Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 185 - 180 Heaven Court

Thus, in the northern lands, many brave souls of Huaxia have been buried. Yet, under the divine ability of Jiang Chen, these brave souls were mostly summoned.

Jiang Chen carefully counted and found that almost seven to eight thousand war spirits had come, which was a lot more than he had imagined.

At this moment, he did not know that he had been promoted and could lead an army of ten thousand heavenly soldiers.

But, what of it?

It is said that a celestial general can only lead three thousand heavenly soldiers, but Jiang Chen is different from others.

He was of royal blood, with influential connections. Be it eight thousand or even eighty thousand heavenly soldiers, he could conceal them.

When the time comes, he will find a reason to affiliate the people to the Sun Temple. Who could find fault with that? If anyone dared, they’d be silenced!

Therefore, Jiang Chen decided to take all of these war spirits. With this in mind, he shouted to the spectral souls, "I am the Demon Suppressing Heavenly God Jiang Chen from the Heaven Court. Today I wish to enlist you as heavenly soldiers to follow me, slaying demons and upholding the order of heaven and earth. Are you willing to follow?"

Hearing this, the war spirits promptly bowed and said, "We are willing. We are willing to follow the heavenly god into battle, slay demons and eliminate evil."

Seeing this, Jiang Chen nodded and said contentedly, "Very well, follow me to slay demons, accumulate merits, and perhaps one day you will become immortal."

With that, Jiang Chen used his divine ability, rising endless clouds and rolling up these war spirits, flying into the sky.

"Haha, General Huo, I will return to the Heaven Court to report. I hope to meet you again."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen and the war spirits had already disappeared from everyone’s sight.

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After flying for a while, Jiang Chen saw the meteor thunder fire coming at him. This was the boundary between the terrestrial world and the celestial realm.

Jiang Chen naturally did not fear, quickening his pace, he easily crossed the thunder fire.

After the thunder fire, there was a strong wind stretching over thirty thousand miles. This wind was soul-depleting and bone-corroding, thousands or even tens of thousands of times stronger than the violent wind in the mortal realm.

This was the reason why only immortals could enter the Heaven Court. If one’s cultivation did not reach the level of celestial being, how could they cross the thunder fire and strong wind and reach the Heaven Court?

Although the wind was strong, Jiang Chen was naturally not afraid. In a blink of an eye, he passed, flying upwards for another half Shi Chen before reaching the celestial realm. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Using his divine ability, he concealed the war spirits and pressed forward.

In this celestial realm were fairy clouds swirling everywhere, with fragrant winds gusting. It was like a sea of clouds with countless huge islands appearing from the clouds, stretching to infinity.

Jiang Chen had been walking for a while when a man riding a tall horse came at him. This horse was surrounded by black smoke and sported a single horn, hence the name Solitary Horn Black Smoke Beast, it had fast speed and arrived in front of Jiang Chen in a blink of an eye.

"Who are you? I have never seen you before! Why did you appear in the celestial realm?" The man arrived in front of Jiang Chen and asked somewhat puzzled.

This was the Star Lord on duty, in charge of patrolling the celestial realm. Encountering a stranger, he had to ask questions as part of his duty.

Jiang Chen stopped, bowed his hands and said, "I am Jiang Chen, the newly appointed Demon Suppressing Heavenly God, this is my first time coming to the Heaven Court. It’s natural that the Star Lord hasn’t seen me."

After hearing the name of Jiang Chen, that person looked surprised and said, "You are the Demon Suppressing Heavenly King? Quite extraordinary."

The man seemed busy, after asking Jiang Chen’s identity, he hurriedly said, "I am the Seven Kills Star Lord. I am now on the Queen Mother’s orders to deliver a letter to the Guanghan Palace. If I have slighted you in any way, I will call on you at a later date to apologize."

With that, the Seven Kills Star Lord rode off on his horse, disappearing like a gust of wind.

Originally, Jiang Chen wanted to ask him why he was addressed as the Heavenly King, but when he heard that the Star Lord was heading to Guanghan Palace, he remembered the events of the past and chose to remain silent.

"It’s strange, why did he call me Heavenly King?"

A single word difference between a Heavenly King and a Heavenly God means a world of difference in status.

A Heavenly God is a miscellaneous rank, while the Heavenly King is a middle rank in the Heaven Court. Some powerful Heavenly Kings like the Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King have already ascended to the higher ranks.

"It seems that quite a bit has happened while I was in seclusion."

Although he was puzzled, Jiang Chen didn’t pay much attention. Having arrived at the Heaven Court, regardless of any changes, everything would be clear once he met the Jade Emperor.

As for the Seven Kill Star Lord, he didn’t pay much attention. Just because his name included "Seven Kills" didn’t mean he had anything to do with the Seven Kill Star.

Those celestial star gods birthed from the stars, besides a few who still lived, all the rest died in the ancient era.

The star lords in the Heaven Court, were just a position. Their status varied, some were high, second only to the Four Royal. The lesser ones were almost on par with Jiang Chen.

However, most star lords were direct subordinates of the Jade Emperor. Although they did not have freedom, they held significant authority and shouldn’t be offended.

While thinking this, Jiang Chen traveled a little further and heard heavenly music, seeing a gateway appearing in the sky.

Spanning hundreds of miles, two big pillars supported an arch that was made of jade and gold. It was glorious with wisps of auspicious clouds and thousands of rainbow lights. There were immortal cranes and spiritual birds flying around. The arch had three large words written in innate divine language, "South Heavenly Gate".

Beneath the South Heavenly Gate, four god generals were stationed on both sides. These four were each three feet tall; one held a sword, one a lute, one an umbrella, and one controlling a mink.

