Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 754: Six Zero Two, Thunder Marsh

Chapter 754: Six Zero Two, Thunder Marsh

After returning to his physical body, Jiang Chen immediately felt an immense pressure trying to reduce him to his most basic form.

The power unleashed by his divine pit inspection had already exhausted itself, and at this moment, Jiang Chen’s body had once again been compressed to the size of an egg. Yet his face showed no worry, instead revealing a faint smile.

Becuase throughout his body, especially around his organs, a vibrant five-colored glowing aura had blossomed, transforming into the illusive figures of the Five Elements Holy Beasts and the Five Emperors. They were continuously roaring and releasing a powerful force, successfully withstanding the omnipresent pressure from all directions.

Jiang Chen’s body no longer shrunk and in fact, began expanding slowly. This is the consequence of the power of the Innate Bead of Five Elements integrating into his body, bringing about benefits for him.

Previously, Jiang Chen had indeed incorporated the Bead of Five Elements into his organs, but due to insufficient strength, he had been unable to fully refine them.

However, at this moment, under the pressure of the Chaos, the original power of the Innate Bead of Five Elements was forcibly squeezed out, proactively integrating into Jiang Chen’s organs.

The pressure from the Chaos was becoming greater and greater, but in the Soup Valley, more and more of the Heavenly Earthly Origin was continuously flowing from Han Yuan, incessantly merging with the Innate Bead of Five Elements, making them stronger and stronger.

With the surge in pressure, the Innate Bead of Five Elements would shrink, but then the Heavenly Earthly Origin would surge in, causing the Bead of Five Elements to swell back up. This constant oscillation was applying tremendous pressure to the Innate Bead of Five Elements.

Crack! Crack!

The first to fail to bear it was the essence blood of the Five Elements Demon God, which Jiang Chen had incorporated into the Innate Bead of Five Elements. They witnessed how the crystal-like five drops of Demon God essence blood suddenly shattered, turning into pure Elemental Qi of the Five Elements, and merging with the Innate Bead of Five Elements.

At the same time, within Jiang Chen’s body, the place where the Five Elements elemental Qi converged, there lied a jewel glowing with all five colors. This was the high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Innate Bead of Five Elements.

At this moment, the essence blood of the rainbow color within the Bead of Five Elements also began to shatter, transforming into pure Innate Elemental Qi. This was the original essence blood of the Five Elements Demon God.

Back in the Five Elements Secret Region, Jiang Chen obtained a total of six drops of the Five Elements Demon God’s essence blood, along with six Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Now, all six drops of essence blood have melted, their origin merged with the Bead of Five Elements, but the Dao Rhyme contained within them has rushed into Jiang Chen’s heart and mind.

This was the Five Elements Demon God’s understanding of the Dao of the Five Elements, far surpassing all understandings of the Dao of the Five Elements in the prehistoric world.

The Dao of the Five Elements of the prehistoric world, after all, had its limitations, as it sprang from Pangu’s understanding of the Dao of the Five Elements. However, Pangu, being stronger in brute force, was not the Dao of the Five Elements. Therefore, his understanding of the Dao of the Five Elements was not as thorough as that of the Five Elements Demon God.

Without making a sound, the Chaos Domain was opened up again, and Jiang Chen’s mind sank into it, beginning to comprehend the Dao of the Five Elements from the Five Elements Demon God.

In the blink of an eye on the outside, millions of years had passed within the Chaos Domain. When Jiang Chen woke up again, his understanding of the Dao of the Five Elements had completely changed.

A flash of five-colored light passed through Jiang Chen’s eyes, and an extremely supreme Daoistic aura rose from his body, transforming into the mystic Dao Rhyme of the Five Elements, flowing into his organs.

In an instant, the illusionary Five Elements Holy Beasts that had occupied his organs, the Five Emperor illusions, everything shattered in an instant, turning into a pure power that flowed back into Jiang Chen’s organs.

