Journey to the West: Signing in for 500 Years

Chapter 345 - 339 Shattering the Black Tortoise Cave with Bare Hands【Seeking subscriptions and monthly tickets】_1

Upon the mention of Lord Yuan Shi delivering a lecture, Sha Chen furrowed his brow.He would naturally be very willing to listen to the lecture alone. After all, it is a rare opportunity to hear a Saint speak. From the teachings he had received from Laozi and Tongtian Hierarch, he had gained considerable insights and benefited greatly. If he could also listen to Lord Yuan Shi, it would undoubtedly lead to rapid progress.

But he was least willing to meet Lord Yuan Shi, as he had many karmic ties with him. The divine powers he possessed, as well as his magical tools, mostly had more or less to do with Lord Yuan Shi. Especially the Jade Purity Scriptures, which he had learned on his own, not from Lord Yuan Shi. Meeting Lord Yuan Shi would make it impossible to explain.

Last time Laozi came, Sha Chen was almost scared to death and didn’t know what to do. If Lord Yuan Shi came, it would be even more impossible to explain.

Sha Chen said, "I won’t go. You can go if you want. In fact, with your status and strength, listening to the lecture would be more beneficial than not for you."

Chang E said, "If Brother won’t go, then I won’t go either."

Seventh Mother said, "I’m not going either."

Chang E said, "Even if you wanted to go, I bet they wouldn’t let you in. People from the Chan Sect dislike those who are born from moistness and eggs."

Seventh Mother got angry and said, "What are you saying?"

Chang E said, "I’m stating the facts, and it’s not just me saying this, but the people from the Chan Sect."

Sha Chen said, "Enough. I don’t care about the attitude of the Chan Sect people. They dislike those who are born from moistness and eggs, and I dislike their sanctimonious appearance."

Upon hearing this, Seventh Mother was immensely moved. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novｅlfire.net

She wept and said, "Big Brother, you are so nice to me, protecting me like this! BOO HOO HOO, you really are the best."

Chang E fell silent.

Sha Chen gestured for them to continue eating and drinking, and then they chatted casually. Mostly, it was Chang E talking about events happening outside, and Sha Chen nodded frequently in response.

Seventh Mother watched, feeling a bit jealous. At the same time, she thought to herself that she must step into the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm as soon as possible. Only then could she go out and make her mark earlier, and when she came back next time, she would be the one telling Sha Chen about events, and he would listen to her just as attentively.

There were really too many things happening outside, and if one were to talk about them, it would take three days and three nights without end. Sha Chen told Chang E to stop and said that the three big events he currently knew about were enough for him to digest.

In reality, only the matters of the Dragon Clan were of slight concern to him, but he wouldn’t make any significant changes. All he could do was instruct Chang E and Seventh Mother to help Ao Lie and Dragon Girl if they encountered them outside.

He did want to hear Lord Yuan Shi’s lecture, but he didn’t want to have any contact with Lord Yuan Shi. So, he had no desire to do anything. The only thing left to do was to cultivate.

After they had finished eating and drinking, Sha Chen declined Chang E’s invitation for a long heart-to-heart, instead opting to continue his secluded cultivation. Chang E, for her part, was maneuvered by Sha Chen into taking Seventh Mother off his hands, leading her into the Eight-Treasure Water Tower for a thorough cleansing of worldly dust.

The two were engaged in a battle of wits.

Seventh Mother thought of joining forces with her other sisters against Chang E once inside the Eight-Treasure Water Tower. On the other hand, Chang E planned to subdue Seventh Mother and her sisters with her strong cultivation and aura, and thus declare her position.

Sha Chen paid no attention to this. Women’s intricate rivalries were something not even they might fully understand, let alone him! Cultivation was still the most practical pursuit.

However, he also arranged with Chang E and the others to deliver a lecture to them in the coming days. Therefore, he spent only two days on cultivation to increase his mana over these days. The rest of the time, he categorized the resources and refined them into Immortal Pills.

「A few days passed.」

To his surprise, Sha Chen found he could now extract the Heavenly Splitting Palm!

GASP!

