Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 563: The time has come for 469

Chapter 563: The time has come for 469

The Macaque King was no less decisive. When he noticed that the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp was gradually slipping away from his control, and that the situation was irreversible, he didn’t hesitate at all.

He promptly abandoned the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp and with his primordial spirit was able to evade to the remaining five demons and escaped with them towards the North Sea.

Jiang Chen, on the other hand, was completely occupied with suppressing the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp, and had no power left to stop the Macaque King. He could only dreadfully watch him leave.

Now that was a wise move. Although Innate Spiritual Treasures were valuable, they were, after all, external objects which were clearly not as important as one’s life. Sacrifices had to be made for survival.

Just this resolute decision to abandon the Innate Spiritual Treasure was enough to guarantee that the Macaque King would achieve great things in the future.

"Take it!"

After the Macaque King departed, the resistance of the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp became weaker. Eventually, the Merit Gold wheel rolled it up, placed it in the center of the wheel, and began refining it bit by bit.

Feeling a profound connection with the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp, a smile appeared on Jiang Chen’s face.

Although the six demons escaped, obtaining the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp could still be considered a great achievement.

The Innate Green Light Yin Yang Lamp was an item of the primeval overlord, Donghuang Taiyi. He placed it in his sleeping palace and used it for illumination. It was a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with 36 Innate Divine Bans.

Of course, for Donghuang Taiyi, this treasure was only used as a tool for lighting, but for Jiang Chen, or even countless cultivators in the world, the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp was undoubtedly a rare and invaluable item.

No exaggeration, such an Innate Spiritual Treasure was scarce, even among the entire human race. You can imagine just how precious it is.

Jiang Chen thought to himself and realized that it would still take a while before the Merit Gold Wheel could completely erase the mark left inside the Green Light Yin Yang Lamp by the Macaque King. Therefore, he put away the Merit Gold Wheel and put the matter aside for the time being.

Soon after, his face suddenly turned cold and his smile vanished, replaced with a dark and angry expression. Then, he approached the other gods.

Seeing Jiang Chen’s grim gaze, the gods opened their mouths, wanting to say something, but before they could speak, they were interrupted by Jiang Chen’s emotionless voice: "Everyone, let’s return to Heaven. Whatever you want to say, say it to the Jade Emperor."

After that, Jiang Chen just left them there and rode the colorful clouds towards Heaven.

Dozens of Great Luo Golden Immortals and hundreds of Taiyi Golden Immortals teamed up to attack the six Great Luo Golden Immortals, but instead of causing any damage, they were countered and had one of their own killed.

No matter who saw this, they would call them useless. Not only did they lose their own faces, they also disgraced Heaven.

When this news spreads, all of the cultivators in the Three Realms will ridicule Heaven for raising a bunch of useless fools.

The more Jiang Chen thought about it, the angrier he got. He decided to leave Heaven and go apologize to the Jade Emperor.

That’s right, apologize.

If the Martial Virtue Star Lord hadn’t died, arresting Sun Wukong would be a great achievement for Jiang Chen. But now that he’s dead, even though Jiang Chen is innocent, the merit he captured is gone.

He has to apologize to the Jade Emperor. Of course, the Emperor wouldn’t punish him. On the contrary, he would encourage him, but this is a necessary process.

It’s just a show for the outsiders.

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After Jiang Chen left, all the gods looked unhappy. Even though they were at fault in this situation, they felt that Jiang Chen was too much, as if he didn’t regard them at all.

They didn’t think there was anything wrong with their lack of commitment in the fight. Everyone was doing the same and even the Jade Emperor turned a blind eye. What was wrong with that?

And regarding the demise of the Martial Virtue Star Lord, what does that have to do with them? It was his own bad luck that led him to be killed by the six demons.

If that hadn’t been the case, among the many who surrounded the six demons, there were many whose cultivation levels were weaker than the Martial Virtue Star Lord’s. Yet paradoxically, they didn’t die. Instead, the highly cultivated Martial Virtue Star Lord did.

If this wasn’t bad luck, then what was?

Although the gods were resentful towards Jiang Chen, they knew he was too powerful for them to mess with. After grumbling in their minds, they arranged themselves in their formation and went back to Heaven.

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Upon entering the Lingxiao Palace, Jiang Chen immediately apologized to the Jade Emperor, "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I failed your trust and let the Martial Virtue Star Lord fall by demons’ hands, please give your sanctions!"

However, before the Jade Emperor could reply, a star lord stepped forward to defend Jiang Chen, saying, "Your claim is incorrect, sir. Though the death of Martial Virtue Star Lord is questionable, under no circumstances can it be blamed on you."

Another star lord stepped forward and said, "Indeed, to prevent the six demons from escaping, you specifically dispatched Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha the Third Prince, and tens of thousands of gods and soldiers to support Martial Virtue Star lord on a joint mission to exterminate the six demons."

"Following this, an additional ten Great Luo Golden celestial beings of Immortal Dao and seven Great Demons of the Eastern Sea Demon Clan was added to provide support, making up a total of dozens of Great Luo Golden celestial beings attacking the six demons."

"Such a plan was carefully thought out, no one would see anything amiss. But who could have imagined that faced with the attack of all these great warriors of Heaven, the six demons not only remained uncaught but fought even more valiantly, even managing to kill the Martial Virtue Star Lord."

"This is simply preposterous!"