Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Chapter 312 Breakthrough, Hundred Orifices Stage (Three more thousand words, subscription required!)_1

Although he couldn't see or touch the bottleneck within his body, Gu Chen had an inexplicable feeling that the shackles inside were surely covered with cracks.

Gu Chen knew that he was not far from a breakthrough!

Over the next two days, Gu Chen continued to traverse the mystical realm, seeking heavenly materials and earthly treasures in order to break through to the Hundred Orifices Stage as quickly as possible, to open up the orifices throughout the body and unlock its potential.

One day, Gu Chen blundered into the territory of an ancient beast, which was covered with spikes, somewhat resembling the hedgehogs of his former life; but it was much larger, over three Zhang in size, and wolf-like in shape with four limbs on the ground.

"Roar!"

The beast's pupils flashed with a bloodthirsty ferocity. Not having eaten meat for many years, it became fiercely aggressive the moment it spotted Gu Chen, its huge maw agape, expelling a foul stench.

Gu Chen frowned and quickly covered his mouth and nose.

Whoosh!

Perhaps Gu Chen's action angered it, making the beast feel humiliated, as it let out a howl and charged aggressively towards him.

The foul wind assaulted his face, and the stench grew even more pungent. Especially since Gu Chen's physique was robust, and his senses extremely acute, this malodorous smell was particularly unbearable for him.

"Scram!"

Gu Chen swung his arm, casually striking out with his palm, hitting the wolf-like beast and sending it flying sideways through the air.

"Whine..."

The wolf-like beast let out a pitiful howl. Seeing Gu Chen approaching, it actually started to retreat, a human-like fear appearing on its face.

Observing this, Gu Chen felt a sense of wonder and became increasingly curious about the ancient world, as well as the one before it.

At the same time, he found himself agreeing with Xuan Yuan's statement that the Nine Provinces were a prison.

"The Nine Provinces may be a prison, but I certainly won't be a prisoner forever. One day, I will ascend!" Gu Chen murmured softly, his eyes shining with unyielding determination.

At that moment, a thought truly crystallized in his heart, for no other reason than a genuine desire to climb to the pinnacle of martial arts and to witness for himself what the so-called peak of martial arts looked like.

"The Heavenly Man Stage, the summit of martial arts!" Gu Chen's eyes gleamed brightly, a certain belief spontaneously arising in the depths of his heart.

"Whine..."

Sensing the increasingly powerful aura emanating from Gu Chen, the beast became even more fearful. It had initially intended to flee, but was now so terrified that it slumped to the ground in a sitting position.

Amused by this spectacle, Gu Chen couldn't help but laugh.

He had come here by chance and had no intention of killing the wolf-like beast before him.

After all, this beast was only comparable to a martial arts grandmaster at the Transcendence Stage of the Human Clan. Even if Gu Chen were to slay it and absorb its essence, it would be of no use to him.

Immediately after, Gu Chen stepped into the Controlling Wind Step Shadows, vanishing from the spot like a light breeze, as if he had never appeared.

The wolf-like beast, seeing Gu Chen suddenly disappear, was evidently bewildered, its animal eyes blinking, not having expected the human to spare its life.

Gu Chen performed the Controlling Wind Step Shadows, moving like a wisp of breeze, flitting continuously across the land.

The spiritual realm was quite peculiar, with neither moon nor sun, yet it was not dim; on the contrary, it was as bright as daylight in the outer world.

According to Xuan Yuan, the spiritual realm had always been like this.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, while traveling across the land, Gu Chen sensed an extraordinary aura. Not far from his location, the spiritual energy was exceptionally rich, surpassing other areas significantly.

"Is there a spiritual treasure?"

Gu Chen's eyes brightened, and he immediately rushed over.

Soon, he saw a vast lake not far ahead. The lake was a brilliant azure, as clear as the sky and crystal clear, with mist rising in waves as the water rippled.

"So, this is a spiritual lake!"

Not only that, but next to the spiritual lake, Gu Chen also sensed several auras, one of which felt vaguely familiar to him.

"Halt!"

As soon as Gu Chen approached, a cold shout came from the lakeside, ordering him to stop.

"Such rich spiritual energy."

Upon arriving, Gu Chen felt a jolt of realization. After a brief sensing, he discovered that the spiritual energy here exceeded that of other places in the spiritual realm by over thirty percent.

Considering that the spiritual energy in the realm was already extremely dense, Gu Chen was surprised to find such a treasured place.

With the vicinity already so enriched, how much spiritual energy might the spiritual lake just ahead contain?

Such potent spiritual energy could easily support Gu Chen in breaking his bottleneck and advancing to the Hundred Orifices Stage—it was more than sufficient!

"I told you to halt, are you deaf?!" a robed martial artist coldly scolded Gu Chen, looking down on him from a superior position.

"Who are you?" Gu Chen's gaze shifted as he looked over. Nowadays, how many people would dare to chide him like this?

"From the Shang family, Shang Qi!" the martial artist declared proudly. He felt that upon disclosing his affiliation with one of the Six Great Families, Gu Chen should feel intimidated and retreat immediately.

"One of the Six Great Families, the Shang family?"

To Shang Qi's surprise, Gu Chen merely murmured this and then continued walking toward the spiritual lake.

"Presumptuous!"

Seeing Gu Chen's flagrant disregard, Shang Qi was instantly enraged. He had come to regard this place as the Shang family's territory, and such potent spiritual energy made the spiritual lake a rare treasure even within the spiritual realm.

It was indeed fortunate for Shang Qi and his companions to have discovered this place.

Whoosh!

