Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Gray Domain, Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, Eastern Palace.

"Useless, a bunch of useless fools!"

Dressed in the crown prince's attire and seated at the head of the table, Gu Yan was furious once more, having faced yet another defeat that even led to the loss of several strongholds in the East Profound Region. Most crucially, Gu Chen remained unscathed.

Moreover, by now, his reputation as being invincible in the Hundred Domains had already reached Gu Yan's ears.

"Didn't you tell me that Gu Chen would definitely die this time, that no one could save him? So why is he still alive? Tell me!"

Gu Yan roared in anger. He was truly furious. He had expended tremendous effort yet still failed, and even allowed Gu Chen to gain such widespread fame; how could he not feel aggrieved?

In his view, everything Gu Chen was receiving now should have been his!

Even more, he believed that Gu Chen's success was solely because he had acquired the Nine Cauldrons and Emperor Yu's heritage.

"Just a barbarian from a lower realm, what is he? In what way am I inferior to him, whether in background or talent? It's only because he got the Nine Cauldrons and Emperor Yu's heritage that he has come this far; everything should have been mine!"

It could be said that Gu Yan was getting angrier the more he thought about it, his eyes once again swirling with black energy, his emotions teetering on the edge of losing control.

Shua!

The next moment, his expression turned fierce, and his mouth opened, transforming into a whirlpool. One of his subordinates screamed as he flew up into the whirlpool and into Gu Yan's mouth, splattering blood in an instant.

"Your Highness... Please spare our lives!" The remaining few trembled and knelt, nearly collapsing to the ground.

After consuming a person, Gu Yan's emotions seemed to be under much better control, and his expression gradually eased.

Previously, his fusion with the demonic being had increased, leading to frequent loss of emotional control and nearly becoming enslaved by the demonic being within him.

Fortunately, at the last moment, his father, the ruler of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, appeared, awakened Gu Yan, and helped him suppress the demonic being inside him, regaining control.

"Gu Chen... Gu Chen, I must slaughter you and reclaim everything I have lost!" He gritted his teeth, black energy flowing in his eyes.

By now, Gu Chen had become the heart devil of Gu Yan; if he didn't kill him, Gu Yan would never be able to step out of the shadows in his lifetime, unable to control his emotions, which meant the demonic being inside could seize any vulnerability and strip him of his spirit.

Thus, for numerous reasons, Gu Yan vowed to kill Gu Chen!

"Why did this mission fail? Wasn't Gu Chen lured to the outside of Qingyun Academy and trapped in a pre-arranged formation? Why didn't it succeed?" Gu Yan asked in a deep voice.

This plan was also approved by him, and in his view, it was foolproof, with the formation specifically set up in advance to prevent it from being discovered and sabotaged.

The few subordinates trembled, and seeing that Gu Yan's mood had stabilized considerably, one of them spoke up, "Your Highness... Gu Chen never trusted Chu Liufeng from start to finish, and he always had Great Powers, even giant-level figures accompanying him, which is why this mission failed."

Gu Yan, upon hearing this, asked through gritted teeth, "What do you mean, those pre-arranged formations, were they useless? Weren't they supposed to trap even a giant for a certain period?!"

"This... I don't know, perhaps the giant from Qingyun Academy who made a move was particularly proficient in formations?" the subordinate carefully replied.

"A bunch of useless fools, what use are you to me!" Gu Yan's anger surged again, and with a fierce slap, a ghostly shadow flickered, instantly blasting the subordinate who had just spoken, splattering blood, bone, and organ fragments all around.

This scene once again terrified the remaining two, who began to cry, continuously kowtowing, begging Gu Yan to spare their lives.

"Damn it, Gu Chen, why must you always oppose me, can't you just obediently die!" Gu Yan roared, grinding his teeth each time he mentioned Gu Chen, overflowing with itching hatred.

Especially now that the arrangements in the East Profound Region and Qingyun Academy had been destroyed, he had no good methods left to deal with Gu Chen.

