Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 407: Three Hundred and Ninety Two: Taking Over

Chapter 407: Three Hundred and Ninety Two: Taking Over

At that time, the will of the Primordial Demon Lord had already congealed the entire void. It was Jiang Chen who at all costs forcefully broke apart the void and thus was able to escape alive.

It was because of this that Jiang Chen suffered a massive backlash. The body, comparable to an innate spiritual treasure, was heavily damaged by the power of the Primordial Demon Lord. minute cracks appeared and spread across his body.

He was almost destroyed in the process.

However, despite the seemingly severe injuries, it was nothing to Jiang Chen. After all, the practice of the ancient martial arts revolved around the physical body.

Although Jiang Chen hadn’t reached the point of blood rebirth, as long as his physical body survived, he could recover from any injury in the shortest time under the washing of his boundless blood qi.

At the same time, the Merit Gold Wheel and Sin Treasure Wheel were also mobilizing the power of heaven and earth to assist Jiang Chen.

The Merit Gold Wheel allowed Jiang Chen’s physical body to be indestructible, while the Sin Treasure Wheel made his body eternally unbreakable and immensely hard.

The combination of these three forces greatly enhanced Jiang Chen’s recovery speed. In a few breaths of time, his injuries were suppressed and he gradually regained the ability to move.

Coughing lightly, Jiang Chen stood up from the ground and said to the Four Heavenly Kings, "Thank you for your concern, Heavenly Kings. I am fine, however, the Eastern Sea is going to face a great trouble."

Following this, Jiang Chen informed the Four Heavenly Kings of his discovery of the Demon Lord’s Tomb in the Eastern Sea. Of course, he omitted the actual process and didn’t mention that he had entered the tomb, only stating that he had stumbled upon it by accident.

"What? The Demon Lord?" On hearing this, the Four Heavenly Kings reacted strongly, as if they had been greatly shocked.

The shock was indeed real. As the guardians of the Buddhist door, they understood the Demon Sect quite well.

They knew that the so-called Demon Lord was the true supreme being and unparalleled strongman in the Tao. This was an unparalleled demon that could bring chaos to the Three Realms.

Coming back to their senses, the Four Heavenly Kings felt that something was amiss and hastily exclaimed, "Quick, let’s go to the Lingxiao Palace. We must report this to the Emperor immediately."

At this time, one of the celestial officials walked out of the South Heavenly Gate and respectfully greeted Jiang Chen, "Little immortal has seen the Emperor Lord. His Majesty invites you to the Lingxiao Palace."

It was in the Lingxiao Palace that the Jade Emperor saw Jiang Chen coming in a disarray and knew that he had encountered something urgent, so he asked him to come.

"Hmm!" Jiang Chen nodded, without needing the celestial official to lead the way, he directly entered the South Heavenly Gate and hurried towards the direction of Lingxiao Palace.

Ordinary people, if wanting to see the Jade Emperor in the Lingxiao Palace, would need to go through many layers of communication, which would take quite some time. But Jiang Chen, being of such an esteemed identity, went along the way without anyone daring to obstruct him, and thus, he quickly entered the Lingxiao Palace.

Inside the palace, the Jade Emperor was seated above, with his head curtain hung down, his face being unclear. Below him were the Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha, the third prince, Star Lord Changgeng, and the others.

Even further below were the four Marshals: Wang, Yang, Gao, Li. The military generals stood on the right, and the group of immortal officials stood on the left.

As soon as Jiang Chen stepped into the Lingxiao Palace, he felt that the situation was not right, too many people had gathered. Apart from the immortals who had not been to court for many years, at this moment, almost all the immortals who could come had arrived. It was clear that something big was about to happen.

"Could it be, they already know about the Demon Lord’s Tomb?" Jiang Chen couldn’t help but wonder.

But almost as soon as the thought came to his mind, he realized that was impossible. Only half a shi chen had passed since he left the Eastern Sea and returned to Heaven Court. When did the Heaven Court ever react so efficiently?

They should not know about this yet.

So, why would they gather like this? It was not the time for a grand court meeting.

While Jiang Chen was still in doubt, he saw Sun Wukong bouncing in.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen immediately realized it. The grand show Heaven Court was putting on was probably intended for Sun Wukong. He just happened to arrive at the right moment.

Various thoughts flowed through his mind, but Jiang Chen’s face remained impassive. He simply stepped forward and gave a slight bow saying, "Jiuchen pays respects to Your Majesty!"

The Jade Emperor nodded and asked, "Emperor Jiuchen, this sovereign sees you in such haste, has something serious happened?"

Fearing that any delay might cause mishaps, Jiang Chen cut to the chase and said hastily, "Your Majesty, during my travels in the Eastern Sea a few days ago, I saw demonic air rising in a certain sea area. Out of curiosity, I went in to investigate."

"Unexpectedly, beneath the ten thousand feet of the sea, I found a demon palace with a huge dragon corpse lying inside. After several confirmations, I finally confirmed that it was the corpse of a Taoist who was once tainted with demons in ancient times."

"Moreover, perhaps because of being stimulated by my aura, the obsession of the Demon Lord seemed to have a faint intention of awakening. Therefore, I did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly returned to Heaven Court to report the matter."

All of the celestial ministers, civil and military officials, were greatly shocked to hear Jiang Chen’s words. The murmurs started, and even the Jade Emperor was visibly moved.

