Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 252 - 252 241 Catastrophe in Nine States

252: Chapter 241: Catastrophe in Nine States 252: Chapter 241: Catastrophe in Nine States The decline in power of the Nine States Barrier is actually quite normal; it has happened before.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, with two divine lights shooting from them, looking towards the Great Han’s imperial capital, Chang’an, in the distance.

As expected, the aura of the Golden Dragon of Fate, spiraling above the royal city, had noticeably weakened.

There’s no perfect formation in the world, and the Nine States Barrier is no exception.

Although this formation’s power is strong, it has one fatal weakness.

That is, the strength of this formation is directly related to the strength or weakness of the destiny of the dynasty it belongs to.

The more prosperous the current dynasty, with its people living in peace and happiness, and its fate flourishing day by day, the more powerful the Nine States Barrier will be, even affecting the Great Divine Transcendents.

However, if the fate of the present dynasty declines, the power of the Nine States Barrier will likewise be impacted, like it is now, gradually weakening.

By the end of the dynasty, the Nine States Barrier is basically just in name, with not much power left.

This is why the phrase “When a nation is about to perish, demons will arise” has been widely circulated in the world.

Without the repression of the Nine States Barrier, wouldn’t the demons come out?

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“Fortunately, although the fate of the Great Han dynasty has declined, it has not yet reached the point of changing the dynasty.” After taking a look at the fate of the Great Han dynasty, Jiang Chen said.

Isn’t it normal for the dynasty to rise and fall when not governed by the Human Emperor?

Who can guarantee that all emperors of the Great Han dynasty have been wise?

Isn’t it normal for some of the emperors to be foolish?

Jiang Chen shook his head and threw away any other thoughts.

Then, he followed the guidance in his heart and rushed to the place where the people were praying.

After a few more days, Jiang Chen and his followers arrived at the Bashu region, crossing through the Shu Region’s natural barrier.

As soon as they arrived, the ghostly aura rose up, covering the sky like an overwhelming force, rolling in the air, making everyone feel creeping beneath.

Goodness, if Jiang Chen himself hadn’t come from the Nanbuzhan Continent and knew this was the Bashu region, he would have thought he had wandered into a ghost lair.

“Hiss～～”

“This is the Shu Region?”

“How did it become like this?”

Taking a look around, even someone as experienced as Jiang Chen was shocked by the sight.

Looking as far as the eye can see, there are ghostly auras everywhere.

Judging by this, the malicious ghosts causing chaos here aren’t just in the millions.

They’re probably in the tens or even hundreds of millions.

A billion ghost soldiers causing a crisis in the world, this is a truly earth-shattering event!

If any mistakes are made, countless creatures would be afflicted.

If no one stops this ghost disaster, it would be a great fortune to save even a fraction of the countless beings of this Shu Region.

At that time, tremendous karma will come down, the Quantitative Calamity might even arrive early due to it.

The consequences can be very serious.

It’s no wonder that people in the area have rushed into the Demon Suppression Heavenly King Hall to pray to Jiang Chen.

With ghosts all around, the people here have been driven to desperation, and besides praying to the gods, they have no other options.

The gap between humans and ghosts is like an insurmountable chasm.

Even if they want to resist, they simply can’t.

Difficult, difficult, difficult…

But with such a big issue occurring, where are the people from Heaven Court?

And the people from the underworld?

Jiang Chen frowned deeply at the sight of the ghosts running amok here.

Something’s not right.

With billions of evil ghosts flooding into the human realm, how could the people from Heaven Court and the underworld still not appear and allow these evil ghosts to cause such chaos?

Did the Ghost Emperor think his authority was superior, or the Ten Halls Yama was fearless enough to ignore such a substantial matter?

Aren’t they afraid to die?

Under the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, even those listed in the Investiture of the Gods wouldn’t escape death, the type that even saints couldn’t save.

Also, where have the Human race masters who guard this area gone?

Why haven’t they appeared at this critical time?

