Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1822 - 1160 Changes in the Netherworld_2

Jiang Chen’s strength has indeed improved somewhat compared to before, but not by much. Because now that his realm is higher, the things he once longed for no longer provide the same level of help.

Nowadays, unless it is a supreme treasure nurtured by the Great Chaos, the enhancement in Jiang Chen’s strength after refining it will be extremely limited.

Those days when refining a treasure could cause a dramatic change in strength are now difficult to come by.

"It’s time to set off for the Netherworld."

After refining the Emperor’s Purple Qi, with a thought, Jiang Chen vanished from where he stood and appeared directly in the Netherworld.

Upon arriving in the Netherworld, Jiang Chen felt no discomfort, but rather a sense of returning home. Because he is now the ruler of the Netherworld. As the sole ruler, returning to the Netherworld naturally brings no discomfort.

Thousands of years have passed since the Nine States Heaven and Earth took shape, and under Jiang Chen’s rule, the Netherworld had undergone a transformative change.

The most notable change is that the Netherworld has become more orderly, and the state where various ghost kings claimed mountains as their kingdoms during the reign of the underworld is now nonexistent.

All ghosts must be registered without allowing the existence of stray spirits. To achieve this, a large workforce is needed.

The Netherworld did not have such manpower in the past, but ever since Jiang Chen imparted the Ghost Immortal Dao and ghosts began to cultivate, the number of strong figures in the Netherworld increased rapidly.

Then Jiang Chen recruited these strong figures, appointing them as ghost soldiers, ghost generals, ghost commanders, or ghost kings based on their strength, to serve the Yin Court, maintain the order of the Netherworld, and accumulate merit.

With the help of cultivators from the Ghost Immortal Dao, Jiang Chen gained a large number of obedient followers, naturally having the sufficient strength to govern the chaos of the Netherworld.

In just a few hundred years, the atmosphere of the entire Netherworld was revitalized. The ghosts living there enjoyed a life no different from that of the living, living peacefully and happily.

Of course, the significant change in the atmosphere of the Netherworld and its restored order is not just because of the cultivators from the Ghost Immortal Dao maintaining order.

The main reason is that the Town God system conceived by Jiang Chen has been successfully established, reaching every corner of the Nine States Continent.

With the cooperation of the Town God system and the Yin Court, ghosts from the human world have no chance to smuggle into the Netherworld, which is why order was restored so quickly in the Netherworld.

The reason why wanderer and stray ghosts could never be eradicated in the past was not that the underworld lacked experts, but because human ghosts would occasionally smuggle over.

Just as one ghost king was eliminated here, three more ghost kings would smuggle in from the human race over there, making it impossible to eradicate ghost kings completely, and their numbers grew the more they were fought.

It wasn’t until the Town God system was successfully established that this issue was resolved. Although the Town God system falls under the jurisdiction of the Yin Court, it is established in the human world, just like the government offices of the human world, with at least one in each county.

And each county’s Town God governs only the local citizens. Whenever a citizen dies, regardless of how they died, their soul must first be detained at the local Town God Temple, and then sent uniformly to the Netherworld after being judged by the Town God.

Because there are Town Gods everywhere in the human world, stray spirits and wandering ghosts are naturally fewer. With no stray spirits and wandering ghosts in the human world, there naturally are no ghosts smuggling into the Netherworld.

And with no new influx of human ghosts, the remaining stray spirits in the Netherworld dwindled and were soon eradicated.

Simultaneously, the emergence of the Town God system replaced some of the Yin Court’s duties, greatly relieving the pressure on Yin Court officials, allowing them to focus on other matters.

With such mutual cooperation, the order of the Netherworld gradually restored, coupled with deliberate guidance, the atmosphere improved as well.

The renewed atmosphere of the Netherworld allowed the ghosts there to gain relative fairness, and the lingering resentment dissipated by more than half.

All this is Jiang Chen’s accomplishment!

Under the governance of the underworld, the Netherworld was a hell, filled with the wailing of ghosts, and a sea of boundless resentment covered the skies as far as the eye could see.

