Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1243 - 861 Quasi-Saint Mid Stage_2

Suddenly coming to his senses, Jiang Chen found himself already in the middle of the River of Time and Space.

The turbulent river water surged toward him and washed over him, yet it failed to move him in the slightest; his body stood firm and unwavering in the River of Time and Space.

This was the realm of a Quasi-Saint, stepping foot into the River of Time and Space and remaining unmoved by its currents. At this moment, Jiang Chen had become a Quasi-Saint and had reached the early stages of a Quasi-Saint cultivator.

The next step was to sever one of his three life incarnations, thus advancing into the late stages of a Quasi-Saint. This step was not difficult, at least not for cultivators who practiced the Slaying Three Corpses.

The so-called early Quasi-Saint stage was actually just a transitional phase; generally, hardly any Quasi-Saint would remain at this level.

On the instant a cultivator broke through to this stage, he would immediately sever one of the Three Corpses, thereby advancing to the mid-stages of being a Quasi-Saint.

Those able to reach the realm of Quasi-Saint surely possessed the qualification to sever the corpses; thus, a Quasi-Saint, upon breakthrough, would normally reach the mid-stage directly. Only those unusual Quasi-Saints would linger in the early phase.

What is an unusual Quasi-Saint? Those are the Quasi-Saints who have not found suitable Innate Spiritual Treasures to harbor their Three Corpses. The so-called Slaying of the Three Corpses is about entrusting the notions of good and evil in Innate Spiritual Treasures, then severing them to form the embodiment of three corpses.

The Innate Spiritual Treasure used to hold the Three Corpses is of utmost importance; they do not have to be a matching set, but they must not possess conflicting properties either.

Otherwise, if their properties conflict, merging them together later on would become troublesome. And without merging, how can one achieve enlightenment or advance to the realm of the Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial?

Choosing the Innate Spiritual Treasures to harbor the Three Corpses is crucial, so, despite having breached into the Quasi-Saint realm, many cultivators have not yet found suitable Innate Spiritual Treasures.

The slaying of the Three Corpses is crucial for achieving enlightenment; definitely, it cannot be compromised. Therefore, they would rather stay in the early stages of a Quasi-Saint than to rashly advance.

The early Quasi-Saint stage was thus derived to cater specifically for these individuals.

Although Jiang Chen’s practice was not the Dao of the Three Corpses, his self-created Slaying Three Lives method required a similar need for three treasures to carry the incarnations. However, Jiang Chen had already gathered the necessary artifacts, so there was no need to delay in the early Quasi-Saint stage.

Among the Three Corpses, the Good and Evil are easy to sever, but the Self is difficult to discern; this means that severing the Good Corpse and the Evil Corpse is easy, but severing the self-awareness Corpse is challenging.

Good and evil are relative and can be considered two sides of the same coin; there is no absolute good or evil, only relative good and evil, sometimes good is evil, and evil is good.

Because of their special relationship, just severing one of the good or evil corpses means it wouldn’t be long until the other is easily severed as well.

Thus, anyone who has reached the realm of a Quasi-Saint will eventually advance to the late Quasi-Saint stage.

It is the self-awareness Corpse, however, that many find difficult to sever, as letting go of personal obsessions is not easy; many Quasi-Saints are stuck in this stage.

The method of Slaying Three Lives does not sever the notions of good and evil but cuts through the past, present, and future. Of these, the past is the easiest to sever, while the future is the hardest.

The past self is always weaker than the present self, making it rather easy to sever. The present self has the same strength as the original, making it harder to sever, requiring some effort.

And the future self, being stronger than the present self, presents difficulties in severing. Overcoming a stronger self is never easy, not to mention defeating an even stronger version of oneself.

Jiang Chen had not yet figured out how to sever his future self, but he was not in a hurry. As the saying goes, "When the cart reaches the mountain, a road will appear." Perhaps when the time comes, he would think of a way. For now, he would start with severing the easiest, his past self, and advance to the mid-stage of a Quasi-Saint.

