Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 316 - 316 Three Hundred and Five Great Acts of Merit

316: Three Hundred and Five Great Acts of Merit 316: Three Hundred and Five Great Acts of Merit This time, gathering his forces, Jiang Chen was set to march towards the Dongsheng Divine Continent.

Before the outbreak of unrest in the Shu Region, Jiang Chen was leading the Demon Suppression Heavenly Army, eliminating demons within the Little Cang Mountain range at the border between the Dongsheng Divine Continent and the Eastern Sea.

Due to the immense uproar caused by the crafting of the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan, he attracted the attention of all the experts within a billion-mile radius.

Hence, Jiang Chen had to lead his troops away from the Dongsheng Divine Continent, moving to support the Nanbuzhan Continent, which led to a series of events that followed.

Presently, with the chaos in the Shu Region now settled, not only does Jiang Chen have his hands free, but his strength has also greatly increased.

Now, with the backing of a formidable military force, he once again considered marching towards the Dongsheng Divine Continent.

More precisely, Jiang Chen coveted the Little Cang Mountain range.

The Little Cang Mountain range, located at the edge of the Dongsheng Divine Continent, is seen as a known barren and inhospitable region by local cultivators.

Extremely desolate and secluded, with few spiritual resources and scarce medicinal herbs, it is abundant in filth.

This has made the Little Cang Mountain range a gathering place for all manner of demonic beings and ghosts.

This place is home to over two thousand eight hundred mountain peaks, with countless members of the Demon Clan, Demonic Way, and Evil Way cultivators residing within.

The immortals and the virtuous within the Dongsheng Divine Continent naturally scorned such a place.

But what they dismissed, Jiang Chen coveted.

In his eyes, the Little Cang Mountain range was an invaluable treasure trove.

Firstly, the countless demons and ghosts entrenched in the Little Cang Mountains were, in Jiang Chen’s eyes, free-walking merits.

If he could suppress them all, he would gain a substantial amount of merit.

Secondly, the Little Cang Mountain range itself was a colossal treasure.

Although it appears destitute now, having become a notoriously inhospitable place, during the ancient prehistoric times, the Little Cang Mountain range held a formidable reputation.

As one of the 365 Great Ancient Divine Mountains, Cang Mountain, also known as Sky Land, had given birth to countless experts.

It was no less significant than any of the top Cave Heavens during the prehistoric times.

Even though such a place may have declined due to the Heavenly Earth Calamity, with its foundations from the past, a careful transformation could potentially turn it into a top Cave Heaven Blessed Land within the Three Realms.

As for how to transform it?

It’s simple – by harnessing the power of Heaven and Earth.

The Taoist law incorporates the power of Heaven and Earth for its own use.

Once Jiang Chen has suppressed all the demons and ghosts in the mountain, he can set up an unparalleled formation in the Little Cang Mountain range, change the location’s fortune, and transform the region’s filthy energy.

Then, the entire Little Cang Mountain range will be rejuvenated, regenerating its Spiritual Veins and gradually restoring its prosperity from the ancient times.

This is precisely why Jiang Chen coveted the Little Cang Mountain range.

Upon transforming the Little Cang Mountain range from a barren, inhospitable region into a renowned Cave Heaven Blessed Land in the Three Realms, can you imagine how much merit he would gain?

It certainly wouldn’t be less than the merit gained from settling the ghost issues in the Shu Region.

Saving lives is meritorious, but unless necessary, most immortals are reluctant to do so.

This is because saving people involves significant karma.

If the saved person is good, there is no problem.

If the person to be saved is bad or evil, there is a great deal of trouble.

You save him, and then he does evil in the future, you have to share a portion of this negative karma.

The Heavenly Dao is selfless and does not care about these details.

Since you saved him, you have to bear some responsibility for his future actions.

For this reason, many immortals are unwilling to save people.

Even if they do, they carefully scrutinize the character of the person to be saved and ensure that there is no problem before they take action.

Of course, many immortals are still willing to help those like the Nine-Life Virtuous People.

Why didn’t anyone come to rescue when the Shu Region was in chaos and the relentless ghosts were tormenting the living?

Do you really think there are no strong experts in the Three Realms?

Have all the gods in Heaven Court, the Immortals in the Immortal World, and all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats in the Spiritual Mountain died?

Do you think they did not step forward because they were concerned about the karma involved?

If they had intervened, they would have had to rescue at least millions or tens of millions of living beings.

Who knows how much evil these beings would do in their lives?

Yes, it’s how much evil they would do, not how many people would do evil.

No one’s life is free from evil deeds.

Even the smallest act of evil is still evil.

Therefore, since the chaos in the Shu Region began, none of the Three Realm experts have intervened.

They thought they would wait until the lives of Shu Region were nearly wiped out, then step in to clean up the mess.

In this way, they could minimize the karma from saving people.

One cannot complain about this; self-preservation is human nature.

Not everyone is a saint, and it’s unreasonable to sacrifice oneself to save others.

One can save people, but one must also act according to one’s capabilities and not endanger oneself in the process.

It was only Jiang Chen, with his noble character, compassionate heart, and the legacy of the ancient Holy Emperor, who disregarded the overwhelming karma to save people.

For this, Jiang Chen paid a huge price.

Do you really think the merit of settling the ghost issue of the Shu Region was easily obtained?

The joy of gaining merit is equal to, no, greater than the subsequent misery.

