Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

In the midst of the battlefield, smoke and dust permeated the air, and the ground was a vision of carnage as more than a dozen mountains had collapsed. The figure of the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun stood proudly above the firmament, looking down from above.

Concentrating his senses, he detected no movement from Gu Chen and nodded in confirmation, uttering, "Finally dead."

This battle had truly exceeded Dugu Yun's expectations; even he himself hadn't anticipated that Gu Chen would be so tenacious as to fight him to this extent.

He had thought he would win easily, but in the end, he had no choice but to employ nearly all his strength to successfully suppress his foe.

"Indeed a tough one to deal with," the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun said with a cold expression. In a flash, he prepared to search for Gu Chen's body and then extract the heavenly seed within him.

This was also the condition Dugu Yun had agreed upon during his previous meeting with Gu Yan, the ninth prince of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty.

Boom!

With a sweep of his sleeve, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun released an astonishing qi that transformed into a majestic shockwave, dispersing all the surrounding smoke and dust, and reducing countless rocks to powder.

At that moment, there was a massive pit on the ground, a result of his recent attack - incredibly deep as though it reached the depths of the earth, with no end in sight.

"Hmm?"

At this time, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun furrowed his brows as he, surprisingly, could not locate Gu Chen's body; it was as though it had vanished into thin air.

"Could it have turned to powder?" Dugu Yun's dark eyes moved slightly, releasing waves of profound light, peering into the depths beneath the surface.

Logically speaking, given the strength of Gu Chen's body at the final moment, even if he could not withstand it and died, his body should not have completely disintegrated into powder.

Besides, even if he had truly fallen, what about the heavenly seed? That should not simply disappear without a trace before Dugu Yun, who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts in the Heavenly Human Gazing Skill.

Rumble!

Just then, the ground trembled as if a major earthquake had struck, and cracks suddenly appeared, spreading outward like spiderwebs.

Such an anomaly immediately caused the pupils of the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun to dilate with a sensation of ominous foreboding.

Boom!

The next instant, a dazzling figure burst from the depths of the pit into the sky, similar to a rising great sun, exerting a formidable pressure on the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun.

"What?!"

Dugu Yun frowned, recognizing the brilliant figure not far away as none other than Gu Chen, indisputably the one who had just disappeared.

"You're actually not dead?" he exclaimed, his mind alert and wary.

At this moment, Gu Chen was enveloped in light, and although he was still covered in bloodstains, he bore a smile and exuded immense confidence that surged through his entire being!

"I said, today, I will slay you!" Gu Chen's voice rang out robustly, like the roaring of swords.

"Foolish dreams!"

The demonic cult leader Dugu Yun snorted coldly, yet for some reason, a sense of unease lingered in his heart. This time, he held nothing back as an overwhelming evil aura converged, transforming into a myriad of shadows. They rushed toward Gu Chen like vengeful spirits.

Whoosh!

At this moment, Gu Chen utilized his peerless movement technique, fast as light and electricity; he was intangible like a fleeting gleam, not engaging Dugu Yun head-on but instead rushing into the distance.

After dodging the attack, Gu Chen took a deep breath, his chest expanding as he absorbed the essence of all directions into his body!

Rumble!

Instantly, thunder boomed through heaven and earth. Accompanying Gu Chen's breath, essence from all directions converged, visibly forming into white dragons surrounded by mist, rushing toward his mouth and nostrils.

"Roar!"

But the next moment, a shrill howl sounded. Accompanied by a wave of Dugu Yun's sleeve, tens of thousands of shadows emerged, their ferocious maws open and lunging at Gu Chen.

With a bang, at the same time, an evil aura pervaded the heavens and the earth as if a gigantic tornado had formed, sweeping across and eradicating all living beings.

"Die!"

It didn't end there. Along with the cult leader's fierce shout, a crack of black lightning raced across the sky, striking at Gu Chen's body.

