Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 377: Three Six Two, the second generation Demon Ancestor

Chapter 377: Three Six Two, the second generation Demon Ancestor

Heavenly Net City was damaged, its Feng Shui had been destroyed, and its fate inevitably partially lost. If Jiang Chen wanted to obtain the complete fate, he would have to repair Heavenly Net City to stabilize the local Feng Shui pattern.

When the Demon Suppression Soldiers were repairing Heavenly Net City, Jiang Chen released his divine sense, pouring into the Sea of Consciousness of the old Heavenly Net mother.

The descendants of the Demon Gods, their status was extremely noble. Instead of staying in the Demon Clan’s main base at Beijulu Continent, they ran to the remote Little Cang Mountain Range area.

No matter how you looked at this matter, it seemed awkward.

Therefore, Jiang Chen decided to examine the memories of the old Heavenly Net mother to see what her origins were, or what her purpose was in coming here.

With her vital essence sealed, the old Heavenly Net mother had completely lost her ability to resist. So, Jiang Chen easily invaded her Sea of Consciousness and began to access her memories.

Then, Jiang Chen realized he had been overthinking. The old Heavenly Net mother had no issues, she was a native demon of Little Cang Mountain Range. Her only connection to Beijulu Continent was a brief visit there after her cultivation had succeeded.

"Little Cang Mountain Range really is extraordinary!"

Having seen the old Heavenly Net mother’s memories, Jiang Chen had acquired some benefits, at the very least, he was able to ascertain that the Little Cang Mountain Range wasn’t as straightforward as it seemed on the surface.

There was a special kind of power in the Little Cang Mountain Range that couldn’t be seen, touched, or even felt, but it truly existed.

This kind of power could subtly influence the creatures in this place, prompting their bloodlines to continuously evolve - or rather, devolve.

The old Heavenly Net mother’s origin was not that of a Demon God’s bloodline, but simply a normal spider.

However, under the influence of that force, her bloodline underwent constant metamorphosis, ultimately transforming her into a pure-blooded Heavenly Net spider.

"Devolution?"

"Now that’s interesting."

With a shift in his thoughts, Jiang Chen’s divine sense gushed out, and in an instant, everything within a million miles was clearly projected into his Sea of Consciousness, unable to hide the slightest movement from his perception.

"Xiezhi, Hou, Zhuming Bird, Bifang, Feifei, Zhu Jian, Flood Dragon..."

"Very well, I underestimated the Little Cang Mountain Range. I didn’t expect it to be a playground for divine beasts."

Initially, Jiang Chen didn’t pay much attention to it, but now, when he extended his divine sense to observe, he noticed something wrong.

This place was filled with an abundance of divine beast bloodlines. It could even be said that the numerous demons scattered across the mountains had, more or less, a trace of divine beast bloodline in them.

This was somewhat strange. Did they really consider descendants of Demon Gods to be common? Could they be seen everywhere?

"It seems that although the Nine Heavens Fragments haven’t appeared, their power has been subtly transforming this place."

With a thought, Jiang Chen understood the origin of this change. It should have been influenced by the Nine Heavens Fragments. If there was something special about Little Cang Mountain Range, it would be that a piece of the Nine Heavens Fragment was buried beneath the mountain.

Nine Heavens was the location of the Great Ancient Heavenly Court and the Holy Land of the Demon Clan. The power of Nine Heavens influenced this place, causing the returning of the demonic beast’s bloodline, which was reasonable to say.

Meanwhile, this strengthened Jiang Chen’s resolve to seize the fragment of the Nine Heavens. The power that leaked out unintentionally had such abilities, so what kind of creation would be if he sincerely mastered the Nine Heavens Fragment?

However, since this place could cause demons to devolve, this meant that there was definitely no shortage of Wilderness species here. Maybe some had appeared that already became extinct in the Three Realms.

If he could obtain them, it would not be a small gain.

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Rumble!

In mid-air, the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens vibrated violently, releasing strands of innate energy to suppress all. At the same time, the brilliant Universal Salvation Divine Light burst forth from where they were, shining like the sun, illuminating the surrounding hundreds of thousands of miles.

Under this golden light, whether it was a Golden Immortal or a Taiyi Golden Immortal, as long as their strength didn’t reach the level of Great Luo Golden Immortal, they would be converted and become Jiang Chen’s devout believers.

A moment later, the golden light ceased. The Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens kept spinning, shrinking to the size of a palm before returning to Jiang Chen’s hands.

In the area previously covered by the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the formerly prosperous Demon City had transformed into a ghost town with no signs of life. All the demons in the city had been converted by the Universal Salvation Divine Light.

This was the tenth demon city that Jiang Chen had conquered in recent days.

Because of his eagerness to take down the Little Cang Mountain Range, Jiang Chen changed his plan. He switched from slowly eating away at it to capturing it all at once with the momentum of a bolt of thunder.

Jiang Chen no longer relied mainly on the Demon Suppression Soldiers. When he encountered a Demon City, he would directly summon the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens, suppressing and refining all the demons within the city.

As for the Great Luo Golden Immortals, they were handed over to the Demon Suppression Soldiers to deal with.

Thirty thousand Demon Suppression Soldiers, combined with the Star River Formation and supplemented with the secret method of the School of War, might not be able to kill a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but they could trap one for a period of time.

As for the training of soldiers, how is it not training?

How could training with small demons even compare to training with Great Luo Golden Immortals? This way, the trained Demon Suppression Soldiers, who have experience against Great Luo Golden Immortals, could be called the elite.

