Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 415: Four Hundred Understanding the Tao of Stars

Chapter 415: Four Hundred Understanding the Tao of Stars

During the ancient era, many strong individuals at the God-Demon Realm level of Martial Dao, silently fell during their enlightenment.

Therefore, ancient martial artists were cautious about pursuing deep enlightenment, fearing they would become entrapped and never awaken.

As for Jiang Chen, because he was capable of entering the Chaos World, a realm of wonder, he didn’t need to worry about this. Regardless of how long he meditated here, only an instant would pass in the outside world.

Perhaps, this was the benefit bestowed upon Jiang Chen by the Heavenly Dao after he evolved into an Innate Divine Demon in the era of the Three Realms.

Being able to cultivate in the Chaos World was Jiang Chen’s greatest opportunity, saving him a significant amount of time. It also allowed him to catch up to the centuries or even millions of years of accumulation others had gathered in a short time.

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Jiang Chen finally emerged from his meditation state after an unknown period, possibly ten thousand years, perhaps a hundred thousand.

At this moment, he had his own understanding of how to change the structure of formations. In simple terms, he had the theoretical knowledge but lacked practical confirmation.

Next, Jiang Chen was going to verify his own ideas.

"Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens, arise!" With a thought, Jiang Chen sacrificed the powerful magic treasure he had crafted by hand, the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Long ago, Jiang Chen discovered this treasure had a significant flaw: the heavenly world formed inside the tower lacked the embellishment of stars.

How could a treasure reflecting the thirty-three heavens lack the presence of the Heavenly Star Cycle? This was the flaw of the tower; without the Heavenly Star Cycle’s decoration, the tower couldn’t be perfect.

Now, with Jiang Chen’s new understanding of formations, he can use it on the Creation Pagoda of the Thirty-Three Heavens.

With his newly comprehended knowledge of formations, he could construct the Star Array within the Pagoda to compensate for the tower’s flaw, heading towards perfection.

With a flick of his sleeves, all kinds of materials appeared in front of Jiang Chen, such as Star Divine Gold, Three Lights Divine Sand, Sky Spider Silk, and others, all of which were treasures for constructing the Heavenly Star Array.

With a loud rumble, the Heaven and Earth Furnace placed in front of the Shangqing Palace spontaneously traversed the void and appeared before Jiang Chen.

He put various materials into the furnace and used his magical power to emit Yin and Yang True Fire, refining these materials one by one, tracing them back to their original source, and transforming them into the innate essence they represented.

Then, Jiang Chen’s hands moved continuously, pulling the power of Heaven and Earth, drawing array patterns among these innate elements, arranging them according to the Cycle’s positions, gradually forming a grand formation.

Very soon, a Sun Star Banner appeared in Jiang Chen’s hand. Since it was his first time refining a Star Banner, of course, he’d choose the one he was most familiar with.

This Sun Star Banner was distinct from the Demon Clan’s Sun Star Banner in Jiang Chen’s memory. The Demon Clan’s Sun Star Banner was an immensely powerful Post-heaven Treasure.

However, the Sun Star Banner in Jiang Chen’s hand was more similar to an array map.

The banner face of the Star Banner was seen to have three hundred and sixty-five runes flowing and evolving at high speed, forming a series of mysterious patterns.

As the runes flowed, the distant Sun Star seemed to be responding, pouring strands of innate sun energy into the Sun Star Banner.

These three hundred and sixty-five runes were nothing other than the Innate Great Sun Formation. Precisely because of this, even without the Sun’s original source, the Sun Star Banner could make contact with the Sun Star and attract the dropping of innate sun energy.

This Sun Star Banner was created by Jiang Chen using the Innate Great Sun Formation. Once it’s activated, it can transform into a grand formation, enveloping all sides, bringing the Great Sun down, and incinerating everything.

With another wave of his sleeves, Jiang Chen projected the Sun Star Banner into the Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens, fusing it with the Pagoda.

In an instant, a rising Great Sun could be seen within the Pagoda, illuminating each of the thirty-three small worlds inside the tower.

At the same time, a hint of intense heat gradually appeared in these thirty-three small worlds, making them more complete. The power of the Pagoda also increased slightly in response.

"As expected, the Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens wasn’t complete, no wonder its improvement was so slow." Sensing the changes in the Pagoda, Jiang Chen understood that his approach was correct.

Just by adding one Sun, the power of the Pagoda had increased slightly. If the Heavenly Star Cycle were fully equipped, the power of this tower would multiply several times over at least.

With newfound motivation, Jiang Chen worked even faster. In just a few days, a Lunar Star Banner took shape in his hand.

This Lunar Star Banner, just like the Sun Star Banner, was constructed as a grand array. The banner contained three hundred and sixty-five Stellar runes, together forming the Innate Lunar Formation.

Actually, this grand formation was not complicated. It was a transformation of the Heavenly Star Array.

The Heavenly Star Array of the Demon Clan was the highest achievement among the Star Dao in the universe, capable of transforming all Stellar energy.

Jiang Chen used this principle, referencing the Tao of Heaven and Earth’s evolution, he adjusted the order of the Heavenly Star Array, thus evolving countless Innate Formations about stars.

The Innate Great Sun Formation, although theoretically a Heavenly Star Array, prioritised the Sun Star.

It used the Sun’s power to control all Stellar power, transforming all the various Stellar energies derived from the Heavenly Star Array into Sun energy.

In this way, as the Star Banner moved, Innate Sun energy filled the scene, with no other Stellar energy visible.

As for the Innate Lunar Formation, it changed the order of importance while keeping the fundamental formation constant, causing all stars to focus on the Lunar Star.

As a result, the power displayed by the Star Banner was the Innate Lunar Energy.

It’s the same for the other Heavenly Star Banners. Depending on which Star of the Cycle was prioritised, the resulting Star Banner carried that particular Heavenly Star’s energy.

It might seem that these three hundred and sixty-five Heavenly Star Banners should be the same. However, they aren’t: just the main and secondary changes could lead to adjustments with the related Heavenly Stars. It’s a case of one pulling one thread and the whole body being affected.

Did Jiang Chen really want to achieve his desired result by merely swapping the order? No.

He needed to carefully analyse the changes among the stars, make subtle adjustments, only then could the operation of the formation become more harmonious and perfect.

While it sounded easy, the execution was difficult.

However, these adjustments weren’t without benefits for Jiang Chen. As he continuously adjusted the order of the Heavenly Stars and coordinated their changes, he attained personal comprehension of the Dao of Stars.

He began to understand the operation rules of the stars, adapted to different changes of the primordial energy, and his Emperor Pan’s Heavenly Divine Great Dao Scripture also reflected the Heavenly Stars, leading to many changes.

The Heavenly Gods within his acupuncture points gradually radiated starlight and their eyes sparkled with intelligence as though they were transforming into genuine Star Gods.