Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 215 - 215 205 Troops Approaching the Eastern Sea

215: Chapter 205: Troops Approaching the Eastern Sea 215: Chapter 205: Troops Approaching the Eastern Sea After setting everything in order, Jiang Chen led his grand army into the lower realms.

Jiang Chen, the Demon Suppression Heavenly King, under the command of the Heavenly Emperor.

If Jiang Chen was to go to the lower world to exterminate demons, even if he did not report to the Jade Emperor, he needed to inform the Gouchen Heaven Palace and request an edict to descend to the lower world.

This is the due process.

In this way, he can legitimately declare deployment.

As of now, the Heavenly Emperor is not in the Gouchen Heaven Palace, so everything can be simplified, and Jiang Chen no longer needs to go through the process.

He can just inform the folks at Gouchen Heaven Palace directly.

Leading the heavenly soldiers and generals, Jiang Chen did not immediately head towards the South Heavenly Gate.

Instead, he took a detour and arrived outside the Gouchen Heaven Palace.

Letting the army arrange its formation, Jiang Chen took a deep breath, and roared in the direction of the Gouchen Heaven Palace: “The lower realm’s demon king disobeys His Majesty’s orders, causing chaos in heaven and earth, and numerous lives to deteriorate, disturbances are endless.”

“All beings have suffered for a long time!”

“Therefore, I, Demon Suppression Heavenly King Jiang Chen, am willing to be His Majesty’s vanguard, personally leading the heavenly army to the lower realm, annihilating demons, beheading rebels, maintaining the order in the Three Realms, enhancing His Majesty’s divine might, abiding by heaven and earth’s laws, and protecting all beings in the Three Realms.”

After shouting, Jiang Chen didn’t wait for someone from the Gouchen Heaven Palace to respond, he directly waved his hand, and led the army towards the direction of the South Heavenly Gate.

With such a performance, Jiang Chen’s trip to demon extermination won’t be considered as an act without a cause.

The demon king of the lower world, who broke the Gouchen Great Emperor’s orders, indiscriminately killing living beings, disrupting the order of heaven and earth, brought upon such a disaster today.

Jiang Chen leads the army to teach him a lesson, standing on a just position, outsiders won’t accuse him of moving the army without permission, and certainly won’t stand up for those demon kings in the lower world.

Even those who are related, let alone his own son, can’t stand up for them.

At least, not publicly.

Who would dare when Jiang Chen stands for justice!

In the Three Realms, order is essential, and the Heavenly Dao is clear.

It’s not a time of chaos, thus, righteousness overrides everything else.

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Under the astonished gazes of various star lords and celestial officials, Jiang Chen led his seventy-eight hundred heavenly soldiers, grandly exiting the South Heavenly Gate, and headed towards the Eastern Sea.

Why did he go to the Eastern Sea?

Of course, because the demons of the Eastern Sea are the easiest to bully!

The demon clan of the Nanbuzhan Continent is not a big deal, they don’t require Jiang Chen’s intervention.

The native cultivators alone could beat them.

The demon clan of the Xiniuhe Continent is quite formidable.

Although they have backing, Jiang Chen isn’t afraid, but he doesn’t want to go to the Xiniuhe Continent right now.

He fears being secretly attacked by the Buddhist door experts and dying there inexplicably.

Yes, Jiang Chen is dropping the tough act.

Feeling that the recent situation is tense, he caused too much turmoil in the Xiniuhe Continent last time, offending more than half of the high-level members of the Buddhist door.

It’s better to keep a low profile until the situation dies down before going to the Xiniuhe Continent.

The demon clan of the Dongsheng Divine Continent has complex origins and intricate ties with the Mystic Sect.

Not only do they have a vast network of support and prestigious statuses, they are almost unimaginably strong, including several Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Therefore, for now, Jiang Chen doesn’t want to go to Dongsheng Divine Continent.

The waters there are too deep.

He can wait a bit, grow stronger safely, and then it won’t be too late to go there.

He cannot go to Dongsheng Divine Continent, Xiniuhe Continent, or Nanbuzhan Continent.

Of course, he cannot go to Beijulu Continent either.

The forces Jiang Chen has under his command, going into Beijulu Continent to slay demons and drive out demons, what’s the difference between that and giving desserts to the demons in that place?

The demons on top of Beijulu Continent are remnants of the ancient heavenly court, the last orthodoxy of the demon clan.

The demons there not only have pure bloodlines, but also very complete inheritances.

Their strength can be described as terrifying.

Several of the ten top demon gods of the ancient demon clan who have not yet fallen are all dormant in Beijulu Continent.

With them watching over this place, who would dare to come here and stir up trouble?

Therefore, Jiang Chen doesn’t want to go to Beijulu Continent to seek death.

He cannot go to the Four Continents, so he can only go to the Four Seas.

The Four Seas are vast and contain a lot of demon clans, they are even more ferocious than the land demons.

The South Sea is Mystic Sect’s territory, the West Sea is the Buddhist door’s territory, and the North Sea is the demon clan’s territory, under the control of the demon teacher, Kunpeng.

Without formidable strength, these places should not be rashly entered.

On the contrary, the Eastern Sea, belonging to the dragon clan, is a place where Jiang Chen can go freely.

Because, ever since the ancient heavenly court was established, the relations between the dragon clan and the demon clan have been increasingly tense.

The two clans keep fighting wars, making them mortal enemies.

Jiang Chen going to the Eastern Sea to find trouble for the demon clan, the dragon clan couldn’t be happier, how would they stir up trouble behind the scenes?

As for the scattered immortals in the Eastern Sea, they’re even less likely to help the demon clan.