From the moment Jiang Chen settled the chaos in the Shu Region, there were strands of negative karma emerging from the void and entering his body.

This is the karma of saving people.

At present, there doesn’t seem to be any difference, but given enough time, this negative karma will only increase more than the merit Jiang Chen has obtained.

Saving people is indeed troublesome.

This is exactly why, in ancient times, when earthquakes and floods erupted, few Immortals took the initiative to save people.

Without cause and effect, they would have already tried to save people, and there wouldn’t have been so many natural disasters in the world.

Of course, Jiang Chen’s sacrifices were not without gains.

His greatest gain is not merit, but capital, the capital to become an Emperor.

In order to become the Supreme Being of Heaven and Earth, it’s not enough to simply have cultivation, one also needs character.

Without an extraordinary character, how can one become the ruler of heaven and earth?

At present, the results of what Jiang Chen is doing may not be visible, but when he competes for the position of the Purple Micro Great Emperor in the future, this will be his capital, proving that he has the necessary character, otherwise, he would simply be eliminated.

If you want to become an Emperor, start with small matters, gradually gathering them, until quantity changes cause quality changes, forming a grand situation, sweeping the Three Realms in one fell swoop.

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Saving people carries a lot of cause and effect, but improving the environment doesn’t – this is a great act of charity that will last forever.

Saving people benefits humanity but not Heavenly Dao.

So, no matter how many people you save, you won’t win the favor of Heavenly Dao.

You can earn merit, but you can’t say it’s great merit.

What is considered a great merit, then?

It’s to fill the gaps in Heaven and Earth and promote their development.

Examples include Di Jun establishing Heaven Court, the Witch Clan governing Earth, Nü Wa repairing heaven, Zhen Yuanzi integrating Earth Vein, Hou Tu initiating reincarnation, etc.

Only such significant actions can be counted as acts of great merit.

Although Jiang Chen’s transformation of the desolate mountains and waters into the Cave Heaven Blessed Land can’t be compared with the above examples, essentially they are the same, all promoting the development of the Chaos World.

Of course, if one day, Little Cang Mountain re-establishes its ancient glory under Jiang Chen’s hand, standing once again at the peak of the mountains, becoming the ancient Cang Mountain known as Sky Land.

Then, Jiang Chen would be truly touching the edge of the great merit.

The 365 ancient divine mountains in the Chaos World are all unique and have special significance to Heaven and Earth.

So, every time an ancient divine mountain is restored, it can move Heavenly Dao, and thus bestow a huge amount of merit.

The merit is enough to allow a mortal to directly achieve the Dao Venerable Realm.

If someone could restore all 365 ancient divine mountains, then the merits this person would receive would be enough for him to become a saint on the spot.

Moreover, for such a person, the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t be stingy with a sacred position.

This is a path to sainthood, known to many.

The Heavenly Dao didn’t hide this information.

It could be said that it was intentionally released to tempt Great Divine Transcendents to walk this path.

Unfortunately, as good as Heavenly Dao’s calculations were, not a single Great Divine Transcendent walked this path.

This is because the head of the 365 ancient divine mountains is Mount Buzhou.

No one could repair Mount Buzhou, so it was a dead-end.

Of course, Jiang Chen did not plan to walk this path.

In fact, he couldn’t even restore Cang Mountain now, let alone the other ancient divine mountains.

At present, all Jiang Chen could do was to try his best to improve the environment of the Little Cang Mountain range to restore some of the majestic aura of the Ancient Cang Mountain.

As for whether the Little Cang Mountain range can be transformed back into the Ancient Cang Mountain in future, that depends on Jiang Chen’s future destiny.

If possible, Jiang Chen would certainly be willing to restore the Little Cang Mountain range to the Ancient Cang Mountain.

Even if it was not for the great merit that could instantly make a person reach the Innate Dao Sovereign realm, just having an ancient divine mountain as a Daoist Field was enough for Jiang Chen to spare no effort in doing this.

Each ancient divine mountain, formed by the blood, flesh, and spirit of Pangu after his fall, contains splendid fortune and even carries a strand of innate Dao fate.

If a cultivator could obtain and refine its original source, they would definitely be able to step into the Innate Dao Venerable Realm in this lifetime.

It can be said that every ancient divine mountain is a Dao fruit of a Dao Venerable that grows from the earth, a gem of Heaven and Earth.

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Outside the Demon Suppression Hall, 7,000 Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers assembled on the drill ground, standing silently in the field, waiting for Jiang Chen’s orders.

This time, Jiang Chen was determined to take over the Little Cang Mountain range.

Therefore, he not only mobilized all of his Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers, but also borrowed 7,000 top-quality celestial horses from the Heavenly Horse Ranch for them.

Speaking of these 7,000 celestial horses, Jiang Chen was quite annoyed.

He initially thought that, given his current status, asking for 7,000 top-quality celestial horses would be an easy task.

But who would have thought that the staff at the Heavenly Horse Ranch would only agree to give him 7,000 ordinary celestial horses?

There was no chance of getting better ones.

Even Jiang Chen’s personal request was turned down, making him lose face.

In the end, his senior brothers heard about it and personally went to the Martial Virtue Divine Palace to get the celestial horses.

Because of this incident, Jiang Chen remembered one person, the Martial Virtue God who ruled the Martial Virtue Divine Palace.

The Heavenly Horse Ranch was under his jurisdiction.

In other words, it was he who made things difficult for Jiang Chen.