Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 451 - 426: Daoist Xuantian

Chapter 451: Chapter 426: Daoist Xuantian

Back then, the Taiyin laurel tree had told Jiang Chen that if he wanted the Sun’s Divine Stick to evolve into a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, it must undergo the baptism of the Thunder Marsh.

Jiang Chen remembered this statement and had been secretly seeking the whereabouts of the Thunder Marsh ever since. However, since the great battle between saints at the end of the ancient times, the Thunder Marsh completely disappeared without leaving any clues.

Not to mention Jiang Chen, even the Great Divine Transcendents couldn’t find the whereabouts of the Thunder Marsh. Yet, Jiang Chen didn’t expect that he would eventually locate the Thunder Marsh in this way.

"Indeed, serving the Heavenly Dao benefits one unavoidably." A thought stirred, and Jiang Chen realized the reason for this.

The Heavenly Dao knew that Jiang Chen was searching for the Thunder Marsh, therefore, it gave him the fragment of the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree.

If Jiang Chen could awaken the vitality of this tree, naturally he would be able to locate the Thunder Marsh. If he could not awaken the vitality of this tree, it would mean that he had no destiny with the Thunder Marsh.

This was the opportunity given to Jiang Chen by the Heavenly Dao. But whether or not he could seize it, depended on his own abilities. Clearly, Jiang Chen seized this opportunity.

"This is what the Heavenly Dao does! The slightest carelessness can lead to missed opportunities."

With a sigh, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree. At this moment, a few more strands of creation qi appeared on its roots.

Obviously, it was drawn from deep within the Thunder Marsh. According to the principle of "what goes around, comes around," at the end of the destructive divine thunder, there should be a creation divine thunder. This creation qi should be drawn from the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree.

Unfortunately, Jiang Chen couldn’t reach there. Otherwise, he would have gained considerable benefits.

The convergence of creation divine thunder could be called the source of creation. Simply breathing in that place would bring numerous benefits, let alone absorbing the creation qi from within.

Missing such an opportunity really was heartbreaking for Jiang Chen.

However, the scene just now also made Jiang Chen aware of the peril of the Thunder Marsh. Not to mention the endless destructive divine thunder, just the preceding Innate Five Elements divine thunder, demon-slaying divine thunder, Jiang Chen could not get through them.

If forced through, he would be doomed.

Even in the future, when his ancient martial arts reached full mastery, equating his power to an Innate Dao Sovereign, he would be unable to go through the region where the destructive divine thunder resided.

That was an area that even Quasi-Saints couldn’t cross!

In other words, if Jiang Chen wanted to go to the depths of Thunder Marsh with the Sun’s Divine Stick using his own strength and receive the Thunder Dao’s baptism, he obviously didn’t have this strength.

But it’s impossible for him to give up so easily. After all, the higher the grade of the Sun’s Divine Stick after transformation, the stronger would be the power he gained from it.

On such a matter related to achieving the Tao, how could Jiang Chen give up easily? Not to mention, he wasn’t really hopeless now.

The hope of Jiang Chen entering the depths of Thunder Marsh laid in the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree. If this tree could enter the depths of Thunder Marsh, then it surely could also bring Jiang Chen into the depths of Thunder Marsh.

Just now, the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree had already proven this point. Although, mid-way, Jiang Chen’s consciousness was destroyed by the destructive divine thunder, these were all minor issues.

It wasn’t that the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree couldn’t take Jiang Chen to the depths of Thunder Marsh, but it’s current power was too weak to protect Jiang Chen under the power of the destructive divine thunder.

If the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree could grow and have stronger power, it would then be able to protect Jiang Chen to the depths of Thunder Marsh.

Therefore, the key to the problem now was not how to get to the Thunder Marsh, but how to make the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree grow quickly in a short time.

Jiang Chen was clueless about this, so he thought for a bit, simply sat cross-legged on the bed, and started to deduce with the innate Eight Diagrams. At such times, apart from calculation, there weren’t any other good methods.

"Huh?"

"What?"

After a while, Jiang Chen finished his deduction, with a look of surprise on his face. According to the image from the deduction, the method to accelerate the growth of the Prehistoric Thunderbolt Treasure Tree was with him.

This was strange. Apart from the Ancestor of Thunder’s authority, what else related to thunder did he have on him?

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and realized he did have something. Apart from the Ancestor of Thunder’s authority, the only thing related to thunder on him right now was the Divine Race’s Dao Monarch .

As he was an Innate Dao Monarch of The Thunder Dao, his body already contained a few strands of Thunder Dao’s power, thus having an immortal foundation.

One had to try to know whether it worked.

Without hesitation, a thought struck Jiang Chen and he was on top of the Creation Pagoda on the thirty-third heaven, where Divine Monarch Wu Heng was suppressed.

On his body, 365 innate divine thunders transformed into chains binding him tightly, thoroughly sealing off his acupuncture points and preventing him from mobilizing his laws.

Above his head, the Transfiguration Light had nearly solidified, enveloping him, so that his whole body was bathed in the Transfiguration Light.

Around him, there were eight million demons chanting the Transfiguration Sutra, trying to brainwash him.

However, even under such circumstances, Divine Monarch Wu Heng showed no signs of being transfigured. Even his consciousness wasn’t affected at all, still maintaining his clarity.

As an Innate Dao Monarch, known as the master of the Dao with a Great Dao imprint engraved onto his True Spirit, his mind was incredibly firm. Even being transfigured by these demons for hundreds of years wouldn’t waver him the slightest.

"How stubborn!"

