Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

At this moment, Gu Chen looked at the panel, and to his surprise, a new line of text had appeared at the bottom.

"Divine Power value?" He was astonished, and the number "ten" that followed it also caught his attention.

"Killing Dugu Yun, or rather, the evil demon, caused some kind of change in the panel, adding a new function?" Gu Chen pondered, murmuring, "Divine Power value... Divine Power value..."

At this point, his expression shifted with excitement, his eyes gleaming as he mused to himself, "Could it be?!"

An astonishing hypothesis emerged in Gu Chen's mind. He took a deep breath and attempted to use his intention to add these so-called ten points of Divine Power value to a particular martial arts technique, to see what the final effect would be.

"Failed?" At this moment, Gu Chen frowned, as the Divine Power value at the bottom of the panel still remained ten, with no change whatsoever.

According to Gu Chen's speculation, the so-called Divine Power value must have a function similar to that of the cultivation points, which could help him elevate his cultivation and deduce martial arts. Thus, the role of Divine Power value was self-evident—it was naturally for the deduction of divine techniques!

Divine techniques, even in the Upper Realm, were incredibly powerful. They belonged exclusively to the Great Powers and titans, transcending the bounds of martial domains—beyond even the comprehension of holy sons, who neither dared nor managed to understand them.

As Gu Chen had learned from Zhen Yuan, each divine technique involved the most fundamental mysteries of heaven and earth, harnessing their power, which was why they were terrifyingly formidable. In the stable rule-bound vast worlds of the Upper Realm, they possessed peerless and unparalleled strength.

Only those called Great Powers and titans, those with heaven-surging magical prowess, could truly comprehend divine techniques.

To aim to comprehend divine techniques within the realm of martial arts was an impossible task. Looking across the Upper Realm, nobody had ever achieved this.

But now, the emergence of Divine Power value seemed to offer this possibility, even though Gu Chen's recent attempt had failed.

"Is it that the Divine Power value isn't sufficient, or is it that the level of the martial arts technique isn't high enough?"

Gu Chen considered that divine techniques were supreme, far surpassing divine arts and methods even in the Upper Realm. Martial arts belonged to the realm of martial arts, and trying to deduce divine techniques from martial arts techniques was indeed like a foolish dream.

Of course, ten points of Divine Power value might also not be enough to create a divine technique.

"Regardless, the panel has given me a huge surprise," Gu Chen said with an uplifted expression, his eyes brimming with joy.

It had opened a door for him. Gu Chen had always coveted the various divine arts and methods of the Upper Realm, and although he hadn't succeeded this time, he at least had the opportunity now.

Just like with cultivation points, Gu Chen believed that with enough Divine Power value, he would be able to deduce one earth-shattering divine technique after another.

For the chosen ones of the Upper Realm, and even for the Great Powers and titans, divine techniques were precious and difficult to comprehend. But for Gu Chen, as long as he had enough Divine Power value, it was possible.

Undoubtedly, this was a tremendous advantage for Gu Chen, who would have an additional means to protect himself when he eventually went to the Upper Realm.

Moreover, based on this slaying of Dugu Yun, Gu Chen had deduced two patterns.

The first was that evil demons did not possess soul crystals. No wonder Dugu Yun had shown such disdain when Gu Chen mentioned soul crystals—it turned out that at the level of evil demons, soul crystals no longer existed, and were no longer a weakness.

The second was that, as far as he could tell, Divine Power value could only be obtained by slaying evil demons.

These were two important discoveries from Gu Chen's killing of Dugu Yun.

"Fortunately, there's no rush to deduce divine techniques right now," Gu Chen mused, his eyes deep with insight. The power of divine techniques was so immense in the Upper Realm that it was impossible to comprehend them in the realm of martial arts, especially since the level of martial arts techniques wasn't high enough. It wasn't something to be done casually or easily.

This battle had been arduous, and it was only after much hardship that Gu Chen had emerged victorious. Recalling his first discovery, he grew somewhat anxious.

Without a soul crystal, it meant the evil demon had no weakness, which was clearly bad news. No wonder Zhen Yuan and others had said that evil demons were incredibly powerful, causing great suffering in the Upper Realm.

Having no weaknesses and nearly unsolvable recovery abilities made such evil demons exceptionally troublesome. Today, if Gu Chen had not controlled the Nine Cauldrons, he would not have stood a chance against Dugu Yun.

Or perhaps it could be said that Dugu Yun did not die by Gu Chen's hand, but by the Nine Cauldrons.

Even if an evil demon had no weaknesses and unparalleled recovery abilities, the Nine Cauldrons were simply too powerful. Just a wisp of their remnant force had directly shaken Dugu Yun, or the evil demon, to death.

"Such is the power of the Nine Cauldrons," Gu Chen said with emotion, looking up at the great cauldron hovering above his head.

The Nine Cauldrons were the only method Gu Chen could think of to kill Dugu Yun, so he had gone to great lengths to lure Dugu Yun here. His only concern was that the Nine Cauldrons had yet to appear, but fortunately, whether it was sensing the crisis at hand or not, Gu Chen had managed to obtain one of the two cauldrons.

The other great cauldron was still deep underground in the bizarre space of Mozhou, and due to the sudden unfolding of events, Gu Chen had only taken one cauldron, leaving the other untouched.

"Let it be. The time is not ripe yet. I will try to see if I can take it away before I leave for the Upper Realm," Gu Chen thought.

Then, Gu Chen looked up, and in an instant, the bronze cauldron above his head rapidly shrank into a speck of light and entered his body.