Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1563: One thousand and thirty days of divine punishment_2

Chapter 1563: One thousand and thirty days of divine punishment_2

When making this decision, those people also went through careful consideration, struggling for a long time between the choices of being unfilial and their own safety, and in the end, they still felt that their own lives were more important, thus they chose to betray.

Of course, in their view, they did not consider it betrayal, but rather that the Human King was unjust, and they had no choice but to willingly defect.

These three major classes of the Human Race, coupled with the lineages of other races, are the current base of support for Martial Sovereign, as well as his confidence in the struggle against Jiang Chen for the throne of Human Emperor.

Otherwise, if relying only on the lineages of other races without the support of the pure-blooded Human Race, even if Martial Sovereign became the Human King, he would not be able to secure his position.

The lineages of other races are just icing on the cake, but the Human Race of Dongsheng Divine Continent is Martial Sovereign’s core supporter. Indeed, without sufficient numbers of clan members’ support, Martial Sovereign would not dare to harbor thoughts of establishing his own faction.

As of now, if we don’t count the higher-ups, the support rates of Martial Sovereign and Jiang Chen among the Human Race are almost equal. The Human Race is numerous in Nanbuzhan Continent, but there are also many in Dongsheng Divine Continent.

Over the years, countless Innate Dao Sovereigns have been born among the Human Race, but if we add the Innate Dao Sovereigns born from the Dongsheng Divine Continent’s Human Race and those of other lineages, the number is definitely over a thousand. Even if fewer than the Human Race, they are not completely powerless to resist.

Of course, when necessary, Martial Sovereign’s side can also include the Innate Dao Sovereigns from the myriad clans, even those from the three thousand doctrines.

If we calculate this way, if we only consider the quantity of Innate Dao Sovereigns, it is still the Human Race that is at a disadvantage.

As for the higher-ups, that is where Martial Sovereign’s side is at a disadvantage. Indeed, if we only consider the Great Divine Transcendents, with the support of the Mystic Sect, Martial Sovereign’s side has a far greater number of Great Divine Transcendents, even Primordial Level forces, than the Human Race does.

But no matter how strong they are, they are not the Great Divine Transcendents of the Human Race, but belong to others. Therefore, in terms of controlling the Fate of the Human Race, Jiang Chen is far superior to Martial Sovereign.

At the very least, before completely defeating Jiang Chen, even if Martial Sovereign has already taken control of the overall situation, he still cannot wrest away the control from the Human Race.

Both are Human Kings, but the moral high ground stands with Jiang Chen, and this is his advantage, an advantage that Martial Sovereign can never match no matter what.

Moral righteousness is something invisible and intangible, yet it truly exists. It manifests in reality such that if a paragon emerges among the Human Race, his first choice would be to side with Jiang Chen, not Martial Sovereign.

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"My lords, today the Human King is unjust, wantonly slaughtering our kin; we all have suffered under him, gathered here today to unite for a great cause..."

In front of the crowd, below the statues of the Sanqing, Martial Sovereign raised his arms and called out to lead everyone in a great cause to overthrow Jiang Chen’s rule.

"The Human King is cruel; we have deeply suffered his tyranny. With the Saint above, today we wish to recommend Martial Sovereign as king, to lead us in the fight against the tyrant and rescue our clansmen from dire straits."

The instant Martial Sovereign’s voice fell, the crowd understood and hurriedly echoed in loud shouts.

Before coming here, they had already been informed, the purpose of their gathering was to recommend Martial Sovereign as the Human King, so naturally, there wouldn’t be any unexpected complications at this time, everything proceeded according to the script arranged in advance.

Amidst the crowd’s thunderous roars, above their heads, strands of Fate emerged, converging towards Martial Sovereign.

At the same time, the symbols of Fate of the forces present began to tremble, then broke free from their restraints, turning into beams of light that also converged above Martial Sovereign’s head.

Boom!

Millions of strands of Fate converged, above Martial Sovereign’s head they formed a sun, radiating boundless light.

That brilliant light pierced through layers of the void, reaching the location of the River of Destiny, resonating with the Fate of the Human Race.

Five-colored divine fire descended, its light brilliant, its flames vigorous, burning the Great Sun of Fate above Martial Sovereign’s head, as if refining something.

Seeing this scene, the crowd below understood immediately that the coronation ritual had reached its most critical moment; the Fate of the Human Race had descended, beginning to refine the Dao Fruit of the Human King.

To refine the Dao Fruit of the Human King, just the Fate of the Human Race was not enough; there also needed to be the blessing of Heaven and Earth. Only with this, would the Dao Fruit of the Human King be recognized by Heaven and Earth, revered by all clans, and not just a position within the Human Race.

Under normal circumstances, at this time, it would be the Law Sovereign who should speak to Heaven and Earth, extolling the various achievements of Martial Sovereign, in order to allow him to gain the recognition of Heaven and Earth and facilitate the birth of the Dao Fruit of the Human King.

But as said, that is under normal circumstances, and Martial Sovereign’s kingship this time is clearly not normal.

The earlier phrase "With the Saint above" had already implied that this time Martial Sovereign’s coronation was not seeking a mandate from Heaven and Earth, but asking for it from the Saint.

That last step in refining the Dao Fruit of the Human King would be completed by the Saint in place of Heaven and Earth!

The Saint is the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, fully qualified to coronate a Human King.

However, the Saint is ultimately not the Heavenly Dao, by having him represent Heaven and Earth to complete the final step, it subtly implies that the status of the Human King has declined somewhat.

"We earnestly request the Saint to crown Martial Sovereign as king!" Law Venerable was the first to bow towards the statue of Sanqing and say.

Following him, as if signaled, the crowd also began to bow and say:

"We earnestly request the Saint to crown Martial Sovereign as king!"

"We earnestly request the Saint to crown Martial Sovereign as king!"

"We earnestly request the Saint to crown Martial Sovereign as king!"

Calling out thrice in succession, each shout louder than the last, their voices merged together, as if breaking the bounds of time and space, reaching into the outer Cosmos of Chaos, into the ears of the Saint.

"Granted!"

In the obscurity, a detached voice arose, as if the Heavenly Dao was whispering, devoid of any emotion.