Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1700: One thousand and ninety-nine Haotian intervenes_2

Chapter 1700: One thousand and ninety-nine Haotian intervenes_2

Once Taiyi truly fell and transformed into a crow, he would forever remain a crow and never again be the Three-legged Golden Crow. Moreover, many of his Divine Abilities would be rendered useless. Although his realm would remain intact, his strength would decline significantly.

"Fortunately, Hou Tu’s power is limited. It only affects the level of life and not the realm itself, merely changing species. Otherwise, she wouldn’t just turn a Golden Crow into a crow, but a Saint into a mortal."

It is often said that the Way of Reincarnation is immensely powerful. In the past, people hadn’t fully grasped its significance, but now they finally understood. It could truly determine a person’s fate, one moment raising them to paradise, the next consigning them to hell.

If, at the Primordial Chaos Level, species could already be altered, would it then be possible, on an even higher level, to alter someone’s realm? With a single thought, reducing someone’s millions of years of cultivation to nothingness?

"Chaos Bell!"

At this moment, Taiyi also sensed danger. He could feel that Hou Tu’s strength genuinely surpassed his own, at the Primordial Chaos Perfection Twelvefold Heaven, three levels higher than him.

Such strength was indeed overwhelming, making it not too difficult to defeat him. However, to reduce him to dust, to transform him from the exalted Great Sun Golden Crow into a mere crow, wasn’t feasible. The gap between them wasn’t that vast.

What allowed Hou Tu to achieve this wasn’t solely her cultivation but more so the power of the Six Paths Reincarnation Dish. Only this Chaos Treasure possessed the supreme power to reduce Taiyi to dust.

To counter a Chaos Treasure, only another Chaos Treasure would suffice. While the Chaos Bell was only a part of a Chaos Treasure, Hou Tu’s ability to wield the power of the Six Paths Reincarnation Dish was also limited.

The Six Paths Reincarnation Dish bore the imperative duties of governing the reincarnation of Heaven and Earth. Even though Hou Tu was its master, it was impossible for her to fully mobilize its power, and at most, she could only utilize a portion of it. Exceeding this would disrupt the operations of Heaven and Earth.

With her great compassion, Mother Earth would never do something like that. If she had been willing, she could have done so during the decisive battle between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan, disregarding the cycles of Heaven and Earth and forcibly wielding the Six Paths Reincarnation Dish to ensure the Witch Clan’s victory over the Demon Clan.

Some people took advantage of this compassion, knowing that Mother Earth was mindful of Heaven and Earth and all living beings and unwilling to fully unleash the power of the Six Paths Reincarnation Dish. Thus, they repeatedly pressured her.

In summary, although Mother Earth was the master of the Six Paths Reincarnation Dish, her ability to mobilize its power was truly limited and might not surpass the Chaos Bell by much.

Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong...

The Chaos Bell flew directly above Taiyi’s head, vibrating continuously. Chaotic energy cascaded down like waterfalls, draping in layers. Meanwhile, invisible chime waves spread outward, attempting to dispel the power of reincarnation that clung to Taiyi.

With each vibration of the Chaos Bell, Taiyi’s body quivered, and his entire plumage stretched and relaxed, radiating a chaotic glow.

"After Taiyi’s fall, his mastery over the Chaos Bell seems to have increased. Previously, when the Chaos Bell was in his possession, it never displayed such immense power."

The bell’s resounding chimes reached not only the nearby crowd but even the Saints far away in the Chaos beyond the heavens.

The entire Chaos World, from the Three Realms nearby to the distant All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, resonated clearly with the chime of the Chaos Bell. Even ancient beings who had been in seclusion in the Chaos for countless ages were stirred by its sound.

Unbeknownst to all, under the influence of the Chaos Bell’s tolling, time and space had ceased to function, completely subdued by its unparalleled suppressive power.

When the bell tolled, the Chaos World froze.

The Chaos Bell indeed possessed such might, yet in the past, Taiyi had never been capable of achieving this. But now, he succeeded, not solely due to increased strength.

More importantly, he had entered into greater harmony with the Chaos Bell, as if, only at this moment, he had truly gained full mastery of this primordial treasure of creation.

"Dying once isn’t without its benefits—it allowed Taiyi to fully master the Chaos Bell. Such fortune..." someone in the Chaos muttered enviously.