"The Demon Lord?"

"What a terribly big issue."

"The Three Realms had just enjoyed peace not long ago. Now another Demon Lord is rising, we can only imagine what kind of disaster it will bring to the Three Realms."

"It’s hard for the billion creatures in the Three Realms!"

The voices of the immortals rushed, even the Jade Emperor sighed, "If the Demon Lord causes trouble, it is indeed a disaster!"

Immediately after, the Jade Emperor instructed, "Where is Venus? Hurry and spread my edicts. Order the Five Emperors to go to the Eastern Sea and suppress the obsession of the Demon Lord at all costs. We must not let it be born."

"Also, send people to Kunlun’s Jade Void Palace and Shouyang Mountain’s Eight Scenic Palace to request Guang Chengzi and Master Xuandu, the two ancient immortals, to come out and subjugate the demon. With the reappearance of a strong person from the Demon Sect in the world, being the direct descendants of the Mystic Sect, how can they stand by and watch?"

The Jade Emperor was really going all out. He didn’t let the Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King take action, but instead directly summoned the Five Emperors. He was aware that the Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King was by no means a match for the Devil Lord’s obsession.

As for Guang Chengzi and the Great Master Xuandu, the two of them, one was the first disciple of the Chan Teaching, the other was the first disciple of the Human Sect. No matter what, they couldn’t avoid the Devil Lord’s resurrection.

However, just after the Jade Emperor’s orders were issued and before Taibai Jinxing could accept his orders, there was a sudden loud noise between Heaven and Earth, causing Heaven Court to tremble.

Boom!

The Lingxiao Palace was shaking. Even though immortals with powerful magic were inside the palace, at this moment, they seemed to lose all their divine abilities, just like mortals, completely disoriented by the earthquake in the palace.

"This power, it’s strong!"

Jiang Chen was protected by several innate spiritual treasures, so he was not affected by the shaking of the palace. But he felt the source of all this.

It was an incredibly powerful force, permeating between Heaven and Earth, giving people a sense of boundless magnitude and supreme power.

The power of the Taoist master, or even stronger!

When the shaking stopped, everyone looked down, each displaying their divine abilities to see in the direction from which the power originated. They saw that in the Eastern Sea, a huge demonic energy rose to the sky, dark and deep, covering a large part of the sky.

It was this demonic energy that shook the Heaven Court.

Eastern Sea, demonic energy, these clues linked together, the answer emerged. It was the tomb of the Devil Lord, the Devil Lord had awakened.

Understanding this, Jiang Chen’s face suddenly changed.

This isn’t right!

Completely wrong!

The Devil Lord had long since died completely, his true spirit shattered by the Ancestral Dragon, all life extinguished. He couldn’t be deader, only one obsession remained.

Yes, one obsession.

No matter how strong an obsession is, how strong can it be? To have one-tenth of the power of the original body is already quite impressive.

But now, the strength shown by this obsession of the Devil Lord is too great. Jiang Chen had seen the Taoist master, and there are memories of demons in the inheritance of the Emperor Xi.

Therefore, Jiang Chen, not being totally ignorant of the Taoist Lord’s abilities, felt that something was wrong.

The strength shown by this obsession of the Devil Lord exceeded the category of obsession. If you say he is a living Taoist, Jiang Chen would believe it.

Looking at the demonic energy displayed, it was clearly the aura of a peak Taoist Lord. But how is that possible, that Taoist Lord is already dead!

If the Taoist Lord was really alive, how could he have taken the Dragon Pearl from him?

So, Jiang Chen was very puzzled!

As he was wondering, the Jade Emperor spoke, solving his doubts: "It’s you, the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord!"

At these words, Jiang Chen suddenly understood why the power displayed by this Taoist obsession was so strong. Because this Taoist Lord had been possessed by someone else.

No, more precisely, the divine intention of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord had taken over the body of the Devil Lord.

With the prowess of the Demon Lord, infinitely close to the strength of a saint, even a wisp of divine intention could bring out all the power of the Devil Lord’s body.

Actually, the reason why the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord was interested in this Devil Lord’s body had a lot to do with Jiang Chen.

Not long ago, Jiang Chen had escaped from this Demon Lord, but it was precisely because of this encounter that the Demon Lord detected the existence of the Devil Lord’s body from his aura.

As a result, the scene before them unfolded.

An unowned Devil Lord’s body, undiscovered, was fine. But now that he had found it, this Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord was not polite. He directly split a wisp of divine intention to take up this body of the Devil Lord, refining it into his own avatar.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, who was ranked supreme in the sky, was known for possessing countless avatars. These countless avatars certainly could not have been cultivated by him, one by one, but were his followers, transformed by the living beings that he had demonized.

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To this point, everything had gone completely beyond Jiang Chen’s expectations. He never thought that a single exploration would cause such a big uproar.

However, it wasn’t really a bad thing. At least, a hidden danger in the Eastern Sea had been removed. Otherwise, if the body of the Devil Lord suddenly erupted, it would cause a massive disaster, and who knows how many aquatic creatures would die.

Now if it erupted, the Heavenly Court’s masters were all present and the response was very timely. It wouldn’t give the Devil Lord a chance to do evil.

However, who knows if this Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord had remembered him. Jiang Chen frowned, thinking it was a nuisance, and he quietly retreated behind the crowd, hiding himself.