Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

After obliterating the three sacred grounds of Vault of Sky Sword Sect, Mount Tianzhu, and Burning Heaven Valley, Gu Chen began to examine their inheritances one by one.

As forces of the saint-level, their internal inheritances were naturally immensely powerful, with all martial arts techniques originating from the ancient times or the upper realm; their power was incomparable to the martial arts of the Nine Provinces.

Without the panel with its deducing function, Gu Chen would inherently be at a disadvantage when it came to martial arts and techniques against martial artists from the upper realm and sacred grounds.

Of course, Gu Chen's real purpose was actually the ultimate skills.

At present, even martial arts or techniques of heavenly quality were of no use to him beneath the ultimate skills.

"Since ultimate skills can't help me break through to the Heavenly Human realm, then I shall deduce even more powerful martial intents!" he said with that goal in mind.

Holding this purpose, Gu Chen began to search for the various inheritances within the three sacred grounds.

Gu Chen believed that with the panel, as long as he had enough ultimate skills and merit points, he would surely be able to deduce a technique that could help him break through to the Heavenly Human realm!

In this, he was very confident!

"As expected of saint-level forces, after existing for such a long time in the Nine Provinces, they even possess several ultimate skills," Gu Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he found what he wanted in the library of the Vault of Sky Sword Sect.

It should be noted that in the Nine Provinces, being a lower realm, ultimate skills had been few in number since the ancient times and were extremely rare!

Even when considering the whole world, the number of ultimate skills might not exceed the number on one hand.

It was for this reason that ultimate skills held such a transcendent status.

And now, within only the library of Vault of Sky Sword Sect, one of the sacred grounds, Gu Chen had found no less than three ultimate skills, which was truly astonishing.

Clearly, those were deliberately left in the Nine Provinces by the sacred grounds of the upper realm, and even among the many martial arts and techniques, these three ultimate skills were outstanding.

After all, they came from the sacred grounds of the upper realm, and although Gu Chen hadn't practiced them, he could see with his current vision that their power was extraordinary!

Next, Gu Chen also searched through the libraries of Burning Heaven Valley and Mount Tianzhu, acquiring what he wanted, which made him quite satisfied.

One could say that in obliterating the sacred grounds this time, Gu Chen's gains were substantial!

"Now that I have so many ultimate skills, what I need next is a large amount of merit points," Gu Chen said to himself.

While he had enough ultimate skills, the key to deducing and integrating them was the merit points.

To reach the level of ultimate skills, ascending to each new realm was quite expensive in terms of merit points, and to achieve perfection and proceed with deducing and integration, he would need a massive amount. It would surpass all prior occasions.

But this was also a step Gu Chen had to take.

Otherwise, he would not be able to break through to the Heavenly Human realm, and without reaching the Heavenly Human realm, he could not resolve the calamity of the Nine Provinces and eradicate the scourge of demons and ghosts.

"Moreover, even if one possesses a technique of that grade, breaking through to the Heavenly Human realm is not necessarily guaranteed," Gu Chen's expression became somewhat grave.

If he had enough time, Gu Chen was confident that even if the Nine Provinces' heavens and earth were in decay, he could still rise against the current and achieve the pinnacle of martial arts.

But the problem Gu Chen faced now was that he didn't have that much time.

Although the Heavenly Human Gazing Skill couldn't predict Dugu Yun's movements, Gu Chen's keen intuition gave him an uneasy premonition.

He had this feeling even before starting the battle with He Lianying and other saints.

The suppression of the Nine Provinces' ceiling had made Gu Chen keenly aware that, without the panel, even if he practiced for a year, he would have difficulty advancing even one step.

This was the suppression of a world, unavoidable for all beings of the Nine Provinces, and even Gu Chen, hailed as the strongest of the era, was no exception.

After all, Gu Chen currently lacked the strength to reverse the heavens and earth by human force.

It was not just him; even those lordly figures of the upper realm would need to join forces to contend with heavens and earth like the Nine Provinces, and naturally, Gu Chen even more so.

"The most pressing matter is to first reach the Great Perfection of the Divine Intent Realm and also to elevate all of my martial arts to their limits," Gu Chen pulled up the panel to review the information. While breaking through to the Heavenly Human realm was difficult, luckily, he still had room for improvement.

As for the newly acquired ultimate skills, Gu Chen had not yet practiced them. Currently, the martial arts on the panel were sufficient, and it would only be after pushing his cultivation realm and martial arts to their limits that he would consider the next steps.

Gu Chen was merely preparing the conditions needed to break through to the Heavenly Human realm in advance.

"Dugu Yun definitely won't give me the time to break through to the Heavenly Human realm, I must reach the Great Perfection of the Divine Intent Realm as soon as possible," Gu Chen thought, and his expression became even more solemn.

Only by pushing his cultivation to unparalleled limits in the Divine Intent Realm and adding his own ultimate skills could he have some certainty facing the demonic Dugu Yun.

Otherwise, no matter how strong he was, he would still be doomed to defeat—an accurate judgment made by Gu Chen's intuition.

"The next step is to race against time," Gu Chen's expression was resolute.

Soon, after taking the ultimate skills and some important items with him, Gu Chen left the place and returned above, where he found Ji Yuan and Qin Wu, informing them of the news and telling them to send people to take over everything in the sacred land.