Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

"Who would have thought, truly, who would have thought that the calamitous Blood-Clothed Tower and the Solitary Soul, two malignant organizations that plagued the nine provinces for a millennium, would be eradicated on the same day by the same person."

The Blood-Clothed Tower and the Solitary Soul, both were assassin organizations established a thousand years ago, recognized by everyone in the world as the ultimate executioners. Over the years, these two organizations have assassinated countless jianghu heroes and even numerous members of royal families and high-ranking officials have died at their hands.

It could be said that many martial artists of the jianghu or people from the court would lose their courage just hearing the names of the Blood-Clothed Tower and the Solitary Soul.

There was even a period where nobody could rein them in, so the Blood-Clothed Tower and the Solitary Soul grew incredibly arrogant, deciding who would live and who would die. During that time, everyone in the world lived in fear for their lives.

Not even the emperor of Da Xia, hailed as the 'Emperor of All Ages' twenty-odd years ago, managed to destroy these two organizations. But now, having spread their infamy for a millennium, the Blood-Clothed Tower and the Solitary Soul were brought down by Gu Chen, something no one in the world could have anticipated.

After all, not only were these two organizations powerful, but they were also extremely cunning, never taking action without certainty of success. This is why they were able to survive for such a long time.

"It could be said that these organizations, always hunting geese, have nonetheless had their eyes pecked out by the geese."

The Blood-Clothed Tower and the Solitary Soul thought that by joining forces they could kill Gu Chen, but little did they know that this very thought marked the beginning of their descent into the abyss.

Now, with the demise of the leader of the Blood-Clothed Tower and the chief of the Solitary Soul, once the Jing Tian Department takes action, these two groups will be declared completely extinct in the nine provinces.

"The Seven Sects and Eight Orders, the Three Great Da Sects, the Nine Schools and Four Valleys, and Three Heterodox Paths; further including Six Families enduring through the ages—all struggle for domination over the jianghu; these are the four lines formed by the Diancang Pavilion in ranking the world's top forces.

But now, not many of these powers remain," lamented a martial artist in the jianghu.

These top forces did not fall over time, but were instead all brought down by the hand of Gu Chen alone.

It was almost like a dream, unthinkable in the past. No one would have believed such claims, nor dared to even entertain them, for they seemed so unreal.

"This Martial Marquis Gu Chen, the High Protector of Da Xia, indeed has remarkable methods," mused the observer.

Now that Gu Chen has eradicated most of these top forces, those remaining have all pledged allegiance to Da Xia, submitting to him. The entire jianghu, one could say, has been subdued by Gu Chen alone, even more thoroughly than the Emperor of Da Xia in the past.

Because the Emperor of Da Xia did not decimate the ranks of the jianghu as Gu Chen did.

Especially impressive was Gu Chen's daring. He killed more than one person from the Six Great Sacred Grounds, showing if they dared to come, he dared to kill. This, in the eyes of all martial artists of the nine provinces, was akin to surmounting the heavens.

Gu Chen proved with his strength that the so-called lofty Six Great Sacred Grounds were nothing special after all.

Dominating the nine provinces for tens of thousands of years, the Six Great Sacred Grounds were almost brought down by Gu Chen alone, making everyone in the nine provinces realize one thing:

Even the Six Great Sacred Grounds were not all-powerful.

Of course, with the profound influence of the Six Great Sacred Grounds in the nine provinces, a vast majority of martial artists still could not believe that they would allow Gu Chen to continue living so audaciously.

And this was precisely King Huai's intention.

King Huai had disseminated this information to explode across the land intentionally, to make Gu Chen the target of universal scorn and the thorn in the side of the celestial prodigies.

With this, everyone's attention would be on Gu Chen, and regardless of circumstances, the Six Great Sacred Grounds would not let him continue to live.

Moreover, the celestial prodigies were not to be underestimated, as could be seen from Bi Yu's case. Among those who crossed over this time, there were those even stronger than Bi Yu.

Gu Chen's actions in slaying celestial prodigies and King Huai's malicious spreading of the news have completely pushed Gu Chen to the opposition of the celestial prodigies' camp.

Indeed, King Huai has achieved his goal. Such is King Huai's way—when he moves, it is earth-shattering, creating an uninterrupted chain of events, giving Gu Chen no chance to catch his breath.

"You might get past one barrier; you might get past two, but I don't believe you can overcome the third, fourth, or even the fifth!" At this moment, a harsh coldness surfaced on King Huai's face.

He was personally pushing Gu Chen towards an abyss, without needing to lift a finger himself; mere rumors were enough to send Gu Chen to his death.

"You think greater fame is better? Wrong, the more famous you are, the quicker you die!" scoffed King Huai. He had a grasp on Gu Chen's character, knowing that he was a young man who refused to suffer loss. Hence, it was only natural for him to be able to do these things.

"Gu Chen, savor well the feast I have brought you," said King Huai.

As King Huai expected, after the news had caused a major stir and fermented by the next day, the Six Great Sacred Grounds shockingly made a declaration to the whole world.

One must know, this was an event virtually unprecedented for many years; the Six Great Sacred Grounds rarely issued such commands to the outside world.

And once they did, it was guaranteed to be a monumental occurrence.

The whole world, upon hearing this news, was once again astounded and the nine provinces experienced another seismic shock.

For no other reason than this: concerning Gu Chen, the Six Great Sacred Grounds had actually issued a Sacred Grounds Decree of Execution!