Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 610: Four Nine Two Sacrifice

Chapter 610: Four Nine Two Sacrifice

"Devouring cultivators, especially powerful ones, is the correct method for a divine artifact to progress,"

In a moment of realization, Jiang Chen understood how a divine artifact should advance. The more cultivators it devoured and the stronger they were, the faster the divine artifact would advance.

Devour everything to nourish oneself.

However, indiscriminate killing violated Heavenly Dao. While Jiang Chen understood the method for a divine artifact to advance quickly, he would not abuse this ability to devour lives indiscriminately.

Speaking of devouring lives, Jiang Chen already had a better choice—Fierce Beasts. As far as the Prehistoric World is concerned, Fierce Beasts were harmful and brought no benefits.

Hunting Fierce Beasts would not only avoid condemnation from Heavenly Dao but would also be rewarded by Heavenly Dao, earning merit and fate’s protection.

Most importantly, Fierce Beasts were inexhaustible; Born from the resentment of Chaos Demon Gods, they drew upon the negative energies of Heaven and Earth as their power source.

If Heaven and Earth did not perish, and all living creatures did not die out, then the Fierce Beasts couldn’t be exterminated. Just like Chinese leeks, once cut, they’ll soon sprout anew.

From this, it could be seen that Fierce Beasts were born to be fodder for Divine Artifacts. No matter how much they were destroyed, one need not worry about their extinction.

Furthermore, another crucial point is that in the same realm, the power contained within a Fierce Beast far exceeded that of a cultivator.

This point was indisputable.

Envious? This is the exchange of intelligence for physical prowess.

Fierce Beasts forfeited their intelligence to achieve an immensely powerful physical body. The principle behind this was similar to Ancient Martial Arts. But the former sacrificed lifespan while the latter, intelligence.

From this, it could be seen that devouring Fierce Beasts provided a much higher return than devouring lives. When you devour lives, you have to worry about attracting Heavenly Dao’s attention if you consume too many.

However, when devouring Fierce Beasts, one has no such worries. On the contrary, the more Fierce Beasts one devours, the happier the Heavenly Dao will be, and it might even reward you with an abundance of merit and fate.

The advantages of this were so tempting.

"What a delightful surprise!"

Jiang Chen never imagined that a thoughtless action would lead him to find the path of advancement for his Divine Artifact. His feelings were beyond description.

He believed that given a little more time, he could perfect the Incense Fire Divine Path and fill in all its details.

However, there was no need to rush. Even if the Incense Fire Divine Path were fully perfected, it would not be announced until Jiang Chen had mastered the Ancient Martial Arts. Only like this could he be most secure.

Thoughts were rapidly cycling through his mind but Jiang Chen’s face revealed nothing. He simply instructed the gods of the surrounding Divine Race: "Dissolve your prime spirits and reincarnate into the Chaos World."

Rather than wasting their resources, they could be used efficiently to strengthen the origin of the Chaos World.

Jiang Chen felt that after integrating these high-ranked gods of the Divine Race, the Chaos World would be able to ascend to a medium-sized world, or at least approach that level.

As for his previous plan to have the gods of the Divine Race recrystalize their physical bodies and sacrifice themselves to the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree again for recycling, Jiang Chen had now abandoned it.

Because he had a better idea.

Even if he had not yet become an Innate Dao Sovereign, his power was ultimately limited. Even if he devoured all the gods, how much could the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree grow?

Though gods could be recycled, the effects were bound to degrade with each cycle until they were completely useless.

Jiang Chen wasn’t content with this, thus a bold plan emerged in his mind.

Perhaps Gods below the Daoist Master Level would not contribute much to the growth of the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree, but what about Gods at the Daoist Master Level? Devouring one Innate Dao Sovereign could perhaps make the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree mature immediately.

Yes, Jiang Chen planned to resurrect a Daoist Sovereign and have the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree devour him.

No doubt this was a reckless action involving enormous risk. If he was not careful, Jiang Chen could end up empty-handed and might even lose the Thunder Dao Holy Object, the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree.

However, risks and opportunities are two sides of the same coin. The greater the risk, the greater the reward of succeeding. If he could make the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree devour the Dao Sovereign, the benefits Jiang Chen would gain were beyond what he could imagine.

Resurrecting the Dao Sovereign seemed extremely risky, but Jiang Chen was fully confident of suppressing him after thorough consideration.

Whether it was Nine Heavens or the Tower of Heaven and Earth or even the Original Source of Cang Mountain, all held the power to resist an Innate Dao Sovereign. If the three combined, suppressing one Innate Dao Sovereign would not be difficult.

Moreover, a newly resurrected Dao Sovereign’s strength was bound to be far from its peak form. How could he oppose a fully prepared Jiang Chen?

Therefore, with careful planning, Jiang Chen should have no trouble devouring a newly resurrected Dao Sovereign.

As a man of action, the greatest advantage is to act as soon as he thinks something.

After simulating several times in his mind and assuring no more problems, Jiang Chen no longer hesitated, teleporting left the Chaos World and reappearing in the outside world.

