Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 1085 - 127: Primordial Spirit Breakthrough

After the competition between Qingyun Academy and Zhulu Academy, Gu Chen not only obtained two remarkable items, the God-fostering Pill and the Divine Spirit Flower, but even his Divine Power values on the panel had greatly increased, reaching as many as twelve thousand points.

After witnessing the showdown between Yun Zishu and Jin Yang of the Red Gold Divine Eagle Clan and understanding the strength of the geniuses who ascended the Dao Gold List, Gu Chen returned to his dwelling to begin his breakthrough.

When he consumed the God-fostering Pill, his primordial spirit was unsurprisingly greatly enhanced, and as he willed it, four thousand points of Divine Power value disappeared from the panel, and his cultivation age also achieved four thousand five hundred years, with his realm simultaneously breaking through to the middle stage of the God Transformation Realm.

But to Gu Chen, breaking through to the middle stage of the God Transformation Realm was actually just a beginning.

Gu Chen looked within himself, and at this moment, in the sea of consciousness of the ancestral aperture between his brows, a solemn figure of his youthful primordial spirit sat in the center, still holding a piece of residual jade, standing nine inches tall.

Generally speaking, the strength of such a primordial spirit is difficult for ordinary cultivators in the Huanxu Realm to compare with.

Even Bai Yu, the strongest prodigy of the Tian Yu Clan with the potential to climb the Dao Gold List and reign unmatched across the eight domains, currently has a primordial spirit of only five inches, which is far inferior to that of Gu Chen.

"Divine Spirit Flower."

At that moment, Gu Chen flipped his palm, and a crystal clear flower appeared above it, seemingly flickering with thousands of spiritual lights.

Compared to the God-fostering Pill, the Divine Spirit Flower's effect on the primordial spirit is even stronger, enough to allow Gu Chen's primordial spirit to break through the nine-inch threshold and vastly expand.

Flesh, magical power, primordial spirit — they represent a cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit. Every single aspect is extremely important, determining a cultivator's future.

Even the strength of a cultivator's combat power is closely related to these three elements.

The reason Gu Chen could reach his current level, easily crushing all other extraordinary geniuses, is closely associated with his essence, energy, and spirit all far surpassing his current realm.

Techniques and divine abilities, in comparison to these, are in some ways "external". Fundamentally, or rather, if the foundation is insufficient, even the strongest techniques and divine abilities cannot be fully utilized.

But if essence, energy, and spirit reach a certain limit, and are then combined with powerful techniques or divine abilities, and even magical treasures, their complementary enhancement can naturally skyrocket a cultivator's combat power, consequently granting the possibility of battling beyond one's own realm.

Gu Chen was exactly such a case.

As he swallowed the Divine Spirit Flower, one after another wave of incredibly pure primordial spirit power emerged within the sea of consciousness of the ancestral aperture between his brows, all of it enveloping the figure of the primordial spirit sitting in the center.

Nourished by this power, the youth-like primordial spirit of Gu Chen, which was originally nine inches tall, began to grow at this moment.

Hum!

Upon reaching a certain limit, the primordial spirit figure suddenly trembled, and with thousands of lights radiating within the sea of consciousness, Gu Chen's primordial spirit height had already broken through to one foot!

In an instant, he felt his perception greatly enhanced, and his mind became even more lucid.

Meanwhile, in the sea of consciousness of the ancestral aperture between his brows, the quality of the primordial spirit power also underwent a transformation, becoming much more solid.

One could say that within the realm of the newly born, this was a watershed moment, or, to say that with each additional inch gained, was akin to breaking through a major boundary, which brought about a tremendous increase in the strength of the primordial spirit.

"The growth hasn't stopped."

Gu Chen observed internally; the Divine Spirit Flower, a miraculous item for nourishing the primordial spirit, was truly invaluable. After helping him break through the boundary, or rather, the bottleneck, the primordial spirit continued to grow.

Ultimately, it reached one foot and one inch.

"Eight thousand points of Divine Power value."