Jiang Chen arrived here and, upon a glance, suddenly took action. With a single palm pressing down, a dazzling Buddha light flooded the surroundings, fusing with the Transfiguration Light, and increasing its power several times over, bearing down on Divine Monarch Wu Heng.

The moment Jiang Chen saw Divine Monarch Wu Heng, his innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree, lodged within his third eye, began to tremble madly, releasing a thought of longing, seemingly wanting to consume Divine Monarch Wu Heng.

This discovery immediately made Jiang Chen understand that Divine Monarch Wu Heng could indeed accelerate the growth of the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree. Although he was unaware of the specific principles, he understood that fully transmuting a person would always do the trick.

Hence, he directly took action.

"Ahhh...."

"Don’t you dare think of transmuting me! Dream on if you believe I would become your puppet!"

Upon seeing Jiang Chen take action, Wu Heng struggled fiercely. Instead of being transmuted and losing his mind, he would rather die. Regrettably, every bit of his power was being suppressed by the innate divine lightning, making it hard to even mobilize a single trace of his magical power, let alone self-destruct.

Fortunately, his mind was still active and still in operation; therefore, he refused to submit.

Forcing himself to calm down, Divine Monarch Wu Heng began to contemplate the blueprint of Thunder passed down from the ancient ancestors of the Divine Race, trying to envision the Innate Divine Demon who had shed its shell. He used the Dao Rhyme within him to suppress his Sea of Consciousness, eradicating the Transfiguration Light.

"It was thus heard that the great virtuous king Buddha, within the Creation Pagoda in the Thirty-Three Heavens, subdued the Divine Monarch Wu Heng of the Divine Race and exuded ten thousand zhang of brilliance..."

Seeing Divine Monarch Wu Heng resist, Jiang Chen frowned and displayed the Future Star Transcendence Ability, strengthening the power of his Transfiguration Light, fully bent on transmuting Divine Monarch Wu Heng.

This Future Star Transcendence Ability was one of the Supreme Divine Powers of the Buddhist Door, inherited from the Future Maitreya Buddha. It could incorporate the power of the future to boost oneself. The deeper one’s understanding of this transcendence ability, the stronger the future power one could borrow.

As for Jiang Chen, he knew and could use all of the Buddhist Door Divine Powers but wasn’t particularly adept in any of them.

Although the power lent by the Future Star Transcendence Ability wasn’t exceptional, under the Buddha’s blessing, it was just passable.

Under Jiang Chen’s transmutation, one could see that on the body of Divine Monarch Wu Heng, countless thunder lights surged, gradually forming an ancient figure in front of him. This figure donned black Daoist robes, his hair held up in a topknot.

As soon as this Daoist appeared, countless thunderbolts split the sky, forcing back Jiang Chen’s Transfiguration Light.

At the same time, the shaking of the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree intensified.

"I see!"

At that moment, Jiang Chen understood why the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree wanted to consume Divine Monarch Wu Heng — it was because of this mysterious Daoist.

This Daoist; Jiang Chen had seen him before. In the heritage of the Heavenly Emperor Xu and Upper Qing Saints, he had seen the image of this person.

This man was known as Daoist Xuantian, one of the three thousand guests of the Zixiao Palace, his cultivation had already reached the realm of the Quasi-Saints. Unfortunately, he had fallen.

As recorded in both heritages, Daoist Xuantian had observed Dao Ancestor combining with the Dao and gained some insights. He returned to the Prehistoric World and immediately went into retreat. Sadly, not long after, news of Daoist Xuantian’s fall came.

He didn’t die from others’ hands, but from failing to comprehend the Dao. His True Spirit was lost in the Heavenly Dao and gradually assimilated, becoming a part of the Heavenly Dao.

The Thunder Dao was the closest to the Heavenly Dao; hence, after Daoist Xuantian watched the Dao Ancestor merging with the Dao, he unexpectedly grasped a trace of the Heavenly Dao’s trajectory, leading him to a sudden epiphany. He desired to transform the Thunder Dao into the Heavenly Dao.

If successful, Daoist Xuantian would undoubtedly ascend to the realm of the Primordial Chaos in one fell swoop. Regrettably, he lost his way within the Heavenly Dao due to his lack of accumulation and could never return.

Daoist Xuantian’s True Spirit was assimilated by the Heavenly Dao, but his body remained. Later, it was unclear what exactly transpired; his body was found and refined by the progenitor of the Divine Race, which laid the foundation for the Divine Race.

However, the key point was that Daoist Xuantian was one of the Innate Divine Demons nurtured by Thunder Marsh.

The Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree was also nurtured by Thunder Marsh. Thus, one could say that it shared the same origin as Daoist Xuantian. With the Divine Race inheriting Daoist Xuantian’s blood lineage, their aura naturally attracted the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree.

By devouring them, the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree could replenish its missing Original Source and quickly grow.

The Divine Race served as the perfect food for the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree. By devouring this race, the Innate Thunderbolt Treasure Tree could at least save one million years of growth time.

Upon considering this, Jiang Chen added one more reason to obliterate the Divine Race.

"Hmph! A mere illusion dares to block my path. It’s overestimating its own abilities. Shatter!" With a cold snort, Jiang Chen’s five fingers suddenly opened, lunging violently at Daoist Xuantian’s illusion.

Immediately, an overwhelming surge of vital energy from his body inundated Daoist Xuantian’s illusion before tearing it apart vigorously.

"Suppress!"

The next moment, Jiang Chen pressed down with his palm. The surging energy around him instantly began to coalesce, forming a mysterious mark on Divine Monarch Wu Heng’s forehead.

It was the "Suppress" character from the Ancient Martial Arts!

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