Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 500: Four Four Eight - Accidental Discovery of the Human Race’s Sacred Object

Chapter 500: Four Four Eight - Accidental Discovery of the Human Race’s Sacred Object

In the records of the Emperor Xi’s inheritance, Donghuang Taiyi once possessed a divine ability known as the Taiyi Wheel.

This Divine Ability, created by Taiyi in imitation of the Heavenly Dao, encompassed all changes and contained countless Great Dao. Once unleashed, it could suppress myriad Dao, smite Heaven and Earth, and possess boundless divine power.

In the decisive battle against the witches and demons, Donghuang Taiyi resisted five Ancestral Witches undefeated with this Divine Ability, eventually forcing them to self-destruct and thus perishing together.

What Jiang Chen needed to do now was to create a similar Divine Ability to carry his Dao. This Divine Ability, dubbed the Dao-Bearing Divine Ability, could encompass everything and would be undefeatable.

With the intention of creating a new Divine Ability, Jiang Chen’s silhouette started moving rapidly within the Five Elements Secret Realm, constantly seeking Fierce Beasts at the Innate Dao Monarch level for life-or-death duels.

Throughout these battles, Jiang Chen’s mastery over Divine Abilities gradually improved, and his understanding of the Great Dao deepened progressively.

Gradually, all his Divine Abilities began to unify. The essence of each one started to merge, evolve and gradually transform into a nascent form of a Supreme Divine Power.

Moreover, the form of this nascent Divine Ability steadily perfected itself through each successive battle.

Boom!

At a certain moment, Jiang Chen’s punch blew apart a mid-stage Dao Monarch Fierce Beast into fragments, dispersing into the Taiji aura all over the sky. Right then, a Supreme Divine Power formed in his hand.

Taiji Seal, the Divine Ability born from Jiang Chen’s understanding of the Innate Taiji Dao, once deployed, could assimilate all creatures in the world into the Yin and Yang Qi of Taiji.

"My understanding of the Great Dao is still too shallow. I cannot completely integrate all the Divine Abilities I have practiced, melting them into one, evolving into the unbeatable Divine Power in my mind." After silently experiencing the subtleties of the Taiji Seal for a while, Jiang Chen sighed helplessly.

Although the Taiji Seal was good, it ultimately wasn’t the unbeatable Divine Power that he wanted. Jiang Chen desired a Divine Power that could express all great Dao, whereas the Taiji Seal could only express the Innate Taiji Dao.

The cause of all this was Jiang Chen’s low cultivation realm. Each Supreme Divine Power he cultivated had an astonishing origin, created by Great Divine Transcendents standing at the apex of Heaven and Earth, all carrying the ability to wipe out the world.

Jiang Chen’s cultivation, however, was only at the early Dao Monarch stage. He hadn’t yet thoroughly understood the profundities of Heaven and Earth contained within these Supreme Divine Powers, yet he fancied merging them all into one. Wasn’t that a joke?

On what basis?

Overreaching one’s abilities was the best way to describe Jiang Chen’s current actions.

"I am indeed biting off more than I can chew." After realizing this, Jiang Chen reached a sense of peace.

The unbeatable Divine Power he envisioned was not something that his current self could create. His starting point was too high, making it countless times harder for him to reach perfection compared to others.

However, this was a good thing. The higher the difficulty of success now, the greater the rewards when he finally achieved success. Jiang Chen could already imagine the scene when he fused all the Divine Powers into one after his cultivation reached perfection.

Once that Divine Power was born, it would certainly possess unbeatable divine might, sweep everything away, and suppress all the Dao between Heaven and Earth.

Besides, although the Taiji Seal did not meet the demands Jiang Chen envisioned, it was still his achievement and carried immense potential for growth. Advanced Taiji was Taichi. Further evolution from Taichi would lead to Taishi, Taichu, and Taiyi.

These are the Innate Five Tai. Jiang Chen could constantly deduce based on the Taiji Seal. Once he had evolved and understood the principles of the Innate Five Tai, his Divine Power would be close to perfection.

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After sorting out all of his learning, Jiang Chen’s strength increased significantly. His Innate True Spirit constantly throbbed and emitted brilliant undying Dao light, making his entire Sea of Consciousness extraordinarily lucid.

In such a situation, Jiang Chen knew that it was a sign that his cultivation had reached its limit. He was about to have a breakthrough and couldn’t suppress it any longer.

As the saying goes, ’Overflow the cup when it is full;’ the same principle applies to cultivation. Upon reaching the limit, even if one did not desire to break through, one would naturally undergo a breakthrough.

However, Jiang Chen was, after all, a tough man. Unlike others, he could still suppress his power.

"Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens, suppress me!" With a thought, Jiang Chen summoned the Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens and placed it above his head.

In an instant, an overwhelming force poured down from the tower, pressing onto Jiang Chen’s body and directly suppressing his throbbing Innate True Spirit deep into the Sea of Consciousness, rendering it immobile.

After all these, Jiang Chen no longer felt the urge to break through, but this method could only address the symptoms, not the root cause. Moreover, forcibly suppressing one’s cultivation without breaking through wasn’t a good thing.

Just like a water bottle, if you continue to pour water after it’s full but refuse to let it leak out, what will the end result be?

A burst with a "bang".

Forcibly suppressing one’s cultivation from undergoing a breakthrough was similar—it could end in an explosion due to the increasingly violent power inside the body.

"We need to speed up and refine the Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I won’t be able to suppress myself for much longer."

Glancing at the Creation Pagoda of Thirty-Three Heavens above his head, Jiang Chen knew that he could no longer procrastinate. He must hasten his pace to promote the perfect ascension of the tower.

Then, he could use the momentum of the tower’s promotion to make a breakthrough in one fell swoop while gaining considerable benefits.

With his mind set, Jiang Chen no longer hesitated. He rushed deeper into the Five Elements Secret Realm where stronger Fierce Beasts lingered. There were not only late-stage Dao Monarchs, but also perfect-stage Dao Monarchs, and even existences at the half-step Taoist Master Level.