Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1101 - 786 Resurrection is making a deal with Heaven and Earth_2

Chapter 1101: 786 Resurrection is making a deal with Heaven and Earth_2

This collaboration was inherently unfair because Jiang Chen was at a disadvantage. If he truly wanted to break free from the encirclement, he might end up busy for nothing. Therefore, he needed to employ certain strategies to negotiate some benefits for himself and create a win-win situation.

"Resurrecting my fallen brother, how easy could that be? Even if the Witch Clan exerted their entire clan’s effort and strove for tens of millions of years, the results are still elusive. You alone, how dare you claim you can help me resurrect my brother?"

Mother Earth did not react with the excitement Jiang Chen had imagined but spoke in a pessimistic tone instead.

Resurrection itself is difficult, but resurrecting an Ancestral Witch is much more challenging than resurrecting other Great Divine Transcendents. The reason lies in the fact that they were the culprits behind the destruction of the Ancient Chaos World.

With this original sin, the resurrection of the Ancestral Witches became indefinitely distant, and the cost required was dozens or even hundreds of times that of other transcendents of the same level.

Thus, upon hearing Jiang Chen’s words, Mother Earth’s first reaction was not joy but disappointment. She felt that Jiang Chen was still too young to understand the difficulty of this matter.

"Alone, of course, I cannot, but what if I combine the power of the Human Race with that of the Witch Clan? Soon, my race will face an unprecedented tribulation, not only confronting myriad tribes but even opposing the Mystic Sect. Perhaps, remnants of the Demonic Way and lingering resentments of Chaos Demigods will also take advantage of the chaos."

"To put it bluntly, if my race were directly crippled by the Mystic Sect, then that would be the end of it. However, if my race withstands the first wave of the Mystic Sect’s assault, then the entire Three Realms will fall into unprecedented turmoil."

"No one wants the Human Race to rise and become a force like the Witch and demon two clans. Therefore, once there is any sign of this happening, all forces will exert their full strength to cripple the Human Race."

"Faced with the oppression from various tribes, the Human Race will surely resist, and that will be the beginning of chaos."

"Once chaos arises, who can remain unaffected? By then, even the high and mighty Great Divine Transcendents will face the risk of falling."

"And that will be the opportunity to resurrect the Ancestral Witches. As long as we act quickly and ruthlessly, taking advantage of the situation to kill some Great Divine Transcendents and Quasi-Saints, won’t we have gathered the power needed to resurrect the Ancestral Witches?"

Knowing that Mother Earth did not believe in him, Jiang Chen timely shared his plan to bolster her confidence.

Resurrection, plainly put, is making a trade with Heaven and Earth. After the transcendents fall, their power returns to Heaven and Earth, and this power naturally belongs to Heaven and Earth.

To resurrect a Great Divine Transcendent is to snatch this portion of power back from Heaven and Earth, reconsolidating it into the transcendents.

Yet, once the power is in Heaven and Earth’s hands, how could it possibly be snatched back? Simply put, this is defying the heavens, and how could it be successful?

Defying the heavens is absolutely impossible, so someone thought of a method: if defying the heavens won’t work, why not make a trade with Heaven and Earth?

I won’t snatch this power, but I will exchange it for much more power. If one fold isn’t enough, then I’ll use several times the power of the fallen to make the exchange, thereby obtaining the resurrection of the fallen. This should surely suffice, right?

Of course, that’s the theory, but in practice, it becomes complicated, requiring many special rituals. However, this method is truly good. In theory, it could resurrect all who have fallen, including the beings below the level of a Taoist Master.

The difference is, beings below a Taoist Master can only be resurrected with the help of others, but an Innate Dao Sovereign is different. Even if they fall, they can silently accumulate power, fulfilling the conditions for resurrection.

In short, beings below an Innate Dao Sovereign, if unaided, stay dead. However, unlike them, even without help, Innate Dao Sovereigns can resurrect themselves, albeit slowly.

Of course, if there are those willing to help, the speed of resurrection would greatly increase.

The situation of the fallen Ancestral Witch is a bit special because of the great sins committed in their lives; thus, the conditions for their resurrection have become exceedingly stringent, requiring dozens to hundreds of times their own power to resurrect.

