Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 228 - 228 218 The Great Demon

228: Chapter 218: The Great Demon 228: Chapter 218: The Great Demon In the present world, the path of Divine Ability is gradually declining, but the path of magic has not yet risen and remains in a state of exploration.

Some ambitious individuals have already seen that Divine Ability is gradually becoming unsuitable for the current era, so they have begun to develop new paths of Great Dao to adapt to their times.

Magic, therefore, was born from the research of these ambitious individuals.

Being newly born, magic is still in the experimental phase and doesn’t have its cultivation system.

Therefore, magic has only started to circulate within some specific small groups and is far from widespread.

This is why few people in the Three Realms have heard of magic, let alone practised it.

If Divine Abilities aren’t used, and magic has never been heard of, isn’t combat just a contest of magical power and martial skills?

Today, it is an era of transitioning from the old to the new.

But while the old Divine Abilities have begun to decline, the new magic has just started to emerge, with no signs of ascension yet.

Immortal Persons fighting as Mortals is the result of this peculiar environment.

Looking to the past, Immortal Persons’ battles were fought with Divine Abilities and Magic Treasures, often burning the sky and boiling the sea, and causing cataclysmic changes.

Looking to the future, battles between Immortal Persons are fought with Magic Treasures and Taoist magic, with all sorts of dazzling fairy lights and flying swords.

In the present world, excluding magical power, the battles of Immortal Persons are no different from those of Mortals.

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“What a great opportunity!”

In his trance, Jiang Chen seemed to see a tremendous opportunity in front of him.

The current era is in an unprecedented turning point.

The path of Divine Ability is declining, but the path of magic has not yet ascended.

If at this moment, Jiang Chen steps up to accept this challenge, and establishes his own system of Immortal Magic, he could be a trendsetter of this era, leading the fashion of the times, and popularizing magic in the Three Realms.

This would be a tremendous achievement.

If Jiang Chen managed to do this, he might even establish a sect and become a powerful figure.

In addition to this, he could monopolize the fate of a step in magic and cultivate to reach the ultimate positive result.

At that time, Jiang Chen could confidently claim to be of great fortune, which is unproblematic.

Great Fortune is one of the three elements of Tao attainment.

Those who attain Tao must possess one of the three: Great Fortune, Great Wisdom or Great Will.

Only then can they achieve the Great Dao.

If they do not possess these, it will be difficult to attain Tao.

Jiang Chen dares to envision creating a magic system because he has a reason.

He has inherited from the Hundred Schools and has mastered countless secrets.

Couldn’t these secrets be reformed into magic?

Especially the eternal secret of Taoism, when executed by a powerful person, it is Divine Ability, but when executed by a weaker one, it doesn’t differ much from magic.

The predecessors have already paved the way, Jiang Chen just needs to summarise it, and naturally, he could open up a magic system.

This opportunity is like it is being handed on a silver platter.

However, there’s a problem right now.

Many significant figures are coveting this opportunity.

If Jiang Chen wanted to compete for this opportunity, he would inevitably offend them.

Who are they?

As far as Jiang Chen knows, there are two people, Saint of Taiqing and Zhunti.

The present Heavenly Gang 36 Transformations, and Earthly Fiend 72 Transformations were created by these two Saints.

The original Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend methods are the summary of the Divine Abilities of the Prehistoric World.

The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend methods modified by these two saints are the summary of the magic of the Three Realms.

Being the summary of magic, the intentions of these two are quite apparent: to vie for the opportunity of opening a magic system.

If Jiang Chen rashly enters this competition, he will inevitably offend these two powerful figures.

Is it worth it?

Of course it is!

If Heaven gives and one doesn’t take, they will be punished.

Jiang Chen understands this.

The predecessors have laid the way for him, and all he has to do is follow.

If he is still hesitant, how can he challenge the highest realm in the future?

He cannot retreat, once retreat becomes a habit, he might lose the opportunity to attain the Dao in this life.

The road to attainment is difficult and demands relentless momentum.

Without the spirit of fearlessness, how could one attain the Dao?

Furthermore, isn’t outdoing a Saint a type of achievement?

Besides, Jiang Chen’s identity is different now.

He is the disciple of the Shangqing Daoist.

Even if he offends those two big figures, it doesn’t matter.

Because their relationships are already bad.

As for the Saint’s retaliation afterwards, the Shangqing Daoist would not sit idly by.

If a newly-recruited disciple is killed for no reason, wouldn’t the Shangqing Daoist be driven to rage?

You can kill my disciple, then I can kill yours too.

Come, let’s hurt each other.

Being a disciple of a Saint, especially the only surviving disciple now, his identity is enough to ensure Jiang Chen won’t be bullied by anyone.

Saints are terrifying, and a lone Saint is even more terrifying.

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Having made up his mind, Jiang Chen quietly began to plan.

However, this is not an immediate concern.

What needs immediate attention is to resolve the current chaos.

Otherwise, if things escalate and become irretractable, it might truly evolve into a great war between two races.

Looking around, Jiang Chen had a plan in his mind.

Suddenly, he materialized from thin air and directly summoned the Taichu Divine Sword.