Being able to extract the Heavenly Splitting Palm left Sha Chen stunned and then incredibly shocked.

"Did Yang Jian really drive away Peach Mountain and release Princess Yunhua?" he wondered. "Now, the times are truly changing."

The system had given Sha Chen three options, and he chose to help Yang Jian by releasing Princess Yunhua. He didn’t do it personally, but he helped release her. Then, he arranged for Shen Gongbao to acquire the Mountain-driving Whip, and Yang Jian subsequently went to snatch it from Shen Gongbao.

It seems now that Yang Jian not only stole the whip but also drove away Peach Mountain and released the prisoner.

Sha Chen was startled and overjoyed, yet there was also a hint of worry.

"The timing isn’t really good now. With Yang Jian releasing Princess Yunhua, he has even less to worry about and can act even more unrestrainedly. He probably doesn’t care about the Heavenly Court’s orders or edicts of amnesty. As such, the confrontation with the Heavenly Court is going to intensify."

Sha Chen’s expression was grave. If this was the case, Yang Jian might well have no room for compromise with the Heavenly Court. If the Journey to the West truly happened over two hundred years later... According to the original trajectory, Yang Jian would release Princess Yunhua, but it would be a rightful act on his part. The Jade Emperor consented, and Yang Jian had the ability, using the Mountain-driving Whip and the Mountain-Striking Gong, to drive away the mountain. Most importantly, at that time, there was no significant conflict between Yang Jian and the Heavenly Court; he had accumulated countless merits and achievements. Under the Jade Emperor’s tacit approval, he did so. Moreover, at that time, Jiang Ziya also assisted. With the support of Jiang Ziya, a second-generation disciple of the Chan Sect, one could say he had the Chan Sect’s backing. Thus it came to be, the Jade Emperor naturally would not make things difficult for Yang Jian. Nor would the denizens of the Heavenly Court gossip.

"Forget it, everyone has their own destiny. Since Yang Jian has released his mother, then that’s his fate. Even if he were to revolt, that too would be his fate. In any case... I’ll draw a clear line between him and me, so as not to be implicated by his actions."

Sha Chen thought to himself and decided not to concern himself with this matter any longer. He also made up his mind that if Yang Jian came seeking refuge with his whole family, he would clearly and unequivocally turn them away. He certainly did not want to be dragged down by Yang Jian.

Thinking this, Sha Chen felt justified in taking out the Heavenly Splitting Palm. After only practicing for a moment, he had already grasped the basics.

Afterward, Sha Chen repeated his old trick, performing the moves in front of the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, and indeed, he managed to incorporate the Heavenly Splitting Palm into the scripture.

The Heavenly Splitting Palm consisted of nine layers, each crucially important, requiring vast amounts of mana and Divine Power. The power was naturally boundless.

Sha Chen estimated that even Xiaoyu from the future would not be able to cultivate the Heavenly Splitting Palm to its ultimate pinnacle. She was a demon who had consumed the wick of the Treasured Lotus Lantern and possessed hundreds of thousands of years’ worth of great mana. With the Heavenly Splitting Palm, she even claimed to be unbeatable in the world. However, in reality, she was not truly unbeatable in the world. At that time, not many from the Heavenly Court intervened, and the true powerhouses did not even bother with this so-called great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace. After all, it involved Yang Jian and Liu Chenxiang’s family affairs, and those implicated were also involved in the quest to save a mother by splitting a mountain. Furthermore, to put it bluntly, not many powerhouses made an appearance.

Sha Chen estimated that with her own mana, Xiaoyu could unleash the power of the seventh layer of the Heavenly Splitting Palm, which was already very strong. Later on, she merged with Liu Chenxiang, and with the power of the husband and wife combined, they possessed unparalleled mana and Divine Power.

In fact, at that time, Liu Chenxiang, with help from various parties, had stolen more Immortal Pills than Sun Wukong had in the past. With Yang Jian’s help in refining them using various methods, his true strength was already not beneath that of Sun Wukong and Yang Jian. At that time, if he had continued to cultivate on his original trajectory... Sun Wukong and Yang Jian would have been on equal footing, both likely at the Initial Quasi-Saint Level. That is to say, Liu Chenxiang’s realm was about the same as theirs, also at this level. Only by merging with Xiaoyu’s mana could the power they unleash with the Heavenly Splitting Palm reach the mightiest ninth layer! But in the later stages, the Heavenly Splitting Palm was of no use. Because after Liu Chenxiang had obtained Xiaoyu’s mana, he relied on his own ’Five Elements Emergence’, which was even more formidable.

