Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1004 - 734 Nine Tripods, the world

Chapter 1004: 734 Nine Tripods, the world

The Nine States barrier, this is the highest manifestation of the Nine States formation, specially left by King Yu to protect the Human Race.

Unfortunately, with the change of dynasties and the frequent occurrences of great wars, the landscape shattered, impacting the Nine Tripods and shifting their positions, causing the Nine States barrier to gradually fail and lose its ability to isolate the internal from the external.

Now, Jiang Chen’s first task in reshaping the landscape of the Nine States was naturally to restore the Nine Tripods to their original positions and resurrect the legendary Nine States barrier.

"Obey the royal decree!"

Upon hearing this, the people didn’t care whether Jiang Chen could hear them or not and quickly bowed in response.

As for Jiang Chen, after he finished this statement, he fell silent, continuing downward to the deep ground where King Yu had originally placed the Nine Tripods.

King Yu had divided the land into Nine States, each having a dragon vein, all of which were ancestral veins of the Nine States. The Nine Tripods were buried at the head of these dragon veins, corresponding to the dragon veins of the Nine States.

According to King Yu’s original plan, the Nine Tripods and the Spiritual Veins of the Nine States were to promote each other’s growth, strengthening the dragon veins day by day until they were strong enough to restore the glory of the Distant Ancient Era.

Unfortunately, ideals are ideals, and reality is reality. While King Yu was alive, his authority suppressed all races between Heaven and Earth, and everything proceeded as he had envisioned. But after his demise, things changed.

It was still manageable when Xia Qi, his son, succeeded to the throne. Though not as legendary as King Yu, Xia Qi was considered a prodigy of the Human Race, a sovereign of great renown.

However, after him, the fortunes of the Xia Dynasty fluctuated increasingly away from King Yu’s original design. Especially after Wu Ding’s assault on the heavens, the pro-war faction declined, and though King Yu’s plan was not entirely abandoned, it was nearly so.

Following that, during the Enshrinement Calamity and the chaotic battle among the Five Saints, Heaven and Earth were shattered. King Yu’s plan was essentially in name only. Not to mention nourishing the dragon veins, even the Nine States barrier that protected the Human Race lost most of its strength.

Now, it barely even existed.

If it were not so, the Human Race today would never have fallen to such a state.

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"Is this the Heavenly Tripod, the foremost among the Nine Tripods?"

In the depths beneath ancient Yi State, the starting point of Yi State’s dragon vein, Jiang Chen looked at the enormous tripod standing nine zhang tall before him, his eyes filled with shock.

As the foremost one in the Nine States, the tripod of Yi State was called the Qian Tripod, also known as the Heavenly Tripod, representing Heaven!

The Nine Tripods, treasures of the Human Race, each one a top-tier Merit Treasure constructed by King Yu using the essence of the Nine State’s Spiritual Veins, possessed the power to suppress Heaven and Earth. Once the Nine Tripods were complete, peace would immediately reign, and no demon dared to cause trouble.

Innate might be mysterious, but acquired is not inferior. The wisdom of cultivators is beyond imagination, and the Innate Spiritual Treasures they craft could even surpass other Innate Spiritual Treasures in power. The Nine Tripods were such Magic Treasures.

Any one of the Nine Tripods could rival a normal high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure in power, and combined, their power could even approach that of the top Innate Spiritual Treasures, nearly reaching the limits of the acquired.

Were it not so, how could the Nine Tripods be so dominant, even suppressing Quasi-Saint powerhouses?

In that era, whenever any demon dared to emerge, they would immediately be bombarded by the Nine Tripods, unless they were Great Divine Transcendents; otherwise, escaping suppression was nearly impossible.

Throughout King Yu’s life, the Ancient behemoths and unparalleled demons he sealed numbered not one thousand but eight thousand, and most of these were suppressed by the Nine Tripods.

"The Nine Tripods have mysteries on each of their four sides; let me take a closer look." Remembering the rumors within the Human Race, Jiang Chen stepped forward, came beside the Heavenly Tripod, and carefully examined it.

On each of the four sides of the Nine Tripods, are inscriptions of the great mountains, rivers, famous landmarks, and bizarre items of the Nine States. These were not merely simple designs but dynamic maps.

The forefront of the Heavenly Tripod features the map of Yi State’s Spiritual Vein. Countless streaming lights twinkled on it, representing the Spiritual Veins of Yi State, indicating that according to this map, one could find all the Spiritual Veins of Yi State.

It’s a shame that Yi State has declined, far from its splendor in the Ancient Times. In the Ancient Times, the front of the Yi State Tripod was twinkling with numerous spiritual lights, weaving together countless Spiritual Veins, but now, most of these lights had dimmed, with only a few surviving.

Even the ancestral vein that resembled a True Dragon was mostly severed, shrouded in a deathly aura.

The sides of the Nine Tripods are recorded with the great mountains, rivers, and places of scenic beauty, where numerous spots of light emerge, representing the secret realms and opportunities.

Within the Nine States, countless opportunities and secret realms lurk within the great mountains, rivers, and scenic locations. As the Nine Tripods are linked with the Fate of the Nine States, whenever opportunities and secret realms appear, they would immediately be sensed and displayed on them.

The back of the Nine Tripods is inscribed with laws of governance, which are not static but adapt with the times, shifting with the ages. Different eras are represented with different laws of governance.

The bottom of the Nine Tripods is recorded with a Taoist scripture, the Taoist Scripture of the Nine Tripods, which is the legacy of King Yu. Aside from the Xia Family, King Yu’s legacy is inscribed on the bottom of the Nine Tripods.

"No wonder the Nine Tripods have become the symbol of sovereignty; possessing them equals commanding everything in the Nine States, the vast world at my behest."

Jiang Chen leaned forward and looked into the mouth of the tripod, then he was truly astonished.

He saw that inside the Heavenly Tripod, a vast continent was floating, with numerous figures moving about, mountains, rivers, and famous places all clearly visible—it was as if Yi State had been shrunk countless times.