Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 425: Four Zero Seven King Xia panicked

Chapter 425: Four Zero Seven King Xia panicked

The difference between Taiyi Golden Immortal and Innate Dao Monarch can be summed up succinctly. One cultivates rules, and the other comprehends the Great Dao.

In the ancient era, practitioners aiming to attain the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal needed to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. But after that era, the Great Dao became difficult to attain, and practitioners stopped trying to comprehend it, choosing instead to contemplate the rules of Heaven and Earth.

The Great Dao is the foundation of Heaven and Earth.

Rules are derived from the operation of the Great Dao.

Therefore, comprehending the rules is much easier than comprehending the Great Dao. Similarly, if one completely masters the Power of Rules, comprehending the Great Dao also becomes much easier.

The cultivation of Taiyi Golden Immortal involves merging with the rules of Heaven and Earth. The cultivation of Great Luo Golden Immortal involves understanding the rules. The Ancient Daluo masters the rules. The Great Ancient Daluo represents the transition from rules to the Great Dao.

When one’s strength reaches the realm of the Great Ancient Daluo, one can comprehend the Great Dao and thus achieve the realm of the Innate Dao Sovereign. The power of those in this realm is not inferior to that of a Dao Monarch.

These two realms can be considered epoch-making products. They give cultivators an additional process of understanding the rules of Heaven and Earth, making it easier to comprehend the Great Dao.

At the same time, this is also a process of selection. If one can’t even penetrate the rules of Heaven and Earth, there’s no hope of comprehending the Great Dao.

Why are Sanqing regarded as pioneers and venerable ancestors by later cultivators?

It’s because these two realms were opened by them. They are seen as having rendered boundless merit to countless cultivators. This is also the root of why the two saints of the west cannot compare to the Sanqing.

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After comparing his own strength with that of the elder of the Xia family, Jiang Chen discovered that the elder’s strength was very similar to his own prior to his improvement. If neither relied on Magic Treasures, it would be difficult to predict the outcome of a battle between them.

This was to be expected. No one capable of cultivating to the stage of Great Ancient Daluo was a simple character. They were all the most gifted among prodigies, capable of becoming the Innate Dao Monarch in the ancient times.

Of course, this referred to the previous Jiang Chen. For him now, defeating this elder wouldn’t be difficult. Putting other factors aside, as soon as he activated his heavenly emperor’s law form, the power the elder could wield would be reduced by a third.

Innate heavenly beings inherently suppress all other creatures. Anyone who contends with them will be more or less suppressed.

While Jiang Chen was comparing the strengths of the two sides, they arrived at the royal capital of the Xia Dynasty.

The royal capital is simply called the royal capital, named after the capital of the Xia Dynasty. Compared to Chang’an of the Great Han, the royal capital is undoubtedly much larger. The palaces within it are also tremendously large, appearing like they were prepared for giants, each spanning a hundred or a thousand zhang.

However, while the royal capital is large and prosperous, it lacks a few points of dignity.

Unlike Chang’an, despite its inability to compare with the royal capital, it exudes prestige due to being enveloped by the golden dragon of Fate, covered by the thought force of its thousands of citizens, giving it the feel of historical gravity.

If a Great Luo Golden Immortal were to arrive in Chang’an, they would be unable to display their magical abilities due to being suppressed by the dragon Qi.

When he arrived at the royal capital, Jiang Chen should have gone to visit this current King Xia. But he ended up saving Jiang Chen the trouble as he was not around.

King Xia was currently preoccupied. The scale of the auction seemed to be exceeding his expectations.

Flood of people from the Four Seas, Four Major Continents, various Cave Heaven Blessed Lands and numerous secret realms from the ancient times have arrived on hearing the news, intending to see exactly what this auction has offer.

They were also taking advantage of this rare occasion to potentially exchange some treasures for cultivation use.

The influx of people would have been a good thing, potentially offering the Xia Dynasty a chance to make a large profit, but the problem lay in the fact that those who came were too powerful.

The sudden influx of highly powerful cultivators into the royal capital left King Xia feeling incapable of handling them. Should any conflicts arise among these powerful figures, they could potentially raze the royal capital to the ground.

If things descend into chaos, even if he and all the powerful figures of the Xia Dynasty join forces, they won’t be able to manage. The powerful cultivators will defend themselves to their last breath.

Therefore, seeing things slowly slipping out of his control, King Xia finally started panicking. But panicking was useless; he had to find a solution. If things do get out of hand, he will be held a sinner by the Human Race.

Of course, if he manages to pull this off, it would bring unimaginable benefits to the Xia Dynasty.

It can be said that if it’s handled well, it is an opportunity. But if it’s not, it’s a disaster.

Without wasting time, King Xia sent all high-level figures of the Xia Dynasty to accompany the dignitaries that have rushed in, to prevent them from getting into conflicts. On the other hand, he sent out all the soldiers to maintain order within the royal capital.

As a result, all the high-ranked officials of the Xia Dynasty were deployed elsewhere. Even the private army and high-ranked officials of every family and sect were sent out.

The old Xia man who had originally been following Xia Zicheng was called upon to maintain the order in the royal capital as soon as they returned.

As for King Xia, he was discussion with representatives of various human factions about how to solve the issue. Finally, they thought of a poor solution.

That was to combine the strength of all the factions, construct a new city in the shortest time in the void for the auction, to relieve the pressure on the royal capital.

Now, the high-ranked figures from all factions were constructing the new city in the void. Even the head of Jiang Family was there, working hard as labor.

No help was needed from Jiang Chen in that regard, so he was being led around the royal capital by Xia Zicheng to take in the sights. Simultaneously, he was also maintaining order within the city.

If anyone were to cause trouble in the city, Jiang Chen would exterminate them with a thunderous hand.

As he was walking, Jiang Chen said to Xia Zicheng, "An Immortal Dynasty really is different from a Human Dynasty. If this were in Luoyang, no matter how many powerful figures came, they would be suppressed by the Fate’s Golden Dragon and be reduced to mortals."

"If they dared cause trouble, the Fate’s Golden Dragon could directly suppress and slaughter them. In this way, even if they had tremendous magical power, they wouldn’t be able to cause trouble."

Jiang Chen was comparing the differences between the two dynasties. While a human dynasty could receive the support of the Human Path, its emperor cannot live forever. Meanwhile, despite not having the support of the Human Path, the ruler of an Immortal Dynasty can achieve immortality.

It can be said that each has its merits and drawbacks. As for which one is superior, that is a matter of perspective.

However, while the ruler of an Immortal Dynasty can live forever, they cannot occupy the throne forever. When they reach a certain realm, they will abdicate and go to the Ancestral Land to comprehend higher realms.

So, Immortal Dynasties also have heirs to the throne.

While what Jiang Chen said should have passed unnoticed, the comment found its way into the ears of a passerby, arousing their displeasure.

One young man in brocade robes stepped up to Jiang Chen and loudly refuted him, "Nonsense! Mortal emperors lead short lives, their reign barely lasting a hundred years. But emperors of Immortal Dynasties live forever, possess vast Divine Abilities, and can reign for tens of thousands of years, even hundreds of thousands of years. How can mortal emperors compare to them?"

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