Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1667: One thousand eighty-three Five Great Innate Forbidden Zones_2

Chapter 1667: One thousand eighty-three Five Great Innate Forbidden Zones_2

"The issue of the South Unending Volcano must be addressed. So much innate fire qi—if it cannot be utilized, it would truly be wasted. It must be transformed into something valuable."

Jiang Chen was an exceedingly ambitious man, unable to tolerate the idea of a treasure mountain lying right before his eyes, yet left undeveloped and unused. He had to find a solution to the problem of the South Unending Volcano to transform waste into treasure.

If the issue of the South Unending Volcano were resolved, it would at least allow the Human Race to foster hundreds of Innate Dao Sovereigns and countless Quasi-Saints. And perhaps, the birth of one Sub-Saint would not be impossible.

"The Innate Wutong Tree!"

Deep within the South Unending Volcano stood a towering tree, majestic in its grandeur, reaching so high it seemed like a celestial pillar propping up the entire firmament.

This tree was one of the ten great Spirit Roots of the Prehistoric World—the Innate Wutong Tree, in opposition to the Queen Mother’s Pan Peach Tree. One belonged to fire, the other to water.

In the past, the dominators of heaven and earth, the Phoenix Clan, roosted upon the branches of the Innate Wutong Tree.

Rumble——

Under Jiang Chen’s watchful gaze, the vast and scorching South Unending Volcano moved from the distance, merging with the Nine States.

In that instant, all living beings within the Nine States felt a wave of heat sweeping toward them, as the entire temperature of heaven and earth rose perceptibly.

"Interesting. The situation of the South Unending Volcano seems to have eased somewhat. Likely due to its integration with the Nine States, allowing its excess innate fire qi to find a vent."

Jiang Chen noticed that the long-accumulated innate fire qi of the South Unending Volcano had drastically dissipated at the moment of its integration with the Nine States, resembling a breach in the Yellow River’s dike, surging overwhelmingly into the Nine States.

However, the Nine States were still too small now; although it alleviated part of the South Unending Volcano’s pressure, it was merely a drop in the ocean and could not completely solve the problem.

"Judging from the current circumstances, if the Prehistoric World can be successfully reconstructed, it should greatly improve the condition of the South Unending Volcano. That is indeed good news."

Jiang Chen considered deeply. His aspirations were, in truth, far vaster than most Great Divine Transcendents could imagine.

To outsiders, Jiang Chen’s goal in reconstructing the Prehistoric World seemed to be merely to revive its glory from the Ancient Era. Yet the truth was far from that.

If the purpose was merely to revive the brilliance of the Ancient Chaos, how could it prove Jiang Chen’s capabilities? From the outset, Jiang Chen’s ambition had never been as simple as rebuilding the Ancient Chaos.

He aimed to recreate a world unprecedented, far superior to the Ancient Chaos. To achieve this, he first had to resolve the issues that even the Ancient Era had failed to address.

The problem of the South Unending Volcano was one such issue—a hidden hazard predating the Ancient Era itself, one which no one throughout the Ancient Era could resolve.

Yet the hazards of the Prehistoric World extended beyond the Unending Volcano.

For instance, deep within the Eastern Sea, at the East Extremity where the Ancestral Dragon resided, an exceptionally potent wood spirit qi lurked. If it erupted, it would cause all living beings in the Prehistoric World to mutate unnaturally, shifting from their regular forms to indescribable ones and losing all rationality.

Even lifeless objects like mountains, rivers, and lakes would transform, gaining sentience and morphing into monstrous beings beyond comprehension.

In the depths of the North Sea, beneath the North Extremity where the Black Tortoise Holy Beast resided, countless undercurrents surged, accumulating an unimaginable power. Were it to burst forth, it would drown the entirety of the Prehistoric World, rendering it a land submerged in water.

This deluge would be far more catastrophic than the floods of King Yu’s time, which devastated numerous regions—it would be a true apocalypse-level flood.

At the West Extremity, within the domain suppressed by the White Tiger Holy Beast, endless innate heavenly gang winds rampaged. Should they erupt, they would instantly sweep across the Prehistoric World and overturn the entirety of heaven and earth.

Deep within the earth, at the location guarded by the Kirin Holy Beast, turbulent forces clashed violently. Without the Kirin’s suppression, the entire Prehistoric land would quake perpetually, unceasing earthquakes wracking the realm year after year.

