Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 922 - 695 Kunpeng, Kunpeng!_2

Chapter 922: 695 Kunpeng, Kunpeng!_2

This is the most ancient sacrificial Divine Pattern, and in legend, it is inherited from the hands of the Chaos Demigod, capable of fulfilling one’s desires through the sacrifice of powerful forces.

Below the altar, there are rows of meditation cushions, which, if nothing unexpected happens, should be where the Demon Gods sit cross-legged.

Under the strict guard of the Human Race, these Demon Gods simply sat here, striving to inhale and refine the Innate Spiritual Energy, condensing it into the Innate Original Source, and then sacrificing it to Di Jun Taiyi, hoping to resurrect them through this method.

"These Demon Gods are indeed loyal!"

Jiang Chen watched and couldn’t help shaking his head. Di Jun Taiyi’s prestige among the Demon Clan was too great; even after falling for countless years, there were still many followers willing to sacrifice their own cultivation to resurrect them.

"Those Demon Gods must have anticipated their own end, knowing that they were in peril in this battle, hence they took action in advance to destroy all messages of this place."

Jiang Xuan released his Divine Thought and sensed carefully, then suddenly, with a look of disappointment, he lamented. In his perception, this place was enveloped in Chaos—no trace of aura remained, not even the marks of the past; everything was destroyed, muddled and invisible.

Without a doubt, the Demon Gods must have plotted many great schemes here, but with time and space nonexistent in this place, even with Jiang Xuan’s cultivation, it was difficult to trace what exactly they had schemed.

"What the Demon Clan plots is nothing more than the resurrection of Di Jun Taiyi, there’s nothing to worry about there. With Saints around, all their schemes are destined to fail."

"The revival of Di Jun Taiyi, is that so simple? Even if the six Saints agree, Mother Earth wouldn’t approve."

"What worries me now is just one thing, and that is the identity of the Great Divine Transcendent who has repeatedly aided the Demon Clan!"

"This person, is the biggest trump card of the Demon Clan. In fact, I suspect, everything Bai Ze and others have done here is intentional, deliberately shown to the outside world, to attract the attention of people and provide cover for that backstage Great Divine Transcendent."

"If my suspicions are true, then the Great Divine Transcendent lurking in the shadows is the key; his plots are the true aim of the Demon Clan."

Jiang Chen has never taken the Demon Clan of Beijulu Continent seriously, his concern was that mysterious Great Divine Transcendent—who exactly is this person? What is their relationship with the Demon Clan? Why do they continuously aid the Demon Clan?

If these things are clarified, all the doubts in Jiang Chen’s mind would be resolved.

Indeed, Jiang Chen had doubts. His attack on the Demon Clan was not without the intention of understanding the foundations of the Demon Clan. However, now that the Demon Clan has been annihilated by him, he has not seen clearly the foundation of the Demon Clan, instead, many new doubts have arisen.

Jiang Chen eradicated the Demon Clan, intending to force that Great Divine Transcendent to take action, thereby confirming his identity. But that Great Divine Transcendent was more cautious than he had imagined, not showing themselves at all, only sending a clone.

This led to the failure of Jiang Chen’s plan.

The behavior of Bai Ze and other Demon Gods also gave rise to new doubts for Jiang Chen; their actions seemed foolish, not corresponding with the rumors.

Bai Ze, a top strategist within the Demon Clan, heralded as Di Jun’s counselor. Such a person, wouldn’t he know that their efforts to resurrect Di Jun Taiyi were futile? Utterly pointless.

Such simple logic, Jiang Chen did not believe Bai Ze could not understand; yet, he still proceeded in this manner. This is not the act of a wise individual—if Bai Ze is not foolish, then he must have other schemes.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Chen suddenly came up with a bold conjecture—that everything Bai Ze and the others did was intentional.

Intentionally taking over Beijulu Continent, intentionally exposing themselves to the eyes of the world, intentionally undertaking the act of resurrecting Di Jun Taiyi... their actions were deliberate, and the purpose was to conceal the existence of that backstage Great Divine Transcendent and to facilitate his covert operations.

As long as the world’s attention is focused on them, it would subconsciously overlook that Great Divine Transcendent behind the scenes. Thus, he would be able to do many things.

