Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 973 - 66: Contending for the Pinnacle of the Gray Domain (3 updates of 10,000 words, please subscribe!)

Gu Chen placed his palm on the inheritance stele and acquired two techniques, "Indestructible Holy Body" and "Original God Chart."

The former focused on physical training, immensely powerful and capable of altering one's origin, allowing one's physique to undergo multiple sublimations and transformations to achieve the "Saintly Body" fruit status, immortal and ever-present in the world.

The latter was a technique that specialized in cultivating the primordial spirit, which was of great importance to Gu Chen's cultivation in the God Transformation Realm.

Although the Reincarnation Seal method could also help cultivators grow their spirit, compared to the "Original God Chart," it ultimately fell short in cultivating the primordial spirit.

It could be said that, from touching the inheritance stele, Gu Chen had gained significantly.

But at this moment, Gu Yan saw that Gu Chen was immersed in his heart and mind and immediately ordered his men to take action.

Suddenly, a surge of black energy exploded into the sky. Upon witnessing this scene, everyone was initially stunned, then their faces filled with panic as they all fled outwards.

"The Holy Gate... It's people from the Holy Gate appearing!" Countless people shouted as they ran outwards.

The appearance of demons in the medicinal garden had already reached many people's ears, so a lot of them had been on guard. Many were so frightened that they didn't show up at all, hiding somewhere in the secret realm, waiting for everything to end.

To the Upper World, demons were just that intimidating, for they had once wreaked boundless bloodshed.

Endless mountains of corpses and seas of blood had built up the demons' notoriety in the Upper World, causing everyone to change color at the mention of them.

The Holy Gate was an unfathomable organization; even now, no one knew who was within the Holy Gate.

It was said that the Saint Ruler who commanded the Holy Gate was one of the most top-notch existences among the mighty ones of the Upper World, someone who was almost incomparable, requiring multiple mighty ones to join forces to confront him.

Therefore, the Holy Gate was feared by countless people in the Upper World.

Now, as the demons appeared and caused a panic, everyone was fleeing in a tumult, shoving each other, each person desperate to not be the last, terrified of becoming food for the demons.

However, under Gu Yan's order, all the demons targeted only Gu Chen.

Gu Chen, with his mind attached to the inheritance stele, also had a keen intuition. In an instant, he sensed something amiss, or rather, he was always on guard against Gu Yan.

Whoosh!

At that moment, Gu Chen's eyes suddenly opened wide, and he struck back with the palm of his hand. Powerful magical power burst forth like a tidal wave, the foremost members of the Holy Gate unable to withstand it, their bodies instantly bursting apart, turning into a cloud of black fog that dissipated into the air.

Jin Xu from the Tiankui Clan, Qi Mountain from the Soaring Snake Clan, Xue Ningshan from Lingdao Mountain, Yun Qi from the Yin Yang Heaven Sect, and Liu Yun from Hovering Island, they all changed their expressions upon the appearance of the demons.

Even more so, they were clearer than anyone else on how much harm the demons could cause.

"Let's go!"

The five of them darkened in expression. Since they were weak and their cultivation had yet to recover to its original level, they were no match for the demons.

Thus, under the protection of the guardians, Xue Ningshan and the others quickly ran towards the outside.

"Young master, we should also leave this place of trouble quickly!" The members of the Blood Orchid Clan turned to look at Blood Jade.

But Blood Jade did not speak. She looked at Gu Chen, feeling somewhat puzzled, not understanding why the Holy Gate would target him.

"Young master!"

Seeing that Blood Jade was staring intently at Gu Chen, the members of the Blood Orchid Clan couldn't help but change their expressions.

"Help him!" Blood Jade spoke firmly.

"Young master, that's the Holy Gate!" The leading guardian of the Blood Orchid Clan frowned, disagreeing with Blood Jade's idea.

"What of the Holy Gate? Should we from the Blood Orchid Clan retreat whenever they show up?!" Blood Jade turned around, shouted loudly, her blood-red hair fluttering, exuding a unique aura.

Having said that, she rushed forward without explanation, intending to rescue Gu Chen.

"Hmm?"

Gu Yan, the Ninth Prince from the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, frowned upon seeing this, not wanting Gu Chen to have any assistance.

"Miss Blood Jade, it's too dangerous here; we should leave quickly!" Gu Yan sent a signal to the war general of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, and then they unhesitatingly stopped Blood Jade, intending to take her away from that place.

"Gu Yan, what are you doing!" Blood Jade shouted angrily upon being stopped.

"The Holy Gate has appeared, there must be some scheme behind it. Miss Blood Jade, if you rashly approach, you might give the Holy Gate an opportunity to exploit!" Gu Yan feigned a righteous appearance, speaking in a deep tone.

"Thank you, Ninth Prince."

At that moment, the members of the Blood Orchid Clan arrived, and upon seeing that Gu Yan had stopped Blood Jade, they quickly expressed their gratitude. To be frank, the Blood Orchid Clan didn't want to provoke the Holy Gate by getting involved with Gu Chen and have the Holy Gate bear a grudge against them.

Although they didn't know why the Holy Gate would target a young man, they couldn't care less at the moment. Leaving quickly and escaping the vortex was the correct choice.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen and Xia Huang fought side by side against the demons' attacks from the Holy Gate. They fought fearlessly, each of them exuding black energy from head to toe, their pupils fierce, and every move was do or die.

"Elder, leave it to me!"

Gu Chen stepped forward in front of Xia Huang, channeling the Divine Sun World Illumination Sutra, as a scalding heat emitted from his body. The sun's true fire turned into a giant dragon, roaring in the world, thundering through heaven and earth.

"Aaah..."

The next instant, screams rang out. Under the formidable true sun fire, all the demons were burnt to ashes.

Only some remnant black essence remained, seeping into Gu Chen's body, manifesting as hundreds of Divine Power value points.