Sha Chen’s current adaptation of the Heavenly Splitting Palm could be cultivated to the strongest ninth layer. Xiaoyu, after swallowing the wick of the lantern and reaching the eighth layer, had already reached the limit that the Heavenly Yao Fox Clan’s physical bodies could bear. Then, with such divine power, she went on to confront Sun Wukong, supposedly able to split open his Indestructible Vajra Body.

But it was never tested, for Sun Wukong’s mana was too strong, his divine powers immense, and he would not stand still to be hit by it. Certainly, Xiaoyu’s cultivation to the eighth layer did indeed pose a potential threat to Sun Wukong’s physical body. At that time, Sun Wukong’s mana was at the Initial Quasi-Saint Level, and his physical body was probably only at the Pinnacle Da Luo Dharmakaya level, which was the standard of Sha Chen’s own physical body previously. If Xiaoyu had used the eighth-layer power of the Heavenly Splitting Palm against the current Sha Chen, it would have had no effect whatsoever!

Sha Chen estimated that to confront a physical body of the Quasi-Saint level, one would need to cultivate to the ninth layer at least! However, cultivating to the ninth layer was only for dealing with those at the Initial Quasi-Saint level.

Sha Chen’s physical body was already so strong now. With Divine Power hidden in his acupoints, a single move could already compare to the eighth layer of the Heavenly Splitting Palm. A slight use of Divine Power would be on par with the ninth layer.

In this light, it seemed the Heavenly Splitting Palm was not of much use anymore!

Sha Chen frowned. If the effect of the Heavenly Splitting Palm was no different from fighting with his bare hands, then what use was it to him? He might as well practice a set of Wing Chun; at least it would look good.

Fortunately, Sha Chen saw that when the Heavenly Splitting Palm was manifested on the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, there were indeed words that followed. Written in divine script were the subsequent techniques, which manifested the Heavenly Splitting Palm even more perfectly and completely! There were three more strikes, each one a formidable and sharp move.

Sha Chen glanced at them and felt as though he was about to be split open by the text and imagery of the techniques. He was so shocked that he kept stepping back, then he was filled with a mix of shock and elation.

"I never expected the Heavenly Splitting Palm to have twelve forms; this is the complete Heavenly Splitting Palm! Actually, it should be said that the Heavenly Splitting Palm has three main moves in total: a commencing move, a splitting move, and a finishing move. The Heavenly Splitting Palm rewarded by the system is actually just part of the commencing move, from which the specific nine layers were derived."

Sha Chen also saw the history of the Heavenly Splitting Palm on the Wordless Heavenly Scripture. It turned out that an ancestor of the Heavenly Yao Fox Clan had once obtained the Essence Blood of one of the divine demons slain by God Pangu. It contained memories of Pangu creating heaven and earth. Witnessing that magnificent and turbulent spectacle, the ancestor then researched and developed the Heavenly Splitting Palm!!

Sha Chen cultivated the complete Heavenly Splitting Palm.

Then, he picked up the Mountain Splitting Axe. Instantly, everything clicked into place, and he realized that his previous elementary grasp of the Heavenly Splitting Palm had instantaneously reached Great Accomplishment.

「One month later, he had brought his comprehension of all nine layers of the Heavenly Splitting Palm to Great Perfection!」

And this was merely him fully comprehending the commencing move of the Heavenly Splitting Palm.

Sha Chen continued to hold the Mountain Splitting Axe, using it in place of his hand to chop and practice the Heavenly Splitting Palm. He himself did not know how many times he had chopped.

Until he put down the Mountain Splitting Axe and, using his hand as an axe-blade, executed a splitting chop.

WHOOSH.

He had cleaved the entrance of his own Flowing Sand River Cave in two!!