Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1016 - 740 Nanhua

Chapter 1016: 740 Nanhua

Although the First Emperor had fallen, the Twelve Gold Men were preserved, deeply buried in the First Emperor’s treasury, enduring the baptism of Sha Qi day and night, waiting for the day to be reborn.

These were the Human Race’s ultimate treasures refined by the First Emperor. Although not fully formed, they still possessed the power to sweep across the world. If Jiang Chen could obtain them, he would undoubtedly gain a tremendous boost. Thus, Jiang Chen had long coveted them.

The Twelve Gold Men, when separated, were equivalent to twelve Innate Dao Sovereigns at the Great Perfection level. Combined, their strength could even compare to a Quasi-Saint of the Great Perfection level. With such power, only half a step away from the peak of the Prehistoric World, who could contend with them if the Great Divine Transcendents did not appear?

Although the First Emperor had fallen, the treasures he left for the Human Race remained—The Twelve Gold Men would continue to guard the Human Race on his behalf.

"The Twelve Gold Men!"

Thinking of the Twelve Gold Men, Jiang Chen’s eyes suddenly deepened. He was determined to obtain this treasure, for at present, the Twelve Gold Men at the realm of Innate Dao Sovereigns were already capable of contending with Quasi-Saints at the Great Perfection level.

What then, if the Twelve Gold Men were all promoted to the Quasi-Saint realm? Would they be able to contend with Chaos Strongmen? Even if not, contending with Great Divine Transcendents would not be difficult.

Great Divine Transcendents, in an era without Saints, were already the Prehistoric World’s top combat power. For every such power that the Human Race could add, their influence in the space between Heaven and Earth would greatly increase.

"In today’s world, first the Mystic Sect’s Great Divine Transcendents plotted against our Human Race, provoking the calamity of the Earth Dao Country; then came West Journey’s Quantitative Calamity, followed closely by the Buddhist tribulation."

"Each of these three calamities will lead to great wars, and from them will arise endless Sha Qi and tribulation energy, which are the best resources for the Twelve Gold Men’s promotion. Miss this opportunity, and finding enough Sha Qi for the Twelve Gold Men’s promotion will be difficult."

Jiang Chen wanted to attain the Twelve Gold Men now for another reason—to fulfill the First Emperor’s unachieved wish of refining the Twelve Gold Men to Quasi-Saint realm.

In the era of the First Emperor, although the Six States warred in chaos, the amount of Sha Qi produced was not much. Refining the Twelve Gold Men to the Dao Venerable Realm of completion was already the limit.

And now, it was the outbreak of the Quantitative Calamity.

When speaking of Sha Qi, naturally, it was most abundant during the outbreak of the Quantitative Calamity. During the Dragon Han Catastrophe, the Sha Qi generated not only created the Innate God-killing Array like the Four Swords of Zhuxian but also nearly allowed the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou to ascend to the level of Saint.

Had Honjan Daizu not intervened, with the aid of the Earthly Fiend energy, Demon Ancestor Luo Hou would indeed have become a Saint.

Whenever a Quantitative Calamity broke out, it was the time when Sha Qi was most concentrated. Therefore, Jiang Chen wanted to bring out the Twelve Gold Men to collect the Sha Qi of Heaven and Earth during this period, allowing them to complete their ascension.

If he missed this Quantitative Calamity between Heaven and Earth, he would have to wait for the next one, and who knew when that would occur.

Nowadays, Heaven and Earth were becoming weaker, which also led to the decreasing scale of each Quantitative Calamity. Normally speaking, if Jiang Chen had not appeared, the West Journey Catastrophe would have been nothing more than a farce, not nearly as devastating as the previous calamities that ended with the fracture of Heaven and Earth.

If the West Journey Catastrophe could be considered a farce, then the calamities that followed might truly become child’s play. And as the calamities weakened, the less Sha Qi they produced.

By then, even if the next Quantitative Calamity was awaited, the Sha Qi it generated might not be enough for the ascension of the Twelve Gold Men.

Therefore, Jiang Chen could not let the Twelve Gold Men miss this Quantitative Calamity, no matter what. Moreover, the Human Race also needed a Great Divine Transcendent, preferably a Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial to preside.

"Alas, what a pity for the First Emperor!"

Considering the strength of the Twelve Gold Men, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but feel regret for the First Emperor. He had perished too soon.

If he had persisted for a few hundred more years until the outbreak of the West Journey Catastrophe, by then there would have been enough Sha Qi to help the Twelve Gold Men ascend.

The Twelve Gold Men at the Quasi-Saint realm, forming the God-killing Array of the Twelve Dutian, would at the very least be equivalent to a Great Divine Transcendent in strength. With a puppet of such power for protection, the First Emperor might not have fallen under the Heavenly Curse.

If the First Emperor had not fallen, then today, the Human Race would have an additional Great Divine Transcendent.

Shaking his head, Jiang Chen no longer dwelt on the matter of the First Emperor but instead released his Divine Thought, enveloping the area where Xianyang City once stood, closely sensing the changes in order to locate the position of the First Emperor’s treasury.

"A hundred years, eh?"

After a while, Jiang Chen withdrew his Divine Thought. He found that although the First Emperor’s treasury was showing signs of emergence, the fluctuations were too subtle, almost to the point of non-existence. Searching at this rate, it would take at least a hundred years for it to fully emerge.

However, this was under the assumption that the Spiritual Energy remained unchanged. Now, with the revival of the Nine States’ dragon veins, the Spiritual Energy within the Nanbuzhan Continent was strengthening every moment, and this would undoubtedly greatly accelerate the emergence of the First Emperor’s treasury.

In ten years at most, or three to four years at least, the First Emperor’s treasury was bound to emerge.

And Jiang Chen now had at least twenty to thirty years to wait, which was entirely manageable.

Even if Huang Jiao’s True Spirit was injured during reincarnation into the Human Race, he would not be born with knowledge, affected by the enigma of in utero development. So, even if he were to cause trouble, he would have to wait until adulthood to regain his previous life’s memories before he could take action.

A mortal, from birth to adulthood, must experience countless tribulations. Ten months of pregnancy is a tribulation, and growing up is another.

In modern society, a child faces many dangers just to grow up safely, not to mention in ancient times.