gu Chen was undergoing another extraordinary transformation!

"No, it's not just purifying my body; my cultivation and even my spiritual essence are included!" Gu Chen's eyes contracted, feeling an ascension, every part of him, even the tiniest, being purified.

At this moment, every pore on his body shimmered with bright divine light, and he himself seemed to transform into an undying sun at this instant, his entire body burning with radiant sacred flames, his hair flowing with an extremely dazzling luster.

The sky was filled with glorious light, submerging both the monument and Gu Chen, rendering all onlookers unable to decipher what had happened, as they waited cluelessly, filled with boundless curiosity.

"Hmm?!"

Suddenly, a beam of light shone upon the top of Gu Chen's head, and instantly, densely packed scriptures appeared in the sea of his heart.

"Is this... a divine art?!"

Indeed, what emerged in Gu Chen's mind at this moment was an extremely powerful divine art, the reward for ranking first on the monument!

"Nine Heavens Thunder Movement, wielding the power of thunder from heaven and earth, and when cultivated to its limit, can summon heavenly punishment to annihilate the world?!" As Gu Chen pondered over it, his heart skipped a beat—this was an astonishingly devastating divine thunder art.

Thunder methods are the most explosive and offensive of all arts, for thunder itself is the weapon of the heavens, one of the most fearsome powers and representation of the will of the heavens.

Of course, ordinary lightning or thunder methods, although powerful, are still very distant from heavenly punishment or calamity.

And now, the divine art Gu Chen had received, once fully mastered, would not release ordinary thunder but could borrow a portion of the heavenly divine power to wield the force of heavenly punishment, capable of dimming the heavens and shattering the cosmos!

Even compared to other divine arts, this Nine Heavens Thunder Movement is incomparably extraordinary, commands power that can shake the heavens and the earth.

"What a dominant divine art." Gu Chen floated amidst resplendent light, himself like a celestial sun, hovering in brilliant radiance, undergoing purification and transformative elevation.

Not only that, but he also obtained a divine thunder art, which made him thoroughly content.

After this purification, the runes contained within Gu Chen's flesh and bones were clearer and more resplendent, his cultivation became purer, and so did his divine sense.

Now, if he faced Lu Hao, Ding Dai, and Night Mo again, he would not need to exert his cultivation; his physical body alone would be enough to easily suppress these three saintly figures.

"Eh, what is this?"

Suddenly, Gu Chen discovered that within the light reflecting from the monument and purifying him, a mysterious and unfathomable rune appeared and reached the deepest parts of his flesh.

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At the same time, a message also transmitted into Gu Chen's heart.

"So, this is the greatest opportunity one can obtain from being ranked first on the Monument?" Gu Chen's heart trembled as he came to understand the wondrous use of that mysterious rune.

A full half an hour later, the radiance dissipated, and Gu Chen's body slowly descended from the sky, landing on the ground.

At the same time, the brilliant light from the Monument in front of him also slowly converged, and all the extraordinary signs vanished into thin air.

"Ranked first on the Monument, parallel to the legendary figure of the Ice Emperor from myriad ages past!" After the light disappeared, the people of the Frost Soul Sect saw the inscriptions on the Monument.

At the very top, apart from the name Ice Emperor, the name Gu Jiuge emerged, which Gu Chen had just personally engraved.

At the same time, barring any unexpected events, these three characters, like the name Ice Emperor, would eternally pass down through the ages, remembered by every creature that set foot on the Frozen Isle.

This was a mark uniquely belonging to Gu Chen, to be forever etched at this place.

At this moment, looking at Gu Chen, the people from the Frost Soul Sect had complex looks in their eyes, unable to imagine that Gu Chen could be so remarkable.

No, this was beyond what the word "extraordinary" could describe. Should this news spread, Gu Chen could stand shoulder to shoulder with the strongest beings from several epochs ago, stirring massive waves across the entire Upper Realm, and in all of the Three Thousand and Six Hundred Domains!

Hum!

Just then, an anomaly occurred. Above the firmament, the sky was filled with golden rosy clouds, the light was intense, and an awe-inspiring divine chant resonated, accompanied by countless auspicious vapors. A colossal golden list glittering with the light of rules suddenly descended into this mortal world.

"The Domain Gold List?!"

At this time, the Frost Soul Sect members once again let out exclamations of shock, never expecting to be so profoundly stunned multiple times in one day, to the point where even the Domain Gold List had appeared.

"The Domain Gold List?"

At this moment, Gu Chen looked puzzled. The giant golden list was descending, clearly targeting him, for it was by now nearly in front of him.

Hum!

Light spread all around, and a phantom golden brush emerged, poised to inscribe Gu Chen's name once more onto that vast golden roster.

At the same time, a sense of enlightenment rose in Gu Chen's heart. This golden list had replicated a portion of his primordial spirit, to be imprinted on it. With a single thought, his name would appear on that list.

"Gu Jiuge," Gu Chen silently intoned in his heart.

Quickly, the phantom golden brush swept across, and on that immense list, it flamboyantly inscribed the three large characters of Gu Jiuge.

Swish!

Once the name successfully appeared, the vast gold list lit up, its light flickering like a divine sun rising into the sky, accompanied by a surge of golden rosy clouds. On the far side of the sky spread countless indescribable auspicious clouds, along with the coalescence of flowers from the great dao, presenting a marvelous scene of auspicious omens.

Simultaneously, along with the emergence of the Domain Gold List above Frozen Isle, the entire Gray Domain was also unsettled.

"Look quick, why are there clusters of golden clouds appearing in the sky?"

"Eh, with the sky full of golden glow and auspicious colors emerging, why is this spectacle taking place? And have you seen it? In the sky, there seems to be a huge golden list."

"This... could it be, could it possibly be the legendary Domain Gold List?!"

After some deep contemplation, someone recognized what was causing this phenomenon.

"What, it's really the Domain Gold List?!"

"When the Gold List appears, it must mean the emergence of a prodigy shocking the world!"

"That's right, named on the Gold List. A being from our Gray Domain has inscribed their name on the Domain Gold List!"

At that moment, after the realization, the entire Gray Domain, from one great state to another, countless beings became wildly excited!

Being named on the Gold List was a spectacle that had not been seen for many years. Unexpectedly, it had been witnessed again today.

Boom!

At this time, as Gu Chen inscribed his name on the Domain Gold List, the Gray Domain shook, the sky was filled with phenomena, divine brilliance covered the heavens, and the sound of the dao rumbled, shaking the world.

"Gu Jiuge!"

Such three characters, along with the sound of the dao, spread throughout the entire Gray Domain, reaching the ears of countless beings, one might say universally acknowledged!

Instantly, as his name spread, the whole Gray Domain boiled with excitement, becoming incredibly noisy, the world in astonishment!