"The greatest opportunity in the Upper Realms, the selection battle for the Ten Thousand Tribes conflict is about to begin, and I do not wish him to live until then." Gu Yan said coldly, releasing intense, chilling murderous intent from his eyes.

The temperature throughout the Eastern Palace plummeted instantly, with even ice crystals appearing in the air.

This indicates that during this period, Gu Yan's strength had also increased to an extremely terrifying level due to the demonic being.

"No matter what, Gu Chen must die!" Gu Yan's eyes were filled with deep hatred. He said, "Contact the Jiuying Clan, inform them of Gu Chen's location, and send people to join them in heading towards the East Profound Region!"

"Your Highness, this?!"

The two subordinates kneeling on the ground were immediately shocked by this, questioning whether they should make such matters public knowledge.

What about the Nine Cauldrons on Gu Chen's possession?

Gu Yan said sternly, "Just tell the Jiuying Clan the news that Gu Jiuge is in the East Profound Region's Qingyun Academy, I'll handle the rest myself!"

The Nine Cauldrons, a vital and extremely rare treasure, not just the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, but even those Immortal-level sects, knowing that the Nine Cauldrons had appeared in the Upper Realms, would send forces to vie for it.

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Such a treasure, potentially containing Emperor Yu's heritage, Gu Yan, or rather the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, of course, had no intention of handing it over to anyone.

He merely wanted to join forces with the Jiuying Clan to pressure Qingyun Academy and then take Gu Chen away.

Once he successfully obtained the Nine Cauldrons and Emperor Yu's heritage from Gu Chen, whatever the Jiuying Clan wanted to do with Gu Chen afterward didn't concern Gu Yan even in the slightest.

However, the two subordinates still hesitated, saying, "But Your Highness, the situation is different now. Taoxu Road is also protecting him. Shouldn't we be a bit more tactful?"

"Taoxu Road will only protect him once; it won't happen a second time!" Gu Yan said coldly, knowing full well the relationship between Gu Chen and Chu Yue Ling due to his experience in the lower realm.

The two subordinates exchanged bewildered looks.

"Head towards the East Profound Region, I will reclaim everything I have lost!" At this moment, Gu Yan roared, issuing this command.

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East Profound Region, Qingyun Academy.

Inside Gu Chen's private cultivation chamber, he sat cross-legged, his robust cultivation surging within him more fiercely than the ocean, coursing ceaselessly through the three hundred and sixty-six Heavenly Veins constructed within his body like surging waves.

The next moment, as his thoughts shifted, a panel appeared before his eyes.

Name: Gu Chen

Cultivation Methods: Divine Sun World Illumination Sutra (Level 7), Immortal Sacred Body (Level 6), Yuan Shen Illustrations (Level 6), Emperor's Extreme World-Shaking Secret (Level 8), Reincarnation Mark Technique (Level 6), Soaring Over Void (Level 6), Emperor's Classic

Divine Powers: Nine Dragons Annihilation (Grade 6), Skyward Immortal (Grade 6), Heavenly Eye (Grade 5), Ten Directions Destruction (Grade 6), Nine Heavens Thunder Movement (Grade 5)

Cultivation Age: 9000 years

Realm: Late Huanxu Realm

Merit Points: 0

Divine Power value: 0

Having destroyed several holy gates and slain some members of other races, Gu Chen had not only acquired Divine Power value but also garnered quite a few merit points.

Because of this, he used all the merit points he obtained to enhance his Emperor's Extreme World-Shaking Secret, bringing it to level eight.

Just one level away from completion, he would then be able to deduce and fuse it with the Emperor's Classic on the panel, obtaining an even more powerful cultivation method.

Gu Chen was greatly anticipating that day.

Not only that, his Divine Powers also achieved great breakthroughs. Apart from the Heavenly Eye, the Nine Heavens Thunder Movement, a Divine Power obtained from the Extreme Ice Island because it ranked first at the Heavenly Stele, had also reached grade five, its power increasing several times!

At the same time, his other Divine Powers had also improved to the sixth grade level.

