Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 361: Scraping the Ground 347

Chapter 361: Scraping the Ground 347

The Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper, a star shining in plain daylight!

Having witnessed this spectacle, how could Jiang Chen not know who was behind it? It was clearly a responsive action from the Worldly Immortal Lady Yun Xiao and Doumu Yuanjun, the Mother of Golden Spirit.

The former is the number one among the Jiejiao Sect’s inner disciples while the latter is Leader Tongtian’s second disciple, and the number one disciple in the Jiejiao Sect, after the eldest Duobao.

Both of them are among the top-ranked experts in the Jiejiao Sect. Never mind the Lady Yun Xiao who had, single-handedly, incapacitated the twelve Golden Immortals from the Chan Teachings – her power was terrifyingly immense.

As for the Mother of Golden Spirit, she has the highest position among the Investiture’s deities. This means that she has the highest authority among those deified by the Investiture.

Doumu Yuanjun is the leader among millions of stars and extremely respected. Her status follows that of the Four Emperors. Even in comparison to Heaven Court’s Five Elders, her status surpasses them significantly.

It could be said that as long as the Jade Emperor does not make a decision, the Mother of Golden Spirit can rightfully command the Gods. She is indeed a power player in Heaven Court, influential and respected.

Not considering her past life, after gaining her divine power in this life, there are definitively not many beings in the Three Realms who can surpass her. With the power of the stars backing her, even the Taoist Master might not be able to withstand a single strike from her.

With both of them attacking, Penglai Island’s island protective array would surely be destroyed.

Boom!

Suddenly, The Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper burst forth, sending out thousands of golden beams, covering the sky as they all flew towards Penglai Island.

In an instant, there was no light from the sun and moon and the earth shook.

The island protective array on Penglai Island under the golden light from The Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper began undergoing violent distortions, as if an invisible hand was warping it beyond recognition.

The brilliance of the island protective array slowly faded, as if returning back to ordinary.

It is said in the world: "There exists a golden dipper between Heaven and Earth, capable of hiding the wonders of Heaven and Earth, indiscernible by cause and consequence, Tribulation number, and divine abilities owned by Empress Tristar."

This is the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper, born before Heaven and Earth, one of the top ten Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric World. It represents the principle of three talents and is full of mysteries.

It is said to be able to hold all the treasures of Heaven and Earth and shelter all immortals in the universe, with the ability to collect both people and things. It can collect all four seas and treasures with its rightful name.

With a single golden light, even if your power reached Heaven, it would be inescapable doom.

Amere thought can chip away at the three flowers at the top of one’s head, eliminate the five gases in one’s heart, and dissolve all the magical powers in one’s body, turning thousands of years of cultivation into nothingness.

However, although the power of Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper is strong, wasn’t this treasure collected by Lord Tai Shang, according to Jiang Chen’s knowledge? How did it now find its way back to Yun Xiao’s hands?

But upon reconsideration, Jiang Chen understood the course of events. It was already shameful enough to bully the weak, let alone steal the treasures from juniors. If Saint of the Taiqing did such a thing, he wouldn’t have to show his face in public.

If it was a battle between peers where the treasure was taken, then so be it. If one wasn’t skilled enough, they can’t blame others. But for an elder to act on a junior, it’s one thing to capture him, but to steal a junior’s treasure is unacceptable.

Hence, considering the dignity of Saint of Taiqing, he would not stoop to such actions. Therefore, after the Quantitative Calamity ended, Saint of Taiqing returned the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper to Yun Xiao.

Also, Yun Xiao was different from other disciples of Jiejiao Sect. She did not ascend as a spirit but was enshrined with her physical body. She was the only one among Jiejiao Sect to do so.

Back then in the Nine-Bends Yellow River Array, Saint of Taiqing had only suppressed Yun Xiao and not killed her. If she was not killed then, she certainly wouldn’t be later, as doing so would be pointless.

Yun Xiao didn’t die, but her name was on the Investiture of the Gods. This was naturally proof that she was enshrined with her physical body.

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Crack! Crack!

After a round of distortion, Penglai Island’s protective array broke apart, revealing the true appearance of the island. Fields of medicinal herbs, forests of divine trees, roaming spiritual beasts, a plethora of immortal influence, and flowing spiritual springs.

It was truly a picturesque fairyland.

It was just Penglai Island’s ill fortune to have come across the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper. While its protective array was powerful, due to its three talent principle, it was overcome by the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper and easily destroyed.

The Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper is a top-rated innate spiritual treasure born in response to the principles of the Innate Triple Talents. Any entity related to these talents could be overcome by it.

The so-called innate triple talent array was merely a part of its capabilities. How could it resist the power of the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper?

Boom! Boom!

After the breaking of the array, a constellation descended from the sky. In an instant, the void on Penglai Island became extremely heavy.

The immortals on the island felt as if they had a mountain resting on their backs, making it difficult for them even to stand upright as they collapsed to the ground. This was thanks to Doumu Yuanjun, who used the power of her stars to increase Penglai Island’s gravity, eliminating the resisting force of the immortals on the island.

"Thanks to you both, Sisters!"

Jiang Chen bowed towards the sky, instantly transforming into a golden streak and rushing into Penglai Island. After a few flashes, he appeared before Dragon Whale who looked puzzled.

The Dragon King was right, this Dragon Whale couldn’t be left alive. His use ended once they landed on Penglai Island. At present, his only use was to die, concealing the truth in the process.

