Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 981 - 70: Breakthroughs in Cultivation Techniques and Supernatural Abilities

Seven days had elapsed since the closure of the secret realm, during which the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan issued a warrant for Gu Chen's arrest.

Over these seven days, the situation regarding Gu Chen had been fermenting, even showing signs of intensifying in the Gray Domain.

As a result, his reputation increased rapidly, becoming known to everyone.

Whether it was his dominance over the younger generation in the Gray Domain or the defeat of strong figures like Gu Yan, or his ability to obliterate dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators with a wave of his hand, all of these feats become popular topics of discussion among the people.

This topic was extremely hot, with discussions in the Gray Domain persisting for a long time, showing no signs of abating even after seven days.

Meanwhile, throughout this period, the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan had been consistently slandering Gu Chen, accusing him of being a disciple of the holy sect and of instigating a massive slaughter in the secret realm, resulting in many deaths.

In the Gray Domain, some believed the news, but even more people were skeptical.

Regardless, the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan's determination to capture Gu Chen was extremely strong, even offering a sky-high bounty on the wanted poster, which tempted many people.

Frost Soul Sect in Han State, naturally, had also received this news.

While Gu Qingyan was extremely anxious, the Emperor of Da Xia arrived and handed a letter personally written by Gu Chen to her.

After reading Gu Chen's personal letter, Gu Qingyan's emotions stabilized quite a bit. Although she was still worried, she did not act rashly.

After all, Frost Soul Sect was no longer as powerful as before, lacking a supreme being to helm it and falling short when compared to the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty.

Gu Qingyan was very astute, and upon seeing the Emperor of Da Xia, she became aware of his identity and attempted to retain him, which the Emperor of Da Xia declined.

"I am not suitable, nor am I willing to cultivate in a sect. I am used to being alone. I am grateful for the offer," the Emperor of Da Xia politely declined.

Seeing this, Gu Qingyan did not insist. She also understood that with the Emperor of Da Xia's talents and strength, any sect in the Gray Domain would welcome him if he were interested.

After seeing that Gu Qingyan was somewhat relieved, the Emperor of Da Xia did not stay long and turned to leave the place.

"True Dragon Soaring the Abyss, arriving in this vast upper realm is your best place to prove your way. How could the so-called Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and Jiuying Clan possibly trap a true dragon?" The Emperor of Da Xia's gaze was calm, and with a flash, he left the mountain gate of the Frost Soul Sect.

Like Gu Chen in the secret realm, the Emperor of Da Xia also reaped many benefits, acquiring various spiritual medicines and even plenty of nine-thousand-year-old spiritual essences, enough for him to retreat for a long time.

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In Qingzhou, within a vast mountain range.

Since the warrant from the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan was issued, they had sent many people to guard all the teleportation arrays big and small in Qingzhou, to prevent Gu Chen from escaping through these arrays.

After all, although the Gray Domain was just one of the many domains in the upper realm, it was still immensely vast. If Gu Chen were to escape, the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan would find it much harder to search for him.

Gu Chen, who detected this with his Divine Eye, found a mountain range to seclude himself and digest the gains he had acquired in the secret realm.

Within a hidden cave, as Gu Chen's thoughts moved, a panel materialized in front of his eyes.

Name: Gu Chen

Techniques: Divine Sun World Illumination Sutra (Level 4), Emperor's Extreme World-Shaking Secret (Level 3), Cycle Seal Method (Level 3), Soaring Over Void (Level 3), Immortal Sacred Body (Level 3), Primordial Soul Diagram

Divine Powers: Nine Dragons Annihilation (Rank 7), Heavenly Flight (Rank 7), Divine Eye (Rank 7), Ten Directions Destruction (Rank 7), Nine Heavens Thunder Movement (Rank 7)

Cultivation: 3,100 Years

Realm: Late Stage of the Cave Heaven Realm

Power Points: 0

Divine Power Value: 0

In the final moments within the secret realm, Gu Chen obtained a substantial amount of power points and Divine Power values, especially the latter, as the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty had truly arranged for many demons to deal with him.

