Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 1112 - 143 Late God Transformation Realm

Name: Gu Chen

Techniques: Divine Sun World Illumination Sutra (7th Layer), Immortal Sacred Body (6th Layer), Spirit Diagram Records (6th Layer), Emperor Extreme World-Shaking Secret (6th Layer), Cycle of Reincarnation Imprinting Technique (6th Layer), Soaring Over Void (6th Layer)

Divine Powers: Nine Dragons Annihilation (7th Grade), Ascend Beyond the Heavens (7th Grade), Heavenly Eye (6th Grade), Ten Directions Annihilation (7th Grade), Nine Heavens Thunder Movement (6th Grade)

Cultivation: 5,500 Years

Realm: Late Phase of the God Transformation Realm

Merit Points Value: 0

Divine Power Value: 0

In the cultivation chamber, Gu Chen had once again donned a black robe, covering his body that occasionally shimmered with iridescent light.

At this moment, although there were no changes in his techniques and divine powers, his cultivation level and realm had made a tremendous breakthrough compared to before his seclusion.

In terms of cultivation level, he had progressed directly from 4,500 years to 5,500 years, with an increase of a whole thousand years.

In terms of realm, he naturally reached the late phase of the God Transformation Realm. However, there was still a distance from the great perfection he had envisioned, even farther from the Huanxu Realm.

"I've underestimated the foundation and heritage of my own being," lamented Gu Chen, feeling somewhat helpless.

For any cultivator, like Bai Yu, Tang Yu, or even Yun Zishu, obtaining the innate spiritual treasure, the Seven-Colored Lotus Platform, and breaking through to the Huanxu Realm would be a certainty; and indeed, it could be said to be quite effortless.

Yet for Gu Chen, it was only a minor realm breakthrough, which demonstrated just how profound and solid his foundation and heritage were, unparalleled by any other cultivator.

Regardless, the fact that his cultivation level had increased by a full thousand years had saved Gu Chen ten thousand merit points worth of effort.

"After the second reshaping of my physical body, the fragments of laws within me have become even more condensed," he reflected.

Now, upon introspecting within himself, Gu Chen could see that every drop of his blood, each bone, and even his bone marrow were flickering with runes that had become brighter and more dazzling.

Naturally attuned as a vessel of the Dao, according to the Taoxu Road's Holy Maiden, Chu Yue Ling, this was a trait possessed only by figure of the Heaven realm, the Great Powers. Ordinary body cultivation practitioners, even if they underwent three or four bodily reconstructions, might not possess such a trait. Yet Gu Chen had this trait after just one reconstruction.

Now, after the second physical reshaping, the fragments of laws within him had become even more intense.

In other words, with Gu Chen's physique, even if he faced another body cultivator who had also reshaped his body twice, he could easily crush them.

Not to mention his profound foundation, it's important to know that he possesses a body at the same level as a realm, which is the highest potential in the discipline of body cultivation, and he has successfully opened one of the body's divine treasures.

Such strength of physique, to the same extent, is unmatched by any other cultivator.

"It's just a pity that I'm still some distance away from the third transformation of the physical body," he mused.

The so-called third transformation of the physical body refers to its third reshaping, which is the term used by body cultivators to describe the achievement of the flesh.

"Now, my physical body has definitely surpassed ordinary spiritual treasures. I wonder if it could rival postnatal ultimate spiritual treasures?" Gu Chen pondered silently, estimating the current strength of his physical body.

Even recently advanced beings in the Heaven realm, or rather the ordinary Great Powers, may not have a physical body as strong as Gu Chen's.

In front of him, ordinary spiritual treasures could even be reduced to powder by Gu Chen.

As for postnatal ultimate spiritual treasures, Gu Chen was confident that he could physically withstand and confront them, but whether he could shatter them was indeed a question.

Suddenly, Gu Chen closed his eyes and introspected within himself, arriving at the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows, in his sea of consciousness.