At first, the Dragon Whale did not expect the catastrophe of Penglai Island to be his own doing. But when he saw Jiang Chen appearing before him, everything suddenly made sense.

"You, it’s you, how could it be you?"

Pointing at Jiang Chen, the Dragon Whale was so shocked he couldn’t find his words. He never imagined that Jiang Chen would have such power, enough to even penetrate Penglai Island.

Ignoring the Dragon Whale, Jiang Chen lifted his Taichu Divine Sword, ready to kill it. But, sensing its life was in danger, the Dragon Whale suddenly turned back and roared in defiance:

"If you kill me, my master will definitely seek revenge for me. You destroyed Penglai Island, the Immortal Weng will definitely not let you go."

"Pfft..."

Hearing the warning, Jiang Chen made a face of utter contempt. Who would take revenge? The Immortal Weng of Nanji was already fighting for his own survival. What could he use for vengeance? Moreover, even if the Immortal Weng wasn’t in trouble, he wouldn’t seek revenge on Jiang Chen at this time.

Would the Immortal Weng of Nanji seek revenge against Jiang Chen? Certainly, after suffering such a loss, but not just yet. Rather, he would strike against Jiang Chen some time after the incident had cooled down.

Jiang Chen just stirred up trouble on Penglai Island and another problem arose elsewhere. Even a fool would know it was the doing of Immortal Weng Nanji. By then, even if the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign stands behind the Immortal Weng, the Upper Qing Saints wouldn’t let him off.

So, the Immortal Weng of Nanji wouldn’t retaliate against Jiang Chen immediately, but would wait several thousand years before looking for the right opportunity to exact revenge.

If Jiang Chen hadn’t grown strong enough to confront the Immortal Weng of Nanji after thousands of years, it seemed he wouldn’t need to make a move. Simply stall for some time and Jiang Chen will eventually die of old age.

This is why Jiang Chen wasn’t afraid of Immortal Weng Nanji’s revenge. He himself was a fugitive – others should fear him instead.

"Die!"

Without wasting words, Jiang Chen first pasted the Shangqing symbol on the Taichu Divine Sword, then used the Innate Eight Diagrams to drive the sword, thereby fragmentizing the Dragon Whale’s soul, and returning its Innate True Spirit to the Heaven and Earth.

The Shangqing symbol, the Innate Eight Diagrams, and the Taichu Divine Sword all possess the ability to shield against the design of Heaven.

With the three combined, Jiang Chen was certain the Dragon Whale was truly dead, and no one, even one who could collect souls with great magic power, could find any sign of its lingering soul. Even the computation of destiny could not locate any information regarding the Dragon Whale.

The fate of the Dragon Whale was entirely muddled and indistinguishable.

"Take!"

Then, with a wave of Jiang Chen’s hand, he collected the corpse of the Dragon Whale, thus obliterating all traces. So there was really no trace left.

After doing all of these, Jiang Chen began contemplating what to do next. Leaving like this was not an option. He had already offended the Immortal Weng of Nanji to the point of no return - even if he left now, he wouldn’t be overlooked.

Also, considering how big the situation had become, if Jiang Chen left now, it would undoubtedly seem like he was leaving a job half done. Therefore, Jiang Chen could leave, but he must stir things further before doing so - this way, all his previous efforts wouldn’t have been in vain.

But how to stir things up even further? That was a problem. At this time, Jiang Chen regretted not bringing Sun Wukong with him. If anyone was an expert at stirring up trouble, it was that monkey.

Upon thinking of the monkey, he naturally thought of stealing pan peaches. Then, Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up, finally having a way to escalate the situation.

On Penglai Island, what were the most valuable treasures? Of course, that would be the fire date trees and the Immortal Transformation Pool in the center of the island. As long as he took these two treasures, the incident would have stirred up enough to hurt Immortal Weng.

Incidentally, Jiang Chen would make a fortune, making the trip worthwhile. Otherwise, wiping out the Dragon Whale on his trip to Penglai Island would have seemed like a loss to him.

Being a man of action, Jiang Chen wasted no time in implementing his plan. He released his divine consciousness and scanned the island once, locating the whereabouts of the fire dates. Then, with a flicker of his silhouette, he arrived in the fire date forest.

Perhaps the Immortal Weng of Nanji was too confident, this vast fire date forest was unguarded, without even a single spiritual beast for protection. He wasn’t even scared it would get stolen.

Well, indeed, no one dared to steal.

Would anyone dare to steal from Immortal Weng on Penglai Island? Do they want to live?

Jiang Chen did not plan to steal either; he planned on taking it outright. Wait, no, it wasn’t a robbery, it was compensation—compensation from the Immortal Weng of Nanji to him.

Immortal Weng of Nanji not only deployed people to kill Jiang Chen but also wanted to steal his treasures. How outrageous was that! Now, Jiang Chen was finally getting his payback, taking a few trees and scooping away a pond as compensation.

Was this outrageous?

Not in the slightest.

After all, Immortal Weng of Nanji wanted not only the treasures on Jiang Chen but also his life. While Jiang Chen, on the other hand, did not want him dead, only took some extraneous belongings.

How can this be considered outrageous? One could even argue that Jiang Chen was too kind.

If it were others in such a situation, like the Upper Qing Saints or the Zulong, not only would they not spare the life of Immortal Weng, but they would even march directly up Kunlun Mountain and question how the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign teaches his disciples?

Sigh,

In the end, being educated by the orthodox Confucian school, Jiang Chen was simply too kind.

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