Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 997 - 730 The purpose of the three emperors_2

Chapter 997: 730 The purpose of the three emperors_2

The Hetu and Luoshu, treasures of the Prehistoric World’s water veins, are the foremost among the ten greatest Innate Spiritual Treasures, and also belongings of the first Heavenly Emperor. Later, they became the proof of the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun’s Tao.

This treasure followed two supreme beings, the Heavenly Emperor and Di Jun, and witnessed the establishment of the Heaven Court and the rise of the Human Race. It had already undergone a transformation, turning into an Innate Emperor’s Artifact. With it, Jiang Chen’s chances of becoming the Human Emperor would undoubtedly be much greater.

However, the Hetu and Luoshu are of great significance and are needed to suppress the fate of the Human Race within the Fire Cloud Cave and must not be moved casually unless the race faces peril. Even Fuxi, the Heavenly Emperor, did not dare to take it out of the Fire Cloud Cave, despite his desire to bestow it upon Jiang Chen.

With Hetu and Luoshu out of reach, Jiang Chen’s next target was the Flame Emperor Shennong’s ruler.

Though the Shennong ruler might seem inconspicuous in the eyes of ordinary people, in the eyes of Great Divine Transcendents, its status is renowned and even more prestigious than the Xuanyuan Sword.

Because the original name of the Shennong ruler was not the Shennong Ruler but the Hongmeng Heaven Measuring Ruler.

Yes, the Hongmeng Heaven Measuring Ruler, a treasure that was said to be on par with the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Tower in the hands of the Saint of Taiqing according to legends.

It is an ancient belief that when Pangu was breaking the sky and opening the earth, Heaven and Earth nurtured two Merit Treasures. One was the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Tower, formed from a combination of one-tenth of Pangu’s sky-breaking merit and nine-tenths of the Five Elements Qi, touted as the best defensive treasure of the post-creation world.

The second was the Hongmeng Heaven Measuring Ruler, formed from one-tenth of Pangu’s sky-breaking merit and nine-tenths of Hongmeng Qi, known as the foremost offensive treasure of the post-creation world.

Though these two treasures were of the post-creation world, they were like Innate Treasures capable of suppressing fate and killing without incurring karma.

When the Pangu Great God incarnated as all things, the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Tower left alongside the Sanqing, while the fate of the Hongmeng Heaven Measuring Ruler was unknown. It wasn’t until the Earth Emperor emerged, sorted out the Earth Vein, and reformed the land that the Hongmeng Heaven Measuring Ruler revealed itself and became his proof of Tao.

Owing to his injuries, among the Three Emperors, the Earth Emperor was the weakest. However, he had the most treasures because, as he sorted the Earth Vein, those treasures hidden deep within the land were moved by his spirit, appeared one after another, and acknowledged him as their master.

The Hongmeng Heaven Measuring Ruler, without mentioning anything else, just the fact that it carried one-tenth of Pangu’s sky-breaking merit shows its extraordinary worth. It is precisely because the Sanqing possesses one-tenth of Pangu’s sky-breaking merit that they were able to become Innate Saints.

Jiang Chen, being a descendant of the Flame Emperor, naturally desired this treasure, and only after obtaining the Shennong ruler did he think of acquiring the Xuanyuan Sword.

But unexpectedly, none of the three treasures, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, were given to him; instead, they gave him a Tenglong Sword. This isn’t to say that the Tenglong Sword isn’t good, but it’s of little use to him.

The Tenglong Sword, capable of isolating Heaven and Earth and seizing vitality, is one of the top forces of killing and destruction in the world. In a sense, this sword is a perfect match for Jiang Chen.

Indeed, the sword intent of the Tenglong Sword aligns perfectly with the teachings of the Jiejiao Sect because Emperor Zhuan Xu himself originated from the Jiejiao Sect. With the Tenglong Sword in hands, Jiang Chen could unleash its full power perfectly.

But what of it? Even with the Tenglong Sword’s formidable power, it’s still not stronger than an Innate Treasure. At present, Jiang Chen does not lack magic treasures of powerful forces; what he lacks is the spirit carried by the treasures.

The Tenglong Sword falls short of the Xuanyuan Sword because the spirit it carries is inferior to that of the Xuanyuan Sword. Therefore, it cannot command the great momentum of the Human Race.

"The Divine Ability of the Human Emperor is vast, and with a higher standing, one sees further. If I can think of these things, they must have thought of them too. If so, and they still bestowed the Tenglong Sword upon me, it means there must be deeper meanings that I do not understand."

After pondering, Jiang Chen closed his eyes and immersed his entire consciousness into the Tenglong Sword.

Roar~~

Within the Tenglong Sword, a majestic Nine-clawed Golden Dragon appeared before Jiang Chen, roaring thunderously, emitting deafening dragon chants, and carrying endless heavenly might, as if to shatter his spirit.

Legend has it that when Emperor Zhuan Xu was born, a Nine-clawed Golden Dragon descended from the sky, circled around him, and became his protective aura. This Nine-clawed Golden Dragon was an Innate Heavenly Dragon Qi, said to be a transformation of the Ancestral Dragon’s original source.

