Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 749 - 597, If not successful, become benevolent

Chapter 749: 597, If not successful, become benevolent

The power of Stars and the Earth bubbled, turning into the tumultuous power of Heaven and Earth, sweeping and refining everything.

At this moment, Jiang Chen’s body seemed to have truly transformed into a furnace. Terrorizing pressure attacked from all sides. The power generated by the self-destruction of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord was squeezed by this pressure, flowed back at a faster rate, and forcibly condensed into a mass.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Fierce sword lights attacked from all directions, slicing the essence of the demon lord into millions of pieces. Then, the power of Heaven and Earth swept over, covering all fragments of the demon lord’s essence, and began to refine them with full force.

The Heavenly Demon is formless and immortal. Although the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord had perished after his self-destruction, he somehow managed to stay alive.

Now, under Jiang Chen’s refining, these essences began to change, continuously distorting, slowly gaining a form, trying to reincarnate into the Heavenly Demon to wreak havoc.

"Humph, undead, let me refine you!"

With a cold snort, Jiang Chen once again stimulated the Innate Heaven and Earth Formation, pushing its power to the limit.

In an instant, the sacred light erupting from his body became even more dazzling, like the sun, illuminating the entire Eastern Sea.

Moreover, an inscrutable fluctuation spread from Jiang Chen’s body, reaching out beyond the Three Realms, to the Chaos outside.

In the gray chaotic airflow, a brilliant light was striking where mountains and rivers were magnificent, vast and boundless. This was the Splendid Heaven, where Empress Nuwa’s Taoist Field was located.

At this moment, in the center of the Splendid Heaven, in the Emperor Wa Palace, an ancient Heaven and Earth Great Ding suddenly trembled, spewing out endless runes.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All the experts in the Splendid Heaven were startled, looking towards the direction of Heaven and Earth Ding in wonder, and in a place covered in a holy light, Empress Nuwa opened her closed eyes, revealing a surprised look.

"Is this the power of the Innate Heaven and Earth Formation? Why is it so strong? If the Heaven and Earth Ding had not been completely refined by me, it would have already flown out of the Splendid Heaven towards the Eastern Sea."

Empress Nuwa was not unfamiliar with the Innate Heaven and Earth Formation, as it had taken form under her watch.

Therefore, she understood its power well. Although it could leverage the power of Heaven and Earth Ding, she couldn’t summon it directly.

"It seems that Jiang Chen improved the Innate Heaven and Earth Formation and made it stronger."

Curious, Empress Nuwa lowered her head and looked towards the Eastern Sea. What she saw was that within Jiang Chen, the brilliance of the Human Path was spreading, dazzling, and even a saint would have difficulty seeing through it.

"This is the power of the Human Path?"

"Interesting, it’s fascinating that after so many years, the Prehistoric World has given birth to another being capable of manipulating the power of the Human Path?"

Now, Empress Nuwa was even more curious, her eyes remained focused on Jiang Chen, keen to observe his subsequent actions.

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Boom! Boom! Boom!

The power of the Innate Treasure Heaven and Earth Ding, crossing the Endless Void from the Chaos outside the sky, formed a gigantic phantom of Heaven and Earth Ding around Jiang Chen’s body, spewing out endless Chaos qi.

With the support of the Innate Treasure, the refining power within Jiang Chen’s body greatly increased, and the fragments of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord’s essence shattered again, dissipating into demonic qi and unable to solidify.

However, upon the instant, the demonic qi began to flow again, and under the surrounding pressure, it condensed into a mass again. A powerful demonic majesty emerged, and a vague demonic shadow took form, radiating the pressure of an Innate Dao Sovereign.

Although the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord had fallen, his essence was still immortal and could still transform into a Supreme Heavenly Demon, wielding the power of Final Law, possessing strength comparable to the Innate Dao Sovereign.

"Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, I don’t believe your essence is so powerful that you can still cause trouble even after death."

Sensing something wrong, Jiang Chen released his divine consciousness, enveloping the essence of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, and began to examine it closely.

Shortly, Jiang Chen noticed something amiss; he saw billions of threads wrapped around the essence of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord. One end was on him, while the other end disappeared deep into the void.

With a slight movement of his mind, Jiang Chen followed these threads and crossed layers of the void to reach a mysterious world.

This was a world belonging to spirits, with no physical existence. It was filled with thoughts, strands of consciousness, and countless Heavenly Demons.

This was a world of Heavenly Demons, containing countless Heavenly Demon kingdoms. At this moment, under the leadership of these rulers, countless Heavenly Demons were sitting under a giant altar, continuously praying.

Atop the altar, the statue of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord was being venerated.

"Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, you really know how to survive."

Having seen all this, Jiang Chen suddenly understood why he had been unable to refine the essence of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord.

Was he combating the single Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord? No, he was opposing the entire clan of Heavenly Demons.

With the backing of the entire Heavenly Demon clan providing endless power, it was no wonder that Jiang Chen had always been unable to refine the essence of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord. It was really like saying, if the Heavenly Demon clan doesn’t perish, the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord won’t die.

"That’s a pretty impressive idea."