These assaults converged from all directions, sealing Gu Chen's fate with a deadly strike!

Yet, Gu Chen remained unfazed, his eyes deep and unruffled.

Seeing his composure, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun frowned even more deeply.

Hum!

In the instant those deadly attacks approached, the air above Gu Chen's head rippled slightly as an ancient bronze cauldron materialized.

The cauldron, with three legs and two handles, appeared unassuming yet profound, seemingly small but with an indescribable Taoist rhythm within. It was as if it heralded from Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, three begets all things.

At the same time, even without any qi being released, it gave off a sense of being able to suppress the Eight Desolations and the Six Harmonies, anchoring the Nine Heavens and the Ten Earths!

At the sight of the cauldron, a sense of timelessness hit like a wave; the cauldron had withstood countless eons without decaying, indestructible by heaven or earth, eternally unscathed by calamities, enduring perpetually in the world and regarded as a top-tier treasure, bearing a legacy unmatched!

"This is..." The moment he saw the cauldron, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun's face paled in shock, panic fleeting across his visage.

As the cauldron appeared, floating above Gu Chen's head, the surrounding heavens and earth seemed to freeze, as did the attacks from his foe, immobilized in their tracks.

Then, with a gentle shake of the cauldron, a vortex emerged at its mouth, swallowing all the incoming attacks.

"The Nine Cauldrons?!"

Feeling the supreme qi that could suppress the heavens, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun was struck with immense horror, involuntarily crying out in disbelief, while full of incredulity.

"How could the Nine Cauldrons emerge, and in the hands of this youth?" The demonic cult leader Dugu Yun was confounded, fear swelling deep within him.

Even as a demonic practitioner, at the glimpse of the Nine Cauldrons, he was overcome by their majesty, his muscles trembling.

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It was solely because the creator of the Nine Tripods was none other than Emperor Yu, and they were forged from countless divine materials, gathering the essence of the heavens and the earth. The demon within Dugu Yun was simply not on the same level.

"The Nine Tripods, this child can actually command the Nine Tripods, which means, he is a descendant of Emperor Yu?!" This thought intensified Dugu Yun's shock, and at the same time, he was well aware that he had to convey this message to Gu Yan, the Ninth Prince of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty.

"Thinking of leaving?" Gu Chen stood there, with the bronze great tripod floating above his head, his presence emanating an indescribable dominance. He could see right through Dugu Yun's intent.

Moreover, seeing the panic on the other's face made him sigh inwardly - the Nine Tripods indeed lived up to their reputation; their mere appearance was enough to cause such an expression on the face of the enemy who had almost killed him.

Furthermore, this was only one of the tripods. Had all nine emerged, it was hard to imagine the kind of might they would unleash.

"Run?"

When Dugu Yun heard Gu Chen's slightly disdainful words, his face darkened instantly, and he said coldly, "Killing you was nothing significant, do you think you can contend with me just because you have the Nine Tripods? Let's not even discuss that this is merely one of them; with your strength, possessing the Nine Tripods is a waste. How much of this tripod's power can you even unleash?"

"Why not give it a try, and then you will know?" Gu Chen's expression was calm, his eyes deep as he stared at Dugu Yun.

He could certainly tell that at the instant the Nine Tripods appeared, Dugu Yun had panicked. Although his words were tough, in reality, he no longer had the will to fight him.

In fact, just as he surmised, what Dugu Yun was thinking right now was to temporarily extricate himself from the situation without confronting Gu Chen. Then, he would find Gu Yan, the Ninth Prince of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, and join forces with him to counter the Nine Tripods.

Since both of them were within the Heavenly Human Realm, Dugu Yun believed that with his joint efforts with Gu Yan, even if Gu Chen had the Nine Tripods, he would surely be invincible.

After all, although divine artifacts were powerful, they were not invincible; it also depended on who the user was. To unleash the power of a divine artifact, the energy consumed would naturally be immense.