If it were not so, with Mother Earth’s strength, wouldn’t resurrecting the Ancestral Witch be easy?

Obtaining power one or two times greater than that of the Ancestral Witch may be manageable, but acquiring dozens to hundreds of times more is a formidable challenge. Even for someone as powerful as Mother Earth, it is nearly impossible to accomplish.

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"Killing in the chaos, huh? Not a bad idea," he mused.

Upon hearing Jiang Chen’s plan, Mother Earth was indeed tempted.

Although there were few Great Divine Transcendents, that was relative to the vast population of living beings in the Chaos World. When it really came down to it, considering the countless years of accumulation in the Chaos World, the number of Great Divine Transcendents between Heaven and Earth was actually not small.

In Zixiao Palace, there were three thousand guests, all Innate Divine Demons and theoretically all could potentially become Great Divine Transcendents. After so many years, even if only a quarter succeeded, that would still amount to over seven hundred Great Divine Transcendents, not to mention that aside from the Mystic Sect, there were other places with Great Divine Transcendents as well.

When it really came down to it, even if the number of Great Divine Transcendents in the Chaos World was not one thousand, there were at least eight hundred. This estimation was on the lower side; the actual number was definitely more, not less.

Thousands of Great Divine Transcendents—the number was indeed too many. The fall of a few dozen would not truly have a significant impact. A few dozen Great Divine Transcendents, along with their accompanying spiritual treasures and the accumulation over many years, could almost suffice to resurrect the Ancestral Witch.

Even if it wasn’t enough, adding the preparations the Witch Clan had made over the years would almost cover it.

Although the plan was good, the biggest issue now was whether the Human Race had the strength to slay several dozen Great Divine Transcendents?

It was just that Jiang Chen didn’t know what Mother Earth was thinking. If he did, he would certainly be startled. According to his thoughts, it was certain that Great Divine Transcendents needed to be killed, but killing a dozen or so was enough. He had never thought of dozens.

That was too frightening—it could literally mean tearing the sky apart. There were many Great Divine Transcendents in the Chaos World, but not many who were actually active, only about one-tenth; just over a hundred Great Divine Transcendents. Most others had either left the Chaos World to travel to the Great Chaos or had gone into hiding.

To kill several dozen Great Divine Transcendents, wouldn’t that be tearing the sky apart?

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"Your plan sounds feasible, but in reality, the Human Race simply cannot achieve it," she said.

Mother Earth quickly regained her senses and pointed out the inadequacy in Jiang Chen’s plan. The Human Race had the strength to contend against many clans, but confronting the Mystic Sect, even just a part of it, was truly problematic.

"That’s why we need the aid of the Witch Clan at this time."

Jiang Chen didn’t hide his thoughts and openly admitted that the Human Race alone was not capable of completing this plan without the help of the Witch Clan.

"If it’s about providing resources, that might be possible, but if you want the Witch Clan to come out, that won’t be feasible. The Witch Clan is currently encumbered with troubles, and it’s difficult for any high-ranking witches to spare the time to assist the Human Race,"

Mother Earth shook her head and spoke with some difficulty. Why wouldn’t she wish for the resurrection of the Ancestral Witch? It wasn’t a matter of unwillingness, but of capability—the Witch Clan indeed was entangled with troubles; a high-ranking witch was so in demand they were like being split in two and still not enough.

"The Witch Clan has big troubles?"

Jiang Chen didn’t doubt Mother Earth’s words because that was what many thought.

The Witch Clan had remained hidden for countless years. Initially, some believed that the Witch Clan was preserving their strength and recovering, but as time passed and the Witch Clan still hadn’t emerged, many began to speculate that a significant issue in the Endless Abyss might have entangled the entire clan, preventing them from appearing.

Many suspected this, but lacked evidence; Mother Earth’s words unwittingly corroborated this guess.

The stronghold of the Witch Clan was in the Endless Abyss; if problems arose there, it indeed spelled trouble for the Witch Clan. And the fact that it could occupy the entire Clan’s energy indicated that the trouble was substantial.

Perhaps, the legends were true—the remnants of a Chaos Demigod indeed existed in the Endless Abyss and had caused trouble, and the absence of the Witch Clan was because they were suppressing the problematic remnants of the Demigod.