Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 274 - 185: Completing the Golden Core

Chapter 274: Chapter 185: Completing the Golden Core

After washing off the blood from his body, Gu Wen put the Demon Cores he had collected into the Qiankun Bag and let out a heartfelt sigh of relief.

"The next steps are to wrap things up and deal with the matters in Daqian."

Gu Wen’s gaze turned toward the north, where the ferry was currently engaged in battle, and Wenren Wu was likely there as well.

"Brother Hongchen, I might not be able to take part directly in future battles."

Chi Yu Zi suddenly spoke, shakily standing up and demonstrating by punching to the right, her fist generating a windstorm that made the trees sway uncontrollably.

Then, her second punch followed, silent as if it were an ordinary woman throwing a punch.

Her third punch returned to creating a gust that pressed against the woods.

Repeating this several times, Gu Wen understood Chi Yu Zi’s meaning and asked, "Can you no longer effectively control your body?"

Moving between action and stillness, either going all out or weak and powerless.

"That’s right, losing my senses has rendered this body half-useless. I can control it, but I can’t manage precise control like before. Being unable to retract my strength means I cannot"

Chi Yu Zi clenched her fist, conveying the message clearly with her Divine Thought.

"It’s like this body is no longer mine, so you need to control the golden man."

"That’s the only option now."

Gu Wen had mixed feelings.

He was happy that Chi Yu Zi’s Golden Light Spell would allow him to fight without fear of injury, but it also meant they were losing a powerful warrior. A Body Refinement practitioner unable to control his body was nearly useless, and Chi Yu Zi would certainly control the golden man better than Gu Wen could.

Now that Gu Wen had the boost from Chi Yu Zi’s golden man, he could compete with the Heavenly Demon, but it wasn’t a substantial enhancement to reach the 87th Daoist foundation, which would render him completely invincible.

Gu Wen wasn’t holding anyone back, it was purely his specialized offensive capabilities.

In the end, the situation turned out well, at least temporarily solving Chi Yu Zi’s issue, while also providing him with enhanced self-preservation abilities.

Gu Wen said, "Killing Wenren Wu is no longer an issue."

Chi Yu Zi replied more decisively, "Even if the Lord Emperor incarnates and descends, we can kill him, but he wouldn’t dare use his real body."

So far, no great power who had clearly become their enemy dared to personally enter the fray, because the Heavenly Girl truly could kill them.

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In the evening, Gu Wen and Chi Yu Zi rode Ao Tang back to the outside of the Ninth Grotto Heaven.

From a distance, they could see a one-armed man holding his right arm, gesturing as if he had a sharp sword in hand, his severed arm moving like a flying dragon, the sword light fierce.

Gu Wen smirked, knowing that Broken Sword Mountain housed many sword maniacs, but Xiao Yunyi’s obsession was somewhat chilling.

As the dragon-horse transformed by Ao Tang ended its Flying Escape and landed, Xiao Yunyi ’reattached’ his arm, performing a hot-swapping demonstration.

"Brother Hongchen, you guys are the last to return."

"We had no choice, we pursued further, and during that time some Devil Clan great powers intervened."

"Did you get injured?"

"Ordinary great powers can no longer harm me."

Now that Gu Wen had reached the 65th Daoist foundation and was at the True Monarch level, further endowed with the three immortal skills, his actual combat strength was significantly higher. Unless the Heavenly Venerate Demon Saint entered the fray, almost no one could bother Gu Wen.

Recalling half a year ago, he was constantly worried about great powers targeting him; now he too had some self-protection.

Gu Wen asked, "How are the others?"

Xiao Yunyi answered, "No one was injured."

Conversing as they walked into the Grotto Heaven, beneath the magnificent Heavenly Altar lay piles of various animal corpses, stacked densely together like a small hill.

Each corpse was covered with a layer of frost and sorted into three categories: terrestrial, avian, and aquatic.

Everything was done by a Daoist nun dressed in a Taiji robe, her features cold as if wrapped in frost. She seemed to have a bit of OCD, struggling as she tugged on the wings of a tiger.

Seeing Gu Wen return, Chan Xi simply nodded slightly and then continued wrestling with the tiger’s wings, blood and bones separating gruesomely.

But to Chan Xi, it was as though she was playing with sand, like a baby exploring unknown objects.

Whenever she encountered something not in the memory of the Three Pure Daoist, she would explore it with pure curiosity.

"Ah! You damn nun, I’m really gonna fight you!"

Suddenly, Jun Yan’s voice echoed, a giant Buddha standing in the distance.

Were they fighting?

Gu Wen quickened his pace, employing the Sword Step movement technique, crossing thousands of meters in three steps to the other side of the Heavenly Altar, where an intense smell of blood hit him, his eyes meeting a mixture of blood and shattered bones.

Blood served as ink for all sorts of twisted scriptures, skulls as foundations, and various spines formed pillars.

This place was filled with many mutilated corpses of Devil Clan members.

The Buddha was pinning Jun Yan down, with Xiao Yunyi saying, "Jun Yan went mad again just now, I asked the Jade Sword Buddha to suppress him, but it seems a bit too brutal."

"Xiao Yunyi, Hongchen, come quickly and get this damn nun away!"

Jun Yan, seeing them, called for help; he had many techniques, but none worked on the Jade Sword Buddha.

For the opponent was both a Buddha Ancestor and a Heavenly Demon, inherently contradictory, their union an unsolvable dilemma for practitioners from both the Buddhist Sect and the Demon Sect.

If one day the Jade Sword Buddha decided to go on a killing spree, they would probably need to ask the Daoist Sect for help.

Gu Wen spoke up, "Master, please spare Jun Yan."

The Jade Sword Buddha, seated atop the giant Buddha, glanced at Gu Wen, then the Buddha slowly vanished, and she landed lightly like a feather.

Her eyes, clear like glaze, showed no impurity as she quietly watched Gu Wen without saying a word.

To the unacquainted, her gaze might seem meaningful, but Gu Wen knew the Jade Sword Buddha was simply watching, with no other intention. As long as he remained silent, they could maintain a staring contest indefinitely.