At this time, the remaining members of the Divine Race silently stood in the void, waiting for Jiang Chen’s orders.

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After coming out, Jiang Chen thought for a moment and summoned Divine Lord Xin Yi, asking, "Xin Yi, I saw before that your Divine Race seems to have extensively researched the way of sacrifice, being able to offer everything to the Heavenly Dao. Is this true?"

Although he had a specific plan in mind, Jiang Chen had no experience in how to resurrect an Innate Dao Sovereign and felt somewhat at a loss.

However, that did not bother Jiang Chen. If he had no way, the Divine Race surely did. When Jiang Chen dealt with Divine Monarch Wu Heng before, he had used an unknown divine ability to offer everything to the Heavenly Dao.

This divine ability, though Jiang Chen did not know its origin, he could certainly say that it was related to the ancient method of sacrifice.

Sacrifice is a very mysterious ritual where you can obtain unimaginable power from some great existence in the dark through the sacrifice of treasures, thus accomplishing impossible tasks.

The method of resurrecting the Dao Sovereign has to do with the ancient method of sacrifice.

Because, the initial method of sacrifice was summarized from the ceremony of resurrecting the Dao Sovereign.

Upon hearing Jiang Chen’s question, Divine Lord Xin Yi pondered before replying, "Indeed, our Divine Race possesses the divine ability of sacrifice. This is the Supreme Divine Power which my father comprehended from the high-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Prehistoric Thunder Command. It is rumored to establish a connection to the Heavenly Dao."

"However, only my father was able to establish a connection with the Heavenly Dao in the entire Divine Race because he had the Heavenly Dao’s token, the Prehistoric Thunder Command."

"We, his descendants, can only establish a connection with the Daoist Venerable Xuantian who has already been assimilated by Heavenly Dao through the bloodline in our bodies. By sacrificing treasures, we obtain great power from Daoist Venerable Xuantian."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded in understanding. The key to the way of sacrificial offering is to establish a connection with that great figure in the dark.

If a connection can be established, the sacrifice is considered successful. If not, no matter how much treasure you have, it will be useless. Even when giving a gift, one needs to find a place to give.

The Divine Race has the token of the Heavenly Dao, so they can establish a connection with the Heavenly Dao. The members of the Divine Race do not, but their bodies carry the blood of Daoist Venerable Xuantian, which is also a token, so they can communicate with Daoist Venerable Xuantian.

"Interesting, very interesting!"

Knowing that the key to the divine ability of sacrifice was the Prehistoric Thunder Command, Jiang Chen did not continue to talk to Divine Lord Xin Yi. Instead, he quietly contemplated the Prehistoric Thunder Command deep in his Sea of Consciousness.

After a while, Jiang Chen opened his eyes, having gained some comprehension about the way of the sacrificial offering. Essentially, the way of the sacrificial offering was just a trading platform built on fairness.

Under the witness of the Heavenly Dao, a relatively fair transaction is conducted between the small figure and the great figure. That is, the small figure pays and makes a wish while the great figure meets the small figure’s wishes after accepting the payment.

It’s really simple!

So, Jiang Chen understood immediately and knew how to resurrect the Divine Daoist. It’s really simple. Build a connection with Heavenly Dao first, then offer a huge amount of treasure to Heavenly Dao to let it manifest its Supreme Divine Power, pulling the Divine Daoist from the past death and bringing him back to the present.

This method is not only suitable for the Divine Daoist but can also be adapted to everyone. Theoretically, this method can resurrect all the dead creatures. The premise is that you have enough power to pay.

This method has no skills to speak of at all, and it’s purely buying a life with treasures. The more treasures you have and the more precious they are, the more lives you can buy.

It’s simple and brutal.

Having understood the principle, Jiang Chen did not hesitate and immediately took out a large piece of innate purple jade, carving it into an altar nine feet nine long and nine feet nine wide.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen took out the Prehistoric Thunder Command and placed it on the altar as a token to communicate with the Heavenly Dao.

Next came the most crucial step: offering the treasures. The treasures were naturally the people of the Divine Race.

As descendants of the Daoist Venerable, using them as offering to resurrect the Daoist Venerable couldn’t be more fitting.

Frankly speaking, the Divine Race must have known that if they were willing to offer themselves as sacrifices, it would definitely pull the fallen Daoist Venerable back from death. Yet not a single member of the Divine Race was willing to do so.

The reason for this, is because they fear death. Sacrificing oneself directly results in death. Asking them to sacrifice themselves in exchange for the resurrection of the Daoist Venerable, how many members of the Divine Race were willing?

But at this moment, at the command of Jiang Chen, these members of the Divine Race did it without hesitation, sacrificing themselves one by one, transforming themselves into torrents of power to resurrect the Daoist Venerable.

"Lord Xin Yi, please!"

After the altar was set up, Jiang Chen cordially invited Lord Xin Yi. He was the only surviving son of the Divine Sovereign. Since they were resurrecting the Divine Sovereign, he should naturally take the lead.