Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 398: Three Eight Three, Sanqing each performing their own duties

Chapter 398: Three Eight Three, Sanqing each performing their own duties

Some might receive a mild punishment as a severe warning, being sent to the Thunder Prison to be punished.

Some might have their cultivation directly abolished, degraded to mere mortals. In more serious cases, they are sent directly to the cycle of reincarnation. Even more seriously, their souls are sent to the eighteen layers of hell for punishment.

"Master, what does this mean?"

The edict was indeed issued by the Dao Monarch, but the aura on it belonged to the Upper Qing Saints. In other words, this Dao Monarch’s edict was probably acquired for him by the Upper Qing Saints.

Therefore, Jiang Chen was puzzled as to what the purpose of the Upper Qing Saints was.

Was it just to monitor the immortals?

No, no, it couldn’t be that simple.

After quietly pondering for a while, Jiang Chen had an epiphany. The Upper Qing Saints did this to help him better integrate the forces of the Mystic Sect.

After all, controlling the Shenxiao Mansion is akin to having the law enforcement and judicial power of the Mystic Sect. The power that comes with it is tremendous.

Suddenly, it elevated the status of the Upper Qing lineage to a position higher than that of the other Mystic Sect lineages. No matter your lineage, you were subject to the management of the Upper Qing lineage.

In the past, the Upper Qing lineage, despite having the name of the Orthodox Sect, held no actual power. But now, things were different.

Under the decree of the Dao Monarch, the Upper Qing lineage truly gained substantial power and the authority to reward and punish the immortals.

The Dao Monarch is the ancestor of the Immortal Dao and has pioneered the path of immortality. All immortals are obliged to follow his orders, including the immortals from Taiqing and Yuqing lineages.

In the future, if any immoral person was seen by Jiang Chen, there would be no need to report to the Jade Emperor. He could directly take them down.

This is the power given to Jiang Chen by the Dao Monarch. No, it’s the power granted to the entire Upper Qing lineage.

Hmm hmm hmm...

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking this, the Upper Qing Divine Symbol suddenly trembled, transmitting an invisible intent. It let Jiang Chen understand the cause and consequence of this matter.

It was similar to what he had thought, but there was a lot more content. For example, the arrangement of Dao Monarch for the Three Sanqing.

The Three Sanqing were the direct disciples of the Dao Monarch, genuine successors of Pangu and naturally born Saints, truly favored by Heaven and Earth. Hence, this path of immortality was eventually going to be managed by these three.

And for fairness, the Honjan Daizu assigned duties according to the characters of the Three Sanqing.

The Saint of Taiqing set up the Human Sect and undertook the duty of teaching, so the Saint of Taiqing and his disciples were responsible for educating in the way of immortality.

The Yuqing Saint was dignified and strict, with a king’s demeanor. So, the Hongjun Dao Zu intended to hand over the management of Immortal Dao to him. The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and his disciples were responsible for managing the Immortal Dao.

As for the Upper Qing Saint, due to his neglect of discipline, his disciples ended up in disorder, leading to the destruction of the Jiejiao Sect. Hongjun Daozu felt that with this lesson, the Upper Qing Saint should understand the importance of discipline.

Therefore, he assigned the responsibility of supervising the immortals to the Upper Qing Saint and his disciples.

Taiqing was in charge of education, Yuqing of governance, and Shangqing of rewards and punishments. The three of them were in charge of their respective duties, without interference from each other and there was no distinction of high or low. Isn’t that wonderful?

Indeed, it was, but the Upper Qing Saint felt it was unfair and was not satisfied with the Dao Monarch’s arrangement.

His reasons were quite simple, his two older brothers colluded with outsiders which caused the loss of the Mystic Sect’s fate. What right did they have to hold the Immortal Dao and educate the Immortal Dao?

Hongjun Dao Zu pondered and thought he was right. Colluding with outsiders to deal with one’s own brothers was indeed a bit too much for any reason.

That’s why, Honjan Daizu, in order to give an explanation to the Upper Qing Saint, decided to suppress the Saint of Taiqing and Yuqing Saint. He delayed his own plan and gave this catastrophe completely to the Upper Qing lineage to deal with as they wished.

The Yuqing and Taiqing lineages wanted to rise, sure, but they would have to wait for the next catastrophe. It was also for this reason that Jiang Chen had the qualifications to pursue Immortal Dao supremely.

Otherwise, according to the Dao Monarch’s plan, he, as an immortal from the Upper Qing lineage, would not have the qualification to rule Immortal Dao at all. That was the reserve of the Yuqing lineage. Jiang Chen could only hold the position of Shenxiao Mansion and the right to reward and punish the immortals.

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Is this the layout done by the Saints? They decided the direction of the future of the Three Realms in just a few words, leaving no room for anyone to resist.

"This is really too domineering..."

"And too powerful!"

After understanding Dao Monarch’s plan, Jiang Chen felt a bit of yearning in his heart, a yearning for powerful strength.

He also wanted to be as powerful as Dao Monarch, where a few words could determine the future direction of the world.

Deep power is enough to make people addicted to it, surpassing all the pleasure in the world.

"The opportunity, the master has already fought for it, now it depends on my performance." Awakening from his fantasy, Jiang Chen started thinking about his next move.

Undoubtedly, this time of calamity is the home ground of the Upper Qing Dao lineage, without the opportunity for the Taiqing and Yuqing Dao lineages to rise.

So, the most important thing for Jiang Chen to do next is to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen the power of Shangqing Palace as much as possible, in order to occupy the dominant advantage before the next catastrophe comes.

Unified Mystic Sect, it’s now!

After having a plan in mind, Jiang Chen began to seclude himself.

Yes, he secluded himself to study magic.

Times have changed with magic gradually replacing divine abilities.

Jiang Chen didn’t plan to go against the trend, on the contrary, he wanted to keep up with the tide, to become a pioneer of the age, seizing the benefits during the boom of magic.

Want to boost magic? All right, Jiang Chen would contribute to it and create lots of magic to fill the blank in this field.

The more magic he creates, the more benefits Jiang Chen could get, and he could even get the title of "originator of all magic," earning the incense offerings of future immortals.

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Jiang Chen secluded himself for ten years.

years later, Jiang Chen finally came out with great gains from his seclusion, extremely satisfied with having not only created a lot of magic but also forming his own system that had the potential to testify to the Dao.

He deduced two major magic systems. One was the Thunder Dao magic system based on Emperor Jiuchen of Shenxiao.

This system, based on the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, covered a lot of Thunder Dao magics and even included the skills to call the wind and rain.

If a practitioner reaches the ultimate level, they can cultivate the form of the Emperor Jiuchen of Shenxiao, reaching the realm of Great Luo Golden Immortal or Innate Dao Monarch.

If they want to go further, they can transform the Emperor Jiuchen of Shenxiao form into the Ancestor of Thunder form, and thus achieve the status of Innate Dao Sovereign. And the evolved form of the Ancestor of Thunder is the form of the Nanji Long-living Emperor.

Once a cultivator reaches this level, they’ve already surpassed the Dao Sovereign Realm and stepped into the Quasi-Saint Realm.

Second is the magic system based on the Beiyin Fengdu Emperor.

This system, with the soul as its foundation, includes all kinds of magic for driving out demons and enlisting gods. It can summon Yin gods, control evil spirits, and specialize in destroying human souls.

Initially practicing this magic, they can cultivate into the form of the Six Heavenly Ghosts and step into the path of immortality.