Previously, although the Chaos Bell was Taiyi’s companion treasure, it was true that he had never fully refined it.

The Chaos Bell was once called the Donghuang Bell. Why? Simply because Taiyi had failed to fully refine the Chaos Bell, and its displayed power didn’t live up to its name, leading it to be known as the Donghuang Bell instead.

Only now, with Taiyi reborn, could he be said to have truly claimed mastery of the Chaos Bell, unleashing its rightful powers.

To the Saints, this sight was deeply disappointing, as it signified there was no longer any hope of acquiring the Chaos Bell.

If Taiyi had failed to fully refine the Chaos Bell, it meant there was still a chance, however slim, for it to be taken. Difficult but not impossible.

But now, that slim hope was gone. When a treasure is refined to the point of unity with its master, their lives become intertwined, rendering it impossible to take the treasure.

...

Under the power of the Chaos Bell, Taiyi, who was in the process of transforming into a crow, began to change again. Threads of chaotic energy rose from his plumage, suffusing his feathers, which had turned pitch black, with a chaotic sheen.

"Chaotic Golden Crow!"

Jiang Chen exclaimed in shock upon witnessing this scene. It suddenly dawned on him that during these years Taiyi spent adrift in the Chaos, he must have made tremendous gains.

To evolve from the Great Sun Golden Crow to a Chaotic Golden Crow demonstrated that Taiyi, like Jiang Chen, had embarked on the path to become a Chaos Demigod.

When he succeeded, that day would mark his transcendence beyond Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial to step into the realm of Wuji Daluo Jinxian.

Boom!

Endless chaos energy surged wildly. By transforming into the Chaotic Golden Crow, Taiyi had finally shaken off the influence of the power of reincarnation.

Yet for this, he had paid a steep price. It was visibly evident, as Taiyi’s complexion grew noticeably paler, indicating that he had sustained significant injuries.

Rumble!

The heavens above crackled with terrifying lightning.

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, violet innate divine lightning—Zixiao Divine Thunder, the highest lightning technique of the Mystic Sect—descended with a resounding roar.

"Haotian!"

With a furious yell, Taiyi brandished the Chaos Bell to suppress the surging power of reincarnation while simultaneously deploying his most potent Divine Ability: the Taiyi Wheel of Dao.

Swish~~

Behind Taiyi, infinite rays of Dao light surged, exuding a supreme celestial majesty. A vast Dao Wheel began to rise slowly behind him.

The surface of the Dao Wheel bore countless mysterious runes. As it rotated, faint shadows of the myriad principles of Heaven and Earth could be seen within, as though all truths of the universe were contained therein.

This was the Taiyi Wheel of Dao, the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao. As it turned, it seemed to carry the entirety of Heaven and Earth along with it. Even the fearsome Zixiao Divine Thunder, upon touching the Taiyi Wheel of Dao, was drawn into it and gradually obliterated.

"Haotian!"

Both Jiang Chen and Pangu Taiqing paused in unison, gazing upward toward the heavens.

Previously, they had assumed the one targeting Taiyi was the Queen Mother, as among the formidable figures in the Chaos known to wield mirrored weapons, few bore enmity against Taiyi. Aside from the Queen Mother, they couldn’t think of anyone else.

But unexpectedly, the attacker turned out to be none other than the usually low-key Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor was so low-key that people had almost forgotten who Haotian was. If Taiyi hadn’t yelled out his name, no one would have realized he was calling the Jade Emperor.

"To think, even the gatekeeper boy of Zixiao Palace back in the day has grown to such a level. Such strength can almost be considered the strongest beneath the Saints."

Taiyi’s tone brimmed with astonishment. Among those who once went to Zixiao Palace to hear the Dao, how many had taken notice of Haotian, the gatekeeper boy?

Yet now, this boy, whom no one had esteemed, had achieved accomplishments that surpassed many who had once looked down on him.

"Daoist Haotian, there is no grievance or enmity between us. Why suddenly strike at me with such intent to kill?"

Steadying himself, Taiyi looked heavenward and asked. As one of supreme might, Haotian deserved to be addressed as "Daoist."

"No grievance or enmity?"

"Perhaps not at present, but there soon will be. Did you truly believe I was unaware of your plans with the Great Divine Transcendents of the Dongsheng Divine Continent?"

Haotian’s grand voice roared through the cosmos, reverberating across Heaven and Earth.