Shang Qi, having undergone five blood-washing and marrow-cleansing sessions, could not gauge the depth of Gu Chen's skills, nor did he recognize Gu Chen's identity, yet he dared to make a move against Gu Chen directly.

"Ha, you sure have guts!"

Seeing this, Gu Chen also laughed. However, he had never had much affection for the Shang family, and, during the incident at Mirror Lake Mountain, Shang Que had attacked him without distinguishing between right and wrong—Gu Chen had always remembered that.

Boom!

As Shang Qi's palm touched Gu Chen's body, without seeing any reaction from Gu Chen, Shang Qi's body shook, and as he spurted blood from his mouth, he was involuntarily sent flying backward.

The commotion immediately attracted the attention of many Shang family warriors inside, and seven or eight warriors rushed out at once, led by none other than an acquaintance of Gu Chen's within the Shang family, Shang Que.

It was precisely because he sensed Shang Que's aura that Gu Chen had made his way directly here.

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"Gu Chen, it's you!"

Thinking of the miserable lesson he had received from Gu Chen at Mirror Lake Mountain, Shang Que's face turned cold, his body surging with powerful qi.

Back at Mirror Lake Mountain, Gu Chen hadn't been gentle, and Shang Que had been severely injured by him. If it weren't for the emergence of the Spiritual Realm and the Shang family's use of various precious medicines to heal Shang Que, it was uncertain whether he could have entered the Spiritual Realm at all.

However, Shang Que's luck wasn't shallow. In the few days since he entered the Spiritual Realm, he had successfully broken through to the Hundred Orifices Stage, becoming a novice warrior at that stage.

Moreover, he led others to discover this Spiritual Lake. If Gu Chen hadn't arrived today, Shang Que would certainly have been able to make great progress in his cultivation.

"Perfect, today I will first avenge the humiliation I suffered at Mirror Lake Mountain, and then I will enter the Spiritual Lake for my breakthrough!"

Shang Que bellowed deeply, completely unable to see through Gu Chen's abilities, and he actually took the initiative to charge at Gu Chen.

"Just a small fry."

Gu Chen shook his head, truly feeling no desire to lift a hand against the Shang Que before him.

Boom!

At that moment, violent winds raged around them, bending countless flowers and trees in an instant, as an overwhelming aura emitted from Gu Chen's tall and muscular body, almost like a great mountain had appeared, weighing down on the heads of all the Shang family members present.

Shang Que, who was so close to Gu Chen, felt as if he couldn't breathe.

"You!" Shang Que looked at Gu Chen, shocked. He hadn't expected that Gu Chen's cultivation would reach such a terrifying level in this short period of time.

At that moment, facing Gu Chen, Shang Que even had the vague feeling of confronting his elder brother, the pride of the Shang family, Shang Ying.

His whole body trembled, and he convulsed uncontrollably, his face flushed red, yet he was utterly unable to make a move.

"Scram!"

Gu Chen waved his sleeve, and in an instant, the group from the Shang family, including Shang Que, were sent tumbling away like rolling gourds, screaming miserably as they distanced themselves from the area.

After sending Shang Que away, Gu Chen took a step forward and arrived at the pristine, azure Spiritual Lake. Feeling the abundant spiritual energy of the place, Gu Chen couldn't wait to jump in.

Splash!

Splashing water, Gu Chen leaped into the Spiritual Lake. Even before he began operating his skills, he felt streams of spiritual energy burrowing into his body through his pores.

"This is so comfortable." Gu Chen immersed his whole body in the Spiritual Lake, leaving only his head floating on the surface.

The azure water surged, and the next moment, as Gu Chen operated his skills, the Spiritual Lake immediately began boiling, with him at the center, creating a vortex as a huge amount of spiritual energy merged into his body in an instant.

Suddenly, Gu Chen had a feeling—he thought breaking through the Hundred Orifices Stage seemed effortless.

And indeed, it was exactly so.

Boom!

A sound like the crack of spring thunder erupted next to Gu Chen's ears, and in the deepest part of his body, the bottleneck between the Embryo-extracting Stage and the Hundred Orifices Stage was completely shattered at that moment.

Swish!

Gu Chen's mind plunged into his body, and in the blink of an eye, one hundred and eight stars appeared before him, each one extremely bright, glittering with dazzling light.

"One hundred and eight orifices within the human body!"

The Great Sun Divine Gang, with a history of one thousand and thirty years, accelerated rapidly, creating a vortex not only in the outer world, but also within Gu Chen's body. The rich spiritual energy and the robust Great Sun Divine Gang rushed violently towards a glowing orifice within the human body.

"Hundred Orifices Stage, break for me!" Gu Chen's eyebrows shot up, his expression fierce.

Boom!

In an instant, a star exploded before Gu Chen's eyes, and a mysterious energy surged from within his body.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, Gu Chen's body shook, and atop the lake surface, with a loud boom, several columns of water shot into the sky.

With the unlocking of the deepest potential in his body, an unparalleled aura burst forth from within Gu Chen.

Boom boom boom!

As this aura was released, the Spiritual Lake trembled, and a massive explosion occurred around Gu Chen, sending large plumes of water towards the sky in a stunning display.

But this was far from Gu Chen's limit.

With the bottleneck broken, Gu Chen's internal Great Sun Divine Gang ran wild like an untamed stallion, sweeping through his entire body.

"The second orifice, open!"

Accompanied by Gu Chen's shout, the lava-like intense Great Sun Divine Gang, along with the rich spiritual energy of the Spiritual Lake, rushed towards the second orifice within Gu Chen's body!