Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1052 - 761 Shocking Truth About the Investiture of the Gods

Chapter 1052: 761 Shocking Truth About the Investiture of the Gods

"Ha ha!"

"I refuse to believe that fate cannot be defied; man can surely triumph over Heaven!"

In Jiang Chen’s ears, the voice of Jiang Ziya, filled with unwillingness, still echoed, undiminished even after tens of thousands of years.

"This is a setback indeed!"

From Jiang Ziya’s tone, Jiang Chen could clearly sense that when writing these four characters, Jiang Ziya must have suffered a tremendous blow. But he did not admit defeat. Grinding his teeth, he wrote down the four characters that mean ’man can conquer Heaven,’ expressing his determination.

"Heaven wants to destroy Great Shang!"

"Called the destruction of Great Shang, the reality is the weakening of the Human Race and the suppression of the Ancient Martial Arts!"

Jiang Chen turned his head and followed those four characters to glance sideways, indeed, he saw many more Innate divine inscriptions.

These must have been Jiang Ziya’s casual remarks, engraved on this wall with all his dissatisfaction and speculations.

Since these were casual remarks, they were certainly not detailed; some here, some there, and not even necessarily connected to each other.

However, when Jiang Chen combined these casual remarks with the information he already knew, he managed to figure out what Jiang Ziya was trying to express.

The content written by Jiang Ziya on this wall was a complaint against the Heavenly Dao, denouncing it as unjust and accusing it of mistreating the Human Race! So, he intended to defy the Heavens!

The ancestor of the army said that Great Shang was too strong, and by using humans to fight against Heaven, slaughtering the Heavenly Emperor atop Heaven Court, had indeed violated the great taboo of the Heavenly Dao, thus arousing its dread.

Fearing a repeat of the witch-demon event, the Heavenly Dao decided to take action to weaken the Human Race’s power. The first step of the Heavenly Dao was to use the hands of the Immortal Gods to reduce the Human Race’s royal dynasty’s fate.

After Great Shang, each generation of Human Race’s royal dynasties was less prosperous than the previous one, as a consequence of the Heavenly Dao reducing their fate.

And the way the Heavenly Dao reduced the fate of the Human Race was related to the Enshrinement Calamity.

"So that’s the way it is!"

"No wonder, after the Investiture of the Gods, my Human Race began declining. There was this reason behind it. If I hadn’t come here today and seen the messages left by the ancestor of the army, I wouldn’t have been able to see through it. The battle of Investiture of the Gods, the greatest loss, was suffered by my Human Race."

"No, I should say, it is the fate of my Human Race that created the many gods on the Investiture List! No wonder the battle of the Investiture of the Gods took place on the battlefields of the Human Race’s royal dynasties; its main purpose was for the fate of the Human Race."

"If the battle of the Investiture of the Gods hadn’t happened within my Human Race, then the Investiture List, said to be a legendary tome and one of the ten great Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric World, would have been powerless to list the gods."

He understood, he understood it all!

From the brief words left by Jiang Ziya, Jiang Chen uncovered the true nature of the great battle of Investiture of the Gods. What internal strife in the Mystic Sect and conflicts between the two teachings, its real purpose was merely a grand feast to divide the fate of the Human Race.

On the Investiture List, there are three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods, corresponding exactly with the Cycle of stars. Their power, even the weakest among them, reached the level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal. The strongest even approached the peak of a Quasi-Saint.

However, normally, the Cycle’s righteous gods should correspond one-to-one with the Cycle’s stars, and their power should originate from the Cycle’s stars. Alas, the stars had shattered during the Ancient Era due to the witch-demon conflict.

So, the question arises - from where do the righteous gods on the Investiture List draw their power?

You must understand, the gods on the Investiture List, having transitioned from the Immortal Dao to the Divine Dao, had already exhausted all their cultivation, and furthermore, they are incapable of cultivation, unable to absorb Spiritual Energy. The power they wield all comes from the Investiture List.

The Investiture List is indeed powerful, a tome from Heaven, one of the top ten Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric World, but even so, its power is limited. It could not possibly provide power to so many Immortal Gods on the list.

So, from where do the gods on the Investiture List derive their power? It can’t possibly come from thin air, can it?

Initially, Jiang Chen thought that the power of the gods listed on the Investiture List came from the remnants of the star energy in the Boundless Starry Sky. Although the Cycle’s stars had shattered, their fragments still played a role, continuously emitting starlight, though not as strong as before.

Additionally, above Heaven Court, there is an array laid down by the Taoist Ancestors himself, the Star Array, which is used to channel starlight and direct it back to the Earth.

Heaven Court became a Holy Land for cultivation in the eyes of Immortals, precisely because of this advantage; after all, Heaven Court sits directly below the array, receiving the most star energy, far surpassing the mortal realm. With such help, why wouldn’t it flourish?

Jiang Chen had assumed that the Investiture List intercepted some of the starlight to provide power to the gods it listed. However, having reflected upon it, Jiang Chen now realized how utterly mistaken he had been.

The starlight converted by the array was meager; if it had all been given to the gods of Heaven Court, what would have remained? It wouldn’t have been enough to sustain the operation of Heaven Court, let alone satisfy the needs of the many Immortals.

Starlight is one of the foundations of Heaven Court; without this advantage, how could Heaven Court attract groups of Immortals to join? Therefore, as long as the Jade Emperor’s brain isn’t damaged, he would only use an extremely small portion of the starlight converted by the array, and not all of it.

An extremely small portion, insufficient to support the many gods on the Investiture List.

"Fate, ah, fate!"

"The source of power for the many gods on the Investiture List is the fate of my Human Race!"

Not until now, with the prompting of the ancestor of the army, Jiang Ziya, did Jiang Chen truly understand that the power source of the numerous gods on the Investiture List was none other than the fate of the Human Race.

Fate, the foremost treasure of the Prehistoric World, so coveted by Saints for its tremendous capabilities, which could be called omnipotent. It not only elevated strength, but also accelerated the speed of cultivation. Moreover, as long as one’s fate were strong enough, one could make anything happen.