Fortunately, due to the restrictions of the rules of heaven and earth within the secret realm, none of the demons' strengths exceeded the Cave Heaven Realm. They were easily annihilated by Gu Chen, who gained a substantial amount of Divine Power value.

With these Divine Power values, Gu Chen successfully made his strength surge dramatically. All his divine powers had reached Rank 7.

The main reason he did not focus on elevating one divine power to Rank 6 was that divine powers were not something the Cave Heaven Realm could grasp. If the level increased too much, Gu Chen himself would find them difficult to apply.

Therefore, instead of focusing on one aspect, he balanced his development, bringing divine powers like Nine Dragons Annihilation up to Rank 7, similar to his Divine Eye.

With regards to his techniques, the most recently acquired Immortal Sacred Body was advanced by three levels, leading to a tremendous enhancement of Gu Chen's bodily strength. His sinews resonated, his organs vibrated in unison, and his blood vitality became even more robust.

"Two hundred and thirty heavenly meridians."

At this moment, Gu Chen gazed inward and saw the wide heavenly meridians stretching through his body like the sprawling branches of the world tree.

During this time, aside from his techniques and divine powers, Gu Chen, with the help of the nine-thousand-year-old essence, took yet another leap forward, opening up a full thirty new heavenly meridians and reached the late stage of the Cave Heaven Realm.

With 3,100 years of cultivation, two hundred and thirty meridians, along with several techniques and divine powers, Gu Chen's strength was at the absolute forefront of the Cave Heaven Realm.

Looking back through history, it would be difficult to find a second person whose strength at this realm could match his.

"When the time is right, by following the prescription I came to know, with my spiritual herbs combined into one furnace for consumption, the number of Heavenly Veins should once again experience a breakthrough," Gu Chen murmured softly.

During this period, while his avatar was in seclusion to enhance his strength, his true self was naturally not idle either. With the excuse of learning knowledge, Gu Chen's true self, who was far away in the Mysterious Intent Sect's Medicine Valley in the Meteor State, asked Elder Lu Qingfeng for advice and acquired several prescriptions.

With these prescriptions, after surviving this crisis and consolidating for a certain period, Gu Chen would consume most of the spiritual herbs he obtained from the secret realm, and his cultivation realm would welcome a tremendous breakthrough.

"Three hundred and sixty-five Heavenly Veins are now very close to me," Gu Chen's eyes glowed brightly, more luminous than the stars in the sky.

Since reaching the Cave Heaven Realm, it had been less than half a year, but he had already achieved this much. It could be said that his progress was unrivaled, leaving his peers in the dust, struggling to even chase after him.

Especially his strength, which was even more terrifying. He confident to compete with cultivators in the God Transformation Realm.

Of course, the premise was that he needed to protect his spiritual essence. After all, cultivators in the God Transformation Realm had unified spirit and body, condensing their own Primordial Spirit, which was not something the current Gu Chen could easily contend with.

This was also why Gu Chen had not enhanced his Primordial Spirit Chart. This technique was mainly to help cultivators condense the Primordial Spirit, enhancing its power, which belonged to the God Transformation Realm, still a distance away from his current level.

"Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, Jiuying Clan!" Gu Chen stood up, his physique tall and well-proportioned, with handsome features and dense, lustrous black hair that fell to his waist, making him appear extremely dignified.

Now, with his wanted posters flying all over, Gu Chen, though in seclusion, had also seen all this through his divine sight.

"It seems necessary to leave the Gray Domain," Gu Chen pondered.

The Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan were native powers of the Gray Domain. If he stayed here, these two great powers would definitely entangle with him for a long time.

With that being the case, he might as well leave this place and go to a realm where the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan could not touch him.

After all, the higher realms had three thousand six hundred domains, and the Gray Domain was just one of them.

Moreover, with Gu Chen's current strength, even though he was unmatched in the Cave Heaven Realm, compared with the two colossal entities of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan, he was still far short and unable to confront them head-on, requiring a strategic retreat.