There was no helping it, as the Divine Power value required for a fifth-grade Divine Power was far too great. Reaching this point, Gu Chen was very satisfied.

"Not only that, but my cultivation has also achieved a tremendous breakthrough, breaking through two realms to reach the late Huanxu Realm," he murmured to himself, his expression somewhat excited.

Originally, after his visit to the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty, Gu Chen's cultivation had reached the early peak of the Huanxu Realm. Upon returning, with the millennium holy medicine gifted by the Chu Family, plus the rewards from three great powers of the Devil Cloud Thirty-Six Knights, Gu Chen's cultivation had reached 9000 years, and his realm had broken through to the late Huanxu Realm.

One can say, a single retreat had brought about a significant enhancement to Gu Chen's strength.

Now, even a Unity Realm Grand Perfection posed no threat to him!

"Unless an unparalleled genius reaches the Unity Realm, they might be able to contend against me in a great battle," Gu Chen stated, assessing his own strength.

The "unparalleled genius" he referred to naturally meant the strongest successors of the immortal-level doctrines and the younger generation from the top ten races among the Ten Thousand Tribes.

Of course, that only applied if their realms were higher than Gu Chen's. At the same realm level, even the Ice Emperor was no match for him, let alone other cultivators.

"Just one more step until I need to return to the Gray Domain, and then I will also face the merging of my two selves," Gu Chen continued, as excited for that day as he had been for a long time.

At that moment, it could truly be said that Gu Chen was entering his "prime."

Afterward, he emerged from seclusion to reunite with Princess Xidie, Yun Zishu, and the long-separated trio of Zhen Yuan.

In the subsequent period, Gu Chen led a tranquil life. Meanwhile, he pondered whether he should seize the opportunity to acquire the second fragment of the jade.

After all, not to mention that he had become the successor of Azure Cloud Sky, he had completed many tasks for Qingyun Academy during this time, and the second fragment of the jade in the Lingbao Pavilion had always been on his mind.

He had never forgotten that the reason he came to Qingyun Academy, or rather his ultimate goal, was precisely this.

Once he acquired the second fragment of the jade, he could say he had collected half of it, and he was very hopeful about uncovering what the so-called strongest legacy of all ages truly was.

It is worth noting that even the Ice Emperor had not managed to do this in his day.

Of course, a larger reason was that the Ice Emperor ran out of time, so he had to leave it to later generations.

That day, Gu Chen's peaceful life at Qingyun Academy was finally disrupted.

From the Gray Domain, people from the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan arrived. Together, they came to the East Profound Region's Jitian City, right at the gates of Qingyun Academy, with murderous intent.

"Gu Jiuge, get out here!"

As soon as they arrived at the gates of Qingyun Academy, a great power from the Jiuying Clan, disregarding the gazes of the passersby, roared loudly, drawing the attention of numerous people in Jitian City.

Back when Gu Chen was in the Gray Domain, he had directly and forcefully slain the young master of the Jiuying Clan, akin to his slaying of Lu Xin from the Seven Stars Sect and others.

The Jiuying Clan had been searching arduously for a long time and had finally, with the help of the Blood Orchid Clan's Blood Jade, managed to trace Gu Chen as he was leaving the Gray Domain. However, he encountered a plot along the way. Fortunately, with the help of Yu Ding, he was able to turn peril into safety and arrived in the East Profound Region, leading to the current series of events.

Not long ago, Gu Yan notified the Jiuying Clan of Gu Chen's presence in Qingyun Academy, and the clan leader of the Jiuying Clan immediately flew into a rage.

He had been dreaming of killing Gu Chen for a while to exact revenge for Jiu Li!

Having heard the news, he naturally rushed here without stopping.

This time, the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan had together sent a total of ten great powers, each standing here with killing intent, ready to attack at the slightest provocation.

The divine might of a Heavenly Realm great power was boundless, and his powerful roar alone was immensely strong. If not for the protective formations, the entire Qingyun Academy would have collapsed.

At this moment, throughout the academy, the name "Gu Jiuge" instantly became widely known.