Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1488: Ninety-nine Two Schools of Thought System

Chapter 1488: Ninety-nine Two Schools of Thought System

"Right, the Mountains and Rivers Chart."

Suddenly, Jiang Chen recalled something and took out the Mountains and Rivers Chart given to him by Empress Nuwa during the Heaven’s Offering ceremony.

In the past few days, he had already deduced the intention behind Empress Nuwa’s gift: it was to assist him in reconstructing the Chaos World.

Although it was not crucial to have the Mountains and Rivers Chart for reconstructing the Chaos World, possessing it would undoubtedly make his plan go more smoothly.

The Mountains and Rivers Chart, this Innate Spiritual Treasure, simply put, is a map of the Chaos World, detailing its geography. With this treasure as a reference, Jiang Chen could recreate a complete Chaos World.

"Having the Mountains and Rivers Chart will undoubtedly save me a lot of effort."

A smile appeared on Jiang Chen’s face. Without the chart, he would have to deduce the geography of the Chaos World himself, which would not only be time-consuming and laborious but also extremely prone to errors.

The appearance of the Mountains and Rivers Chart undoubtedly saved Jiang Chen a great deal of energy and time.

"Let’s set it aside for now, it’s not needed at the moment. Right now, I should deal with the matters of the Divine Court; in a few days, I will conduct the Investiture of the Gods."

Putting away the Mountains and Rivers Chart, Jiang Chen finally focused on the important matters at hand. In a few days, he was going to bestow godhood on the deities, which was the top priority.

"Let me see, among the Nine States, how many possess the qualifications for the Investiture of the Gods."

Thinking thus, Jiang Chen deployed his Divine Ability, his eyes flashing with divine light, overlooking the entire Nine States Continent. Since he was about to bestow godhood, he certainly couldn’t just confer it on one or two, but the more, the better.

However, Jiang Chen didn’t have many subordinates at this time, and if he only conferred gods among them, it would be no more than a hundred people, which was hardly of any significance.

Therefore, Jiang Chen turned his attention to the Nine States Continent, intending to select talents from among them.

The Nine States are boundless, not to mention possess a long history. Even if many talents either ascended to heaven to become gods or entered the cycle of Reincarnation, there are still a plethora of talents remaining.

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In Jiang Chen’s eyes, the entire Nine States Continent transformed. Within the boundless void, many divine seats emerged, appearing as nodes that crisscrossed the divine light, forming a vast golden net that enveloped the entire Nine States Continent.

The Divine Dao Net, encompasses Heaven and Earth.

This is a net formed by Divine Dao laws, encompassing everything, including fate and causality. Every living being within the net, their fate and causality, are governed by the Divine Dao.

The Divine Dao like a net, encompasses all beings.

He saw that with the formation of the Divine Dao Net, sudden glimmers of light, both bright and dim, appeared across the Nine States.

And these glows had different sources: some came from the living, others from the dead, and some were not even human but spirits of mountains, rivers, flora, and fauna.

"The Nine States are indeed a place full of exceptional people and spiritual land. Just a cursory glance, and I see numerous seeds of the Divine Dao."

A smirk appeared in the corner of Jiang Chen’s eye. Under the coverage of the Divine Dao Net, any soul that could radiate light was said to possess the stature to become a god.

The brighter the glow, the stronger the qualification, and the more power they would gain after they are invested as gods.

"It’s just a pity that most of these people are alive. Let’s wait and see their choice."

Jiang Chen shook his head and didn’t immediately round up these souls. When investing gods now, besides his close confidants, he wouldn’t confer godhood on the living.

This is because the dead have no choice, but the living have many more options—they could follow the Immortal Dao or the Martial Dao.

The Divine Dao lacks freedom, which is its greatest defect and also why the Divine Dao is considered inferior to Buddhism Dao, Immortal Dao, Martial Dao, and Demonic Way.

Other cultivation systems seek transcendence, to be beyond the constraints of Heaven and Earth, detached from worldly affairs, and free from the causality of the mortal world.

But the Divine Dao is unique, plunging headfirst into the vast mortal world, entangled with the fate of all beings, burdened with endless causality, and never having the chance to transcend.

Thus, those with true talent would not cultivate the Divine Dao. Only those with no other choice and unable to succeed in other paths would choose to practice the Divine Dao.

In simple terms, true geniuses do not cultivate the Divine Dao, while only mediocre and ordinary people choose the Divine Dao.

Just like those favored by Heaven and Earth, Innate Divine Demons, they hold the Divine Dao in utter disregard, would never even consider cultivating it.

The main targets of Jiang Chen’s Investiture of the Gods are those who have passed away, particularly those who have died long ago but still refuse to go to the underworld for Reincarnation, using all means to linger in the mortal world.

Of course, the ghost souls mentioned here are not evil ghosts or vengeful spirits but noble souls with the Aspiration of all beings or endowed with a great deal of Merit.

These souls in life were exceptional individuals, either possessing immense wisdom or having benefited countless people with remarkable achievements, carrying with them a significant amount of the Aspiration of all beings and Merit. And thus, even after death, their souls remained indestructible, eternally conscious, lingering in the mortal realm.

This world does have an underworld, with Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the Black and White Impermanence, and countless soul-reapers. Normally, after death, souls are taken to the underworld by the soul-reapers.

Those who fail to reach the underworld either dissipate or become malicious ghosts, hunted by soul-reapers. Aside from these, there were the previously mentioned spirits that had accumulated great merits in life, and after death, were protected by these merits.

If such souls are unwilling to go to the underworld and stubbornly stay in the mortal realm, then neither Heaven Court nor the underworld have any means to deal with them.