Especially now that the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty had learned of his true identity and knew he was a descendant of Emperor Yu, they would certainly not let him go. Staying in the Gray Domain was indeed dangerous.

"Just right, in the secret realm, I learned of the clue to the next piece of the broken jade. However, where exactly is this so-called Azure Cloud Sky?" Gu Chen already had a destination in mind for what he had to do next.

The Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty was still too distant from him at the moment. For some matters, Gu Chen could only endure temporarily, waiting for the day when his strength grew stronger to then settle all scores.

He believed that with the speed of his strength progression, that day would not be too far off.

"However, I won't leave so 'peacefully'," Gu Chen's eyes twinkled, his gaze cold. He would certainly not make it easy for the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty.

"If they want to harm me, they'd better be prepared to get hurt first!" Gu Chen's eyes were icy cold, showing his resolve.

He was well aware that leaving the Gray Domain wouldn't be so simple, after all, the major teleportation formations in Qingzhou had all been taken over by the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan.

"For now, I shall remain with the Mysterious Intent Sect in the Fallen State of Cangyu," Gu Chen silently thought.

After all, Gu Yan and the others definitely had no clue that this was merely an avatar of Gu Chen; otherwise, they would have made their move against the Xuan Yi Sect by now.

Moreover, regardless of the circumstances, this was just one of Gu Chen's avatars, and his true self would never come to harm, which was where Gu Chen's confidence and reassurance stemmed from.

"What level of strength will I reach once my avatars and I merge one day?" This thought suddenly popped into Gu Chen's mind.

Given that this avatar possessed such strength, the true self would naturally not be inferior; if they were to merge one day, and his body underwent an ultimate transformation, not even Gu Chen himself knew what sort of changes would occur.

If Gu Yan knew that the one he easily crushed was merely an avatar of Gu Chen, he might very well go insane.

Right after, Gu Chen left the cave he had hollowed out. The Immortal Sacred Body was a top-tier body refinement technique that allowed one to change appearances and alter auras among other things.

So, through the use of the Immortal Sacred Body, Gu Chen changed his appearance and aura, and even his height several times, and went to the major cities of Qingzhou to spread rumors that the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty was colluding with the Holy Sect.

As for the Jiuying Clan, their alliance with the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty didn't need further explanation.

Soon, these rumors at first circulated only on a small scale, but given that the matters concerning Gu Chen continued to spark discussions, coupled with the existence of a manhunt, the affairs regarding the link between the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Holy Sect began to unfold, attracting a lot of attention.

"Have you heard? The Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty is in cahoots with the Holy Sect; everything about the secret realm is their scheme, all to ensure Prince Gu Yan ascends to the throne!"

"Indeed, I've also heard that the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty has long been a follower of the Holy Sect. This was all a set-up to trap the younger generations of the major forces in the Gray Domain, causing a generational gap, and making it easy for the Imperial Dynasty to unify the region in the future!"

At first, people were just skeptical and didn't quite believe it, but with the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty continuously pursuing Gu Chen, claiming he was a descendant of the Holy Sect, many started to sense that something was amiss.

Of course, it would be extremely difficult to topple a colossal force like the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty; idle gossip would not be effective and wouldn't catch widespread attention.

But this time, with the help of the public opinion caused by being wanted by the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, Gu Chen successfully escalated the situation, spreading it into the ears of many, causing significant trouble for them.

But it was just some trouble after all, and overthrowing the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty by mere rumors was not realistic.

In the Imperial Capital of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, an infuriated Gu Yan exclaimed, "Gu Chen, I'll let you leap about; these trivial rumors won't have any effect. When I catch you, I'll make sure you won't be able to live nor die!"

That day, after failing to locate Gu Chen for half a month, the Great Powers of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan worked together on divinations and finally discovered some clues, roughly pinpointing the range of Gu Chen's activities.

They quickly dispatched a large number of forces to pursue and blockade Gu Chen, intending to capture him!

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