At this point, Gu Chen accessed his panel and looked at the displayed Divine Power value. With a thought, he added all of it to the Primordial Spirit Record technique.

With a hum, enveloped by a brilliance on the panel, the four characters representing the Primordial Spirit Record technique broke through from the fifth to the sixth level in an instant.

As if having undergone countless day and night's worth of rigorous cultivation, and as if his primordial spirit had been tempered a thousand times over, the primordial spirit that had stopped growing was now once again becoming stronger.

As the corresponding experiences and information related to the sixth level of the Primordial Spirit Record technique flooded into Gu Chen's heart sea, the primordial spirit figure fiercely grew to one foot and five inches, a full four inches taller than before!

This was undoubtedly a great enhancement, and it was not inferior to consuming the Divine Spirit Flower, which helped him overcome his bottleneck.

"The Primordial Spirit Record technique is indeed extraordinarily mystical," Gu Chen couldn't help but whisper to himself.

Whether it's the Immortal Sacred Body or the Primordial Spirit Record, both techniques acquired from the extreme icy island that specialized in cultivating the physical body and primordial spirit truly are extraordinary.

Ordinary techniques wouldn't allow a cultivator's primordial spirit to grow so much with just one level's advancement.

"Although the improvement is substantial, the consumed Divine Power value is also no small amount," Gu Chen lamented, as a full twelve thousand points of Divine Power value were completely used up.

The Divine Power value on the panel was thus reset to zero once again.

Now, Gu Chen felt that with the strength of his primordial spirit, it wasn't just the God Transformation Realm that could hardly compete against him, even the Huanxu Realm would have few adversaries.

A strong primordial spirit also brought him more acute perception and a clearer mind, making his entire being feel more serene and lucid.

"To fully cultivate all techniques and then deduce new ones, turning them into divine abilities—is truly a long and arduous task," Gu Chen sighed softly as he looked at the panel.

At the very least, he could not yet cause too much slaughter, as his power was too weak, and he had no protector watching over him.

Moreover, Gu Chen needed to conceal his identity, which meant he couldn't recklessly harvest Divine Power value and divine abilities value.

Otherwise, his improvement could have been even faster than now.

However, the various treasures he had obtained recently, correspondingly, had also compensated him a lot.

"It's time to come out of seclusion," Gu Chen said.

This breakthrough of his seemed to be very fast, but in reality, it also took a full three days.

After all, at this realm, it is quite common for cultivators to remain in seclusion for half a year or even longer. Even for the mightiest ones, it is not unheard of to be in seclusion for thousands of years.

Cultivation becomes increasingly difficult the further one progresses; without some special opportunity, even the slightest improvement requires an immense amount of time to accumulate.

It's exactly like rowing upstream—if you don't advance, you'll be pushed back. You must persist with unwavering dedication, and only then can you hope for progress.

In these three days, many changes indeed took place at Qingyun Academy.

All of this, naturally, was because of Yun Zishu's arrival.

As a monstrous talent on the Dao Gold List, and with the ancient Ling domain family, the Yun family, as his backing, both Yun Zishu's personal abilities and his identity were exceedingly outstanding.

His presence affected not only Qingyun Academy but also caused some disturbances throughout the entire East Profound Region. Countless forces came to pay their respects, and beautiful women came knocking one after another, hoping to have something happen with him and become his Dao companion.

Even if not as a main companion, being a concubine would suffice.

Because a figure like Yun Zishu, with his innate talents and the support of the Yun family, securing a position as a powerhouse in the higher realms was as certain as hammering a nail, which naturally attracted the admiration of countless women.

It could be said that in the past few days, Qingyun Academy's threshold was nearly trampled down.

Fortunately, the situation finally calmed down when Yun Zishu personally intervened.

But setting aside the outside world, even within Qingyun Academy itself, there was a lot of discussion about him.

Without considering anything else, just the title of Qingyun Academy's strongest monster was almost certainly his, as even the Academy's higher-ups acknowledged this fact.

And as for his battle with Jin Yang of the Red Gold Divine Eagle Clan, it was a topic of great interest for many.