Compared to the Dragon Clan, the scattered immortals of the Eastern Sea dislike the demons even more, because they are the descendants of Yu Qing.

Everyone knows, Yu Qing Saint, Primordial Heavenly Sovereign, hated the demon clan the most.

The beings born from eggs and moist transformation, clad in fur and feathered ones, how could they enter his eyes?

If the ancestor doesn’t like them, how could his disciples and followers get along well with the demon clan?

Naturally, they are extremely disgusted.

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Riding the auspicious clouds, in just a few days, Jiang Chen and others arrived at the Eastern Sea.

Without any nonsense, they found a nearby island to set up camp.

Jiang Chen immediately sent people out to scout the surrounding area.

They were collecting information, and from the gathered intel, they would select an appropriate target.

What constitutes a suitable target?

Those with many evil deeds, those burdened by karma, are definitely very apt.

However, while such demons are fitting, they aren’t Jiang Chen’s primary target.

His main target was precisely the seventy-two demon kings near Huaguo Mountain.

Before Sun Wukong learnt his skills, there were already seventy-two demon kings, big and small, in the vast Huaguo Mountain territory.

These demon kings were all bad news.

Because Huaguo Mountain is next to Aolai Nation, the seventy-two demon kings often raided Aolai Nation.

What does a demon raid mean?

Isn’t it just eating humans?

It’s impossible that demons raided Aolai Nation just for food, right!

Jiang Chen knew Yunyang, the national master of Aolai Nation, and had heard about Aolai Nation’s ordeal and the evils of these demon kings from him during chats.

Hence, he had no qualms about this mission to attack the seventy-two demon kings.

As for whether attacking the seventy-two demon kings, who are Sun Wukong’s subordinates, would affect his relationship with the Monkey King.

Jiang Chen was completely unconcerned about this.

As long as he didn’t harm the monkeys on Huaguo Mountain, even if he killed all seventy-two demon kings, the Monkey King would at most complain a bit.

When Sun Wukong was learning his skills, not only the Demon King Disturbing Heaven bullied the monkeys of Huaguo Mountain, but the seventy-two demon kings also participated.

Nonetheless, the Demon King Disturbing Heaven was the most outrageous.

So, he was the first to be chopped in half by the Monkey King.

This was firstly for revenge, and secondly to establish dominance.

Although the Monkey King was foolish in major matters, he was extremely astute in small matters.

He understood the principle of killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

Because of this, Sun Wukong would not fall out with Jiang Chen over the seventy-two demon kings.

With this in mind, Jiang Chen didn’t hold back when making his move.

In no time, his subordinates had gathered intel on the surrounding area.

The seventy-two demon kings were currently resting in their dwellings.

This wasn’t because they had repented, but because Sun Wukong had just ascended to heaven.

They dared not be too reckless, for fear of angering the higher-ups in heaven who might send Sun Wukong down to capture them.

With such concerns, the seventy-two demon kings naturally became less audacious.

This was actually better for Jiang Chen, as he didn’t need to scour the Four Seas searching for them.

Where Jiang Chen chose to settle in the Eastern Sea was strategically selected.

Although it seemed remote and desolate, in reality, it was near Huaguo Mountain and not far at all.

As soon as the news arrived, Jiang Chen immediately assembled his troops and headed for Huaguo Mountain.

The so-called seventy-two demon kings were all sorts of creatures: wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, deer, boars, foxes, badgers, lions, elephants, monkeys, and more.

Although they were called demon kings, their powers were not very high, merely at the level of a Mysterious Immortal.

The few at the top could barely be considered in the Golden Immortal Realm.

They were wild creatures without any significant origins or comprehensive lineage.

Their current accomplishments were all due to a fortunate coincidence.

Although they had some divine abilities, they were far from extraordinary.

Therefore, for Jiang Chen’s heavenly soldiers to capture and kill the seventy-two demon kings, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake?

“Brothers, our mission is to slay demons.

Unless absolutely necessary, do not harm the monkeys on Huaguo Mountain.” As they approached Huaguo Mountain, Jiang Chen whispered this command to his subordinates.

The monkeys of Huaguo Mountain hadn’t committed any evil deeds and they also had a connection to Jiang Chen from the incense offerings.

So, unless absolutely necessary, Jiang Chen didn’t want to harm them.

“Understood!”

Hearing this, the heavenly soldiers responded then silently approached a cave, rushing towards the demon king inside.

“Lower realm demon king, you disrespect the Heavenly Dao.

We’re here under the orders of Emperor Gouchen to capture you.

If you know what’s good for you, hand yourself over.”

Before the words finished, the Star River formation had already taken shape.

The overwhelming aura turned into a blood-red flame, following a ten-thousand-foot-long spear, it pierced into the mountain cave below.

The surrounded demon king was a giant wild pig, with the cultivation of peak Mysterious Immortal.

He had been enjoying a peaceful sleep in the cave when a sudden roar awakened him.

Who is Emperor Gouchen?

Why would he send people to capture me?

That was the first thought the wild pig had when he woke up, and also his last thought in life.

Because, by the time it occurred to him, the spear had already shattered the cave and thrust into him, skewering him.

Immediately afterward, an enormous force exploded and completely vaporized his spirit, annihilating him.

It was pitiful.

A peak Mysterious Immortal-level demon king, who once dominated part of Huaguo Mountain, didn’t even have the chance to struggle in front of the heavenly soldiers.

He lost his life dumbfounded.

Thousands of years of cultivation was wasted, and he didn’t even have a chance to reincarnate.

After the wild pig died, a bit of merit appeared on Jiang Chen.

This showed that the wild pig deserved to die.

Otherwise, killing him would have resulted in karma, not merit.