There, the spirit sat cross-legged in the center, holding a damaged jade piece, with a visage now resembling Gu Chen in his youth by sixty to seventy percent.

This was also a sign that he was nearing the great perfection of the God Transformation Realm.

Of course, that wasn't the only progress in his spirit.

Through this seclusion, with the help of the innate spiritual treasure, the Seven-Colored Lotus Platform, and the millennium sacred medicine, the Ink Jade Heaven Bamboo, Gu Chen's spirit had reached an impressive three feet and five inches!

This was astonishing and could cause a sensation if known to the world!

In the late phase of the God Transformation Realm, yet possessing a spirit of three feet and five inches, he was much stronger than cultivators in the Huanxu Realm!

Even more, compared to the enhancement of his physical body, the growth of his spirit was even more delightful, having increased by a whole two feet.

"The enhancement of the spirit in the early stages is somewhat easier compared to the physical body," Gu Chen knew.

It's precisely for this reason, with the spirit being easier to enhance early on than the body, that he had such a breakthrough, far surpassing the progression of his physique.

Of course, this was only the case in the early stages. In the middle and later stages, enhancing the spirit becomes much more difficult, and at times even more complex than the body.

Taoxu Road's Holy Maiden, Chu Yue Ling, once said that no cultivator could achieve the first realm's perfection of both their physical body and spirit at the Earth realm level, meaning the body undergoing nine changes and the spirit growing to nine feet and nine inches.

Only upon reaching the Heaven realm could one hope to accomplish this.

Even among the top powers of the Unity realm within the Earth realm, none could do this.

"Given my pace of progress, if I combine it with a large number of merit points to boost my techniques, it might just be possible," remarked Gu Chen, with a flicker in his eye as such a thought emerged within him.

It is said that after reaching the Heaven realm, cultivators undergo a transcendental transformation. The strong grow ever stronger, meaning that the creatures with stronger foundations and heritages will gain more benefits because it implies a multiplicative growth.

The larger the base number, the stronger one will become after doubling. Gu Chen was well aware of this principle.

"If I can reach the ninth revolution of the physical body and the limit of the nascent soul's initial state in the Union Realm, perhaps the moment I attain the self-transcendence and sublimation in the Sky Realm, my physical body and nascent soul can also break through and enter the next realm," Gu Chen pondered.

If this were to happen, once Gu Chen reached the Sky Realm, his overall strength would surely undergo an exponential leap.

However, right now all of this was still just speculation, how it would actually turn out was still a distant thought for him.

"But no matter what, this closed-door cultivation session really brought significant gains, more than doubling my strength," Gu Chen smiled, feeling genuine joy with each breakthrough.

Immediately after, he rose to his full height. Although he had intentionally restrained his formidable presence, his physical body remained extremely robust—in fact, his entire body, including his hair and pores, seemed to be suffused with a faint glow of seven-colored light.

Especially his hair, which fell to his waist—lush and glossy black, smooth and shiny, occasionally reflecting seven-colored lights, looking quite mystical indeed.

If an uninformed mortal were here, they might mistake Gu Chen for a deity descended to earth, and would likely kneel down at once to worship him fervently.

"The divine shadows in my acupoints have become a tad more solid, barely emitting a stronger power now," Gu Chen tested his unique sacred domain.

With each breakthrough, the might of his unique sacred domain surged dramatically, and the divine shadows within his acupoints became more tangible.

"Is it possible that one day, these divine shadows will become real and manifest in the world?" Suddenly, such a thought emerged, causing Gu Chen to furrow his brow slightly.

Harboring divine shadows within his acupoints, Gu Chen didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. Naturally, it was a good thing as it bestowed immense power upon him at the current stage, but he feared that one day, as he grew stronger, the divine shadows might materialize from illusion to reality, potentially usurping his authority.

"Regardless, all divine beings should revere me, if there truly exists something like a divine court in this world, I ought to be its lord, commanding all realms," Gu Chen whispered, his words brimming with immense confidence!

