Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start-Chapter 513 - 386: Breakthrough Again_2

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The true martial arts masters who have reached the pinnacle of divine comprehension, with just a thought, could bring considerable trouble to Gu Chen, even with the help of the Superior God Weapon Jade Necklace, possibly leaving him unable to defend himself completely unharmed.

Therefore, even though his cultivation had reached the very limits of the Innate Realm, without condensing divine thoughts, Gu Chen would still find it difficult to directly confront a top-tier grandmaster of martial arts who had comprehended the divine.

"Physique, cultivation, and mental strength must all progress side by side," Gu Chen whispered to himself as he looked at the panel.

By now, Gu Chen had come to understand clearly that the cultivation of martial arts was essentially the constant tempering of a martial artist’s jing, qi, and shen; physique represented jing, cultivation was qi, and spirit was the so-called shen.

The reason Gu Chen was so powerful was that he had no weaknesses in any of the three aspects of jing, qi, and shen, his strength far surpassed others in his realm, and in addition, the various martial skills on the panel were the foundation of his ability to overcome his enemies.

The rest, like divine weapons and such, were merely icing on the cake.

For a martial artist, what’s truly important is always oneself.

Without sufficient personal strength, everything else is in vain.

"In terms of physique, I have reached a peak. Having undergone the heavenly tribulation and past accumulation, plus the Pure Yang Vajra Body reaching minor completion, not even a top-tier grandmaster of the divine martial path may be as formidable as me," Gu Chen thought.

His physical body had always been his advantage. His divine body was formed, and he was even on the path to physical sanctification. Across all generations, including the ancient and remote past, it was unlikely there was a martial artist in the same realm who had a physical body that could surpass his.

It could even be said that he had reached the pinnacle of every stage or realm!

Therefore, the key for Gu Chen to break through and achieve the divine martial path now lay in his cultivation and mental strength!

"The Refining Spirit Secret at minor completion is still not enough to face a top-tier grandmaster of the divine martial path," he thought.

While contemplating this, Gu Chen’s thoughts motivated him to touch the panel with his mental intent.

Hum!

In an instant, a total of two hundred and ten merit points disappeared from the panel, which took Gu Chen by surprise.

"Earthly Martial Skills reaching the great completion stage require so many merit points?"

Gu Chen sighed. Those merit points, if applied to his cultivation, would have been enough for one hundred and five years of growth in cultivation.

The merit points required for the improvement of martial skills increased the further one progressed; to achieve great completion already took two hundred and ten merit points, so what about perfection?

It was something Gu Chen hardly dared to imagine.

At that moment, as the merit points on the panel disappeared, a surge of martial experience came to him. Gu Chen felt as if he had gained corresponding memories and insights, the result of day and night of cultivating the Refining Spirit Secret and tempering his mental strength.

Hiss!

The moment Refining Spirit Secret reached great completion, Gu Chen felt his brain empty, as if he were sublimated, with his senses increasing by more than several times instantly; everything in heaven and earth seemed to be in his view.

Pop!

Then a soft sound came. As the Refining Spirit Secret reached great completion, Gu Chen’s mind swelled, and in the next instant, his invisible mental energy broke free from the confines of his body and reached out into the world.

It was a magical feeling. Gu Chen closed his eyes; he felt he could do nothing and yet everything.

At the same time, without using his eyes, he could see everything around him. His "field of vision" even broke through the confines of the Jing Tian Department’s secret room and extended to the outside world.

Gu Chen’s mental intent traveled all the way to a bedroom. With just a thought, a cup floated into mid-air and hung there.

"Ah..."

The serving girl tidying the room let out a scream on seeing this, but in the next instant, the cup returned to its place, as if everything had been an illusion.

"An amazing experience," Gu Chen said with a smile on his lips as he retracted his mental intent back into his body. This was a completely different way of using power compared to the Innate True Qi. Normally, to skillfully use one’s mental intent right after a breakthrough, a martial artist would need about a month of familiarization and practice.

But Gu Chen was different; armed with corresponding martial experience, he could handle it effortlessly right from the moment of breakthrough.

Now, with the Refining Spirit Secret reaching great completion, he had taken the first step in condensing mental energy, possessing an embryonic form.

To release an invisible spirit from the body was the most difficult and elusive first step.

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The rest needed only time.

"Next is cultivation," Gu Chen looked at the remaining five hundred and fifty merit points on the panel and without any hesitation, invested them all into cultivation.

Without sufficient cultivation, merely having mental energy was likewise not enough to ascend to the top echelons of martial arts in the Nine Provinces.

Whoosh—

In an instant, five hundred and fifty merit points vanished, transforming within Gu Chen into two hundred and seventy-five years of cultivation.

Boom!

Inside Gu Chen, the Great Day True Qi surged violently, radiating bright halos from his body, with the robust Innate True Qi almost spilling out.

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One thousand four hundred and ninety years of cultivation!

Yes, after exhausting all the merit points on the panel, not only had Gu Chen taken the first step towards divine martial comprehension, but his cultivation had also skyrocketed. At this moment, he had accumulated one thousand four hundred and ninety years of cultivation!

This was an astounding number, and only a physique as formidable as Gu Chen’s could contain such a vast amount of power; any other martial artist, even if they were top-tier grandmasters of the divine martial path, would burst from the pressure.

In other words, in terms of cultivation, Gu Chen no longer feared the powerhouses of the divine realm.

"Eh, it still hasn’t reached grand perfection?"

At this moment, Gu Chen’s eyes flickered as he observed that on the panel, his realm was still at the late stage of the Innate Realm.

That is to say, his cultivation still had room for improvement within the Innate Realm.

"Truly terrifying," Gu Chen couldn’t help but sigh to himself, somewhat astonished.

After all, though he had accumulated one thousand six hundred years of power in the Hundred Orifices Stage with the help of heavenly seeds, that was genuine strength. But now, the power flowing through Gu Chen’s body was Great Day True Qi, and the two were completely different, the chasm between them vast.

The current Gu Chen, with a single punch, could unleash Great Day True Qi, melting a mountain over a hundred zhang in height, completely incapable of withstanding it.

One thousand four hundred and ninety years of cultivation—it was simply too astonishing.

Even those who were top-tier grandmasters of the divine realm had their own special encounters and opportunities, but their cultivation might not necessarily surpass Gu Chen’s.

Only the old-divine powerhouses, like the senior celestial master of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, could possess such profound cultivation.

As for the Old Valley Master of Ling Yun Valley, since they hadn’t fought, Gu Chen wasn’t too clear about the other party’s details.

But at least, with the current situation in Youzhou, Gu Chen now had a certain level of confidence in his heart.

However, if nothing unexpected occurred, considering Ling Yun Valley supposedly had three top-tier grandmasters of the divine realm, without breaking through first, to face three opponents alone, Gu Chen was not entirely sure.

"Time, I just need some more time," Gu Chen murmured with his eyes open.

With just a little more time for him to successfully break through to the divine realm, Gu Chen was confident that within the same realm, even facing three opponents, he could annihilate them all!

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