Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 982 - 71: The Infamous Reputation Spreads Far and Wide

During this time, Gu Chen had altered his appearance and spread rumors throughout Qingzhou about the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty's collusion with the Holy Gate, causing quite a stir and affecting the dynasty significantly.

However, to shake the foundation of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty was still impossible, unless he could produce irrefutable evidence.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen also visited several locations, attempting to use their teleportation arrays to leave the Gray Domain. Sadly, these major teleportation arrays were all heavily guarded by the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan, impregnable for him to breach easily.

One day, due to their failure to locate Gu Chen, the Great Powers from both the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan joined forces to divine his whereabouts.

Great Powers belonged to the Cave Heaven Realm, their strength unparalleled, a mere stomp could shake the entire Gray Domain three times over—truly top-tier existences.

In the absence of the Holy Lords, it could be said that the Great Powers were the leaders of the various holy land-level forces, holding extremely important positions.

When such figures made a move, no matter how extraordinary Gu Chen was, his whereabouts were eventually divined.

"Gu Chen, this time, I want to see where you can flee to!" Gu Yan, the Ninth Prince, said with a fierce look in his eyes, dark energy swirling within.

Knowing he was no match for Gu Chen, he chose not to pursue but stayed in the capital of the Imperial Dynasty, quietly awaiting the good news.

However, Gu Chen truly was extraordinary. Even with the intervention of the Great Powers, they only captured his general vicinity, and both sides sent out many people to search.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen noticed an increasing number of people in the area he was in, searching for something.

"As expected of the juggernaut forces, dominating the Gray Domain for so many years," Gu Chen marveled, whether it was the Imperial Dynasty or the Jiuying Clan, both had supreme beings alive within them, their deterrent power in the domain was absolute.

With both forces working together, searching for someone proved to be too easy.

It was only because Gu Chen was too special, in possession of a heavenly ability to shield against divination, powerful in his own right, and in possession of the Yu Ding.

Otherwise, he wouldn't stand a chance of escaping from the clutch of both the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan and would have already been captured by them.

In fact, during this time, the Imperial Dynasty had also considered taking action against Gu Qingyan, but the Frost Soul Sect was once also a juggernaut force in the Gray Domain. Even a dying camel is bigger than a horse, and to avoid unnecessary disputes, after much deliberation, the dynasty ultimately chose not to move against her.

"Hmm?"

To Gu Chen's surprise, in addition to the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan, even the Red Cloud Sect had joined in the attempt to apprehend him.

For Gu Chen noticed a practitioner from the Red Cloud Sect not far away, searching for his traces.

"They are quite confident." Gu Chen's eyes gradually chilled.

The Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan were bearable, being two juggernaut forces, the current Gu Chen indeed couldn't afford to provoke them.

But the Red Cloud Sect was merely a force not even counted as a holy land, yet had the audacity to meddle, presumably taking advantage of the situation stirred by the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan and hoping to fish in troubled waters.

After all, in that secret realm, the first to fall to Gu Chen's blade was the Red Cloud Sect.

At that time, the protective charms had not yet expired, but their manpower was utterly decimated by Gu Chen, so naturally, they harbored deep resentment against him.

"God Transformation Realm?" Gu Chen observed the distant Red Cloud Sect practitioner with his divine eye, discerning the level of his cultivation realm.

The Imperial Dynasty, the Jiuying Clan, as well as the Red Cloud Sect had already recognized Gu Chen's strength within the Cave Heaven Realm, though they hadn't said it out loud.

They all knew that at this level, Gu Chen was indeed invincible, and sending out practitioners of the Cave Heaven Realm would be like offering them on a platter.

Thus, those searching for Gu Chen were mostly at the God Transformation Realm.

Clearly, they believed that with the creation of the primordial spirit at the God Transformation Realm, Gu Chen, no matter how strong in the Cave Heaven Realm, would still be helpless against the soul and forced to comply.

This confidence was evident in the self-assured demeanor of the Red Cloud Sect's early-stage God Transformation Realm practitioner nearby, who truly didn't take Gu Chen seriously and dared to search alone.

Of course, this was mainly because Gu Chen had a hefty bounty on his head, with more people sharing the reward, the less each would receive individually.

"With my cultivation at the God Transformation Realm, that Gu Jiuge, no matter how extraordinary, cannot possibly be my opponent," thought Hu Wan from the Red Cloud Sect.

After all, after breaking through to the Earth Realm, fighting across a major realm seemed very unrealistic, even for many genius demons.

Whoosh!

After confirming that there were no ambushes within a hundred miles around Red Cloud Sect's Hu Wan, Gu Chen stepped out and appeared directly before the man.

"Gu Jiuge?!"

Seeing Gu Chen suddenly appear, Hu Wan of the Red Cloud Sect's God Transformation Realm was obviously extremely excited, his spirit electrified.

"No need to find what comes unsought, you are indeed here!" Hu Wan said with an excited face.

The lofty bounty issued by the Imperial Dynasty and the Jiuying Clan, in Hu Wan's eyes, was already beckoning him.

"Die!"

Without much to say, Hu Wan attacked at full force right from the start, launching a primordial soul strike.

A beam of light shone from the center of his forehead, then lit up, piercing through the void at a remarkable speed, aiming straight for Gu Chen's spiritual essence.

Upon the formation of the primordial spirit, a practitioner draws closer to the heaven and earth, able to comprehend deeper secrets of the cosmos, mobilize more power of the heavens and earth, and even explore the primordial mysteries of the universe to some extent.