Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 403: Three Eight Eight Method of Refining the Immortal Extinction Sword

Chapter 403: Three Eight Eight Method of Refining the Immortal Extinction Sword

Back then, the Demon Ancestor attempted to instigate chaos among the three clans. He corrupted many top-notch experts from these clans with his secret demonic method. Of these unfortunate souls, this old dragon was one of them.

Once corrupted by the Demon Ancestor, one essentially falls into demonic path and becomes enslaved by the Demon Ancestor. Any chance of salvation is nearly nonexistent. This old dragon most likely was detected by the Ancestral Dragon, leading to this disaster.

However, it also revealed the tremendous strength of Ancestral Dragon from the catastrophic fate of this old dragon. A prestigious Dao Monarch was battered to death with just a single punch from the Ancestral Dragon—an astonishing fact beyond Jiang Chen’s imagination.

Although the Dao Monarch is deceased, his might still commands respect, a power Jiang Chen currently couldn’t afford to disrespect. Thus, he didn’t touch the dragon corpse, instead focusing on exploring the grand hall.

This place was the Demon Ancestor’s fall site—should there be any relic he left behind, it would most likely be here.

However, it was as if the Demon Ancestor was as poor as a beggar in life. Jiang Chen didn’t find any treasure of value after searching every corner of the grand hall.

Eventually, out of necessity, Jiang Chen’s attention returned to the dragon corpse. Then, he made a discovery.

Underneath the dragon’s head, the smooth ground featured an ancient animal skin scroll.

Animal skin scroll?

In a daze, Jiang Chen found this scroll familiar. It must be the skin of Demon God, annotated by the Demon Ancestor himself, right?

Jiang Chen didn’t hastily approach it, but continued to examine the dragon’s corpse. Shortly after, he found a shining pearl between the dragon’s jaws emitting endless divine light.

The Dragon Pearl!

This must be the fabled real dragon pearl of the True Dragon Clan, not just a powerful magic treasure, but also containing nearly all the cultivation of a True Dragon.

The thought of it being forged from almost all cultivation of a Dao Monarch, it’s power, evident enough, was undeniable, as potent as an Innate Spiritual Treasure. If used as a pill, a half-step Dao Monarch could quite likely ascend to Dao Monarch status with a thirty percent chance.

A true gem indeed!

Apart from this, the pillar, which the dragon was coiling around, was also a treasure.

Jiang Chen didn’t know what materials were used to construct this pillar, but the Dragon Power that it diffused was as vast as an ancient divine mountain, clearly a magical treasure with formidable suppressive power.

This grand hall was also a treasure. It was built entirely of Innate Divine Metal, filled with various types of innate Demon Restriction. Any random Dao Monarch who came in would need to spend at least one thousand years to escape. As for Dao Monarch, once they entered, they’ll never come out.

The Demon Ancestor did have treasures, but he used them all to create these magnificent beings. That’s why he appeared to be lacking.

"Up!"

Not daring to approach and pick up the animal skin scroll, Jiang Chen subtly invoked Dao Mirror, releasing a ray of Innate Divine Light, attracting the scroll.

The Demon Ancestor was fixated on this scroll until his death, showing the extremely crucial annotations it carried. It could probably aid him in overcoming his disaster. How could Jiang Chen not be curious? He definitely wanted to take a look at that scroll.

Fearing that the Demon Ancestor might have tampered with the scroll before he died, Jiang Chen employed the Dao Mirror to remove the scroll and placed it in front of the projection of Pangu.

In this way, if anything risky resided in the scroll, it would be crushed by Pangu’s power.

Sensing the wisp of demonic energy dissipating from the scroll within the Dao Mirror, Jiang Chen knew at once that it didn’t pose a problem.

Extracting it with his divine sense, he placed the scroll in front of his eyes only to see a bizarre lotus painted at the center of the scroll. The lotus was pitch-black and had bloomed with twelve layers—it was a superior Innate Merit Spiritual Treasure equivalent to the Demon Sect’s sacred utensil, the twelve-layered World Destruction Black Lotus.

On one edge of the scroll right next to the twelve-layered World Destruction Black Lotus, there’s also a blood-red longsword painted. Despite being just a painting, Jiang Chen felt an outrageous killing will as soon as he laid eyes on it.

Jiang Chen recognised this sword—it was one of the four Immortal Slaying Swords, the Immortal Extinction Sword—an artifact he had seen in the Upper Qing inheritance.

An Immortal Slaying Sword appearing amongst the inheritance of the Demon Ancestor was normal, as these four swords were created by the Demon Ancestor. They were amongst the unparalleled methods used by the Demon Ancestor during his reign in the Prehistoric World.

The Demon Ancestor, Luo Hou, instigated a rift amongst the three clans, causing the Heaven and Earth Slaughter Tribulation. His purpose was to achieve the supreme Demonic Way and to gather the evils, calamities, and killing air around the world to create the four Immortal Slaying Swords.

In terms of understanding the power of the four Immortal Slaying Swords, even the Upper Qing saints are inferior to Demon Ancestor Luo Hou.

The Immortal Slaying Swords gained their reputation not through the hands of the Upper Qing saints, but through the countless killings executed by the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou.

After staring at the painted Immortal Extinction Sword on the scroll for some time, Jiang Chen suddenly brought forth the Sin Treasure Wheel. Instantly, the painted Immortal Extinction Sword seemed to come alive in front of his eyes, manifesting various mysteries.

Jiang Chen’s breathes got heavier as he examined the scroll. Then he exclaimed in shock, "This recorded script is the method to refine the Immortal Extinction Sword!"

Jiang Chen was truly shocked. He imagined that the scroll depicted a divine ability or skill derived from the Immortal Extinction Sword.

However he never expected that the painting depicted all the mysteries directly involved in refining the Immortal Extinction Sword—it consisted of the complete refining method for the Immortal Extinction Sword.

If one were to follow the method described, they would only need to find an Innate Sword Embryo and consolidate the Killings of Heaven and Earth with it to recreate the Immortal Extinction Sword.

Of course, it’s easier said than done. If it was this simple, the Demon Ancestor would’ve undoubtedly possessed more than four Innate Killing Swords.

Saying anything else, finding an Innate Sword Embryo, which is the requirement for refining the Immortal Extinction Sword, alone blocks countless people in their track.

What is an Innate Sword Embryo? It is the embryo of an Innate Spiritual Treasure, but it must also be in a sword form. This is even more difficult than finding an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Secondly, it requires the consolidating of Heaven and Earth Killings. This is simply absurd. The Demon Ancestor caused the Quantitative Calamity of the Prehistoric World to collect the slaughtering air required to refine these four swords.

Anyone who dares to do this now will certainly be slapped to death by a saint.

However, this doesn’t mean that the scroll is worthless. Quite the contrast, it is incredibly useful for interpreting Dao literature or creating Supreme Divine Powers—it bears immense research value.

"What a shame, this scroll is incomplete and only describes the Immortal Extinction Sword. It’s missing the other three Innate Killing Swords and, most importantly, the Array Map. Otherwise, I could concoct a complete set of the Immortal Slaying Sword array."

Jiang Chen, with his sense of perception, naturally realized that the Immortal Extinction Sword annotated on this scroll was just a part of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array. This significantly reduced its value.

If the scroll were complete, perhaps Jiang Chen could understand the whole of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array, and along with that, clear the puzzle in his mind.