Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1088 - 780 Xiao Yan Divine Calculation

Chapter 1088: 780 Xiao Yan Divine Calculation

This is the end of the void, desolate and vast, with no material existence, nor any concept of direction, nothingness everywhere; here, there is not even the probability of time.

Time stands still in this place, no matter how long one stays here, to the outside world it is but an instant. This is the end of the void, the place closest to "Nothingness," and even beings like the Innate Dao Sovereign cannot linger here long without risking dissolving into nothingness.

Jiang Chen is sitting here like a petrified figure, motionless. He is pondering, trying to figure out a way to break the situation.

What has already happened cannot be changed, but the future is full of uncertainties. As long as one is well-prepared, one can control the future.

It doesn’t matter that he was betrayed by his master, nor does it matter what price Saint of Shangqing sold him for. Instead of dwelling on these matters, he considers them from a different perspective.

What he seeks is Mother Earth, so as long as he holds onto this fact and revolves his plan around it, proposing a condition that Mother Earth cannot refuse, he takes initiative. No matter what the deal is between Saint of Shangqing and Mother Earth, it cannot affect him.

So, what is the condition that Mother Earth cannot refuse?

In Jiang Chen’s Sea of Consciousness, countless glimmers flicker, transforming sometimes into the Innate Eight Diagrams, sometimes into the Innate Nine Palaces, and sometimes even into Taiji and Yin and Yang...

This represents pushing the limits of his Divine Ability of Deduction, and as a way to come up with a condition that Mother Earth cannot refuse, Jiang Chen has exerted all the Deduction Divine Abilities he has learned.

The Innate Eight Diagrams are Divine Abilities of deduction from Emperor Xuanyuan, the Innate Nine Palaces is the inheritance of Di Jun, and Taiji and Yin and Yang are the supreme Deduction Divine Abilities of the Mystic Sect...

These Nine Palaces, Eight Diagrams, and Taiji and Yin and Yang are all Dao Rhymes naturally formed by Heaven and Earth, intertwining before Jiang Chen’s eyes, weaving into mysteriously profound visions.

These are visions of the future, countless possibilities of the future, displayed before Jiang Chen’s eyes right now under the influence of the Deduction Divine Ability.

At this moment, Jiang Chen has achieved enlightenment!

These Divine Abilities of Deduction are merging together, showing signs of synthesizing into a new Divine Ability.

If this venture succeeds, while Jiang Chen may not become a grandmaster of the Path of Calculation in one step, he would have embarked on his own path of calculation. With further dedication to this path in the future, he might well become a grand calculation master on par with the likes of Emperor Xuanyuan and the Saint of Taiqing.

The art of calculation is not just about deducing the future and predicting fortune and misfortune. Its greatest use is to decipher the ultimate truths of Heaven and Earth. In fact, a cultivator proficient in calculation, even with an ordinary constitution, possesses incredible insight. Not only do they cultivate faster, but they also learn everything else quicker than others.

What others might spend decades, even hundreds of years to master in terms of Divine Abilities, a master of calculation might learn with just one glance.

This is the advantage brought by the complete mastery of the art of calculation, observing the nuances of Heaven and Earth where everything has traces to follow, turning it into one’s own foundation.

Jiang Chen’s chance to experience this is partly because his insight is surprisingly keen and partly because he has practiced too many top-tier Daoist scriptures of calculation.

Whether it’s the Innate Eight Diagrams, the Innate Nine Palaces, or Taiji and Yin and Yang... they are all top Daoist scriptures of Heaven and Earth. Any one of these would suffice for others to benefit for a lifetime, yet Jiang Chen has obtained more than just one.

These Daoist scriptures, usually not forming a cohesive system and unable to integrate together, but as Jiang Chen achieves enlightenment, his previous accumulations burst forth in unison, merging into profound Daoist comprehension spontaneously, allowing him to integrate all he has learned and realize his own unique Divine Ability of calculation.

This is cumulative growth culminating in a breakthrough!

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Gradually, Jiang Chen forgets his initial purpose, utterly engrossed in his enlightenment. The ethereal images of the Innate Eight Diagrams, Nine Palaces, Taiji, and Yin and Yang in his mind begin to merge spontaneously, continuously evolving.

After an indeterminate amount of time, notions of the primary element, the trinity, the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, and the dimensions appear, each Daoist pattern emerging through the rotations of Taiji and Yin and Yang, and the Eight Diagrams and Nine Palaces.

Jiang Chen’s understanding deepens, not confined to the Divine Ability of calculation anymore, as the principles he’s learned, including the Innate Laws, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements, destruction and creation, all become enveloped by this art of calculation.

Then, this Divine Ability starts to transform, evolving into the unknown.

At the edge of the void, with no passage of time, Jiang Chen does not know how long he has sat in meditation until, at a certain moment, he feels a profound exhaustion and awakens from his trance.

"I was too greedy!"

The awakened Jiang Chen looks rather pale, as if he has suffered a major illness. This is a reflection of his excessive mental exhaustion.

His realm is still too low, yet his aspirations high. He wanted to create a calculation method that encompasses everything, but regrettably, limited by his cultivation level, he failed. His accumulation was not sufficient to achieve this.

The method was only half-deduced when Jiang Chen’s energy reached its limit. Continuing the deduction could mean the method remains incomplete, but he himself might expire first. Thus, Jiang Chen stopped in time.

"However, thankfully, although I failed, it was not without gain."

Within the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, the Chaos Green Lotus shines, compensating for the excessive energy Jiang Chen has expended, gradually restoring his complexion to normal.

In this attempt to create a calculation method, Jiang Chen failed due to insufficient cultivation. Nevertheless, it wasn’t without rewards. The method he envisioned failed to fully materialize, but he nonetheless obtained a semi-finished product.