Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 597: Four Eight Two, Underworld River Ancestor

Chapter 597: Four Eight Two, Underworld River Ancestor

According to the records of the Jiang Family, after the Investiture of the Gods, a great war broke out between the Buddhists and the Asura Sect. The Sea of Blood in the Underworld disappeared, and no trace of the ancestor of the Underworld River was found. The entire Asura Clan sought refuge with the Buddhists.

At that time, there were no signs of the death of any great divine transcendents in Heaven and Earth.

This suggests that the ancestor of the Underworld River did not die. Associating this with the disappearance of the Sea of Blood in the Underworld, it isn’t hard to infer: the ancestor of the Underworld River and the Sea of Blood were probably sealed by the two sages of the West. The location of the seal was likely at the source of the Underworld River.

Jiang Chen contemplated such as he looked at the drop of filth blood in front of him.

Immediately afterward, his figure moved instantaneously, continuing to sprint forward. Whether this was so or not was soon to be learned at the source of the Underworld River.

The closer he got to the source of the Underworld River, the more filth blood appeared around him. At first, it was just drips, but later, it increased from small patches to large areas.

Some even resembled a downstream river, trickling along.

It’s just a shame that the divinity contained in this filth blood had been completely eroded. Otherwise, the ancestor of the Underworld River could have escaped through it.

As long as the Sea of Blood endured, the Underworld River would not die!

The entire Sea of Blood in the Underworld had been refined by the ancestor of the Underworld River and could be considered his body. If he could escape with just a drop of filth blood, he could break through the seal.

However, this seal was placed by a saint who was deeply familiar with the ancestor of the Underworld River. He certainly would not make such a basic mistake as letting the ancestor of the Underworld River escape.

Jiang Chen suddenly stopped his steps after forging ahead a little more.

Because before him, an old Daoist, wearing a blood-red robe, carrying two swords, and bound by chains, had somehow appeared.

Looking down, it was even more evident that this old Daoist was not seated atop the gas of the Nine Abysses, but rather on a blood-colored lotus stand.

The blood-colored lotus had twelve grades, shimmering with blood-colored light that was immensely chilling to anyone who set eyes upon it. The filth blood that Jiang Chen saw along the way had all come flowing out from beneath this twelve-grade lotus stand.

Upon seeing this blood-colored lotus stand, the ninth-grade Creation Green Lotus inside Jiang Chen suddenly began to tremble violently, revealing a joyous feeling, as if it had seen its kin.

As if experiencing epiphany, Jiang Chen immediately recognized the origin of this blood-colored lotus stand. It was the Merit Red Lotus of Twelve Grades of Karma Fire, one of the four supreme Innate Merit Spiritual Treasures!

Then, wasn’t the identity of this old man self-evident?

The Lord of the Sea of Blood, the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River!

This was a supreme divine power at the pinnacle of the Prehistoric World. Although he wasn’t a saint, his realm was not far from that of the Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial.

Speaking of the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River, he was a renowned figure in the Prehistoric World. In the Great Ancient times, he, seeing Empress Nuwa creating people and becoming a saint, followed suit and created the Asura Clan in the Sea of Blood.

The apparition of the Asura Clan did not make the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River become a saint as he had wished, but it allowed him to break through his second corpse and made great progress in his practice.

Afterward, when the Five Saints established their teachings and became saints, the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River was spurred to do the same and set up the Asura Sect.

Although he did not become a saint yet again, he advanced his practice due to the merit of setting up the sect and got rid of his third corpse.

Creating the Asura Clan and establishing the Asura Sect, these two deeds may not have made the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River a saint, but they did make him a supreme divine transcendent, second only to Di Jun Taiyi.

Except for a saint taking action, in the vast Prehistoric World, how many could be his match?

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Jiang Chen did not dare to step forward but instead retreated several steps, observing the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River at a considerable distance.

He didn’t know if it was due to the seal, but the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River before him gave Jiang Chen a rather peculiar feeling, like an ordinary old man. He did not give off any fluctuations or appear like a great divine transcendence of the Prehistoric World, but rather like an ordinary old man.

Also, the chains that bound the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River were of an unknown origin. They did not exhibit any form of discrimination but had completely restrained a powerful being like him.

Although no supernatural phenomena were visible, Jiang Chen knew that both the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River and those chains were not ordinary. Their lack of supernatural phenomena was only due to his low realm and inability to see it.

Shifting his gaze from the chains, Jiang Chen looked at the two long swords carried by the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River. If he did not guess wrong, these two long swords should be the legendary Innate Killing Swords, Yuan Tu and Abi.

These two Innate Killing Swords were all supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures. Born of the Dao of Slaughter, they could kill all living beings when they come out together.

Even with the Swords of Slaughtering Immortals, each taken out individually, it wouldn’t necessarily be stronger than these two Innate Killing Swords.

Jiang Chen’s Taichu Divine Sword and Dutian Divine Sword might have been stronger than these two Innate Killing Swords at their peak, but now, in their damaged state, they certainly couldn’t compare.

As for the twelve grades Karma Fire Red Lotus beneath the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River, that is even less to say. It was one of the ten Great Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric World, second only to the Innate Treasure in power. The twelve grades Merit Gold Lotus, the ultimate treasure of the Buddhist door, was its brother, with no distinction of superiority or inferiority.

It is said that in the hands of the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River, there is also another supreme Innate Merit Spiritual Treasure: the Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner. This was also one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric World, with boundless power.

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Four supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures, all companion spirit treasures of the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River. He is truly extraordinary, and can be said to have been greatly favored by the Heavenly Dao.

Jiang Chen guessed that, except for Donghuang Taiyi who was born with the Chaos Bell, other innate gods and saints, including the Sanqing and the twelve Ancestral Witches, would not have had the same birth privileges as the Old Ancestor of the Underworld River.