Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 222 - 222 212 Broken Fetus Sword Accomplished

222: Chapter 212: Broken Fetus, Sword Accomplished 222: Chapter 212: Broken Fetus, Sword Accomplished Um!

The thoughts of a saint are indeed different from ordinary people.

Jiang Chen thought that Taoist Shangqing’s plan had failed, and this sword fetus was ruined.

But turns out, the reality was far different from what he’d initially thought.

The so-called failure of the plan was just that the sword didn’t transform into an Innate Treasure.

What a liberal gesture—a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure discarded without hesitation.

Truly worthy of a saint.

After a moment of reflection, Jiang Chen felt something was off.

This sword fetus…

it was still a fetus!

Just being a sword fetus, it was already a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

If it’s allowed to fully form, wouldn’t it become an Innate Treasure for sure?

With these thoughts, Jiang Chen felt something was not right.

The reason Taoist Shangqing discarded this sword fetus must be something profound.

After examining the sword fetus again, Jiang Chen discovered another problem.

This sword fetus was a stillbirth.

In other words, it had no hope of fully forming.

And this was likely the key reason why Taoist Shangqing had abandoned it.

What use was something that couldn’t take shape?

All divine weapons usually have spirits.

But this sword fetus, not only did it lack spiritual energy, but it also lacked vitality, giving off an eerie sense of death.

A dead object, after all, could never reach the pinnacle of height.

Therefore, even though this sword fetus was a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Taoist Shangqing didn’t even glance at it.

“How could this be?”

Jiang Chen held the sword fetus in his hand, studying it for a long time, but he couldn’t figure out why this treasure was a stillborn object.

Vroom, vroom, vroom…

While Jiang Chen was examining the sword fetus, the Dao Mirror beside him couldn’t wait and hovered continuously around him.

Its Tao light fluctuated ceaselessly, seemingly salivating over it.

It wanted to swallow the sword fetus.

After thinking about it, Jiang Chen casually threw the sword fetus to the Dao Mirror.

If Taoist Shangqing couldn’t solve the problem, naturally he couldn’t either.

Armed with this self-awareness, he knew keeping the sword fetus would be no use.

Better to give it to the Dao Mirror to swallow, and maybe it could increase the Dao Mirror’s power somewhat.

Boom, boom, boom!

After swallowing the sword fetus, the Dao Mirror radiated a great light, and strands of Chaos Energy emerged, causing a significant stir.

In a trance, Jiang Chen’s consciousness elevated, and he arrived in a dark and chaotic region.

There, the silhouette of a giant axe and a large pearl appeared, their bodies surrounded by Chaos Energy, exuding an aura of ancient vastness.

Vaguely, the mysteries of Great Dao flickered on the bodies of these two treasures, superior to all else.

He didn’t know how long he stayed there—it could have been an instant or hundreds of years.

Anyway, in a daze, Jiang Chen’s consciousness returned to his body.

At the same time, his mind was filled with endless mysteries—so profound and obscure that even Jiang Chen struggled to understand them for a while.

Helpless, he could only seal these mysteries away and wait until he had time to delve into them later.

Regaining his senses, he turned his attention to the Dao Mirror.

The sword fetus was the embryo of an Innate Treasure, just one step away from being a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure.

The Dao Mirror, having swallowed it, definitely received benefits beyond imagination.

It might even be able to transform into an Innate Treasure all at once.

With such expectation, Jiang Chen held the Dao Mirror in his hand and carefully sensed it.

The result, however, was greatly disappointing.

Not only did Dao Mirror not advance to become an Innate Treasure, but its power barely increased.

The sword fetus, despite being a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, only helped Dao Mirror restore a single Innate Divine Prohibition.

Earlier, when Jiang Chen first came to this realm, the Dao Mirror was severely damaged, its forty-nine Innate Divine Prohibitions all shattered, falling from the highest Innate Treasure level to ordinary Innate Spiritual Treasure level.

Later, under Jiang Chen’s efforts, the Dao Mirror swallowed the fragments of the Pangu Axe and Chaos Pearl in succession.

The Innate Divine Prohibitions inside gradually recovered to the level of thirty-six.

Thirty-six Innate Divine Prohibitions—the limit of a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

But because the Dao Mirror had the foundation of a top-tier Innate Treasure, despite being a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, it had the power comparable to a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure.

After swallowing the sword fetus, the Innate Divine Prohibitions inside the Dao Mirror recovered one more and went from thirty-six to thirty-seven, stepping into the realm of top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures.

???

This isn’t right!

A top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure only allowed the Dao Mirror to add one Divine Prohibition.

Where did the surplus power go?

Was it stolen, or eaten by someone?

While Jiang Chen was pondering, the Dao Mirror suddenly started trembling violently.

Then, waves of sword energy swept out from it, turning the surrounding void into fragments.

Watching as the range of the sword energy swept increasingly wider, threatening to burst out of the cave and spread to the outside world.

At the critical moment, the light curtain left by Taoist Shangqing appeared, blocking back that powerful sword energy.

Swish…

Amid the diffusion of sword energy, a bloody sword light suddenly rushed out from the mirror surface of the Dao Mirror.

It first turned a few circles in mid-air, and then suddenly stopped, transforming into a bloody long sword, hovering in front of Jiang Chen.

The sword was three feet long, entirely blood-red, and was enveloped by an unparalleled sword intension.

The sword intent was so strong that just by standing there, not even spreading out, the surrounding space couldn’t bear its power and cracked open several fine cracks.

This was a powerful sword, except for the fact that its body was illusionary, it had almost no other drawbacks.

An illusionary sword, in other words, this sword had no physical form.

Staring at this sword, Jiang Chen thought for a moment, then slowly released his divine consciousness, attempting to make contact with it.

Vroom, vroom, vroom…

Perhaps sensing Jiang Chen’s friendly intent, the moment his divine consciousness touched the sword, it vibrated a few times, sending out a joyful feeling.

A spirit?

Puzzled, Jiang Chen sent his divine consciousness into the divine sword.

The sword didn’t resist and let him observe freely.

Then, Jiang Chen saw in its body forty-five Innate Divine Prohibitions.

He was very familiar with them because he had just seen them.

They were the Innate Divine Prohibition contained in the former sword fetus.

However, compared to before, the last of these forty-five Innate Divine Prohibitions had become much more illusionary as if it would dissipate at any moment.

When he saw this, all of Jiang Chen’s previous doubts were resolved.

No wonder the Dao Mirror’s power didn’t increase much after swallowing the sword fetus.

The majority of the leftover power was transformed into this sword.

The Dao Mirror only swallowed five fragments of the Pangu Axe.

Given the countless fragments of the Pangu Axe, using five pieces to allow the Dao Mirror to advance a grade was already very good.

At the same time, Jiang Chen understood why the sword fetus was a stillborn—it was all because of the fragments of the Pangu Axe.

Although the power of the Pangu Axe fragments was not strong, its quality was high.

Even the powerful Taoist Shangqing could hardly make the Pangu Axe fragments generate a spirit.

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