They were the Four Heavenly Kings guarding the South Heavenly Gate, the Growth Heavenly King, the Wide Eye Heavenly King, the Numerous Literature Heavenly King, and the Holding State Heavenly King.

These four not only served as Heavenly Kings of the heavenly court, but also as the protectors of Buddhism, acting as a bridge between Immortals and Buddhas, indeed, they were quite powerful.

Yes, as Heavenly Kings, their status was slightly higher than that of Jiang Chen. Even so, they dared not act arrogantly in front of Jiang Chen.

As Jiang Chen stepped forward, the Four Heavenly Kings were about to speak, but all of a sudden, they felt as though an endless Buddha light was flashing before them, dazzling them so much that they couldn’t open their eyes.

Immediately, they realized a Buddha had arrived.

Rushing forward, the Four Heavenly Kings respectfully shouted to Jiang Chen: "Greetings to my Buddha!"

Waving his hand, Jiang Chen said: "You’re too kind, Heavenly Kings. This is Heaven Court, there’s only Demon Suppression Heavenly Gods, no Great Merits Great Dharma King Buddha."

Would there be anything more provocative than flaunting with a sign of Buddhist disciples in the stronghold of Mystic Sect?

While they were talking, a celestial messenger came from the South Heavenly Gate and paid his respects to Jiang Chen: "Demon Suppression Heavenly King, the Jade Emperor summons you to Lingxiao Hall."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen bid the Four Heavenly Kings farewell and followed the celestial messenger into the South Heavenly Gate.

Excluding the Sanqing Heaven of the Sanqing, the heavenly palace has thirty-three tiers. From bottom to top, they were Qiyun Palace, Pisha Palace, Wuming Palace and so on. The highest tier was the Miluo Palace, which is the dwelling of the Jade Emperor.

Each palace contains a grand hall, totaling seventy-two halls, including the Assembly Hall, Lingxu Hall, Baoguang Hall, Heavenly King Hall and so on. Among them, the grand halls at the highest tier in the Miluo Palace are Lingxiao Hall and Tongming Hall.

The entire heavenly palace was colossal, seemingly infinite. Between the palaces, rainbow bridges were connected, built above the sea of clouds. Within some seas of clouds, there were Five-Colored Immortal Lotuses in full bloom, and golden carps swam among them.

Ah, all good stuff. The Five-Colored Immortal Lotus was an innate spiritual object, which offered numerous benefits to the immortal beings who consumed it. The golden carp, moreover, was a rare ancient species, very nourishing when consumed.

Too bad, this was Heaven Court. If this were somewhere else, Jiang Chen would have got his hands on them all by now.

Jiang Chen and the celestial officer didn’t take the side paths, they walked straight along the central jade path, which was dozens of miles wide and led directly to the Miluo Palace to the Lingxiao Hall.

The two ascended the clouds. Countless golden-armored heavenly gods were standing on both sides of the road, holding polearms and whips. They were all as strong as a deep sea, extremely powerful. In terms of strength, none of them was inferior to the Mysterious Immortal.

When they arrived at the Lingxiao Hall, the kindly Jade Emperor who presided over high heaven was seen sitting up high, with pearl curtains hanging by his side, making it hard to see his figure clearly.

In Jiang Chen’s perception, the aura of the Jade Emperor was formless and expansive, boundless like the vast sky, with no end in sight.

Strong!

Extremely strong!

The Jade Emperor, who was once the Haotian Emperor, should be the most powerful being Jiang Chen has encountered so far.

Upon stepping into the grand hall, without looking around, Jiang Chen directly came forward to pay his respects, saying: "Your servant, Demon Suppression Heavenly King Jiang Chen, pays his respects to Your Majesty."

With that, he slightly bowed his body.

There was no kneeling ceremony in Heaven Court, there couldn’t be, otherwise, those proud immortals would have surely turned Heaven Court upside down.

Besides, during his journey, Jiang Chen had gathered all the necessary information along the way. He has been promoted from a Heavenly God to a Heavenly King. Therefore, everyone addressed him as Heavenly King when they greeted him.

High up in the sky, The Jade Emperor gave Jiang Chen a glance. Whether or not he noticed something, he nonchalantly said: "Hmm, you’re quite impressive!"

This sentence made Jiang Chen tremble in fear. He thought the Jade Emperor had noticed something, that he knew about him watching his daughter bathing.

Fortunately, after uttering those words, the Jade Emperor merely encouraged him, saying some words about working hard for the Heaven Court, and then let him go.

After being escorted out of Lingxiao Hall, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Whether or not the Jade Emperor found out about that incident, the fact that he didn’t mention it meant that the matter had passed.

Relaxing in his heart, Jiang Chen followed the celestial officer towards his official residence.

Although known as the official residence, it was actually a divine palace. His future residence in the Heaven Court, as well as his office for handling affairs, would be there.

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While Jiang Chen was on his way to his divine palace, there was some unrest at his divine palace.

At this moment, a bored Red-Dressed Fairy consults Taibai Venus: "Venues, when will the Demon Suppression Heavenly God, no, Demon Suppression Heavenly King be coming?"

"We have been waiting here for a few days. Several years have passed in the lower realm. Why hasn’t he arrived yet?"

"He doesn’t hold a high position, but he certainly knows how to keep us waiting."

Perhaps they have been waiting for so long that some dissatisfaction seeped into the Red-Dressed Fairy’s words.

Hearing this, Taibai Venus shook his head ruefully and replied: "Great Princess, you shouldn’t say that. The Demon Suppression Heavenly King has made a great contribution to saving the world, that’s why he’s late. We can’t be blaming him for it."

"If he had arrived early, he might not have met the changing course of the Yellow River. It would be unfortunate for the people living on both sides of the river."