It could be said that Yun Zishu's arrival completely changed the dynamics of Qingyun Academy. Bai Yu, Tang Yu, and the other five monstrous talents chose to enter seclusion after the last incident.

"It's said that Yun Zishu, the monster who ascended to the Dao Gold List, came here for Princess Xidie!"

Such news was now spreading within the Academy.

As for the veracity of the matter, many believed it, for they had already learned of the relationship between the Yun family and the Holy Brilliance Dynasty.

As top powers of the Ling domain, they had many interactions over the long years.

"It is said that Princess Xidie and Yun Zishu are childhood friends, and even the sovereign of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty intends to betroth his treasured daughter to him."

Another piece of news broke out, drawing the attention of many.

And these were the events that had occurred during the days of Gu Chen's seclusion.

Not only that, but during his seclusion, Chu Liufeng of the Chu Family even made several visits, which surprised Gu Chen.

After he emerged from seclusion, the three Zhen Yuan immediately received news and came to his residence to meet with him.

Zhen Yuan had not yet consumed the God-fostering Pill and God-fostering Flower; he planned to use them when he reached a bottleneck and also to thank Gu Chen for them.

"Brother Gu, the more I look at you, the more you remind me of a friend I used to know," Zhen Yuan said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's heart stirred, knowing that Zhen Yuan must have noticed something, but he did not openly acknowledge it.

Soon after, Princess Xidie received the news and also came, accompanied by a handsome, fair-faced young man in white, the very same Yun Zishu, whose name was currently on the rise in the East Profound Region.

"Greetings to all."

The white-clad Yun Zishu indeed had an extraordinary demeanor. Upon seeing Gu Chen and the others, he was the first to cup his fists in greeting.

"Young Master Yun."

Seeing this, Zhen Yuan and the others also stood up and returned the gesture with a clasped fist.

Gu Chen's expression remained calm as he made a slight gesture of greeting.

After helping Qingyun Academy achieve victory over Zhulu Academy, he received suitable rewards for Yun Zishu, which were of no small benefit to him, advancing his strength by yet another step.

However, having reached a realm like Yun Zishu's, he was very good at concealing his aura and did not allow anyone else to perceive even a hint of it. Only Gu Chen quietly and thoroughly perceived his true abilities.

Zhen Yuan and the others subtly glanced at Yun Zishu and Princess Xidie, thinking of the rumors about the two, and believed there was indeed truth to them.

Princess Xidie's facial features were as picturesque as a painting, with a prominent, delicate nose and cherry lips glistening with moisture, unrivaled in detail. She spoke softly, "Brother Zishu and I have grown up together since we were little, and our relationship has always been very good."

Gu Chen glanced at Yun Zishu, and as a man himself, he could clearly see Yun Zishu's affection for Princess Xidie. The reason for his arrival at Qingyun Academy definitely played a significant part.

But he didn't develop any hostility towards Yun Zishu; after all, the other hadn't provoked him.

"Hearing from Xidie, you all are quite close friends in the academy. So I thought of coming over to make your acquaintance. After all, anyone she thinks highly of must be exceptional," Yun Zishu said with a smile, his tone mild and generating an easy affinity.

"Young Master Yun flatters us. Compared to you, we hardly count for anything," Zhen Yuan and the others hastily responded.

"Each has their strengths, there is no need for you to belittle yourselves," Yun Zishu replied.

Then his gaze shifted, looking at Gu Chen and smiling, "This must be Brother Gu Bai. During this period, the person Xidie mentioned the most to me was none other than you, Brother Gu."

Upon hearing this, Princess Xidie's eyes twinkled, her gaze resting on Gu Chen as her smile widened, revealing sweet dimples on her cheeks.

"Princess flatters me," said Gu Chen, his voice calm, his eyes deep and undisturbed.

This composure from Gu Chen caused Yun Zishu's gaze to dwell, carefully studying the man before him; he realized he was somewhat unable to see through him.

This stirred a considerable curiosity in Yun Zishu about Gu Chen.

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