Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 603: Four eighty-five Dream Beasts

Chapter 603: Four eighty-five Dream Beasts

By making the unreal into the path to Dao, one can become a Dao Ancestor. If one can transform the false into truth, even if the achievement is not on par with Hongjun Daizu, it will be no weaker than a saint. It’s not difficult to cultivate a Primordial Dao fruit.

Hence, unifying the realm of the unreal, and becoming the ruler of all beings’ minds, should be considered a supreme path of the Great Dao.

"Refine!"

Seeing the potential benefits, Jiang Chen has no hesitation left in his heart. He uses his body as a lamp, his vital energy as oil, his mind as fire, and manifests a brilliant lamp above his head.

This lamp, which represents the fruit of Jiang Chen’s Dao, is neither big, being about a foot in size, nor is the flame on the wick larger than a peanut.

But as soon as it appears, it radiates ten thousand streaks of light which layer upon each other, evolving into thirteen layers of radiant flames of different colors, each filled with profound mystery.

This is not innate divine fire, but the fire of the spirit. The thirteen layers of flames correspond to the seven emotions and six desires of sentient beings. This fire, when kindled, can burn away all seven emotions and six desires.

And the stray thoughts within sentient beings come from these seven emotions and six desires. If one can burn away the seven emotions and six desires in their thoughts, then the thoughts of the beings will naturally become pure, transforming into willpower that can be absorbed by others.

Jiang Chen’s lamp, called the Soul Refining Lamp, is one of the foundational divine abilities of the Incense Fire Divine Path. It holds no offensive power, its sole function being to dispel the stray thoughts in the minds of beings, making them pure.

As the Soul Refining Lamp emerges, all the minor worlds it illuminates are disintegrating, decaying, dissolving into scattered, disorganized thoughts. These thoughts are then refined and transformed by the spirit fire into a mysterious force flowing with dream-like colors.

This dream-like force is willpower, the most pure form of willpower. It is the most fundamental power of the divine path and the basis of the divine realm’s creation.

Rumble!

This pure willpower begins to spin around the Soul Refining Lamp, giving birth to a variety of intricate changes.

Gradually, strands of colorful radiance emerge, forming a huge rainbow-colored crystal wall. This wall separates the Soul Refining Lamp from the sea of minds, as if they have become two separate worlds.

At this moment, the divine territory has taken shape. Though still in its initial phase, the countless thoughts in the sea of minds are incessant. As long as they are refined, the divine territory can quickly grow stronger.

It wouldn’t be too hard to rival a lesser or even middle realm rather than a Greater Universe realm.

Once the divine territory completely refines this sea of minds, it would become the strongest and largest world under Jiang Chen’s control.

Meanwhile, as the divine territory takes shape, the Soul Refining Lamp also undergoes changes, its radiance becoming increasingly brilliant, and it gradually rises higher.

Eventually, it even ascends above the middle heavens, transforming into a brilliant sun that radiates infinite light and heat, enduring eternally.

The Great Sun positioned above the middle heavens suppresses all things. The divine territory instantly becomes much more stable, and the speed at which it refines the surrounding thoughts increases.

Unconsciously, strands of power glowing with rainbow shades emerge in the divine territory, continuously flowing around.

This is divine power, the original force of the divine territory, and the source of power for the gods. It was born from willpower, yet it surpasses willpower in terms of quality. It is transformed from the divine territory.

Put precisely, this is a mysterious force generated through the fusion of Primordial Chaos Qi, drawn from chaos by the divine territory, and the essence of willpower. It isn’t superior or inferior, yet it encompasses both innate and acquired characteristics.

Divine power, undoubtedly, is the most profound force in this world. In a sense, it is even more mysterious than the power of merit, because divine power possesses the ability to substantiate all things.

Substantiating all things is such a great and mysterious concept – it can be deemed omnipotent.

For example, when a cultivator wants to use thunder law, not only must they possess profound power, they must also cultivate specifically to understand the power of thunder in Heaven and Earth and attempt to control it. Only then can they wield the power of thunder.

But for gods, using thunder or even natural phenomena is as natural as instinct. They just need to consume divine power to do it easily.

If they think about releasing thunder, they don’t need to form seals or chant incantations. The divine power inside their body naturally transforms into the power of thunder. The more divine power is consumed, the stronger the thunder’s power.

Theoretically, if there is enough divine power, even the Divine Thunder of Heaven belonging to Pangu Great God can be manifested. However, this is just a thought, the required divine power is too much. Even the combined strength of all beings in the Prehistoric World might not make it possible.

Divine power can be called omnipotent. Not only can it transform into the power of thunder, it can transform into any other power as well.

As long as the gods are willing to consume divine power, they can practically do anything - wind, rain, thunder, lightning, universe, and mystic yellow, all types of power can be controlled. They can even create things out of thin air, manifesting any object they desire.

This is a god – omnipotent.

Of course, the omnipotence of gods also comes with a condition, namely sufficient divine power. Only a god with enough divine power can unleash their extraordinary abilities, otherwise, they might end up weaker than even mortals – truly insignificant insects that can be extinguished by a gust of wind.

