Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1392 - 937, the Law that cuts off the future_2

Chapter 1392: 937, the Law that cuts off the future_2

The myriad gods within were suddenly aged by the erosion of ’the five decays of heaven and man,’ losing all their power, and slowly dying of old age, disintegrating into nothingness.

In just an instant, billions of gods turned into skeletons, vanishing along with the vast Prehistoric World, swallowed by the tidal waves of Chaos.

This is the Immeasurable Kalpa, the most terrifying tribulation for Heaven and Earth. Even worlds like Prehistoric World, upon facing the Immeasurable Kalpa, could not escape the fate of destruction.

This eruption declares that any world, unless it is the Eternal World, must face destruction during this fearsome tribulation.

Of course, under normal circumstances, as long as one reaches the realm of Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial, one could transcend heaven and earth and escape before the arrival of the Immeasurable Kalpa, thus avoiding the calamity and saving oneself.

That’s why every Great Divine Transcendent in Prehistoric longs to achieve the realm of Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial.

Seeing the situation of the Chaos World, the coming of the future Immeasurable Kalpa seems almost inevitable. If they do not wish to die, they naturally have to plan ahead and strive to achieve the realm of Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial before the Immeasurable Kalpa arrives.

The air of demise surged powerfully, the air of decay circulated, and after destroying the Chaos World, it finally engulfed Jiang Chen, beginning to extinguish all that he was.

The Immeasurable Kalpa, even a Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial would have to flee before it and dare not confront it head-on. Jiang Chen, with only the strength of a mid-stage Quasi-Saint, how could he withstand such a terrifying power?

His proudly cultivated Practice, the Tao he followed all his life, in the presence of the power of the Immeasurable Kalpa, all turned into nothingness.

Visibly, Jiang Chen’s youthful face began to age, as if in just a brief moment he had lived an entire lifetime, transitioning from youth to old age...

"So this is the Immeasurable Kalpa. It doesn’t target living beings, but all tangible things, obliterating all form and substance."

As power vanished and his body decayed, Jiang Chen felt no fear; on the contrary, his eyes became exceedingly bright.

He was about to die, but in these final moments, he saw the true essence of the Tao, the true essence of Reincarnation.

Refining oneself until almost incorporeal, he could solidify his true self forever. Despite the chaos of reincarnation, the rise and fall of countless calamities, nothing could touch him.

Jiang Chen’s eyes grew brighter even as his body decayed, disintegrating bit by bit into convergence. In the end, even his eyes vanished, but that vivid light of his gaze still persisted, indestructible even by the Immeasurable Kalpa.

He witnessed the true drop of the Tao, his gaze contained the ultimate power of reincarnation, almost touching eternity, beyond the reach of the Immeasurable Kalpa to extinguish.

Crack! Crack!

When Jiang Chen completely turned into nothingness, disappearing from this world, the world itself also shattered, including the future Jiang Chen, who had reached the pinnacle of Primordial, also turning into nothingness.

Everything here was born because of Jiang Chen, and now that he was gone, this world, having lost its foundation for existence, naturally lost its reason to exist as well.

"Hmph!"

In the depths of the void, Jiang Chen, who had been sleeping, seemed to have had a nightmare and suddenly woke up from a deep sleep, his clothes soaked with cold sweat.

Such a terrifying nightmare it was.

Could it not be terrifying? He had died!

This was the first time Jiang Chen experienced the feeling of death, though it was in a dream, it felt no different from reality.

Because Jiang Chen had truly died.

He lifted his head and looked beside him, where a corpse lay quietly, its face and clothing identical to his own, as if they were carved from the same mold.

That was also Jiang Chen, his current self.

The current Jiang Chen had already died at the moment he was killed by his future self in the dream—becoming the very corpse lying before Jiang Chen’s eyes.

Cutting off the past, present, and future isn’t actually that difficult, as long as the mind is flexible enough, one can easily sever them.

Just like Jiang Chen at this moment, it hadn’t been long before he had consecutively cut off both the past and the present. As for the future, he felt that it was imminent, and before long, he would be able to kill it too.

Is the future necessarily stronger than the present? Who decided that? Jiang Chen especially wanted to say no. After taking advantage of a trick to cut off his present self, he already had a mature idea of how to cut off his future self.

That was to weaken his future self, make it less powerful than his current self, and then, it would be much easier to kill.

When fighting oneself, if the power is just a little higher, it becomes immeasurably higher; there’s no such thing as the weak winning against the strong.

So how could he make his future self weaker? The answer was simple: weaken his current self, and the future self’s strength would be closely related.

If his current self was in an ascending phase, then his future self would naturally become stronger and stronger. But if his current self was in a weakened state, then his future self would become weaker and weaker, with each day weaker than the last and naturally not as strong as his current self.

The method Jiang Chen thought of was to make himself weak. Conveniently, this also aligned with his current situation.

He had lost too much vitality and vitality had suffered. Of course, this injury wasn’t too severe; resting and recuperating for a while would allow him to recover. But if he continued to deplete his lifeblood, the injury would become more severe.

If it exceeded half, it would injure the core, and completely depleting it meant foundation destruction, losing not just the possibility to advance further but even beginning to regress in power.

Jiang Chen’s idea was to continue depleting his lifeblood, draining it completely, ruining his supreme Tao foundation. In that case, his future self would definitely become weaker and weaker. Then, it would be much easier to kill his future self.

But this method had a downside: if it failed, the great situation Jiang Chen had not easily built would completely collapse, and the path to his future enlightenment would become extremely difficult.

He estimated that aside from the Path of Chaos Green Lotus for enlightenment, all other paths would become impassable.

This was a dangerous gamble, staking his own future on the chance of successfully killing his future self. If successful, the past, present, and future would merge as one, cultivation would reach the complete Quasi-Saint level, and the shattered Tao foundation would also recongeal and become even more robust.

But if it failed, the consequences would be unthinkable, at least the method of gaining power through strength was out of the question.

"What practice doesn’t involve risks? Just do it!"

Without any hesitation, Jiang Chen made up his mind. He was going to drain his lifeblood and destroy his Tao foundation completely different from before – he really didn’t plan to leave himself any way out.

He absolutely couldn’t leave himself a way out, otherwise, his plan would be meaningless. Because he was confronting his future self, once he allowed himself the possibility of restoring his Tao foundation, his future would not become weaker.

Only by cutting off all paths of retreat, creating a situation where he was bound to be destroyed and beyond salvation, severing all possibilities for strength, could all of his futures be weakened.

Only by putting oneself in a situation of certain death, could one find life afterward!

"Without this method, it would be impossible to cut off the future in this lifetime."

Jiang Chen didn’t want to do this either, but he had no choice; to continue breaking through and cutting off the future, he had to take this risk.

Thinking about it, there was another way to cut off the future, which was to have his future self commit suicide actively. Sadly, this method was just wishful thinking, as Jiang Chen simply could not do it.

Of course, if he committed suicide right now, he could also kill off the future. After all, once he died, there naturally wouldn’t be a future. However, if he died, what would be the meaning of cutting off the future?

"Showing weakness to the enemy can also be a good strategy."

By doing so, Jiang Chen had another intention, which was to confuse his enemies. Once they confirmed his weakness, could his enemies really hold back from making a move?

This method could lure all his hidden enemies out from the shadows.

Weakness was indeed unpleasant, but it affected Jiang Chen’s condition, not his strength!