Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1690: One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Five, Astonishing Catastrophe

"Insolence!"

Within the Fire Cloud Cave, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors thundered in unison. One supreme divine treasure after another flew out, unleashing boundless might, hurtling toward the group of Great Divine Transcendents standing guard outside the cave.

During a standoff, to still dare divert attention to aid others—did they truly think the strong of the Human Race were as good as dead?

Rumble!

As the wrath of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors erupted, the rays of primordial spirits the Great Divine Transcendents had sent out were obliterated by the terrifying power exuded by the imperial treasures before they even approached the Three Realms.

Especially the Hetu and Luoshu diagrams—under the Heavenly Emperor’s full control, they astonishingly fused, transforming into a grand Innate Nine Grid Diagram.

In an instant, an imposing aura nearly rivaling that of an Innate Treasure spread and permeated. The shift in the aura caused many of the Great Divine Transcendents stationed outside the Fire Cloud Cave to go pale.

"The Hetu and Luoshu have evolved into the Innate Nine Grid Diagram. Has the Heavenly Emperor truly achieved this level? It seems his breakthrough is now imminent."

Many Great Divine Transcendents, alerted by the disturbance, turned their gazes to the Fire Cloud Cave. There, they saw the Innate Nine Grid Diagram suspended high in the Chaos.

The fusion of Hetu and Luoshu into the Innate Nine Grid Diagram—this was something even Di Jun had never accomplished. Yet, the Heavenly Emperor had done it. This indicated that the Heavenly Emperor’s understanding of Hetu and Luoshu had already surpassed Di Jun’s.

In the future, even if Di Jun were to resurrect, any attempt to reclaim the Hetu and Luoshu from the Heavenly Emperor would be futile. From this day forth, this top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure would have no connection to Di Jun.

Meanwhile, though the upheaval in the Netherworld remained unresolved, a new conflict was ignited outside the Fire Cloud Cave.

The Prehistoric World seemed to have descended into chaos today. One earth-shattering event followed another, leaving people dazzled and trembling in fear.

Two battlefronts, each affecting over a hundred Great Divine Transcendents, as well as numerous supreme saints comparable to Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial—

Scenes of such scale were utterly terrifying, unprecedented in history. Not even the infamous, brutal war between the Witches and Demons of old had involved so many Great Divine Transcendents.

The mere congregation of so many formidable figures was terrifying enough. If they were to break into battle, the consequences would be catastrophic.

It was likely that the Chaos World would face a reenactment of the disaster of fragmentation today.

A clash of just one move between these several hundred Great Divine Transcendents, with no need for full power, would suffice to devastate the Chaos World.

This wouldn’t just be fragmentation; it would be annihilation—reducing the entirety of Heaven and Earth to void. It would be a calamity unparalleled in ancient and modern times alike.

"Fellow Daoists, it’s time for us to step in and urge them to cease fighting. For the future of the Chaos World, even this much cannot be allowed to escalate into full conflict."

"If they remain unpersuaded and insist on fighting, let them take the battle to the Great Chaos. But under no circumstances can they act within the Three Realms."

Witnessing this scene, several ancient and reclusive elders could no longer stay still. They prepared to step forward and mediate, urging both sides to take a step back.

The situation had escalated to the point where it was no longer merely a clash of interests between the parties involved but had become a matter of the survival of the Chaos World itself.

It could be said that all living beings were now implicated. If no one wished to perish together, someone must step forward to prevent this war from breaking out.

One after another, venerable figures who rarely showed their faces—even those rumored to have long perished—emerged from various mysterious realms, hoping to act as mediators and quell this looming disaster.

Roar~~

Perhaps sensing the increasingly tense atmosphere between Heaven and Earth, even the Five Elements Holy Beasts, who had long remained indifferent to worldly affairs, began to notice that something was amiss. They couldn’t help but manifest their vast divine forms, stabilizing the four poles of Heaven and the Earth.

Beneath the vast firmament of the heavens, endless clouds in five colors surged. At the cardinal points—east, west, south, north, and the center—the phantoms of the sacred beasts revealed themselves.

The majesty of the sacred beasts shook both heaven and earth, their might no less formidable than that of the Saints. At the moment of their manifestation, an incomparably supreme sacred might swept through the entire Prehistoric World.

However, contrary to making those beneath the heavens feel oppressed, this boundless pressure brought a strange calmness to all living beings. It was as if they had suddenly found an anchor, their hearts filling with tranquility and assurance.

The sacred beasts, unlike the Saints who oversee Heaven under the mandate of the Heavenly Dao, exist to guard Heaven and Earth.

Their role is to uphold the Five Elements’ Dao, akin to five celestial pillars, firmly supporting the Chaos World.

Since the Great Ancient era, the Chaos World has been fractured multiple times. While its fragments scattered across the cosmos, the main body has never fully shattered—thanks to the efforts of the Five Elements Holy Beasts.

Without their stabilization of the four poles and the center, the main body of the Chaos World would have long collapsed. How could it persist even now, fractured into All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, yet retaining its core essence?

Even the Five Elements Holy Beasts could no longer sit idly by, a testament to how dire the situation in the Chaos World had become. It’s crucial to note that the sacred beasts typically manifest only in moments of the world’s shattering.

Yet now, without the world breaking apart, they have already been compelled to appear, underscoring the immense pressure they must be feeling—a pressure so immense that they doubt their ability to safeguard the Chaos World’s core as they had in the past.

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Before the ancient elders could step in to mediate, by the time events had unfolded to this point, Jiang Chen, alongside Pangu Taiqing and others, had already sensed something was gravely amiss.

Thus, both sides, which were initially preparing for a grand showdown, tacitly and simultaneously paused. Across the distance of Mount Tai, they stared silently at one another. Neither spoke, nor made any move.

Both sides understood clearly that this battle could not continue. If they proceeded, they would become the Chaos World’s vilest sinners—or rather, the lead protagonists of the next great Quantitative Calamity.