Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1332 - 907 Era of Great Strife

"This Heavenly Emperor position isn’t really interesting," lamented Tiandi.

Previously, with the Saints above him, the situation was already tough for the Jade Emperor, and now, with Jiang Chen below coveting his position, the Jade Emperor truly felt an unbearable suffocation.

"Let’s wait and see how this little Jiang Chen plans to take the Heavenly Realm from my hands."

The sorrow was only temporary, and soon the Jade Emperor regained his unwavering state of mind.

He was not someone who coveted power and authority; otherwise, with his Saint-level strength, even if the Saints wished to marginalize him, they would have to pay a heavy price.

The reason the Saints could easily marginalize the Jade Emperor wasn’t because he was weak, but because he didn’t care.

The Jade Emperor didn’t mind being overshadowed by the Saints.

Similarly, he didn’t care if Jiang Chen sought to take over the Heavenly Realm or even to oust him.

With the mentality of a spectator, not clinging to worldly affairs, the Jade Emperor was truly detached and at ease, seated high in the Heaven Court, calmly observing the changing winds and clouds Between Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, he was looking forward to how Jiang Chen would deal with him.

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In the seventh year of Guanghe, in the first month, there was a great upheaval in Heaven and Earth as stars fell from the sky, showering upon the mortal realm. On the same day, along the banks of the Jiang River, nine startling heavenly dragon roars echoed, shattering the Great Han’s national fate, and the son of heaven was seriously injured.

By then, the Great Han had already entered its twilight years, with a corrupt court, ceaseless strife among eunuchs and imperial in-laws, and endless border conflicts, all of which weakened the state.

Additionally, the deaths of three major Divine Transcendents of the Water Path in the Nanbuzhan Continent affected the celestial phenomena of the Nine States, resulting in years without rain and widespread drought.

A countrywide drought ensued, crops failed, taxes were not reduced, and the people’s lives grew increasingly difficult. Many sold their children or fled elsewhere, countless families were ruined.

Zhang Jiao emerged at this time, seeing the signs of great chaos. Seizing the opportunity, he used the Taoist techniques from the Book of Great Peace to aid the people and win their hearts.

Later, when the Great Han’s national fate crumbled, Zhang Jiao seized the moment to lead the desperate and impoverished people to rise up in Julu, shouting, "The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven will rise; in the year of Jiazi, all under heaven will prosper," thus starting the Yellow Turban Rebellion!

Because they wore yellow turbans, they were called the Yellow Turbans Army!

Zhang Jiao founded the Dao of Great Peace, won the hearts of the poor farmers with religion, and established a tremendous influence among them with countless followers across the Nine States.

Before the uprising, Zhang Jiao used his authority in the hearts of the people to organize the believers from Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Yu into thirty-six divisions, corresponding to the thirty-six heavens.

Each division had a leader commanding them, preparing for the rebellion, intending to overthrow the Han Dynasty to establish a Dao-based Earth Dao Country.

Thanks to Jiang Chen’s actions, various Cave Heaven Blessed Lands emerged, making the already vast Nine States even more expansive.

With the vastness of the Nine States, even if Zhang Jiao caused trouble, he was just a wave in the ocean, unable to make any significant waves.

However, who else but Zhang Jiao was discontent with the rule of the Great Han? All kinds of forces sought to grow stronger in these troubled times, further agitated by those with ulterior motives.

Suddenly, the Yellow Turban rebellion escalated, even threatening to shake the foundations of the Great Han.

It was at this time that the grievously wounded emperor of the Great Han finally regained his senses and hastily sent a large army to suppress the rebellion.

Yet, due to the sudden expansion of the Nine States, the Great Han had already lost control over them. The dispatched army had barely left the capital when it was caught by unidentified forces.

Chaos prevailed, utter chaos ensued before Jiang Chen could make his move, turning the Nine States into a complete mess.

Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion had started the unrest, after its inception, the situation spiraled out of Zhang Jiao’s control, and various forces began to move.

The Yellow Turbans Army became the weakest faction.

Among them, the Ancient Clans that had just returned to the Nanbuzhan Continent had the most significant power. Now, in these times of chaos, they too sought to compete for fate, hoping to break through and become Great Divine Transcendents.

In the Prehistoric World, who didn’t know that the Nine States was where fate was most concentrated? If one could unify the Nine States, with the added fortune of the Nine States, they could soon attain the realm of a Great Divine Transcendent.

This was not just a rumor; it was a fact.

The First Emperor had slain three Water Path Divine Transcendents and merged their Original Source into the Nine States, which drastically increased the fate of the Nine States and spawned three Innate Dao Fruit at the level of Great Divine Transcendents.

These three Dao Fruits were hidden within the Nine States, unseen, attainable only to those with Great Fortune, Great Perseverance, and Great Wisdom.

Perseverance and wisdom were hard to define, but Great Fortune was simple. To unify the Nine States and concentrate their fate in one person, was this fortune not vast enough to qualify for the Great Divine Transcendents’ Dao Fruit?

Who wouldn’t want to become a Great Divine Transcendent?

Not just the Innate Dao Sovereigns, but even Quasi-Saints were tempted and decided to join the fray for the Nine States’ fate. These Ancient Clans entered the game with that purpose in mind.

In fact, any power in the Nine States with some prestige, that could get wind of this news, dreamed that they could be the one to unify the Nine States.

A Dao Fruit at the level of a Great Divine Transcendent, even more precious than the Human King Dao Fruit, could compare to the Five Emperors’ Dao Fruit. It was enough to plunge all powers of the Human Race into frenzy.