The moment this thought emerged, Jiang Chen was greatly alarmed. If his speculation was true, then the Demon Clan’s elaborate schemes, even to the extent of using themselves as bait, must have a significant motive.

Such planning made one dare not ponder deeply.

"The identity of that great divine transcendent is almost certain now—it’s the Northern Netherworld’s Kunpeng without a doubt. This is a sorcerer of the Demon Clan, inherently a ruler of the demons, and it is only reasonable that they would assist their own kind."

"However, although we of the Human Race have guessed that the great divine transcendent supporting the demons is the Northern Netherworld sorcerer Kunpeng, alas, this individual is too cunning. Despite having taken action many times, he has always left no evidence behind."

"Without evidence, we of the Human Race cannot go to the North Sea to apprehend anyone, we can only let him continue to roam freely."

Jiang Xuan spoke up, revealing the identity of the one who took action—it was Kunpeng from the Northern Netherworld. The Human Race was not without capable people, and it might have been fine if Kunpeng had acted only once, but he had acted several times consecutively. No matter how well he hid, the Human Race had picked up on clues and deduced his identity.

However, guessing his identity was useless without evidence. Without evidence, the Human Race could not touch Kunpeng. If it were someone else, what need would there be for evidence? If they harbored suspicion in their hearts, the Human Race would immediately be able to apprehend them.

But Kunpeng was an exception—after all, he was one of the great divine transcendents of the Mystic Sect, with a power behind him that was stronger than the Human Race. If the Human Race could go after Kunpeng today without evidence, could they do the same to others tomorrow?

Under the threat of self-preservation, the great divine transcendents of Mystic Sect would naturally band together. If the Human Race were to act against Kunpeng without evidence, they would inevitably face collective retaliation from the great divine transcendents of the Mystic Sect.

"What’s the deal with sorcerer Kunpeng? Wasn’t it said that he defected from Heaven Court during the great war between witches and demons? Why is he now helping the enemies of the Demon Clan?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled and curious.

According to legend, at the most critical moment of the great war between witches and demons, sorcerer Kunpeng suddenly stole Di Jun’s treasures, the Hetu and the Luoshu, causing flaws in the Star Array, which led to the Demon Clan’s defeat and mutual destruction with the Witch Clan.

Jiang Chen naturally did not believe this. Although the Emperor’s inheritance did not record this, on careful consideration, one could see that it was a rumor.

The Hetu and the Luoshu were Di Jun’s companion treasures, intertwined with his life, practically his alter egos.

What was Di Jun’s cultivation level, and what was Kunpeng’s? How could he snatch away the treasure that was life-linked to Di Jun right in front of Di Jun? Moreover, if Di Jun could have his companion treasure snatched away right in front of him, he would no longer be Di Jun.

Therefore, the story of Kunpeng stealing the Hetu and the Luoshu was a false rumor, the falsest of false rumors.

After the fall of Di Jun, the Hetu and the Luoshu fell from the stars, one landing in the Yellow River, obtained by its spirit, and the other in the Luo River, obtained by the Mystic Turtle. Thus emerged the tales of the Mystic Turtle offering the scripture and the river spirit presenting the chart.

However, while the story of Kunpeng stealing the Hetu and the Luoshu was false, the fact that he betrayed the Demon Clan was true. Because of this, he became the public enemy of the demons; how could he suddenly start helping the demons now?

Jiang Chen was genuinely baffled!

"Betraying the Demon Clan? That’s hard to say; how do you know they’re not putting on an act?"

"Jiang Chen, you must understand that because of Kunpeng’s defection from the Demon Clan, after the Great Ancient era, when the saints were settling the sins of the Demon Clan, Kunpeng was somehow omitted, which is why he has remained at large in the North Sea to this day."

"It is also because of Kunpeng’s betrayal of the Demon Clan that we from the Human Race cannot seek revenge on him, and even now, when we are aware that Kunpeng is responsible, we still can’t take action against him without evidence."

Jiang Xuan scoffed at Kunpeng’s defection from the Demon Clan. As the teacher of all demons, in charge of their enlightenment, and second only to the three demonic emperors and one queen, would such a figure truly betray the Demon Clan? It’s more likely that the betrayal was fake, and that he put on an act to make his escape.

The great divine transcendents of the Great Ancient were each more cunning than the last. Every one of their actions was imbued with deep calculation.