The actions of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord suddenly ignited a new idea in Jiang Chen. Yes, if the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord could do it, then he could too. After all, he was certainly not short of followers.

Even if he were short, it didn’t matter. The endless number of heavenly demons in front of him could easily be converted into his followers.

Currently, they were followers of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, but they were merely tricked by him.

Jiang Chen was confident that as soon as he took action, they would quickly come to their senses, understand the true face of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, return to the right path, and become his most devout followers.

"Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, it’s time for everything to end."

Once he understood the secret of the undying origin of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, Jiang Chen pulled back his divine consciousness. Using his heart as a knife, he made a sword strike and severed all the threads bound around the body of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord.

Immediately, the aura of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord’s origin, which had transformed into The Heavenly Demon Mystic Law Lord, faltered, and his body showed signs of instability.

Boom!

The power of Heaven and Earth struck and directly engulfed this shadow of the demon, completely refining it.

This time, without the addition of the Heavenly Demon clan, the origin of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord lost its undying ability, failed to be reborn, and honestly accepted the refining of the power of Heaven and Earth.

Hum, hum, hum...

Thread after thread of demonic energy was refined, and the original source of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord slowly returned to purity. Through the black demonic energy, one could faintly see the pure innate origin inside.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord was, after all, the ruler of the Demonic Way. Its origin was enveloped in demonic energy. If Jiang Chen wanted to purify it, the first thing he had to do was to purify the demonic energy. Otherwise, if it was tainted by demonic energy, it would fall into the Demonic Way. Ironically, the lighter outcome would be that he himself would fall into the Demonic Way.

The more likely outcome was that he would be killed by the great transcendents of the Mystic Sect under the pretext of falling into the Demonic Way.

That there were great transcendents who were dissatisfied with Jiang Chen was something he didn’t know for sure, but he was certain they existed. They couldn’t make a move on him because of his status.

But if Jiang Chen were to fall into the Demonic Way, then these great transcendents could justify killing him.

Do the Great Transcendents of the Mystic Sect need a reason to kill the remnants of the Demonic Way? It was a matter of course. There was no need for a reason.

"It’s too slow!"

Jiang Chen calculated silently and discovered that it would take at least several decades for him to completely refine the demonic energy from the origin of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord.

Several decades, in fact, was not slow. One could even say that it was quite fast.

After all, the incarnation of the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord was a master at the perfect level of Innate Dao Sovereign. It was unthinkable to describe refining such a masterpiece in just a few decades as slow.

However, to Jiang Chen, several decades was indeed very slow, because he could not hold on for decades.

The Innate Heaven and Earth Great Array, which he had improved and fused with the three great formation methods of the Prehistoric World, was incredibly powerful, to the extent that he himself could not bear it.

If it was just a year or two, Jiang Chen could barely hold on. But decades? He couldn’t hang on, not even for five or six years. He would be refined by the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Array and turn into a wisp of Chaos energy.

"This is troublesome. If I give up now, I won’t harm myself, but then such a great opportunity would be wasted. In the future, I’ll have to refine the origin of the Heavenly Demon Lord bit by bit, and it will take at least several thousand years."

"Moreover, refining demons has great merit. If I succeed in refining the demon this time, with the support of Heaven and Earth, there is more than a 50% chance of achieving the realm of Innate Dao Sovereign."

A 50% chance of becoming an Innate Dao Sovereign was not low, it was actually quite high, and Jiang Chen naturally didn’t want to give it up.

Moreover, after this battle, it might not be possible for Jiang Chen to repeat today’s feat of fusing the three great formation methods of the Prehistoric World into the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Array and melting everything.

The power of the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Array after improvement was just too strong, and it was not something that Jiang Chen, who had not yet achieved the Dao Sovereign, could touch. This time it was a lucky coincidence that he didn’t hurt himself, but next time he might not be so lucky.

If the formation isn’t careful, it might kill him before it refines the enemy.

"Refine!"

Feeling ruthless in his heart, Jiang Chen, risking assimilation by the formation array, used the power of the formation to connect with the Great Chaos.

The Innate Heaven and Earth Great Array, improved by Jiang Chen, had its own Heaven and Earth within it, with perfect laws, resembling a complete world of Heaven and Earth, and naturally had the power to connect with the Great Chaos.

However, Jiang Chen was still unfamiliar with the power of this formation, and using this ability recklessly had a high probability of being assimilated by the raging formation power, turning into a wisp of Chaos energy.

Therefore, during his battle with the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, Jiang Chen had always suppressed his power and did not dare to use this ability of the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Array.

But right now, in order to break through, Jiang Chen couldn’t care that much. He could not bear the risk of being assimilated by the power of the formation array, but that was just because his strength was not enough.

If he successfully broke through to the realm of Innate Dao Sovereign, then this problem would no longer be a problem. As long as he broke through fast enough, the danger could not catch up with him.

So, Jiang Chen was desperate, he had to try everything possible to break through to the realm of Innate Dao Sovereign before being assimilated by the formation array.

If he didn’t succeed, he’d die trying. Jiang Chen cut off his own retreat, pushing his potential to its limits with the threat of a life-and-death crisis.