Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 962 - 710 Promotion_2

Chapter 962: 710 Promotion_2

"Your well-being is more important than anything else. The Human Race can’t afford the fall of a Human King right now." Jiang Xuan said as he took out the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl and handed it to Jiang Chen.

"With this treasure, I can fully recover and return to my peak in at most ten years."

After taking the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl, Jiang Chen wanted to say that he could use it to ascend to an even higher level, but thinking of the Demon God’s arm in his Sea of Consciousness, he held back that statement.

Before he completely refined the Demon God’s arm, it was better not to make a breakthrough, to avoid any accidents.

"You should focus on healing. I’ll stand guard outside to prevent anyone from disturbing you."

Jiang Xuan didn’t trust the Taoist Masters of the Human Race outside, so he nodded to Jiang Chen and went out to stand guard personally.

He wasn’t guarding against strangers, but rather his "own people." Yes, that included the Law Palace Master and others. Having heard that Jiang Chen was seriously injured, although they dared not play any tricks or assassinate Jiang Chen in secret, they might use the pretext of concern for the Human King to visit and verify Jiang Chen’s condition.

Given the high position and influence of the Law Palace Master, if he really came over, the Taoist Masters outside might not be able to stop him, hence Jiang Xuan had to personally take charge.

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"Innate All-Encompassing Pearl!"

After Jiang Xuan left, Jiang Chen placed the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl in front of him, examining it carefully.

The pearl wasn’t large, roughly the size of a baby’s fist, but inside it seemed to nurture a magnificent Great Thousand Worlds: the elemental forces of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; the principles of Yin and Yang; the Sun, Moon, and Stars; mountains and rivers... The universe’s myriad phenomena were all contained within this single orb.

This was the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl, containing forty-five Innate Divine Bans and counted among the top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures. Moreover, it was the accompanying spiritual treasure of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

When the Twelve Ancestral Witches were born, each wielded an Innate Original Source Pearl that corresponded to their respective Original Sources. These were all medium-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures that held little significance for the Ancestral Witches, who wore them as mere ornaments.

But later, as the Twelve Ancestral Witches fell one after another, all twelve Innate Original Source Pearls came into the hands of Mother Earth and miraculously fused into one entity, becoming the top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl.

Indeed, from sand to gold, the principle is the same.

"Don’t let me down!"

With a thought, Jiang Chen activated the Taoist Mirror to absorb the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl.

Afterward, Jiang Chen watched the Taoist Mirror with great anticipation, waiting for its transformation. Although absorbing the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl was not enough to elevate the Taoist Mirror to the status of an Innate Treasure, restoring it to a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure would not be difficult.

As for how to restore the Taoist Mirror to an Innate Treasure, Jiang Chen had a plan in his heart. He still needed to venture to Changyang Mountain. By absorbing the Pangu Axe, the Taoist Mirror would be able to return to the level of an Innate Treasure.

Humming sounds...

After absorbing the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl, the Taoist Mirror trembled slightly as threads of profound energy seeped out from within it, flowing into Jiang Chen’s body.

This was a power that transcended Heaven and Earth, even surpassing the Chaos Demigod, because it was related to the Chaos Treasure, representing the most fundamental force in this world, exceedingly close to Eternity, that is, the level of the Great Dao.

In the presence of this power, the Ruined Land force at the end of Jiang Chen’s body behaved as if facing a natural predator, retreating continuously, contracting into a ball, and getting cornered and suppressed.

Thereafter, this power spread throughout Jiang Chen’s body, integrating into his limbs, bones, and internal organs, rapidly transforming his physique, causing a metamorphosis that made him even stronger.

But at the moment, Jiang Chen couldn’t care about these changes, his mind entirely immersed within the Taoist Mirror, captivated by the supreme mysteries contained within.

Having absorbed the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl, the part of the Taoist Mirror corresponding to the Chaos Pearl was replenished, with numerous mysteries about time and space emerging. It was the supreme Time-Space Path, originating from the Chaos Treasure, very close to the essence of the Great Dao.

Jiang Chen caught just a glimpse, but his mind was so enraptured that he found it hard to extricate himself.

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Time passed, perhaps in the blink of an eye or perhaps over a million years; the changes in the Taoist Mirror suddenly ceased, and Jiang Chen came back to his senses.

The power of the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl had been completely absorbed by the Taoist Mirror, which completed its ascension. At its core, the forty-five Innate Divine Bans vibrated, emitting endless divine radiance.

