Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

After the dean of Qingyun Academy left, Gu Chen returned to his own residence.

With the second fragment of jade in hand, he could hardly wait to put it together with the first one to see what sort of profound changes would occur.

"I wonder if the combination of the two jade pieces would grant me half of the legacy?" Gu Chen mused.

Upon returning to his residence, Gu Chen immediately went to the cultivation chamber and activated the array, cutting off everything from the outside.

Hum!

In the next instant, a light shone from Gu Chen's brow, and a miniaturized version of his soul emerged, bearing the first fragment of jade in its hands.

Crack!

The moment the two jade pieces met, accompanied by a light sound, they fused together, and in no time, the cultivation chamber was bathed in limitless light!

Bathed in the splendid radiance and the vast, clear glow, tinged with the color of jade, Gu Chen was completely enveloped; his physical body and soul breathed as one, submerged within, continuously absorbing and exhaling.

At that moment, Gu Chen felt his body and mind become clear and empty. The seventy-two thousand pores throughout his body relaxed, his spiritual platform became serenely tranquil, and in the sea of his heart, there appeared an endless burst of spiritual light, causing him to fall into the deepest level of sudden enlightenment!

He entered the state where the self and the external world are forgotten, and various cultivation methods started to operate unconsciously.

A single fragment of jade already greatly accelerated a cultivator's progress and even occasionally led them into the realm of the Way.

Now, with two pieces of jade combined, this ability was further enhanced, especially at the moment of their collision and fusion. The overflowing essence of the Tao made Gu Chen the greatest beneficiary.

At this point, not only did endless spiritual light flash in Gu Chen's sea of heart, but his thought processes had also become at least ten times faster!

It must be said that even discounting the heritage contained within the jade, the stone itself was already a rare treasure hard to find in the higher realms.

The fusion of the two jades was of significant use even to the most formidable beings!

Fortunately, Gu Chen had already activated the array in the cultivation chamber beforehand, shielding this place. During this period, no one could break in and disturb him.

He could immerse himself wholeheartedly in understanding the Way.

And so, time flew by, and soon a month had passed.

Before he realized it, Gu Chen had already been in the upper world for over two years.

During this month, Princess Xidie and Yun Zishu, along with Zhen Yuan, had looked for Gu Chen once. Knowing he was in seclusion, they also understood that his meeting with the Qingyun Academy dean must have yielded a significant gain.

Besides that, no one else had visited.

During this time, Gu Chen remained in the deepest state of self-forgetfulness, forgetting everything as endless inspiration burst forth incessantly, seemingly exploiting all of his accumulated knowledge.

Finally, another month had passed, and Gu Chen fully awoke from the enlightenment.

Hum!

Within the chamber, the dazzling light and clear glow trembled, and in an instant, all the extraordinary phenomena dissipated, revealing Gu Chen's tall and robust body seated in meditation.

At this moment, his expression was peaceful, his eyes tightly shut, with neither sorrow nor joy. His body radiated a lustrous sheen, his hair became even more luxuriant and shimmered with the soft luster of jade, and even its length had increased compared to before.

In front of him, a half-formed jade pendant hung suspended, emitting a faint clear light. However, it was incomplete—it was only half of it.

The two jade fragments, now united, fit seamlessly together without the slightest crack, as if they had always been that perfect from the beginning.

The half-formed jade pendant hovered in front of Gu Chen's brow, with traces of the essence of the Tao spreading faintly around it, and the Light of the Beginning sparkling, making it look extraordinarily extraordinary.

Sss!

At that moment, Gu Chen opened his eyes, which were unfathomably deep, with bright divine light within. Without exerting any cultivation, it appeared as though he could easily tear through the void of heaven and earth in front of him.

Such a spectacle could be considered an external manifestation of Gu Chen's powerful soul force!

From this, one could also discern the exceptional benefits he gained from this enlightenment.

"My physical body and my soul..." he whispered, having been in the deepest enlightenment, to Gu Chen it seemed as if only a moment had passed, but upon awakening, everything about him was different.

"Panel, appear." With a thought from Gu Chen, the long-absent panel appeared before his eyes.

Name: Gu Chen

Cultivation Methods: Divine Sun World Illumination Sutra (Level 9), Immortal Sacred Body (Level 9), Spirit Soul Diagram Record (Level 9), Emperor's Extreme World-Shaking Secret (Level 9), Reincarnation Seal Method (Level 9), Soaring Over Void (Level 9), Emperor's Classic

Divine Powers: Nine Dragons Annihilation (Rank 6), Celestial Escape (Rank 6), Heavenly Eye (Rank 5), Ten Directions Destruction (Rank 6), Nine Heavens Thunder Movement (Rank 5)

Cultivation Base: Ten Thousand Years

Realm: Late Stage of the Huanxu Realm

Mastery Points: 0

Divine Power Value: 0

From the panel, it was evident that in just four months, Gu Chen's strength had undergone an earth-shattering transformation!

In the cultivation method column, all the cultivation methods that Gu Chen currently mastered had all made massive breakthroughs and reached Level 9!

His cultivation base had even jumped from nine thousand years to ten thousand years!

"To have made such tremendous progress?!" Let alone others, even Gu Chen himself was utterly shocked, almost speechless at this moment.

Before, there were three methods on his panel that were only at the sixth level, but now they had all reached Level 9.