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In the River of Time and Space, all Quasi-Saints of the Prehistoric World struggle to leap out of the river and transcend it.

And the ones who can achieve this are either those who have become Daluo Jinxians of the Primordial or the Great Divine Transcendents. Only these two kinds of people can transcend the River of Time and Space.

With this in mind, Jiang Chen tried to move slightly and immediately felt an endless pulling force surrounding him, binding him tightly and making it difficult for him to move.

After carefully sensing for a while, one would find that this strong pulling force mainly came from three aspects.

First, it came from ahead of the River of Time and Space, representing the past, second, from beneath Jiang Chen’s feet, representing the present. Third, from behind the River of Time and Space, representing the future. freeweɓnovel.cøm

The past, present, and future, these three forces firmly bound Jiang Chen, making it impossible for him to leap out of the River of Time and Space. What Jiang Chen needed to do now was to sever them and jump out of the River.

With all his strength, Jiang Chen struggled fiercely, and as he struggled, the river water around him became turbulent, stirring up countless waves.

Then, an inexplicable power descended, and what Jiang Chen saw before him immediately changed.

The River of Time and Space gradually vanished from his view, while three faint shadows, representing the past, present, and future, walked out and gradually became clear, bearing the same appearance as Jiang Chen.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Chen charged directly at the one representing his past. Among the three, he was the weakest and easiest to bully; of course, one would pick the softest persimmon to squeeze.

"Kill!"

Seeing Jiang Chen rushing to kill him, the Jiang Chen of the past was unafraid and coldly spoke up, swinging his fist at him.

The force of his punch was immense as if it contained the will of all living beings, crushing everything. It was Jiang Chen’s own creation, the Vastness of Three Fists.

Just how powerful this punch was, Jiang Chen was well aware. Yet, he did not dodge or evade, allowing the punch to land squarely on his body.

If it had been the future self who had thrown this punch, Jiang Chen would have dodged without thinking, but if it was his past self, Jiang Chen merely laughed.

It wasn’t that he looked down on himself, but rather that he was now stronger than his past self. For a cultivator, the present not being better than the past was the most fatal.

For cultivators, not progressing was regressing, let alone actually regressing, which meant he would be eliminated by the era, devoid of potential.

The overwhelming force of the punch, however, did not hinder his steps forward, as he reached the side of his past self and likewise unleashed a punch.

The next moment, a vast, majestic force of the punch erupted, engulfing and tearing apart the past Jiang Chen.

It was then that scenes from the past suddenly surged into the present Jiang Chen’s heart. This was his past, and cutting it off represented severing all of it.

"Disturbing my Taoist heart, indeed it should be cut!"

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, and it was because of this moment of hesitation that he solidified his intention to sever the past. He would not allow anything that shook his Taoist heart to exist, as it would become his weakness.

With a thunderous noise, the past turned into emptiness, breaking into countless fragments that Jiang Chen absorbed.

Then one could see, atop Jiang Chen’s head, the leftmost flower among the three flowers gently shook. Then, the shadow of the Chaos Pearl hovering over the lotus platform rolled once and transformed into a young Daoist clad in a Chaos Daoist Robe.

Looking at the Daoist’s appearance, he was identical to Jiang Chen but younger and more immature. This was Jiang Chen’s past self, created from his past soul and the Dao Rhyme of the Chaos Pearl.

Just as Jiang Chen shattered his past self, those in the Prehistoric World who were related to him, if their strength had not reached the Quasi-Saint realm, suddenly felt a void in their hearts as if they had forgotten something.

Then, before they could investigate further, this feeling suddenly disappeared.

The shattering of the past signified the disappearance of Jiang Chen’s past in the Prehistoric World, and naturally, those who had seen him before also lost their memories related to him.

However, although Jiang Chen’s past had shattered, it quickly reassembled, so the memories those people had lost came back to them.

Severing the past to transform it into his past self was not to obliterate his past, but to wrestle his own past from the hands of Heaven and Earth, and to transform it into his own power.