Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1535 - 117 Aliens! Aliens!

Chapter 1535: 117 Aliens! Aliens!

The rest of the inheritance, Jiang Chen could deduce mostly by speculation, but only a part of the core inheritance could he barely deduce.

After all, it is the painstaking effort of the Saints and the crystallization of their wisdom. If it could be deduced casually, it would be an underestimation of these Saints.

Even that portion was only due to Jiang Chen having the heritage of Shangqing. Whether acknowledged or not, the Sanqing are one entity, and the techniques share similarities.

Otherwise, even with Jiang Chen’s extraordinary wisdom, he wouldn’t be able to deduce the intricate parts of the Sanqing inheritance.

"Expecting the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing to pass on their core inheritance to me is clearly impossible; the chances are even slimmer than me successfully seizing it."

"Besides, if I could personally witness the primordial soul of Pangu, that too would make up for my deficiencies, or if I could capture the Soul Demon and acquire his Law of Soul, that too would compensate for my shortcomings."

Jiang Chen found this quite troublesome; he had identified the problem and thought of solutions, but executing them was somewhat difficult.

The core inheritance from Saint of Taiqing and Primordial Heavenly Sovereign, through regular means, was undoubtedly unattainable for him. He could only think of some unorthodox methods, such as starting with their disciples.

Whether it’s the Grandmaster Xuandu or the twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Teaching, they must have received the core inheritance from Saint of Taiqing and Primordial Heavenly Sovereign. If he could capture them, there was a certain chance of obtaining this part of the inheritance.

This method, it must be said, is indeed somewhat underhanded. However, Jiang Chen used it without any psychological burden.

The first not to play by the rules were not him, but Saint of Taiqing and Primordial Heavenly Sovereign. Why could they bully him, Jiang Chen, but he couldn’t retaliate?

Moreover, when Jiang Chen takes action against the disciples of these two saints, it can’t be considered as bullying the weak in any way.

From the perspective of Saint of Shangqing, all direct disciples of the two teachings are his seniors.

And from the standpoint of the Human Race and Empress Nuwa, the gap in generations is even greater; the disciples of the two teachings are all his predecessors.

Thus, even if Jiang Chen takes action against the disciples of the two teachings, he doesn’t feel any psychological burden.

Moreover, when Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing took action against him, they didn’t feel any psychological burden, so why should he?

To deal with an enemy who has no bottom line, one must act even more unscrupulously to possibly secure victory.

"Don’t put all your eggs in one basket; regarding the attainment of Tao, I must always keep an alternative route and not put all my hopes on these two saints, as that would be too passive."

Jiang Chen, lacking a sense of security, always prepares several backup plans to mitigate risks regardless of how high the success rate.

Like now, to complete the deficiencies in his primordial spirit, he prepared three paths for himself.

The inheritance of the Saint is just one of them. The other two ways are through the primordial spirit of Pangu and the Soul Demon.

The primordial spirit of Pangu needs no further introduction—with the primordial spirit of Pangu, who needs the inheritance of Sanqing.

As for the Soul Demon, that’s even more formidable. The primordial spirit, after all, is nothing but a transformed product of the soul.

Therefore, in terms of understanding the primordial spirit, no one surpasses the Soul Demon, one of the three thousand Chaos Demigods, not even Pangu Great God.

Among the three thousand paths of Tao, each harbors the potential to achieve eternity. Pangu Great God, although powerful and involved in all three thousand paths of Tao, is not the foremost in every single one.

In terms of understanding the soul, Pangu Great God is not as profound as the Soul Demon; regarding space and time, Pangu Great God does not match the Spacetime Demon; regarding destruction, Pangu Great God is not as versed as the Demonic Power of Destruction...

Yet, the strength of Pangu Great God remains the first among all Chaos Demigods. Being second in everything, when combined, makes him the unrivaled first, unmatched by any.

However, precisely because of this, Pangu Great God failed to achieve Dao and enter the Eternal Realm, instead lingering at the Half-step Eternal Level.

If Pangu Great God had been the foremost in every aspect, then, combining the power of three thousand paths of Tao, he would have surely penetrated the Great Dao and stepped into the Supreme Eternal Realm.

Having learned from the experience of Pangu Great God, Jiang Chen’s principle is simple: don’t act unless it’s necessary, but once you do, make sure you’re the best.

Like with attaining Dao now—serious calculation would show that Jiang Chen nearly fulfills the requirements for nine attainments of Dao.

Still, as the saying goes, even if using the same method to achieve Dao, there remains a disparity in strength.

For instance, the stronger the Divine Ability during the attainment, the stronger the power after attaining Dao. Similarly, when attaining Dao through treasures, the level of the Innate Treasure used affects the resulting power.

What Jiang Chen pursues is to be the strongest in all nine attainments of Dao, and this has now led him into a predicament. If he would lower his demands slightly, he would have achieved Dao directly.

But obviously, Jiang Chen is not one to lower his standards. In cultivation, there is no room for compromise; to compromise is the greatest irresponsibility to oneself.

Whenever you feel ’it’s almost good enough’ during cultivation, then in confrontation, at the critical moment, you will always be just a bit short.

With the flaws in his primordial spirit, if Jiang Chen can obtain the inheritance of the Soul Demon, he could also compensate for the deficiencies and refine his primordial spirit to perfection.