After all, the divine beings were nurtured in his acupoints, it was only right they revered him, recognizing him as their divine king or emperor.

"The physical body forms its own realm, this is a manifestation of potential, and I vaguely sense no threat to myself," Gu Chen concentrated, his intuition now frighteningly sharp, and after a moment he reached this conclusion.

Especially this sensation toward his own body, so closely related to himself, he could sense something indistinctly.

"It's time to come out of seclusion."

Gu Chen dressed in his dark clothes, casually tied up his black hair, his skin smooth like jade, features fine and noble, his restrained but vigorous vitality as vast as the ocean. When he didn't display his divine might, he was indistinguishable from the young masters of great families—tender and delicate, looking as though he had been pampered and privileged.

Afterward, Gu Chen left the secret chamber and closed it behind him.

This time in seclusion, he had completely absorbed the essence and spirit of the seven-colored lotus platform, integrating it all into his body.

As for the Ink Jade Heavenly Bamboo, he had consumed half and stored the remaining half within his own internal realm.

"It's just a pity that achieving another breakthrough of this magnitude won't be so easy," Gu Chen frowned slightly as he pondered ways to elevate his cultivation level more quickly.

After communicating with Chu Yue Ling, the holy maiden of Taoxu Road, Gu Chen also realized the extraordinary nature of the power struggle within the numerous realms and ten thousand tribes of the higher realms. With his current realm, indeed, it seemed rather low.

Even Gu Chen was considering, if it really came to that, he might just have to assume a new identity and go out to hunt various fierce beasts and foreign races.

Meanwhile, upon receiving news of Gu Chen's return from seclusion, Princess Xidie hurried over at once.

"Gu Bai, you've finally come out of seclusion," Princess Xidie's eyes brightened when she saw Gu Chen.

By any count, it had been about a month since Gu Chen had closed himself away for this period of cultivation.

The reason Princess Xidie was so anxious was simply that the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty would soon be opening.

"Is something the matter?"

Gu Chen, being unaware, was naturally puzzled to see the somewhat anxious Princess Xidie.

Then, he saw that it was not only Princess Xidie, Yun Zishu had also come along.

"Brother Gu."

Seeing Gu Chen, Yun Zishu's heart tightened. After all, he was a prodigy who had made it onto the Dao Gold List, with perception and vision that were by no means mediocre. He realized that after this period of closed-door cultivation, Gu Chen had become even more terrifying.

"Could it be that this Gu Bai will really be able to suppress a host of monsters and prodigies in the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty?" Such a thought suddenly crossed Yun Zishu's mind.

But soon, he shook his head and cast the thought aside as unrealistic.

Those monsters that roamed the hundred realms were extraordinary, not something a newcomer to the Dao Gold List like Gu Chen could compare with.

Not to mention, those people possessed Divine Powers—unless the current Gu Bai had also come to understand Divine Powers, but Yun Zishu did not think this likely.

After all, Gu Chen was still in the God Transformation Realm. If he had broken through to the Huanxu Realm, Yun Zishu might have believed he had some chance of success.

The God Transformation Realm, compared to those transcendent freaks, was still somewhat lacking.

"If you hadn't come out of seclusion, I would have been ready to break down the door," Princess Xidie said with her lips slightly parted, letting out a breath with these words.

Following that, she and Yun Zishu together informed Gu Chen about the opening of the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty and gave him a brief overview.

"So, Xidie, you want me to join you and enter the ancestral land of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty?" Gu Chen said.

"Xidie?"

Hearing Gu Chen's form of address, Yun Zishu was slightly startled, feeling that the relationship between the two had progressed to something quite extraordinary.

Even though he had already given up on Princess Xidie in his heart when defeated by Gu Chen, now hearing this manner of address, honestly, Yun Zishu still felt a bit of discomfort—that it was somewhat distressing.

Moreover, he felt somewhat out of place, caught between Gu Chen and Princess Xidie.

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