Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 620: Star of Ages Fragment 502

Chapter 620: Star of Ages Fragment 502

In order to recover from its wounds, the Nine-pronged Demon Dragon meticulously prepared and arranged its surroundings. In the expanse of the void, innate array patterns were scattered everywhere, glittering brilliantly and emitting an overwhelming aura.

These innate array patterns held immense power, capable of easily wiping out an Innate Dao Monarch.

If they were to burst forth all at once, the power would be so formidable that even an ordinary Dao Venerable would sustain injuries.

Keeping his distance from these innate array patterns, Jiang Chen began to observe the terrain, looking for places he could use to his advantage.

Although the formations left by the Nine-pronged Demon Dragon were profound, its understanding of the Dao of Formations was far inferior to Jiang Chen’s.

Therefore, the array outside the Falling Star Valley, in Jiang Chen’s view, was full of loopholes and had numerous exploitable areas.

For the next few days, Jiang Chen did nothing but roam around the perimeter of Falling Star Valley. He surveyed and familiarized himself with all corners within a billion miles, exploring every Earth Vein path and every Spiritual Vein distribution, until he had them all intricately memorized.

"Something’s off about this Falling Star Valley!"

"Although its geographical layout is decent, it’s nothing extraordinary. The Innate Mystery here is limited, and should not result in nurturing a precious land like the Falling Star Valley!"

Having thoroughly understood the situation in Falling Star Valley, Jiang Chen gradually sensed something wrong. The valley was too good, so much so that the surrounding Earth Veins simply couldn’t sustain such a treasure of a location.

To this area, the Falling Star Valley was like a True Dragon raised in the water. It was evidently nonsensical.

How could a True Dragon be raised in water? Unless there was a treasure!

"There’s a treasure in this Falling Star Valley!"

Thinking this, Jiang Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up. He quietly summoned the Dao Mirror, illuminating every inch of the Falling Star Valley.

Initially, the Dao Mirror showed no reaction, but as its light gradually penetrated deeper, a trace of cyan vapor slowly appeared on the surface of the mirror.

"Hiss!"

"What is this...?"

This cyan vapor was brimming with vitality. It was extremely similar to the East’s Wood Ancestral Qi of the Green Emperor, yet it held slight differences.

Jiang Chen had a familiar feeling about this; it was as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Thinking carefully, Jiang Chen finally remembered: he had seen such a cyan energy in the Emperor Xi Heritage. It was the Star of Ages, the Innate Origin Qi of the Wood Element.

There are Five Stars in the sky and Five Elements on the ground.

The so-called Star of Ages is one of the Five Stars, representing the manifestation of Innate Wood Element in the stars.

"Star of Ages..."

"Falling Star Valley..."

The Great Ancient stars fell, hence the creation of Falling Star Valley. Beneath Falling Star Valley, the energy of the Star of Ages was vaguely visible.

With this realization, Jiang Chen understood everything. The star fragment that fell here in the past was indeed a fragment of the Star of Ages.

Simultaneously, this also resolved another dilemma in Jiang Chen’s mind. How did that Nine-pronged Demon Dragon, who had just broken through to the Dao Venerable Realm, survive an attack of that magnitude?

It must be known that at that time, the aforementioned individual had already achieved the position of Quasi-Saint and could easily slay a Dao Venerable.

Jiang Chen had initially thought that the Nine-pronged Demon Dragon had survived due to his adversary’s mercy, but now he realized that it must have been due to the Star Fragment.

The Star of Ages, which is Jupiter, contains endless vitality. The Nine-pronged Demon Dragon, having this object accompanying it, naturally survived the ordeal. It would have been normal.

"A fragment of the Star of Ages!"

"I’m about to strike it rich!"

Upon confirming that the fragment of the Star of Ages was in Falling Star Valley, an exhilarated look appeared on Jiang Chen’s face.

Previously, he had given himself only a thirty percent chance of suppressing the Nine-pronged Demon Dragon, but now his odds had doubled to sixty percent.

The Nine-Horned Demon Dragon was indeed a member of the Demon Clan, but it was just a lowly soldier of the clan. It was far from reaching the highest inheritance of the Demon Clan, and its understanding of the Cycle of the Stars was shallow, unable to draw upon its full potential.

But Jiang Chen was different. He, who inherited the teachings of Xi Huang and Golden Crow, was familiar with the top-grade inheritance of the Demon Clan. There was nothing in it that he could not grasp.

