Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 399: Three Eight Four: Ghost Dao and Divine Dao

Chapter 399: Three Eight Four: Ghost Dao and Divine Dao

Subsequently, by merging the power of six ghost gods, one can transform into the avatar of the Beiyin Fengdu Emperor, thus entering the realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortal or the Innate Dao Monarch.

After the Beiyin Fengdu Emperor, if one can integrate the power of mountains and rivers, one can enter the realm of the Innate Dao Sovereign.

If one can further absorb the power of the stars, one can transform into the avatar of the Ziwei Emperor, mastering the power of the universe and entering the realm of the Quasi-Saint.

These two spell systems represent all of Jiang Chen’s wisdom and cover everything. They prove directly the methods of the Ziwei Emperor and the Nanji Emperor.

In addition to that, these two spell systems also signify greater ambitions in Jiang Chen’s heart.

The Nine Heavens spell system was created for the living. After the disciples of Shangqing Palace have practiced it, if they achieve anything, they can join the Shenxiao Department and control the thunder, accumulating merit while practicing and exterminating demons and monsters.

On the other hand, the Fengdu spell system was created by Jiang Chen for the dead. Practicing the Dao is like walking a thorny path full of perils; there are the so-called ’three disasters and nine tribulations,’ and a slight carelessness risks falling.

After a disciple’s death, some will certainly be unwilling to enter into reincarnation. Therefore, Jiang Chen created the Fengdu spell system to give them another option.

That is to switch to the practice of Ghost Dao.

Yes, the Fengdu spell system is the method of practicing Ghost Dao.

It is said that it’s difficult for a ghost to become a saint even after countless calamities. This speaks of the difficulty of ghost cultivation, and the difficulty of achieving the Great Dao. Among the Three Realms, there are countless souls. The number is no less than that of living people, but not one of them has achieved anything substantial.

The six major ghost gods that Jiang Chen killed, although named ghosts, were in fact not ghosts, but the original spirits of strong beings.

Ghost cultivation is truly not substantial, and the cultivation techniques for ghost cultivation are pitifully few. Therefore, the three realms do not acknowledge ghost as a Dao.

At this moment, Jiang Chen’s purpose of creating the Fengdu spell system is to establish the Ghost Dao, to build a Great Dao leading to heaven for the countless ghosts in the Three Realms.

With this, Jiang Chen will reach the fruits of Ghost Ancestor. At that time, the position of the Fengdu Emperor will be within his reach. Who can compete with him?

Without the need to build a layout for the Netherworld, as long as he has the Ghost Dao, Jiang Chen will deservedly ascend the Emperor’s throne of Fengdu. This is a trend of irresistible force.

Who can withstand such crushing force?

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If ghost practitioners succeed, they can become Jiang Chen’s assistants, helping to maintain the operation of Fengdu City, serving as a judge, governor, or military chieftain.

This is not enough for Jiang Chen, he has bigger ambitions; he wants to seize divine power using this method.

Practitioners of the Fengdu system who find the Ghost Dao difficult can easily switch to practicing the Divine Dao.

Yes, Divine Dao, the Incense Fire Divine Path.

Jiang Chen found that although there are gods in the Three Realms who collect incense, strangely, there is no Incense Fire Divine Path in the world.

So, what is the Incense Fire Divine Path?

It is based on the incense fire to condense the divine decree, integrating the spiritual energy of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers, to attain the deity status; whether as a mountain god, water god, or town god...

This dao uses incense fire as the foundation, the more incense fire there is, the faster the cultivation speed, and naturally, the stronger the power.

Though the deities of the Three Realms also borrow the power of incense fire, they rely more on spiritual energy. Besides that, their divine decrees are not formed by incense fire, but confirmed by the Heaven Court.

In other words, the gods of this realm are all granted by the Heaven Court, they are not cultivated by themselves.

In this realm, there is no Incense Fire Divine Path.

Therefore, Jiang Chen sees this as an opportunity. He can create the Incense Fire Divine Path to fulfil his grand design.

The Incense Fire Divine Path relies on the energy of incense fire, so the demand for the aura of Heaven and Earth is not so great. This means that the emergence of the Incense Fire Divine Path will not put pressure on Heaven and Earth, but can instead alleviate the pressure on Heaven and Earth.