Apart from that, the forty-sixth Innate Divine Prohibition was faint, as if it could fully form at any moment.

At this moment, the Dao Mirror had transformed into the highest level of Innate Spiritual Treasure, and it was only a hair’s breadth away from recovering into an Innate Treasure. It seemed that just a bit more power would allow it to complete its promotion.

"What, an instant? So fast!"

Regaining his senses, Jiang Chen was immediately shocked, and he hadn’t even had time to check the situation of the Dao Mirror.

He was truly astounded; he had thought that this promotion of the Dao Mirror would take at least several years, but the reality was that it had taken just an instant to completely refine the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl.

This was too incredible.

"Eternal Instant! The strongest divine ability of the Chaos Treasure Chaos Bead, I did not expect that this promotion of the Dao Mirror had already obtained a hint of this divine ability’s mystery."

After studying for a while, Jiang Chen understood what was happening. Simply put, the Dao Mirror had grown stronger, capable of manipulating more of the power of time, and could endlessly extend time, turning an instant into billions of years.

In such a scenario, no matter how long Jiang Chen cultivated, the outside world always passed by in an instant, very similar to the Chaos World Domain of his early years.

It was just a pity that since his breakthrough to become an Innate Dao Sovereign, the Chaos World Domain, a gift from the Heavenly Dao, had disappeared spontaneously, and he could no longer re-enter it. Unexpectedly, this promotion of the Dao Mirror compensated for this shortcoming.

"Very good, this promotion of the Dao Mirror has given me more time."

Jiang Chen was delighted. Although there were many restrictions on the Dao Mirror’s extension of time, it was undeniable that the existence of this ability had added a lot of time for him out of thin air.

"The Dao Mirror has grown stronger, and it is not far from becoming an Innate Treasure. Even if it does not devour the Xing Tian Axe, in a million years, it could automatically promote itself to an Innate Treasure."

It was then that Jiang Chen began to observe the changes in the Dao Mirror, and then he realized that he had underestimated the changes the Innate All-Encompassing Pearl brought to the Dao Mirror.

The Dao Mirror already had the ability to promote itself to an Innate Treasure, it just required a bit of a long time, needing millions of years.

However, this speed could be accelerated; it wasn’t necessary to look for the Xing Tian Axe, just ordinary fragments of the Pangu Axe would do. Approximately seven or eight pieces, not more than nine, would be enough to promote the Dao Mirror.

"East Sea Dragon King!"

At this moment, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but think of the East Sea Dragon King, Ao Guang, with whom he had a deal, exchanging Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Pills for Pangu Axe fragments.

He didn’t know how Ao Guang’s collection had progressed over this long period, but nine pieces would satisfy Jiang Chen. Of course, he wouldn’t mind having more.

"Find a time to meet the old Dragon King secretly, I can’t delay the promotion of the Dao Mirror."

Jiang Chen made up his mind that as soon as his injuries healed, he would secretly visit the old Dragon King and exchange for the Pangu Axe fragments in his hands.

Of course, this did not mean that he was giving up on the Xing Tian Axe. Even if the Dao Mirror was promoted to an Innate Treasure, the Xing Tian Axe was still a great supplement to it.

An Innate Treasure was not the limit of the Dao Mirror, nor was a Chaos Treasure. Having overcome a great calamity of destruction, the Dao Mirror had already broken its own limit. As long as it continued to devour, it could keep being promoted.

If the Dao Mirror could devour the Pangu Axe and the Chaos Pearl, it would be able to become the strongest Chaos Treasure, and even surpass this category to become a treasure of the Great Dao.

Of course, this was just a thought for now, Jiang Chen’s current ambition was merely to attain the Three Treasures of Opening Heaven. If possible, he genuinely wanted the Dao Mirror to devour the Three Treasures of Opening Heaven.

"First and foremost, it’s crucial to heal my injuries."

Dispelling the fantasies in his mind, Jiang Chen calmed his spirit and looked at his body. The energy of demise at the end of the Ruined Land was deliberately sealed by him because it still had its uses, perhaps allowing him to glimpse into the mysteries of the Path of Demise.

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"It is certain that Jiang Chen has indeed been injured, and severely so. Even with Empress Nuwa backing the Human Race, it would be difficult for him to recover in a short time. Should we carry out our plan sooner?"

Within a secret realm of the Mystic Sect, several figures were conspiring about something.