Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 817: Master Randeng 633_2

Chapter 817: Master Randeng 633_2

"Since you seek death, I shall grant it to you."

Negotiations had collapsed, and a powerful intent to kill surged from Jiang Chen’s body, tearing through the void and sweeping out in all directions.

"Today, Yu Dou, the lord of the Mystic Sect’s Shenxiao Mansion, is here to capture the Mystic Sect’s rebel, Randeng. All unrelated parties, quickly retreat."

The moment his voice fell, a dazzling thunderous light burst forth from above Jiang Chen’s head, soaring upward and evolving into a vast domain of thunder in the void, the Nine Heavens’ Thunderous Halls.

Boom!

Billions of Innate Thunders roared mightily as they fell from the Nine Heavens, as if stars were exploding endlessly, completely submerging the area and turning it into a broad domain of thunder. The flow of time and space in this area was sealed off, cutting off Master Randeng’s escape route.

"What!"

"The Mystic Sect is executing a rebel?"

"The lord of Shenxiao Mansion, Master Randeng?"

Jiang Chen’s voice was loud, instantly spreading throughout the Three Realms and resounding thunderously between Heaven and Earth, even reaching beyond the Three Realms, passing through the sea of the void, and continuing to echo at the edge of All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.

In just an instant, all the masters knew that a world-shaking battle was about to erupt at the borders of the Eastern Sea, as the newly appointed lord of the Shenxiao Mansion of the Mystic Sect was going to make a move against the Mystic Sect’s traitor Randeng.

At that moment, all the masters in the Three Realms were stirred, each extending their Divine Thought toward the border of the Eastern Sea.

It was too thrilling, truly too thrilling.

The lord of the Shenxiao Mansion had been in office for several hundred years, yet during this period, there had been no significant actions from him. It was unexpected that, upon his first action, it would be such an earth-shattering event.

After the Enshrinement Calamity, with the lead of the two Saints from the West betraying and fleeing, many Mystic Sect disciples followed suit, defecting and joining the newly established Western doctrine.

This was a well-known fact; everyone despised the Mystic Sect traitors who were in the West to their very bones, yet no one dared to take initiative, allowing those traitors to live freely and happily in the West.

Yet now, the newly appointed lord of Shenxiao Mansion was breaking this status quo, making the first move against the Mystic Sect’s traitors.

On the day the Mystic Sect’s Divine Abilities were used to attack Spiritual Mountain, they did not do so under the guise of cleaning up traitors, but rather under the pretense of assisting the Buddhist door of the West to restore order amidst chaos.

At this moment, Jiang Chen’s move against Master Randeng signified the first time in the Three Realms that someone, under the pretext of purging their ranks, took action against a traitor of the Mystic Sect.

This act was epoch-making. The first step is always the hardest, but with one leading, the second and third will quickly follow...

Under Jiang Chen’s lead, it is believed that the days of those Mystic Sect traitors will be difficult from now on. From time to time, Mystic Sect masters will seek them out to cause trouble.

And Jiang Chen could, through this opportunity, firmly establish his position as the lord of the Shenxiao Mansion.

The Shenxiao Mansion is a divine mansion conferred by the Taoist Ancestors, wielding the power over the Mystic Sect’s penal laws. All disciples of the Immortal Dao, below the rank of Saints, are to be governed by it. Should any Immortal Person commit an offense against the Mystic Sect’s rules, within the Shenxiao Mansion, the Thunder Law is merciless.

With such immense power suddenly appearing, even if Mystic Sect disciples don’t voice their dissatisfaction, they would feel unconvinced in their hearts. Thus, Jiang Chen needed to establish his authority and dramatically make the name of the Shenxiao Mansion known.

By capturing a Mystic Sect traitor, he would not only establish his authority but also occupy the moral high ground. Once successful, the lord of the Shenxiao Mansion would immediately become famous, wielding great influence.

If Master Randeng willingly provoked Jiang Chen, then he could not blame Jiang Chen for squeezing every bit of value out of him.

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"Do you truly wish to be at odds with me to the death?" Hearing Jiang Chen branding him a Mystic Sect traitor, Master Randeng’s face finally changed, turning frighteningly dark as he said to Jiang Chen with an unsightly expression.

Randeng did indeed betray the Mystic Sect, and everyone knew it; they had cursed him as a Mystic Sect traitor behind his back, but while everyone knew, no one publicly proclaimed it. Thus, the matter was circulated only among the higher echelons, and many at the lower levels were unaware of it.

