Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 294 - 294 283 Opportunities Prepared by Upper Qing Saints

294: 283 Opportunities Prepared by Upper Qing Saints 294: 283 Opportunities Prepared by Upper Qing Saints This is the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch, born from the Heavenly Earthly Origin and among myriad Daos.

Refining it enables one to become the Taiyi Dao Monarch.

Why is it said that Taiyi Dao Monarch is stronger than Taiyi Golden Immortal, and may even challenge the Great Ancient Daluo?

Because after attaining the level of Taiyi Dao Monarch, the power one wields is not the power of Heaven and Earth, but the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

This is a power only the Great Ancient Daluo Golden Immortal could access.

The difference with Taiyi Golden Immortal is substantial in nature.

One masters the Great Dao, and one masters Heaven and Earth.

Can the disparity not be significant?

Looking up at the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch, Jiang Chen suddenly stepped forward, yearning to get closer to the Dao Fruit.

Boom…

However, Jiang Chen had only taken one small step forward when he felt an incomparable pressure, as though he was shouldering an ancient divine mountain.

His body became incredibly heavy, making it impossible to move an inch forward.

This is the power of Dao!

The Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch is born in the midst of the Great Dao.

To pluck it, one must face the power of Dao head on, and walk towards the Dao Fruit under the oppressive force of the Great Dao.

Grinding his teeth, Jiang Chen took another step forward.

A greater pressure assailed him, causing his body to creak.

The sound was that of his bones cracking.

The persona here is Jiang Chen’s heart and soul.

Logically, there shouldn’t be any sound of bone cracking.

Yet against all odds, there was a sound of bones breaking.

This was the power of the Dao, acting upon his body through Jiang Chen’s soul.

Ignoring the damage on his body, Jiang Chen continued to move forward.

The closer he got to the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch, the more formidable the power of Dao emanating from above became.

In the outside world, Jiang Chen’s body suddenly split open, spewing a great deal of blood.

Not long after, Jiang Chen’s soul started to crack under the pressure.

The original source was leaking out from these cracks, becoming increasingly ethereal.

However, despite the heavy injuries, Jiang Chen was not without gains.

As he grew closer to the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch, an array of profound insights emerged in his heart, deepening his understanding of the Law of Yin and Yang.

Jiang Chen’s realm was improving.

As he got closer to the Dao Fruit, he was stepping towards the transformation of the Taiyi Dao Monarch’s realm.

Meanwhile, as Jiang Chen’s injuries deteriorated, the potent medicinal power of the Ninth Heaven Mysterious Pill in his body seemed to have found a vent, swiftly repairing Jiang Chen’s physical body and soul.

It didn’t take long for Jiang Chen’s body and soul to recover.

Then, the formidable power of Dao arrived again, shattering his body and soul anew.

And so, Jiang Chen’s body and soul, with the help of the power of the Ninth Heaven Mysterious Pill, reassembled after each shattering to become increasingly resilient and powerful.

At the same time, Jiang Chen was getting closer and closer to the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch.

By the time the medicinal power of the Ninth Heaven Mysterious Pill was exhausted, Jiang Chen was right before the Dao Fruit, within touching distance.

To pluck the Dao Fruit would mean that he becomes a Taiyi Dao Monarch!

Without hesitation, Jiang Chen immediately mobilized all his strength, ready to make a desperate attempt to forcibly pluck the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch.

However, just then, a green light suddenly shot from the statue formed by the divine consciousness of the Upper Qing Saint in the center of the Shangqing Divine Palace.

It hit Jiang Chen, sending his soul back from the Heavenly Earthly Origin, interrupting his breakthrough process.

“Huh?”

Jiang Chen was puzzled and looked at the Upper Qing statue.

Then, an image appeared in his mind.

It was a scene of him plucking the Dao Fruit of the Dao Monarch.

In the image, the Upper Qing Statue didn’t stop Jiang Chen.

He plucked the Dao Fruit with ease, then smoothly refined it, successfully reaching the legendary realm of the Taiyi Dao Monarch as he had desired.

Up to this point, everything was going well.

But what happened next caused Jiang Chen to break out in a cold sweat.

Not long after he had reached the Dao Monarch realm, the sky suddenly darkened and dense clouds rolled in, generating terrifying lightning.

Then, a vast expanse of lightning struck him, engulfing Jiang Chen who had just reached the Dao Monarch realm.

In the lightning, Jiang Chen desperately struggled, unleashing various ancient divine abilities that existed only in legends.

Yet, he still couldn’t resist the rampaging lightning.

In the end, Jiang Chen wasn’t destroyed by the thunder tribulation, but his just-achieved Dao Monarch realm was forcibly deposed, knocking him back to the realm of Heavenly Human Perfection.

The scene ended there, shattering into numerous fragments and disappearing from Jiang Chen’s mind.

“This is… Heavenly Tribulation?!”

Not long ago, Jiang Chen had just experienced the Heavenly Tribulation.

Seeing this lightning, he instantly recognized its origin — it’s the Heavenly Tribulation that cultivators strive to avoid.

Breaking through to the realm of Taiyi Dao Monarch actually incurs the Heavenly Tribulation?

And judging by the power of this Heavenly Tribulation, it clearly surpasses the ordinary levels.

Even a Daluo Golden Immortal would be reduced to ashes.

It’s like they won’t stop until they’ve killed you!

So, what’s wrong with trying to become a Taiyi Dao Monarch?

Why is it that The Heavenly Dao must bring down such a catastrophe?

