Chapter 1: Great Sun Golden Crow

Chapter 1: The Great Sun Golden Crow

"The legend is true, Wu Chengen didn't deceive me, the remains of the Great Sun Golden Crow are really here."

Looking at the Li Mountain Hot Spring which endlessly emanated innate solar qi, Jiang Chen excitedly said.

Although he had speculated this in his heart, actually confirming it filled him with indescribable excitement.

Having been in the world of Journey to the West for already twenty years, this was the first time Jiang Chen felt that fortune was so close to him.

The Hot Spring—one of the Nine Yang Springs.

According to the records in Journey to the West, the Nine Yang Springs were once the Crown Princes of the Great Ancient Heavenly Court, transforming from the fallen body of the Great Sun Golden Crow into the prehistoric land.

The text reads: Since creation, there were originally ten suns on the Sun Star. Later, Yi, proficient with his bow, shot down nine crows, leaving only the Golden Crow, which embodies the true fire of the Sun.

There are nine hot springs around the world, each one transformed from these crows. Namely, the Fragrant Cold Spring, Accompanying Mountain Spring, Hot Spring, East Union Spring, Full Mountain Spring, Xiao'an Spring, Wide Fen Spring, Hot Spring, and Washing Filth Spring.

These Nine Yang Springs contain tremendous opportunities!

Once he confirmed that he was indeed in the world of Journey to the West, Jiang Chen had constantly been searching for the whereabouts of these Nine Yang Springs. For these were the rare opportunities in the world of Journey to the West that he knew he could seize.

Since then, Jiang Chen had been paying attention to the whereabouts of the Nine Yang Springs, and after frequent consultation of various books, he finally confirmed that the Hot Spring on Li Mountain was indeed part of the Nine Yang Springs.

However, after confirming this fact, Jiang Chen didn't feel much excitement. Perhaps because he couldn't enter the Li Mountain Hot Spring.

As a spring transformed from the fallen Great Sun Golden Crow, the Li Mountain Hot Spring naturally had various marvelous effects. Though its origins were unknown to the world, it didn't prevent them from enjoying the benefits of the hot springs.

Therefore, since its discovery, the Li Mountain Hot Spring had always been under the control of the royal court, reserved for the royal family's exclusive use.

And now, the one ruling the whole world was Emperor Ying Zheng of Great Qin. Naturally, the Li Mountain Hot Spring belonged to him alone for his personal enjoyment.

Atop Li Mountain, there were guards from Great Qin ensuring its security. With Jiang Chen's current abilities, sneaking in was impossible. Thus, he extinguished the thought of going to Li Mountain Hot Spring and started considering other ideas.

However, changes often occur when least expected, just as Jiang Chen was preparing to risk venturing to the Spider Cave to seek the Washing Filth Spring, his chance arrived.

Not long ago, Emperor Ying Zheng suddenly summoned cultivators from all over the world to gather in Xianyang to comprehend the heritage of the Heavenly Emperor and revive the glory of the Human Race from the Xia and Shang dynasties.

Heavenly Emperor Fuxi was indeed the uncontested top master of the Human Race, a being comparable to a Saint.

His heritage was undoubtedly world-shaking.

Thus, as soon as the news spread, the entire Human Race boiled with excitement, and countless masters emerged, rushing into the city of Xianyang.

The more people gathered, the easier it was for issues to arise.

To maintain order, Emperor Ying Zheng had to mobilize all his forces into the city of Xianyang to prevent any disturbances from occurring.

The guards on Li Mountain were also among those called to duty.

This also gave Jiang Chen, who had come to Xianyang with his elders, an opportunity to sneak into the Li Mountain Hot Spring.

While everyone eagerly awaited to comprehend the heritage of the Heavenly Emperor, he stealthily headed to Li Mountain and arrived at the hot spring.

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With a splash, almost without any hesitation, Jiang Chen jumped into the hot spring.

After swimming for a while, at the bottom of the hot spring, he saw a tunnel large enough for a person to pass through, from which the scalding water was gushing.

Soon, Jiang Chen reached the spot, bracing against the rushing water, and dived right in, swimming further inside.

The tunnel was deep, the farther he went, the larger the space became, and the hotter the spring water. Eventually, the water was boiling, bubbling loudly.

It was only because Jiang Chen had cultivated successfully and entered the Post-heaven Realm, capable of manifesting his blood qi to envelop his entire body. Otherwise, the surrounding hot water would have cooked him soft.

Smelling delicious, he thought it would probably taste very good.

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Jiang Chen didn't know how much time had passed when he suddenly felt weightless and began to plummet downward. The temperature here was so high that it had evaporated all the water.

With a thud, Jiang Chen's body brutally smashed onto the ground.

Sizzle!

Upon contact, a trail of black smoke suddenly rose from where his body touched the ground, accompanied by a smell of something burning.

"It's so hot!"

Jiang Chen immediately leapt up from the ground. The ground was scorching, just a brief touch had singed his clothes and also burned his buttocks.

Tragic~~

"Where is this?"

After pulling out a piece of clothing from his storage magic treasure to cover the exposed area, Jiang Chen finally had a chance to look around.

But what he saw really startled him.

All he could see around him was dark red lava, bubbling and flowing.

One stream in particular was just beside him; had he fallen slightly differently, it would have been disastrous.

Boom~~

In this high-temperature environment, even the void was distorting, and Jiang Chen was sweating profusely. Even his vitality showed signs of evaporating.

"No wonder this is the crash site of the Great Sun Golden Crow; even the outer aura is almost too much for me to bear. If I reached its core, probably even immortals could be burned to ashes."

Jiang Chen murmured as he cautiously stepped back.

At this moment, he somewhat understood why, despite the Great Sun Golden Crow having fallen here many years ago, no one dared to disturb it.

Being a Sun Spirit, even after its fall, the Golden Crow's majesty remained sacrosanct. Ordinary immortals probably couldn't even approach the Golden Crow's corpse without being incinerated by the Sun True Fire.

And those powerful beings, out of respect for the Great Sun Buddha, also wouldn't make a move against the Golden Crow's corpse.

As for those even stronger than the Great Sun Buddha, they are even less likely to act, since they wouldn't care about an insignificant corpse. If it were the corpse of Di Jun Taiyi, then perhaps it would be different.

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In this world, the cultivation realm is broadly divided into ten stages: Qi Refining, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Saint.

Although different cultivation systems might use different terms, they ultimately fall within these categories.

Jiang Chen practiced Martial Dao, a path unique to the Human Race. His realm was the Post-heaven Realm, also known as the Qi Refining Realm, the first stage of cultivation.

Yes,

that's right,

Jiang Chen was a newbie,

having just stepped into the threshold of the cultivation world.

Even immortals could not approach the body of the Golden Crow, but Jiang Chen was confident he could take it, and that was, of course, because he had a cheat.

How could a transmigrator not have a golden finger?

"Rise!"

With a thought, Jiang Chen concentrated and activated a mysterious mirror within his Sea of Consciousness.

The mirror, seemingly ordinary with no hint of mystery and appearing almost mundane, held an immense origin.

The reason Jiang Chen was able to come to this world was also related to it.

It was an Innate Treasure, born from the merging of a fragment of the Pangu Axe and a fragment of the Chaos Pearl.

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