Yet under Jiang Chen’s management for just a few thousand years, the face of this realm changed drastically; the constant wailing vanished, and the sky shrouded in resentment became clear again.

It’s no longer a hell; now, the Netherworld has begun to resemble the atmosphere of the Heavenly Realm, it’s almost like an underground Heaven.

The same place, just with a different person in charge, immediately underwent such a transformation, showcasing Jiang Chen’s abilities.

This also highlights the incompetence of the previous Buddhist door strongmen managing the Netherworld. Under their governance, the Netherworld was plunged into extreme distress, and it’s not an exaggeration for Jiang Chen to call them demons, which is exactly apt and not unfounded.

Indeed, it is the Buddhist door, and not the Heaven Court.

Though the underworld was previously a subordinate institution of the Heaven Court, in reality, it was always the Buddhist door managing it.

The authority of the underworld had long been usurped by the Buddhist door, and they didn’t fly their flag only to save face for the Jade Emperor, making him the scapegoat, thus they continued under the name of Heaven Court.

Ordinary people don’t know about this, but anyone with connections is well aware of it.

"The Nine States Heaven and Earth have grown increasingly strong under my management. In contrast, the Immortal World, opened just a little later than the Nine States, has seen no development whatsoever, and even shows signs of regression."

"To think you can wear me down, dear sister, how could you outlast me."

It’s not boasting for Jiang Chen, a comparison between the Nine States Heaven and Earth and the Immortal World, and one can only say that the future is certainly on the side of the Nine States Heaven and Earth.

The Nine Heavens are thriving, the Nine States are in vigorous development, the Netherworld’s new look is evident, and the entire Nine States Heaven and Earth are advancing in a positive direction.

Because of this, the Nine States Heaven and Earth have given Jiang Chen positive feedback, strengthening him further, and he is now on the brink of breaking through the Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial and stepping into the Infinite Creation Realm.

However, since the birth of the Immortal World, those Great Divine Transcendents who created it have only concerned themselves with quickly enhancing their power, with no concern for managing the Immortal World. Consequently, not only has the Immortal World not developed, but there are even signs of regression.

At this rate, Jiang Chen wouldn’t even need to make a move; the Immortal World might collapse on its own.

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Jiang Chen first took a tour of the Netherworld, then journeyed into its depths toward Mother Earth’s Taoist Field, the Reincarnation Divine Palace.

Mother Earth had never been the master of the Netherworld from the beginning; she was the master of Reincarnation. If there is any distinction between the two, it is naturally that the master of Reincarnation holds a higher position.

The master of the Netherworld can only lead the Netherworld.

But the master of Reincarnation can wield the authority over heaven and earth’s reincarnation, a rank second only to the Tiandi, almost comparable to the Taoist Ancestors, far beyond what the role of the Netherworld’s master could rival.

In the past, Jiang Chen would travel quickly to the Reincarnation Divine Palace, but uniquely this time, he moved very slowly, taking the time it takes to sip a cup of tea to arrive before the Reincarnation Hall.

His slow pace was for a reason, for Jiang Chen’s visit to Mother Earth this time wasn’t to bring benefits, but to ask for a sacrifice, making his steps naturally slow.

"Why has Your Majesty come to my place, is there any news about resurrecting my brothers?"

Perhaps having sensed something, Mother Earth, upon seeing Jiang Chen this time, didn’t bother with pleasantries as before, directly inquiring about the resurrection of the other Ancestral Witches.

"Ah this..."

Hearing Mother Earth suddenly bring up the matter, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but feel somewhat guilty.

This matter was something Jiang Chen had always been working on, and there had been some progress, but it wasn’t very promising; it still required a long time to resurrect Di Jiang and the others.

With tangible progress achieved, Jiang Chen shouldn’t have felt guilty facing Mother Earth’s questions.

However, what he was about to say next would not only nullify his achievements but also destroy Mother Earth’s efforts. Given this context, Jiang Chen couldn’t avoid feeling guilty. freēwēbnovel.com

To the extent that he vaguely felt that Mother Earth likely guessed his ill intentions, thus preemptively bringing up this matter to block his words and make it difficult for him to speak.