Although the scene Jiang Chen saw hadn’t happened yet, it was projected by the Upper Qing Saint, which meant that if Jiang Chen insisted on breaking through to the Taiyi Dao Monarch realm now, the ending shown in that scene would be his future.

This was the Upper Qing Saint giving Jiang Chen a heads up, projecting the scene of the future to warn him not to break through to Taiyi Dao Monarch at this moment.

Saints rule over heaven and earth, overlooking the river of time and space.

The future they see, if not 100% accurate, is 90% sure.

The picture is the future of Jiang Chen.

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With questions in his heart, Jiang Chen asked directly.

He stepped forward, bowed respectfully to the divine icon of the Upper Qing Saints, and asked, “May I ask, Master, why the breakthrough into the Dao Monarch Realm would encounter a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?”

In response to Jiang Chen’s question, the Upper Qing Saint responded.

His ethereal Dao Sound echoed in Jiang Chen’s ear, exceptionally concise: “Heaven and Earth have changed.”

With just four simple words, the Upper Qing Saint did not elaborate any further.

Has heaven and earth really changed?

Is it because the current cultivation environment cannot produce Dao Monarchs, and thus when a Dao Monarch emerges, it is met with the backlash of heaven and earth which leads to such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?

Somehow, Jiang Chen understood the meaning of the Upper Qing Saint.

He then continued to ask, “If heaven and earth so disallow, then, Master, how should I achieve the realm of the Dao Monarch in this world?”

This time, the Upper Qing Saint did not answer Jiang Chen’s question.

But another picture appeared in Jiang Chen’s mind.

There was the Eastern Sea, water waves rippling, with a small island on the sea, covered by the Innate Great Formation, hidden in the void and invisible to outsiders.

On the island, Innate Spiritual Medicines were everywhere, numerous rare treasures, and the innate spiritual energy was extremely dense, condensing into clouds and turning into spiritual liquid that fell down.

This was a rare fairy island, no less than Penglai Fairy Mountain that Jiang Chen had seen before.

His view continued to stretch forward to see a white jade pool in the center of the island.

The pool was filled with a green liquid, emitting an astonishing creation aura.

This was the Creation Divine Water, the most top-tier Innate Divine Water in the Primordial World, which was more precious than the Three Lights Divine Water.

It contained the power of creation and could heal all injuries.

In the center of the pool, a lotus flower grew with three layers and each layer had three petals.

It was lush and flourishing with a creation aura swirling around it.

It had natural creation patterns on it as if it were explaining the Dao of Creation, which was extremely profound.

A breeze blew, and the green Ninth-Grade Lotus swayed in the wind, dropping droplets of green liquid into the pool below.

That green liquid was the Creation Divine Water.

From this, it could be seen that the pool of Creation Divine Water was dripped from this Ninth-Grade Green Lotus.

“This is…”

Looking at this lotus, Jiang Chen had a hunch but was not sure.

However, there’s one thing he knew – that whether he could become an Innate Dao Monarch depended on the body of the pool of Creation Divine Water.

This pool of Creation Divine Water was absolutely worth as much as an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

As long as Jiang Chen could refine it, even if the Heavenly Tribulation was ten times more powerful, it wouldn’t be able to kill him.

Jiang Chen understood the meaning of the Upper Qing Saint – that he should rely on this pool of Creation Divine Water to endure the Heavenly Tribulation.

Heavenly Tribulation is not a divine punishment.

No matter how strong, it has a limit and will not pursue him endlessly.

When it reaches its limit and still cannot kill Jiang Chen, it will naturally recede.

This pool of the Creation Divine Water and that green lotus were the opportunities prepared for him by the Upper Qing Saint, which could also be described as rewards for Jiang Chen for setting up the Shangqing Palace.

In short, having a strong backing was good because the path to becoming a Dao was already paved for him.

He just had to follow the plan, and one day, he would accomplish great things.

If the Upper Qing Saint hadn’t reminded him, Jiang Chen would probably have already made his breakthrough and then been taught a lesson by the Heavenly Tribulation, which could have caused a regression in his cultivation.

After that, he would have learned his lesson and understood the taboo of breaking through to the Taiyi Dao Monarch.

Remembering the coordinates of the small island, Jiang Chen turned his head and thanked the Upper Qing Saint: “Disciple thanks you for the guidance, Master.”

The Upper Qing Saint didn’t respond to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen wasn’t surprised and simply sat down, circulating his spiritual energy to stabilize his recently advanced cultivation.

About when to go to that small island, it was temporarily unnecessary.

Breaking through to the Dao Monarch was not easy.

Jiang Chen planned to polish his cultivation first and when he perfected his Heavenly Human Realm, he would consider the breakthrough.

However, speaking of refining his cultivation, Jiang Chen remembered a matter.

It seemed like he hadn’t gone to look for the Golden Crow’s corpse for a long time.

This would not work.

The Golden Crow’s corpse was the key to his transformation into an Innate Divine Demon.

He must not overlook this.

Alright, next, he would refine his cultivation while looking for the Golden Crow’s corpse.

When he had transformed into an Innate Divine Demon, it wouldn’t be too late to break through to the Taiyi Dao Monarch.

By then, breaking through to become an Innate Dao Monarch with the status of an Innate Divine Demon would be completely foolproof.

With a thought, Jiang Chen had clearly arranged his next actions.

He would not allow himself any idle time.

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Boom!

One day, while Jiang Chen was in deep meditation, he suddenly felt Qingcheng Mountain shaking.

Thinking something had happened, he woke up immediately, activated the Sun and Moon Divine Pupil and looked into the distance.

Then, he saw a black line surging from the horizon.

As it got closer, the shape of the black line came clearly into Jiang Chen’s view.