Just at this moment, the high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Innate Bead of Five Elements shattered, turning into five streams of pure Original Source, each carrying a wisp of the Innate Undying Spirit Light, melting into the Bead of Five Elements one by one.

Whoosh...

The power of the Bead of Five Elements drastically surged as a result, and part of the Original Source power was absorbed by Jiang Chen’s organs, which emitted an alluring divine light, weaving together five brilliant Divine Palaces within his organs.

And within each palace, sat a deity robed in a five-color imperial robe, their faces identical to that of Jiang Chen’s.

The Gods of the Five Elements, the Gods of the Five Organs, all uniquely belonging to Jiang Chen himself. In the end, cultivators could only rely on themselves. External forces such as the Five Emperors, or the Five Ancestral Witches, or even the Five Elements Holy Beasts could never be as reliable as oneself.

Through understanding the Dao of the Five Elements from the Five Elements Demon God, Jiang Chen alchemized the Five Elements power within himself, melted it into one, and manifested it into a God that represented him personally, controlling the Five Elements.

At the moment when the God of the Five Elements was born, a powerful force surged from Jiang Chen’s organs, feeding back to his body, causing his body to rapidly expand. In just a blink of an eye, it had returned to its normal size and still continued to expand.

One mile, a hundred miles, ten thousand miles, a million miles!

This was the Innate Divine Demon, whose body size was incredibly colossal, measuring nearly a million miles.

Innate Divine Demons measure their body size in miles, while post-natal spirits measure their size in zhangs (a Chinese unit of measurement equivalent to 3.3m).

This is the difference between Innate and Post-natal. The same numerical value, different units of measurement, the gap is immeasurable by any logic.

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"Rise!"

With the blessing of the Gods of the Five Organs, Jiang Chen had the power to resist the Chaos. His body expanded explosively, stretched the Chaos, lifted it and broke through the void in one go, rushing into the Soup Valley.

"Devour!"

As soon as he entered the Soup Valley, Jiang Chen opened his mouth wide and took a massive breath, swallowing the endlessly flowing Hongmeng Qi into his belly.

Rumble!

With power comparable to a Quasi-Saint’s Divine Ability exploding within Jiang Chen’s body, threatening to tear him apart, at this moment, the pressure from the Chaos, in combination with Jiang Chen’s Divine Power, suppressed the Hongmeng Qi again, enabling it to condense back into a ball.

The next moment, the power of Chaos surged, enveloping this mass of Hongmeng Qi, slowly refining it.

Plans can never catch up with changes. Originally, Jiang Chen intended to refine Han Yuan into a Divine Artifact first, then use it to bear this mass of Hongmeng Qi and attempt to refine it.

But now, Jiang Chen himself possessed the power to resist a Quasi-Saint. He did not need the help of a Divine Artifact, and could directly refine this mass of Hongmeng Qi.

The pressure of the Chaos Hole grew stronger with the passage of time and was now capable of suppressing Quasi-Saints. Despite the Hongmeng Qi possessing power similar to that of a Quasi-Saint, it could not resist the Chaos Hole. Coupled with Jiang Chen’s own power, it had no other choice but to be refined.

This mass of Hongmeng Qi was not just capable of helping Jiang Chen comprehend the Taiyi Hongmeng Dao. Itself was an extremely potent force as well. Refining it could aid Jiang Chen’s breakthrough.

After absorbing this mass of Hongmeng Qi, Jiang Chen shattered the void once more, traversing infinite distances to arrive within the Ancient Thunder Marsh.

"That is... Thunder Marsh!"

"Jiang Chen has gone to Thunder Marsh. What is he doing there? That’s the territory of the Leize Great God. Although the old man has not been heard from since the Ancient Era, Thunder Marsh is still his birthplace. Because of his formidable reputation back then, very few dare to intrude."

"Thunder Marsh is not a good place. Jiang Chen, who cultivates the Thunder Dao, might encounter trouble in the future."

The Great Divine Transcendents who were secretly observing Jiang Chen recognized Thunder Marsh’s origin and couldn’t help exclaiming. Thunder Marsh is a prehistoric thunder domain, the Taoist Field of the Leize Great God from the ancient era.