These were the five innate perilous zones, corresponding to the Five Elements, each guarded by one of the Five Elements Holy Beasts. Indeed, these perilous places were the handiwork of the Primordial three tribes, all of them hazards imposed upon the Prehistoric World.

If Jiang Chen wanted to craft a Prehistoric World exceeding the Ancient Era, he would first have to mitigate these hazards, refining the accumulated forces within them to serve as nourishment for the Prehistoric World’s advancement.

Such tasks sounded simple but were exceedingly arduous in execution. Across the Ancient Era, countless powerful beings emerged, including six Saints, yet none managed to resolve these issues.

And the problems of the Prehistoric World were far from limited to these five—these merely stood out most prominently. Take, for example, the Ancient Thunder Swamp—was it not also a hazard?

If the Thunder Marsh remained unrefined, the northern regions of the Prehistoric World would not come into being. Without a northern land, how could the Prehistoric World be deemed perfect?

There were additional aspirations Jiang Chen had envisioned, such as connecting the Heavenly River and Underworld River within the mortal realm, linking the Three Realms together to form a grand cycle.

These were all imperfections in the Prehistoric World. Only by addressing them could the Prehistoric World attain perfection and surpass the Ancient Era.

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Roar～～

After the Phoenix Clan came the White Tiger Clan. The long-lost West Extremity terrain reemerged in the world, merging with the Nine States.

"It’s done!"

In the intangible depths of his thoughts, Jiang Chen felt it intuitively, prompting him to look toward the source of the Nine States.

With the White Tiger Clan’s integration, the innate Five Clans and the regions they suppressed—the Four Extremities—all merged into the Nine States. With this, the Five Elements of the Nine States were complete.

Five Elements complete, creation arises naturally.

In the blink of an eye, the Nine States underwent an inexplicable transformation. Its original source expanded while becoming more solidified and refined.

Within heaven and earth, a mysterious power of creation began to emerge. Every living being within the Nine States unknowingly experienced an elevation in their upper limits, with their talents growing stronger.

Furthermore, the disparity between heaven and earth grew more pronounced; the heavens climbed higher, the earth deepened. Around the edge of the Nine States, the void emitted a faint glimmer, resembling a massive light shield encasing the Nine States in its entirety.

This light shield seemed like a boundary wall, its purpose being to protect the Nine States, isolating it from the outside world and preventing any external forces from sneaking in.

At this moment, the Nine States increasingly resembled a complete world—not an ordinary one, but akin to the Universe World, bearing the semblance of All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.

Indeed, the Nine States had yet to transform into a fully complete world, as it had just been born, with many of its acquired powers not yet fully assimilated.

But when the Nine States fully integrated the fused regions into one, its ascension as a world would be imminent.

Having absorbed so many territories, the Nine States now nearly comprised the main body of the Prehistoric World. If it ascended, it would transcend the Universe World to become the vastly superior All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds—matching the current level of the Prehistoric World.

The most illustrious era of the Prehistoric World was during the Ancient Era, which stood at the stage of the Supreme World. However, it had merely crossed the threshold into the Supreme World, without ever reaching its peak.

The Universe World corresponds to the Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial; All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds correspond to Wuji Daluo Jinxian; the Supreme World corresponds to Chaos. Advancing further would lead to the legendary Eternal World.

Regrettably, the Prehistoric World had cycled through reincarnation countless times but had always been confined within the Supreme World stage, never advancing to Eternal World, nor even brushing the edge of Half-step Eternal.

If it possessed partial Eternal attributes, the Prehistoric World would never have been destroyed.

Jiang Chen’s aim was precisely to propel the Prehistoric World into the Eternal Level, to break free from the endless cycles of reincarnation.

If this were not achieved, then one day, Jiang Chen would inevitably follow in the footsteps of the previous generation, enduring the helpless fate of being buried alongside heaven and earth.

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"Damn it!"

"Damn it all!"

"How is Jiang Chen this powerful?"

"I’ve already tried so hard, gathered so many forces, and built my authority to an immense scale, yet why am I getting further and further away from Jiang Chen?"

In Dongsheng Divine Continent, King Wu stared blankly at the transformation of the Nine States, despair suffusing his heart.

Jiang Chen was already powerful to begin with; pursuing him had been incredibly arduous. Now that Jiang Chen had grown even stronger, how was he supposed to compete? Perhaps surrendering early would be the wiser choice.