Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1181 - 828 The Hidden Danger of the Tao of Divine Artifacts

Chapter 1181: 828 The Hidden Danger of the Tao of Divine Artifacts

The brilliant starlight cascaded down in threads, absorbed by the ghosts within Wrongful Death City, who were immersed in the enlightenment of the Tao. Their souls quietly underwent transformation, becoming more condensed, and even emitted a gleaming divine light.

For souls, starlight is a great tonic, not only can it refine the divine soul, but it can also enhance the soul’s limits, leading it towards transcendence.

These ghosts who had come to listen to the Tao could be considered Jiang Chen’s disciples, his most steadfast followers, and they were also key to whether he could securely hold his position as the Emperor of Fengdu in the future.

These ghosts, they were all his own people!

And Jiang Chen was always generous to his own people. Since it was just a small effort for him, he directly utilized the powers of a Great Divine Transcendent to summon the projections of the Cycle’s stars, using starlight to baptize their souls and help them ascend further.

This was the opportunity Jiang Chen gave to them. Since the teachings had been imparted, the difference was marginal, so he might as well go the whole way and grant them one more chance, wrapping things up perfectly.

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Boom!

As the stars shifted, the entire Netherworld trembled, and the laws of the Netherworld emerged, mingling with the starlight as if to evolve into something.

Unfortunately, the power of the Cycle’s stars was too weak; it was just an illusory projection, not enough to cause a transformation in the Netherworld. The tremors in the Netherworld lasted only a short while before calmness was restored.

"Does the Netherworld also have imperfections?"

Jiang Chen, of course, noticed the changes in the Netherworld. He looked up at the illusory projection of the Cycle’s stars in the sky, his eyes thoughtful.

Without doubt, the Netherworld had its imperfections. Even though it belonged to the world of the dead, as a complete world, it should possess its own sun, moon, and stars.

A world, not to speak of stars, at the very least should have a sun and a moon. If it lacked even these two celestial bodies, how could it be considered perfect?

Looking up at the sky above the Netherworld, aside from the dim aura of the Nine Abysses, nothing else was visible—a vast emptiness.

The Netherworld didn’t have its own sun, moon, and stars, no celestial bodies of its own to power the forces of this world. So, it was flawed. The main reason for this was due to the animosity between the Witch and Demon Clans.

Normally, the Heavenly Realm and the Netherworld would be born together, and then the light of the Cycle’s stars would fall from the Heavenly Realm, pass through the vast mortal world, and enter the Netherworld, merging with the laws of this world and evolving into the sun, moon, and stars for the deceased.

Regrettably, the reality was that the Netherworld came into existence later than the Heavenly Realm. By the time the Netherworld was born, the Boundless Starry Sky had already been seized by the Demon Clan.

And with the Demon Clan’s policy towards the light of the Cycle’s stars, which was mainly to cut it off, they did not even want to grant it to the mortal realm, let alone to the Netherworld.

Therefore, from the moment of the Netherworld’s creation, because it had not merged with the light of the Cycle’s stars, it was flawed.

Could it be said that the Demon Clan was guilty for causing the Netherworld, which should have been complete, to be flawed? Was there guilt in blocking the light of the Cycle’s stars from flowing into the Chaos World? Undoubtedly, there was, but the Demon Clan didn’t care.

Be it the Netherworld or the lands of the Witch Clan, those were the Witch Clan’s territory. Allowing the starlight to flow into these places would only strengthen the Witch Clan. With the Witch Clan already so powerful without the aid of starlight, how could the Demon Clan fight them if they became further empowered by it? Therefore, the Demon Clan would rather take on karmic retribution and forcefully block the starlight than see the Witch Clan grow stronger.

The sins of the Demon Clan, unforgivable. Did they truly think it was as simple as shattering the Chaos World?

This was just one aspect.

During their development period, the Demon Clan not only disregarded the Chaos World for their own benefit but also went as far as to damage Heaven and Earth to debilitate their enemies and bolster themselves.

This was the main cause of the Demon Clan’s downfall. Long controlling the light of the Cycle’s stars, they had incurred the wrath of both Heaven and Earth, becoming intolerable in the eyes of all creatures. If the Demon Clan didn’t perish, it would be an affront to all beings of Heaven and Earth.

To fight without breaking is the key to longevity.

But in their struggle against the Witch Clan, the Demon Clan broke this fundamental principle. Anything beneficial to the Witch Clan, the Demon Clan would abstain from, even at the cost of damaging the Chaos World.

How could a Demon Clan with such a mindset endure?

"Such a pity, a great pity indeed!"

Snapping out of his reminiscence, Jiang Chen kept saying it was a pity. With the Cycle’s stars shattered to such a state, even if he wanted to project the starlight into the Netherworld, it was impossible.

Don’t be fooled by the illusion of the dazzling stars in the sky, thinking that the Cycle’s stars were unharmed. In truth, those were no longer the stars of the Cycle but the celestial kings from the Investiture of the Gods list.

The Investiture list had forty-eight thousand star gods enshrined. What do you think they were for? They were to transform into stars, thereby taking on the role of the Cycle’s stars.

After the Witch-Demon War ended, almost all the stars of the Cycle were shattered, with their fragments scattered throughout the Boundless Starry Sky, causing the forces of various stars to intermingle in an irregular and violent fashion, no longer absorbable by anyone.

This meant that, before the Enshrinement Calamity, although beings could see countless stars and an endless force of starlight in the sky, no one was able to absorb it.

It wasn’t until after the Enshrinement Calamity had ended and the forty-eight thousand star gods took their places, operating the laws of Heaven and Earth with their divine power, that a portion of the unruly powers of the Cycle’s stars was suppressed and transformed into a force that cultivators could absorb.