Swish!

Having realized this, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun did not hesitate and turned to leave, intending to escape from this place.

Of course, Gu Chen would not let him get away. The battle with Dugu Yun had brought him all the way from Yangzhou to Mo state with intent, all for the sake of summoning the Nine Tripods to confront the demonic cult leader.

And this was the only victorious outcome Gu Chen had seen in his numerous strategic calculations.

Fortunately, it seemed as though the Nine Tripods had also sensed his current predicament, and thus they were successfully retrieved by him and emerged victorious.

Otherwise, this place would have truly become Gu Chen's burial ground today.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

Seeing that Dugu Yun was attempting to flee, Gu Chen let out a cold shout. The profound true essence within his body was poured into the great tripod above his head without reservation. Although this was still a drop in the bucket for him, fortunately, as the recognized inheritor, he could command the Nine Tripods to a certain extent.

Hum!

The tripod, hovering quietly in the air, did not move an inch but simply trembled lightly. Invisible waves spread out, sweeping across heaven, earth, and the void. Wherever it passed, everything came to a halt.

"Hm?!"

The cult leader Dugu Yun, who had been preparing to leave the scene, was taken aback as the invisible waves were too swift for him to avoid. In an instant, he was enveloped by them, and his body was frozen in place.

Apart from his thoughts, everything else was beyond Dugu Yun's control. He was powerless to do anything but watch everything unfold before his wide-open eyes.

It wasn't just him, the entirety of heaven and earth seemed to have been immobilized, as if everything was frozen in time, except for Gu Chen and his unscathed great tripod.

"Such an astounding method," Gu Chen was taken aback and couldn't help but be astonished by the might of the Nine Tripods.

Suddenly, Gu Chen's gaze sharpened as he walked over to the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun, who was now completely immobilized, with his terrified expression vividly visible.

At this moment, Dugu Yun wanted to speak but could not. Only his thoughts were active. The more this was the case, the more terrified he became.

No matter how much he pondered, he could never have imagined that in the end, despite being a demon without any cultivators at the Heavenly Human Realm in the Nine Provinces, he would end up in such a predicament.

"Die."

Along with the falling of Gu Chen's words, the bronze great tripod above him trembled slightly and invisible waves spread out. In an instant, like shattered porcelain, countless cracks emerged, and with a bang, the demonic cult leader Dugu Yun turned to dust.

"Aoow!"

A wretched howl sounded. After the death of Dugu Yun, as his body shattered, a black shadow surfaced. In the next instant, its end was the same as Dugu Yun's, exploding and turning into ash that scattered into the world.

"Hm?" At that moment, Gu Chen was surprised and looked around, but found nothing.

"After Dugu Yun's death, why is there no soul crystal appearing?" Gu Chen frowned; without the soul crystal, what about his power points?

But in the next moment, a familiar chilling sensation came, as unseen strands of primal yin energy from the world flowed into Gu Chen's body.

"What is this?"

At that moment, Gu Chen was full of doubts, but because of that familiar sensation, he still instinctively brought up the interface.

"Wait, what's going on here?"

Normally, whenever Gu Chen thought about it, the interface would appear before his eyes, but this time an anomaly occurred.

The interface did emerge, yet it was shrouded in a glow of light, and only after a few moments did the words on it gradually become visible.

Name: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Great Sun Golden Body (Complete), Nine Dragons Skill (Complete), Heaven Snatching Earth Seizing Method (Complete), Astounding Imperial Dragon Fist (Complete), Sky Sword (Complete), As Lightning (Complete), Heavenly Human Gazing Skill (Complete)

Internal Strength: Nine Yang Heavenly Skill

Cultivation: 6,600 years

Realm: Divine Intent Realm Great Completion

Power points: 0

Divine Power value: 10

"Divine Power value... ten? What is this?!" Looking at the changed panel, Gu Chen was instantly shocked.

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