At his command, a bit of Innate Yuan energy manifested and flickered in mid-air, transforming into a streak of bloody red sword light.

“Kill!”

A cold command, and the blood-red sword light suddenly began to elongate, twisting like a long thread of blood in the battlefield.

In an instant, a flash of blood streaked across, and nine demon kings who were Taiyi Golden Immortals were decapitated.

After a moment, the blood squirted out like a fountain.

The Taichu Divine Sword, transmuted from a strand of origin of the four Sword of Slaying Immortals, embodied four supreme sword intentions of trapping, breaking, slaughtering, and executing.

Once drawn, it can exterminate all lives.

Its murderous intent is so abundant that it can match the Yuan Tu Abi dual swords of the Underworld River’s ancestor.

This is the Taichu Divine Sword in its damaged state.

If it were to return to its peak state, with its forty-five innate divine prohibitions perfect and flawless, then this sword can be known as the premier slaying spiritual treasure of the Prehistoric World.

Among all the innate spiritual treasures, this sword possesses the strongest killing power!

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Nine Taiyi demon kings were slain by the Taichu Divine Sword.

The moment their heads flew up, the sword intent entered their bodies, cutting their souls as well.

In other words, these nine Taiyi demon kings were already dead, killed by Jiang Chen’s sword.

One sword slaying nine demon kings, this sudden scene shocked everyone.

Immediately, everyone involuntarily stopped their actions, and the noisy battlefield became quiet all at once.

The scene was filled only with the sound of the surging sea.

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From the void, Jiang Chen moved toward the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers, standing before everyone.

He first looked around, studying everyone’s expressions, then spoke loudly, “What are you all trying to do?

Are you planning a rebellion?”

With those words, Jiang Chen pulled out the Sun God Staff and thrust it violently into the air.

In an instant, the dazzling Sun True Fire burst forth, triggering waves of heat and sweeping forward in a fan shape.

Boom—

An especially close demon king before Jiang Chen jumped backward in fear at the heat wave’s arrival.

The current Sun God Staff’s power was on par with the top tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, its erupted Sun True Fire could easily burn Taiyi Golden Immortals to death.

If they were stained by the Sun True Fire, every Taiyi Golden Immortal present, unless blessed with great luck, would be burnt to ashes.

Seeing that Jiang Chen killed nine demon kings with his first move, and now wields a powerful weapon, the demons were uncertain about his strength and hesitated in engaging him.

The demons were panicked, but so was Jiang Chen!

Both the Taichu Divine Sword and the Sun God Staff were top tier Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Activating these two treasures in succession had drained the magical power in Jiang Chen’s body.

Meaning if the demons were to unite against him now, he would have no choice but to flee.

However, compared to the demons, Jiang Chen was clearly better at hiding his fear.

Although he was panicking inside, he showed no signs of it and instead became more dominant.

He took a step forward and roared at the demons, “How dare you besiege the Heavenly Soldiers!

Do you no longer respect the Heavenly Rules, Heaven Court, or the Jade Emperor?”

“Are you planning to rebel?!”

While speaking, Jiang Chen secretly activated the Innate Emperor Qi within him, making his voice inexplicably authoritative.

Regarding the imposing manner, Jiang Chen always had a steady grasp.

Under the pressure of Jiang Chen’s aura, the demons were mute for a moment.

It wasn’t their fault.

The Innate Emperor Qi on Jiang Chen, after all, came from the Golden Crow.

The Demon Clan highly respects bloodlines.

The Golden Crow was the king of the Demon Clan.

The demons were naturally deterred by its aura and dared not meet Jiang Chen’s eyes.

These Demon Kings dared not, but the Great Demon lurking in the void did.

What is a Great Demon?

It’s a Great Luo Golden Immortal of the Demon Clan.

These demons, after becoming Great Luo Golden Immortals, felt that they were far from the Great Ancient Demon Gods.

So, instead of calling themselves Demon Gods, they call themselves Great Demons.

The Eastern Sea was vast with numerous living beings, and it was unknown how many members of the Demon Clan had been raised.

By quantities, it far surpassed the Demon Clan of the Xiniuhe Continent.

With such a huge base, naturally, many experts emerged.

Even Great Luo Golden Immortals were not uncommon.

They had just been secluded in cultivation and seldom moved around.

But now that the matter had escalated to such an extent, even they were inevitably alarmed.

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“A bunch of useless garbage!”

After muttering under his breath, a Great Demon stepped out from the void and appeared before Jiang Chen.

The Great Demon looked youthfully handsome, but surely he must be much older, likely to be an old fellow who had been alive for tens of thousands of years.

Looking up at the demon, Jiang Chen confirmed that this was a very white demon.

He wore white clothes, a white jade crown on his head, a white jade belt around his waist, white shoes and white socks on his feet, and even held a clean white feather fan in his hand.

In short, he was all in white, even his hair was white.

Jiang Chen’s first impression of him was: white and pretentious.

A demon swinging a feather fan around really thought he was Zhuge Village Man.

Well, Jiang Chen would never admit that the reason why he was dissatisfied with this demon was that he was stealing his thunder.