The more Jiang Chen watched, the more he felt something wasn’t right, there were problems everywhere.

On the surface, he remained calm, but internally he was repeatedly stirring his secret methods, trying to establish contact with the old patriarch Jiang Xuan.

Unfortunately, his queries met with silence, and he didn’t know what the other party was doing.

He got no response.

Then, Jiang Chen tried to employ his secret method to contact the head of the Jiang family, but still no one responded.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen attempted to contact the rest of the experts in the Jiang family, but with the same result—none of them responded.

“Hm?”

It was at this point that Jiang Chen finally realized that something big, which he was unaware of, must have happened.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be unable to contact the experts of the Jiang family.

Something major and important must have happened, captivating all the attention and energy of the various Jiang family experts and preventing them from paying attention to the mortal world.

More daringly, Jiang Chen guessed that perhaps the reason why none of the beings from Heaven Court and Earth Region had arrived was also due to being tied up by this unknown major event.

With these thoughts, Jiang Chen felt even more shaken.

What on earth had happened that could affect the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humans, causing so many experts to be unable to step forward?

While Jiang Chen was curious, Sun Wukong looked surprised.

He heard him say: “Wow, brother, are you sure this is the Nanbuzhan Continent?

We didn’t take a wrong turn, did we?”

“To be honest, even down in the underworld, I’ve never seen so many evil spirits.

Could it be that all the evil spirits have collectively moved to the Nanbuzhan Continent?”

Seeing that the monkey was still making light of the situation, Jiang Chen said irritably, “If you don’t have anything productive to say, then don’t speak.”

Done talking, he turned to the side and ordered the demon-suppressing heavenly soldiers: “All soldiers listen to my command; assemble the Star River formation, then follow me to rescue people.

Remember, the priority of this operation is to save people first, killing the evil spirits is secondary.”

With so many evil spirits in this area, Jiang Chen’s heavenly soldiers can’t possibly exterminate all of them.

They might even end up being killed by them if they aren’t careful.

The saying “ants can bite an elephant to death” isn’t just a proverb.

Moreover, with billions of evil spirits and who knows how many among them are experts, Jiang Chen’s 4,000 troops aren’t enough for them to swallow down.

Therefore, for this operation, Jiang Chen decided to prioritize rescuing people, and deal with the spirits once reinforcements from Heaven Court or the Human Race arrived.

Furthermore…

Looking up at the sky, Jiang Chen’s face turned even graver.

The sun hanging in the sky was already starting to set, which meant the sun was going to dip below the horizon soon.

Night was falling!

And the night was the main stage for ghosts!

During the day, the pressure from the sun’s energy kept many evil spirits from daring to appear, but even if they did, they would not dare to be too arrogant.

But it would be different at night.

Those evil spirits hiding in the shadows would swarm out all at once.

The sheer number of evil spirits seen during daylight hours; one couldn’t even imagine how many would come out at night.

The mere thought sent chills down one’s spine.

A calamity indeed!!!

There was a sigh in his heart, but Jiang Chen had to force himself to stay spirited.

With a massive disaster looming, this was the time for him to step up and he couldn’t afford to slack off.

At once, Jiang Chen took the lead and was the first to act.

Having cultivated the ancient martial arts for many years, he knew it wasn’t for the sake of immortality, but for stepping up in times of great calamity.

Not only was Jiang Chen of this mindset, many of the Human Race cultivators had the same thought.

Indeed, not long after Jiang Chen started moving, he saw many Human Race cultivators appearing, doing the same as him; some were rescuing people, others were exorcising ghosts.

In short, they were all using their own methods, doing their utmost to minimize the impact of the calamity.

At this time, there was no room for Immortal Daoists to be carefree, just looking after themselves.

Before the calamity, if they chose to stand by when others were in danger, not to mention their conscience, they wouldn’t be able to pass the scrutiny of the Human Race, or even that of the Immortal Dao.

A true Immortal Daoist needed to be compassionate and bear the heart to save and protect the world.

ps: Is anyone still reading this book?