Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

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Nowadays, with the appearance of the heir to the Ten Thousand Stars Palace who specially came to challenge Gu Chen at Qingyun Academy, it is no wonder that the expression of Cui Ji, a Great Power, was so solemn, even the head of Qingyun Academy, a supreme being, would find it interesting.

Even Gu Chen himself felt a surge of curiosity and battle spirit rising in his heart as he looked at Cui Ji and asked, "Senior, is the strongest prodigy of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace challenging me?"

Having heard this, Cui Ji realized Gu Chen misunderstood and he couldn't help but chuckle and respond, "How could it be the strongest prodigy of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace? Such figures would not appear so casually, nor would they actively challenge anyone."

"Then what were you talking about just now?" Gu Chen's eyebrows arched.

Cui Ji replied, "Indeed, an heir of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace wants to challenge you, but it's not the most powerful chief prodigy of this generation. However, his strength is also not weak, having already reached the early stages of the Unity Realm."

"Only the early stages of the Unity Realm?" Upon hearing this, Gu Chen immediately felt somewhat disappointed, thinking it was the strongest prodigy of the young generation of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace who wanted to battle with him.

As the strongest heir of an immortal-class Taoist heritage, Gu Chen did have considerable interest.

But upon learning he had misunderstood and that the opponent was only at the early stages of the Unity Realm, his war spirit quickly dissipated.

"This youngster." Seeing Gu Chen's reaction, Cui Ji, a Great Power, couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, not quite knowing what else to say.

Ordinary people upon hearing that an heir of the immortal-class Taoxu Road of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace had appeared would not have time to feel anything but fear, yet Gu Chen was actually being picky.

The head of Qingyun Academy didn't say a word, in his view, as the strongest heir of an immortal-class Taoist heritage, Gu Chen could easily handle anyone besides the strongest heir.

After all, the recent accomplishments of the opponent are still not something the head of the academy had fully recovered from.

Being able to defeat a projection with as much as seventy percent of the power of the Azure Cloud Sky's Celestial Lord, what would the heir of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace count for?

Therefore, the head of Qingyun Academy didn't think Gu Chen was arrogant but found it entirely reasonable.

But Cui Ji wasn't aware of all this, so his reaction was normal.

"Headmaster, should we accept the challenge?" Cui Ji glanced at Situ Yin, inquiring about his stance.

After all, behind the challenger stood the immortal-class Taoist heritage of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace, and although Qingyun Academy was strong, it was still far too inferior to the Ten Thousand Stars Palace.

"What do you say?" the headmaster of Qingyun Academy did not state his position but instead immediately looked towards Gu Chen.

"If he wants a battle, then let's give him one," Gu Chen said, his expression calm as if he was about to do something trivial.

"This..." Seeing his reaction, Cui Ji hesitated for a moment.

Actually, he was somewhat worried, for no matter whether Gu Chen won or lost, the outcome would not be too good.

But since the head of Qingyun Academy hadn't said anything, Cui Ji naturally didn't have much more to add.

"Then let us go," said Situ Yin with a slight nod, and immediately his figure flashed and he vanished from sight.

No matter how you look at it, he too was a supreme being, and such squabbles between juniors were of course not his concern.

Moreover, knowing Gu Chen's strength, he had already foreseen the outcome, so there was even less reason to bother about it.

"Let's go, Senior," Gu Chen turned to Cui Ji.

"Alright then," Cui Ji, though resigned, still led Gu Chen to the site of the challenge.

At this moment, on an arena within Qingyun Academy, stood a young man. His eyes were bright, his nose bridge prominent, lips red and teeth white, his body shimmering with faint starlight; he was distinctly a graceful and handsome young man.

Of course, despite his youthful appearance, having the cultivation of the Unity Realm, he naturally would not be very young at all.

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He is Zhang Ling, the young successor of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace of this generation, who just turned thirty this year.

Some time ago, as he traveled the world, he heard about the incident involving Gu Chen and consequently developed the desire to battle him.

Of course, with no personal grudges between them, his primary reason for seeking out this confrontation was because of Lu Xin.

Lu Xin is the strongest successor of the Seven Stars Sect, and the Seven Stars Sect is a subsidiary force of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace; naturally, the two sides occasionally came into contact.

Once, Lu Xin met Zhang Ling's sister and subsequently launched into a fervent pursuit, which resulted in the two becoming a couple.

Zhang Ling was well aware that Lu Xin's motivation had been to join the Ten Thousand Stars Palace, but as long as his sister was happy, he did not mind much.

But unexpectedly, Lu Xin later died, leaving his sister heartbroken to the extreme, which, naturally, infuriated Zhang Ling.

And this was the main reason he was here today.

As for the identity of an outer disciple of Taoxu Road that Gu Chen bore, Zhang Ling did not care at all.

"Ha, even if I kill that Gu Bai here today, not a single person would dare to utter a word against it!" Zhang Ling's expression was very cold, and the thought of his sister's distress upon learning of Lu Xin's death filled him with rage.

With the backing of the immortal-class Taoist tradition of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace, Zhang Ling was immensely proud. Indeed, as he traveled through the world, no matter which region he went to or what power he visited, he was treated as a guest of honor, with even Great Powers of the Azure Cloud Sky personally attending to him.

That was the sheer dominance of an immortal-class Taoist tradition, brilliantly displayed!

Qingyun Academy was certainly not something Zhang Ling considered worthy of his attention.

"How come Gu Bai has not shown himself yet? Is he scared? If he is afraid to fight, he should just admit it. Though, someone like that doesn't deserve to participate in the battle for supremacy among the Ten Thousand Tribes of the three thousand and six hundred domains of the upper realms," Zhang Ling said, his voice icy cold.

Below the platform stood several Great Powers of the academy. With the successor of the Ten Thousand Stars Palace stepping forward, it was natural that they too had to take a stand.

Hearing his words now, their faces also showed some displeasure, and one particularly hot-tempered Great Power looked ready to speak out but was stopped by someone beside him who shook their head.

Zhang Ling glanced over dismissively, utterly unconcerned.

His haughty demeanor also filled the many students of Qingyun Academy with seething anger, almost to the point of gnashing their teeth.

Yan Qi, Ao Guang, and Wang Yuan also had dark expressions, yet they dared not utter a word, knowing all too well that they were no match for someone from the Ten Thousand Stars Palace.

Let alone the fact that Zhang Ling's strength was sufficient to crush any one of them.

Some students clenched their fists tightly, their faces an ashen blue, as they struggled to contain their anger.

It was evident that before this, Zhang Ling must have said something to provoke such resentment from them.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Ling casually scanned the crowd below and said with a faint smile, "If anyone is not convinced, they are welcome to come up and challenge me, even the Great Powers can join with their cultivation sealed."

As he spoke, his chin lifted with a proud look, clearly feeling that whatever Gu Chen could achieve, he, Zhang Ling, could do just as well!

"This junior is outrageously arrogant!" the hot-tempered Great Power barely managed to contain his anger.

However, at that moment, a clear voice rang out from the depths of the academy.

"There's no need for the academy's elders to intervene. Just with your meager strength, I can easily crush you."