After converting ten demon cities in a row, the number of large and small demons living inside the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens now exceeds three million.

Over three million devout believers contribute daily to the amount of willpower that Jiang Chen receives. Though it is now no small amount, he still doesn’t find it sufficient, far from sufficient.

The Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens is a bottomless pit, and the willpower produced by the prayers of over three million demons is just enough to meet its needs.

Contrarily, the amount of willpower Jiang Chen needs is relatively small, it can’t be compared with the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens, which is the major consumer of willpower.

"The path of the Great Dao is long, I need to exert more effort!"

With a sigh, Jiang Chen felt a bit disheartened. Initially, he thought the emergence of post-heaven merit would ease his pressure. However, the emergence of the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens laid an even heavier burden on him.

Although it is not fully developed yet, even now, the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens shows an endless potential. It would be utterly impossible for Jiang Chen to give it up.

So, let the pressure be heavy. Jiang Chen had come to terms with it.

Fortunately, Little Cang Mountain lacks many things, except demons. If three million demons are not enough, then let it be ten million demons.

If that is still not enough, he could take some risks and go out to catch some Heavenly Demons from the Prehistoric World.

The Heavenly Demons, a race created by the second generation Demon Ancestor after Luo Hou, are formless and endless in number. They live in the spacial void beyond the heavens, tempting cultivators into the Demonic Way and stealing their cultivation resources.

As for who the second generation Demon Ancestor is, Jiang Chen doesn’t know, nor does he want to know. This second generation Demon Ancestor has vast and incomparable divine abilities, and his power is no less than a saint.

All creatures in the Three Realms who recite his name can be sensed by him, and he plants a Demon Seed in them, conferring the risk of falling into the Demonic Way.

Should one be so lucky that the old Demon Ancestor took a liking to them, it would be even better. Perhaps he would personally appear and tempt the person into the demon way.

It’d be better not to know the name of such a being, to save the trouble of accidentally invoking him and thus inviting great complications.

The second Demon Ancestor is indeed terrifying, but the Heavenly Demons do not carry the same power. Ordinary cultivators regard Heavenly Demons as they would poisonous snakes and scorpions. But people from powerful factions like Jiang Chen don’t fear them.

Take for example, dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans, all have teachings within their clans to defeat Heavenly Demons due to their conflict with the Demon Sect.

Within the Mystic Sect, there are also Demon Refining divine abilities.

As for the Buddhist door, the Western Spiritual Mountains were the ancestral grounds of the Demonic Way. The hatred between the two sides is deep-rooted. While the Heavenly Demons take pride in leading the disciples of the Buddhist door into the demon way, the disciples of the Buddhist door, on the other hand, pride themselves in converting the Heavenly Demons.

With the reciprocal conversion between the Buddhist door and the Heavenly Demons, Jiang Chen speculated that after countless years, the two might be indistinguishable. This truly demonstrates the saying, ’In every demon, there’s a Buddha; in every Buddha, there’s a demon’.

Regardless, this was none of Jiang Chen’s business. However, due to the endless number of Heavenly Demons, they were quite suitable for conversion and to be raised in the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Yes, if there is an opportunity in the future, he should capture some Heavenly Demons.

Also, it would be in his best interest to research the Great Deliverance Technique and Great Liberation Technique sooner rather than later.

As Jiang Chen’s enemies grew stronger, the disadvantages of the Great Salvation Technique began to show. It is difficult to have a short-term effect on advanced cultivators.

Below Great Luo Golden Immortal, with one shine of the Universal Salvation Divine Light, any cultivator would be converted in no more than one Shi Chen.

But to deal with a Great Luo Golden Immortal, it requires patient grinding. It may take as short as a month, but it might also take as long as hundreds or thousands of years.

This greatly affects Jiang Chen’s efficiency. Therefore, it is better to enhance the power of the Universal Salvation Divine Light as soon as possible.

Thinking about it, if the Universal Salvation Divine Light could truly convert a Great Luo Golden Immortal with a single thought, the Buddhist door would have been invincible long ago.

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Elsewhere, thirty thousand Demon Suppression Celestial Soldiers were forming a battle array, fighting against a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The thirty thousand Demon Suppression Celestial Soldiers jointly exerted their power, and a powerful surge of blood energy emerged. It was like a massive river, grand and unstoppable. Along with the radiant Star River, they formed continuous waves, each one after the other, sweeping towards the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Having fought against Great Luo Golden Immortals numerous times, the Demon Suppression Celestial Soldiers gradually devised a strategy: they would use their blood energy to wear down the Great Luo Golden Immortal’s magic power and gradually exhaust him.

If they couldn’t beat him, then they would resort to attrition warfare.

After putting away the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens, Jiang Chen watched for a while. When he felt that the time was right, he suddenly flicked his finger.

Whoosh...

A sword energy burst from his fingertips, twisting like a dragon or a snake. It silently passed through the void and arrived in front of the Great Luo Golden Immortal in an instant, cutting him in half at the waist.

The next moment, eleven more sword lights appeared and gently stirred, reducing the Great Luo Golden Immortal’s physical body to pieces.

"Take!"

An Innate Pure Light fell, and the Great Luo Golden Immortal’s soul was taken by Jiang Chen.

The sword light was Jiang Chen’s newly acquired divine ability – The Dutian Sword Seal.

Truthfully, Jiang Chen had almost forgotten about the Sword Path, but the appearance of this divine ability reminded him and gave him new thoughts.