If all the practitioners were to change to the practice of the Incense Fire Divine Path, and not as many absorbed the aura of Heaven and Earth, wouldn’t the pressure on Heaven and Earth decrease significantly?

This is the merit of the Incense Fire Divine Path.

With this advantage, even if the Heavenly Dao does not support the Incense Fire Divine Path, it will not suppress it.

Besides, once the Incense Fire Divine Path appears, Jiang Chen can establish Town God Temples in each city and county, appointing the role of Town God.

A Town God is a deity who guards the land, protects the people, controls life and death, and supervises public officials and citizens.

Establishing a Town God makes people fearful; when people fear, they dare not behave recklessly.

Besides, the Town God also has under his command judges, ghost soldiers, and ghost warriors... charged with managing people’s life and death, increasing or decreasing lifespan, and karma retribution.

In the event of natural disasters, or epidemics, people can also seek protection from the Town God.

In short, a Town God is highly influential. Within their domain, they are like a junior King of Hell.

Indeed, a Town God is a vassal sent by the Netherworld to the human realm. They work in the human world with their jurisdiction.

When someone dies within their jurisdiction, they must first be taken to the Town God Temple for their merits and sins to be assessed. Then they will be sent to the Underworld by the Town God Temple to reincarnate at the Naihe Bridge.

If demons harm people within their jurisdiction, the Town God Temple will first take action. If the Town God is defeated, they can report to the Netherworld for them to handle it. If the Underworld is defeated, then they report to the Heaven Court for the heavenly soldiers to quell it.

The existence of the Town God Temple greatly reduces the burden of the Netherworld.

After all, the Three Realms are so vast and countless beings die every day. If all were to be handled by the Underworld, they would not be able to cope even if they were worked to death.

This is why the Netherworld often experiences revolts - there are simply not enough hands.

And Jiang Chen can, through this method, quietly claim authority in the Netherworld and the supreme authority of the Divine Dao.

The beauty of this plan is that even if others see through it, they would not be able to stop it. After all, Jiang Chen is setting up his controls in the human realm, not the Netherworld.

Who, before Jiang Chen, would have thought that one could claim authority in the Netherworld solely by establishing control in the human realm?

Upon becoming the Fengdu Emperor, Jiang Chen has the capability of commanding ghosts and spirits. By establishing Town Gods in the human realm, he also establishes his base there. Together with Shenxiao Mansion, Jiang Chen has influence over the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Mankind.

The combination of these three means that Jiang Chen simultaneously possesses the power to command thunder, enslave ghosts, and rule all deities. If he advances further, he will be capable of claiming the position of the Supreme Emperor of Ziwei.

This path is one to achieving Dao, a way that Jiang Chen can become the Supreme of Heaven and Earth.

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The Nine Heavens system and the Fengdu system represent life and death, encompassing both Yin and Yang realms.

When Jiang Chen’s plan is successful, his people will be in heaven, under the earth, and the deities of the human realm will also be his people.

The entire Three Realms will be in his hand. If he wants to become the Supreme Emperor of Ziwei, who could contest with him? This is not a conspiracy, it is the righteous path, with the grand trend suppressing others.

Conspiracy can’t help one achieve the position of Supreme of Heaven and Earth.

One needs to make use of the grand trend of Heaven and Earth, in order to succeed.

If Jiang Chen’s plan succeeds, not only will he benefit, but the disciples of Shangqing Palace will also benefit.

With people above and below, won’t this mean domination across the Three Realms? Who would dare to offend? Once anyone offends a disciple of the Shangqing Palace, neither heaven nor the Underworld will spare them. They will be stuck without a place to escape.

Jiang Chen plans to build Shangqing Palace into a massive entity to benefit both himself and the disciples of the Shangqing Palace.

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With a single thought, dark energy swirls around Jiang Chen, forming six colossal forms.

These are the six great incarnations he has formed using the Fengdu system, each ruling over the Zoujue Yintian Palace, Taisha Liangshi Palace, Mingchen Naifan Palace, Huzhao Zuiqi Palace, Zongling Qifei Palace, and Gansi Lianyuan Palace.

This is what is called the Six Heavenly Ghost Gods, also known as the Ghost Kings of the Netherworld.