After all, disciples defecting is not a matter of pride for the Mystic Sect, and it is better to be cognizant of it within rather than advertise it widely.

However, what Jiang Chen was doing now, openly declaring this to the whole world, though it made the Mystic Sect lose face, it nailed those who defected to a pillar of shame, leaving them utterly disgraced anywhere they went, subject to people’s finger-pointing.

Jiang Chen felt that the Mystic Sect was wrong.

Since the people had already defected, the shame to be lost was already lost, losing a bit more made no difference. There was no need to hide the traitors’ actions; it was better to expose them to the public and let everyone face the disgrace together, seeing who could bear it worse.

That’s what Jiang Chen thought, and what he did, and then he made these messages known to the public.

Opposite him, Master Randeng suddenly felt a loss of face and pointed at Jiang Chen, threatening him in a fit of anger.

"You’ve done it already, and yet you’re afraid of others talking, Master Randeng, your disposition is still not up to par."

It’s okay for me to defect, but you must not speak of it.

This thought is truly astonishing, Jiang Chen was very dismissive.

"How impudent, young one, did you really think that by calling you a fellow daoist, you could be considered on equal footing with me? I have cultivated for no less than a hundred million years, my dao so profound it is inscrutable, how could you, with just a few hundred years of cultivation, compare?"

"Today, let me, on behalf of the Shangqing Dao Brother, teach you, this greenhorn, a lesson."

Master Randeng was truly angry, for he had not suffered such an immense humiliation in many years.

Furthermore, he did not believe that his cultivation of a hundred million years would be inferior to Jiang Chen’s few hundred years.

"Spirit Coffin Lamp, arise!"

With anger stirring in his heart, Master Randeng suddenly made his move, and a dimly glowing lamp rose above his head, bursting forth with a myriad of radiance.

The Spirit Coffin Palace Lamp, a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and one of the three lamps of heaven, earth, and man—the Human Lamp—contained within it a clump of "gray flame," known as the Ghostly Netherfire. This flame directly connects to the netherworld, capable of revealing the life scenarios of the deceased.

Swish swish swish...

The Spirit Coffin Palace Lamp shone, casting down myriad fires that turned into specks of dark light, brushing towards Jiang Chen.

This light of the netherworld especially harms the primordial spirit and True Spirit of people. Should one be brushed by it, at the very least their primordial spirit would be damaged and their memories become confused. At worst, their True Spirit would be clouded and their cultivation progress hindered.

"Well received!"

Seeing this light attacking, Jiang Chen slightly smiled, and the Innate Thunder surged around him, transforming into the image of myriad spirits and pouncing towards the lamp light.

Roar roar roar...

Myriad spirits galloped forth, with dragons and phoenixes, qilins, Black Tortoises, and all sorts of creatures, each carrying peerless might, snuffing out the incoming dark light.

At the same time, Jiang Chen made another move, surprisingly retracting all his Innate Spiritual Treasures and walked towards Master Randeng with bare hands.

Swish...

Above Jiang Chen’s head, the Shenxiao Jade Crown suddenly retracted all its brilliance, calming down. In a flash, the surrounding lightning began to dissipate and vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.

The azure sea swept across, and everything returned to normal, with only two figures standing off against each other above the surface of the sea.

Since he had decided to establish his might, this battle needed to be fought brilliantly, to display his own prestige. Therefore, Jiang Chen deliberately did not use the Innate Spiritual Treasures, but intended to use his own power to suppress and even slay Master Randeng.

From their exchange just now, Jiang Chen had confirmed that this person was indeed an incarnation of Master Randeng. Although his power was great, it was only at the level of an Innate Dao Sovereign, not sufficient for the capacities of a Quasi-Saint.

With that said, Jiang Chen had no fear of him.

Stepping forward, Jiang Chen walked while smiling and said, "Gentlemen, weren’t you all curious to test my true strength? There’s no need for such trouble, if you wish to know, I’ll tell you right now."

"You all, watch closely!"

"This Divine Ability is called the Innate Grand Five Elements Annihilating Divine Light."

The moment the voice dropped, Jiang Chen’s five viscera trembled at the same time, the five gods within his body and the five qi in his chest materialized at the same time, they roared, they trembled, emanating a formidable power.

Swish...

A splendid radiance of five colors rose up, condensing into one beam behind Jiang Chen and suddenly brushing towards Master Randeng in front of him.

Swish...

The dazzling five-colored radiance spread out, painting the entire heaven and earth in hues of five colors.

"What is this Divine Ability, why does it give me a feeling that it is stronger than the peacock’s Innate Five Colors Divine Light?"