The Leize Great God, the Innate Divine Saint nurtured by the Innate Thunder Dao, is known as the Son of Heavenly Dao, the embodiment of Heavenly Dao, the manifestation of Heavenly Dao’s majesty in the world. His status is extremely esteemed, wielding the Supreme Heavenly Might, capable of Punishing on Behalf of Heaven.

This Great God was born in the most ancient era when Heaven and Earth were first created. It was a paradise for Fierce Beasts. It was precisely because of Innate Divine Saints like Leize, Dao Ancestor, and Ancestral Dragon who emerged, that the Fierce Beasts were expelled, resulting in the prehistoric world today.

After the Great Fierce Beast calamity, the Leize Great God disappeared from the world. Some people say he went far away to seek opportunities for Dao, even to the Great Chaos.

Others say that he returned to the bosom of Heavenly Dao and became the vessel of Heavenly Punishment.

Thunder Marsh is the place closest to Heavenly Dao. If one is not careful and gets involved with its aura, the powerful ones are more likely to be drawn into the Heavenly Dao’s embrace.

These are not empty words. From ancient times till now, all the Innate Divine Demons born in Thunder Marsh have met with no good end, either mysteriously disappearing or merging into Heavenly Dao.

Who would dare approach such a place?

Therefore, seeing Jiang Chen, who cultivates the Thunder Dao, voluntarily entering Thunder Marsh, everyone was shocked, believing that his future will inevitably end with being assimilated by the Heavenly Dao.

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As for the thoughts of the Great Divine Transcendents, Jiang Chen couldn’t guess, nor was he interested to know. At this moment, he stood in the middle of Thunder Pool, taking one step at a time towards the position of the Sun God Staff.

He had prepared for everything. Now, he only needed to allow the Sun God Staff to advance, and he would be able to complete his breakthrough and enter the Innate Dao Venerable Realm.

Rumble Rumble!

Endless Innate Thunder rumbled around Jiang Chen, pouring over him like a blanket.

However, as soon as these Innate Thunders approached Jiang Chen, they were twisted and swallowed by the Chaos Hole around him, forcefully pushed into Jiang Chen’s body, to be used as a tool for refining the Hongmeng Qi.

Rumble Rumble!

The Innate Thunder roared within Jiang Chen’s body, smashing against the Hongmeng Qi, removing its impurities, making it purer, and slowly blending into Jiang Chen’s body.

Gradually, many insights about the Hongmeng Taiyi Tao emerged in Jiang Chen’s mind, making his path forward clearer.

Between the vagueness, the Heavenly Dao Space appeared again in Jiang Chen’s sight. Above it, an exquisite Dao Fruit flickered non-stop, swaying in front of him, as if he could pluck it simply by reaching out.

This was the Dao Venerable Tao Fruit. If he picked it, Jiang Chen could complete his breakthrough, but this was not what he sought. He wanted to prove his Dao by strength, and all of these were temptations wanting to disturb his Dao heart.

"Zha!"

With a light sound, all the illusions before Jiang Chen’s eyes disappeared, revealing the scenery of Thunder Marsh once more.

Rumble Rumble!

The multicolored Five-Elements Divine Thunder roared in, not yet burst, but was suppressed by the Chaos Hole, and then swallowed by the Bead of Five Elements.

Last time when he journeyed to Thunder Marsh with his Divine Sense, Jiang Chen needed the protection of the Prehistoric Thunder Treasure Tree, but now, as he arrived in his physical body, the terrifying Innate Divine Thunder could hardly harm him.

Jiang Chen was like walking in the rain, stepping through Thunder Marsh, and swiftly crossed through the layers of Thunder Marsh to arrive at the 74th layer where the Sun God Staff was located.

Ps: Tomorrow’s update will be done!

I am going to write it all in one go. If I don’t finish, I won’t post it. So you won’t accuse me of dragging it out.