Among them, he was most familiar with the Cycle of Stars. The Star Array was practically at his fingertips, and he handled it with such flair.

One could say that as long as he confirmed the location of the Star of Ages Fragment, Jiang Chen had the means to snatch the fragment from the Nine-Horned Demon Dragon’s grasp. He could even launch a surprise attack on the Demon Dragon through the Star Fragment.

The Nine-Horned Demon Dragon had the Star of Ages Fragment in its possession for countless years, and naturally had no defenses against it. It would never expect that the Fragment would suddenly burst forth and attack.

"Nine-Horned Demon Dragon, there are countless treasures in this world. How unfortunate that you, out of all things, ended up with the Star Fragment. It is destined to fall into my hands."

"This is heaven’s will to destroy you, I am not to blame."

At this point, Jiang Chen understood that his suddenly increased fate had begun to work. Otherwise, how could he have encountered the Star Fragment in the possession of the Demon Dragon?

This is the benefit of good luck. Even if you unintentionally seek something, you will naturally find it.

With a goal in mind, Jiang Chen immediately took action, tracing array patterns along the Earth Vein followed by clustering the momentum with the distribution of spirit caves.

This time, Jiang Chen planned to set up an unprecedented grand array outside of Falling Star Valley, unlike anything seen before.

In recent years, as Jiang Chen’s cultivation became more sophisticated, his understanding of the Laws of Formation became more profound. As a result, he began to question the current Formation System of the Prehistoric World, feeling that the Path of Formation in the Prehistoric world had deviated.

Why must the formation rely on external aids to be deployed? Could it be possible that without magical artifacts and formation flags for deployment, a Formation cannot be set up?

Is a Formation such an inconvenience?

The Laws of Heaven and Earth are branded within the cycle of heaven and earth, naturally evolving into Innate Formations. There were divinities that upon observation, integrated their own understanding, hence forming the Path of Formation.

It can be inferred from this that the essence of the Path of the Formation is an interpretation of the Laws of Heaven and Earth’s operations.

The formation takes shape, aligns with heaven and earth, and draws infinite power from the cycles of heaven and earth; like a tremendous momentum, it crushes everything.

If the Path of Formation is an interpretation of Heaven and Earth, then when deploying a formation, why not directly use mountains, rivers, lakes, and the sea to create the formation? Wouldn’t that be better?

Mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas are the foundations of heaven and earth. Using them as a formation could harness more power from the cycles of heaven and earth. The power erupted would be far superior to various magic treasures.

Based on this point, Jiang Chen revolutionized the Path of Formation in the Prehistoric World once more. He abandoned the traditional way of deploying formations with magic treasures and substituted it with mountains and rivers and Earth Veins.

Gathering the power of mountains and rivers to form the grand momentum of Heaven and Earth. Such a formation not only aligns better with Heaven and Earth but is also more convenient and harder to break.

Ordinary arrays, once the artifacts used in the formation are destroyed, the array is broken. But with mountains and rivers as formation, who dares to shatter it?

Endowed with the karma of heaven and earth, who could withstand it?

With doubts in mind, naturally, the difficulty of breaking the formation also increases. Moreover, the likes of mountains, rivers, and Earth Veins are almost everywhere, there’s no need to rely on external elements, a wave of the hand is enough to complete a formation.

This was Jiang Chen’s revolution in the way of formation. He regarded it as the superior way of formation.

The so-called superior way of formation is to use heaven and earth as a chessboard, mountains and rivers as chess pieces. With a wave of the hand, you can arrange mountains and rivers, consolidate the grand momentum of heaven and earth, change the timing of heaven, alter the advantage of the earth, and crush all enemies.

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Outside Falling Star Valley, Jiang Chen seemed to merge with Heaven and Earth. Every movement was accompanied by the power of Heaven and Earth. The mountains, rivers, and Earth Veins were just playthings in his hands, at his disposal.

With a thought, they could transform into any shape he wanted.

This new way of formation seemed simple in Jiang Chen’s conception, but in reality, the bar is set extremely high. Just merging one’s body with Heaven and Earth alone was enough to repel countless people.

Merging body with Heaven and Earth was the foundation of the new formation way. Without achieving this, one cannot manipulate the power of Heaven and Earth, nor change the Earth Veins, nor consolidate the grand momentum. Without this, the formidable capabilities of this method cannot be realized.

In short, this path was forged only for geniuses. It was difficult for ordinary people to achieve anything significant on this path.

Ps: After a day of writing, I’m annoyed.