Therefore, for gods, the willpower of all sentient beings is exceptionally important. It is the foundation of their existence and security, the original source of all superhuman powers and reliance.

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"Roar!"

Because the power of the heart was quickly draining, in the core area of Heart Sea, unknown beings were startled. They gave angry roars and launched an attack on the Divine Territory.

Then, Jiang Chen witnessed strange creatures exuding a dream-like aura emerging from the depths of the Mind Sea. Utilizing various powers of wind, thunder, and fire... they continuously attacked the Divine Territory.

"What is this..."

"Creatures of the heart? Dream Spirits?"

With a stirring in his heart, Jiang Chen understood the origins of these wonderful creatures. They were Dream Spirits, also called Dream Beasts, which were creatures formed by the power of the mind, manifested from the collective wishes of all beings.

If beings wished for a True Dragon, a dragon would be born in the Heart Sea. Similarly, if they wished for phoenixes, phoenixes would be born.

No matter what all beings imagined, the Heart Sea would reflect it, and it would possess corresponding abilities.

For example, True Dragons, although dream beasts, do not differ from real True Dragons in any way, and also possess the power to travel through clouds and control storms.

Oh, there is a difference - a True Dragon is a real creature, but Dream Beasts are not. They have form, but they aren’t actual creatures.

In the Heart Sea, this abnormality is not apparent, but once it leaves the Heart Sea, these Dream Beasts will dissolve into countless thoughts of all beings.

After all, although wish power has the ability to manifest anything, it still has a premise: it must gather the wishes of all beings into a single force to display its power of turning falsehood into truth.

Although the power of Heart Sea is strong, it is extremely disordered and incapable of combining into a single force. Naturally, it cannot display its power and give these creatures born within it a real life.

These Dream Beasts are all false beings; they cannot remove the extra thoughts from wish power and condense them into a single force. Even if their power is strong, it’s false. They cannot leave the Spirit World and reach the Material World, becoming true creatures.

They are just illusions born out of the imaginings of all beings. Therefore, Jiang Chen, when he acts, feels no psychological burden and immediately uses his mental power to slay them.

After those Dream Beasts die, they don’t disappear completely. Instead, they are devoured by the Divine Territory, revived by Divine Power, and transformed into Dao embryos within the Divine Territory, waiting for their day of birth to come.

These Dream Beasts will be the first batch of creatures bred by the Divine Territory and are the most devout followers of Jiang Chen. Likewise, they are Jiang Chen’s most loyal subordinates.

Once they are born, they will uphold the will of Jiang Chen, fight everywhere in the Spirit World, seize more territories for Jiang Chen, and gradually devour the Spirit World.

What those in power should do is coordinate everything, not to do everything themselves. Doing everything oneself is too tiring!

Jiang Chen is already too busy with the affairs of the Material World. How can he spare a large amount of energy to handle the affairs of the Spiritual World? Therefore, he needs to cultivate a group of loyal subordinates to expand his territory in the Spirit World.

These Dream Beasts are the best choices. Born because of the Divine Territory, they are destined to exist alongside the Divine Territory. They share a fate with Jiang Chen; their fortunes and disasters are his to control. They definitely will not betray him.

Moreover, these Dream Beasts are indeed limited to only being able to act in the Spirit World for now, but they can cultivate. As the Divine Territory grows stronger, the power of the Dream Beasts will also grow stronger.

Once their cultivation reaches the Dao Monarch Level, they can intervene in the Material World through the power of the mind, appear in the real world, and become real creatures.

At that time, Jiang Chen will have a group of Dao Monarch-level subordinates.

What is a trump card? This is a trump card. Moreover, it’s a trump card that no one knows about. If anyone becomes an enemy of Jiang Chen, these Dream Beasts will undoubtedly catch them off guard.

Unconsciously, Jiang Chen has another means at his disposal. If the Divine Territory reaches its ultimate form and becomes the Divine Realm, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Jiang Chen has another ace up his sleeve for gaining the world’s supremacy.

Without relying on any external forces, he himself could become the ruler of Heaven and Earth, command the world, making all factions tremble in fear.

The Spirit World, there’s great potential!

Moreover, as the Divine Territory keeps refining the Heart Sea, Jiang Chen’s understanding of wish power deepens. Along with this, the Incense Fire Divine Path becomes even more perfected.

At this moment, Jiang Chen suddenly realized that his encounter with the Heart Sea this time was not a coincidence at all, but was intentionally arranged by the Heavenly Dao.

The Incense Fire Divine Path takes root between Heaven and Earth, controlled by all beings. Compared to the Immortal Dao, it is more susceptible to the control of the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, after Jiang Chen created the Incense Fire Divine Path system, the Heavenly Dao was the happiest, not Jiang Chen.

The Heavenly Dao, more so than Jiang Chen, anticipated the birth of the Incense Fire Divine Path. It doesn’t seek transcendence, only struggles within Heaven and Earth; there’s nothing better than the Divine Dao for serving as its tool to rule Heaven and Earth.

So, the Heavenly Dao was always waiting with bated breath for the birth of the Incense Fire Divine Path.