Later, when Zhuan Xu became the Human Emperor, he mixed this Innate Heavenly Dragon Qi with the Human Race’s fate and refined it into a Divine Sword – the Tenglong Sword!

"Ancestral Dragon?"

Ignoring the roar of the Nine-clawed Golden Dragon, Jiang Chen continued to delve deeper into its body. Bearing the intentions of all living beings, vast and profound, how could he be intimidated by a mere strand of Ancestral Dragon’s Qi? It would be a different case if the Ancestral Dragon itself had appeared.

In the Sea of Consciousness of the Nine-clawed Golden Dragon lay a vast marshland, the way of Zhuan Xu Emperor, the path of innate water.

Above the marshland, Jiang Chen saw a sun—no, it was a kindling fire. A kindling fire enveloped in colorful auroral light, hanging in the high heavens just like the sun.

"Kindling fire?"

Jiang Chen stepped forward, walking toward the kindling fire.

As he approached, the ball of kindling fire suddenly began to shake. At the same time, the power of the Five Elements flowed inside his body, manifesting the silhouette of the Five Elements Tiandi.

With a snap, the colorful kindling fire shattered, transforming into countless specks of light that surged into Jiang Chen’s body. It was in that instant that Jiang Chen understood the purpose behind the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns giving him the Tenglong Sword.

The kindling fire was not the Fate of the Human Race, but the Emperor Qi of the Tiandi, the Fate of the Five Elements Tiandi. Black Emperor Zhuan Xu was the last Tiandi of the Human Race, and his abdication also marked the completion of the Five Elements Tiandi.

With the Five Elements complete, creation came forth naturally. After the abdication of Emperor Zhuan Xu, a special strand of Emperor Qi emerged within the Tenglong Sword, with all Five Elements present, constantly emanating a sense of perfection.

This was the complete Emperor Qi of the Tiandi!

Be it Di Jun or Haotian, even the Five Elements Tiandi, though they bore the title of Tiandi, their imperial stature was not wholly achieved. Di Jun only ruled Heaven, not Earth, and at best he was but half a Tiandi.

And those who followed, with the world of Chaos shattered, unless they could rebuild Heaven and Earth, how could they achieve a perfect imperial stature?

Normally, this would indeed be the case, but the Human Race had successively produced five Tiandis. Through the cycling power of the Five Elements, they created a strand of perfect Emperor Qi.

And this strand of Qi was the key to becoming Tiandi. Coupled with the Emperor’s Purple Qi deliberately cultivated by the Five Elements Tiandi, the two together were sufficient to create a new Tiandi for the Human Race.

"Is this the purpose behind Human Sovereign giving me the Tenglong Sword?" Jiang Chen pondered. Giving the Tenglong Sword was a pretext, the real gift was the Tiandi’s Qi.

The Human Sovereign felt the time was right, that the Human Race should produce another Tiandi. Indeed, the time was ripe, as within the Heavenly Realm, the Emperor’s Purple Qi was about to mature.

"The Human Sovereign is leaving me a way out!" Jiang Chen marveled. The Human Sovereigns did not have much faith in him, so they specifically bestowed upon him the Emperor Qi, to save his life should he fail in defying the heavens.

The perfect Emperor Qi of the Tiandi was naturally not just a simple key to becoming the Tiandi. It was a life-saving treasure, with which one could sacrifice to change the will of the Heavenly Dao.

In other words, if Jiang Chen failed to attain the position of the Human Sovereign, he only needed to sacrifice this strand of Emperor Qi to distort the will of the Heavenly Dao and survive the Heavenly Curse.

Defying the heavens naturally meant no chance of survival, but the appearance of this strand of Emperor Qi of the Tiandi created possibility from impossibility and secured a chance of life for Jiang Chen.

This was truly a defiance of heaven, no, it was an object of the Heavenly Dao’s Original Source, possessing the power to command the Heavenly Dao. The true Tiandi is the master of the Heavenly Dao, capable of commanding it. The perfect and flawless Emperor Qi inherited some of the Tiandi’s traits and could forcibly change the will of the Heavenly Dao.

"With the imperial mandate of the Tiandi, coupled with the Emperor’s Purple Qi, and this strand of Emperor Qi, if I can’t become the Tiandi, then that would indeed be a joke."

Jiang Chen was confident that he would succeed in defying the heavens and become the ninth Human Sovereign of the Human Race. Not only that, but he could go one step further and become the Tiandi.

He already possessed the imperial mandate of the Tiandi. Now that he had acquired the Emperor Qi, if he could also obtain the Emperor’s Purple Qi, he would simply be a Tiandi by nature—wasn’t becoming the Tiandi predestined?

"I will not fail!"

Withdrawing his Divine Thought, Jiang Chen raised the Tenglong Sword and slashed fiercely toward the front.

Swoosh~

Radiant sword light erupted, evolving ceaselessly amidst the Chaos. Stars were born in cycles, gradually forming a vast expanse of starry sky.