Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1371 - 927, why don’t you just wait for death honestly?

"But who could have imagined that the prodigal sons in our eyes would, in just a few centuries, become the supreme beings between Heaven and Earth, equal to Saints, to the extent that we are not even qualified to look up to them."

"Spirit Destroying Mountain, slaughtering the Demon Clan, repelling myriad clans, beheading demon masters, establishing the Divine Dao, molding the cosmos... These earth-shattering events were all completed consecutively within a few centuries, and moreover, all by the same person’s hand."

"It must be said, when I first heard this news, I was so shocked that I couldn’t utter a word. I even thought that the person was not you, but someone else who just happened to have the same name."

"Eradicating the Demon Clan and honoring the King, decapitating demon masters to pave the way for emperors, reshaping the cosmos to vie for the supreme position."

"Jiang Chen, you have truly lived a magnificent few centuries, compared to you, the achievements of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are nothing but the light of glowworms against the sun and moon."

"It’s laughable that Xiang Yu and I once looked down upon you, considering you merely a prodigal child. Looking at it now, I see that the real laughingstock was the two of us, akin to clowns."

Liu Bang had to admit that his appearance today was solely driven by jealousy of Jiang Chen.

He simply couldn’t understand how that youth, who looked inferior to him all those years ago, could, in just a few centuries, become a figure he couldn’t hope to reach.

We are both human, so why is the gap so vast?

Compared to Jiang Chen, Liu Bang’s past hundred or so years seemed as if it was wasted, as worthless as a dog’s life.

Liu Bang’s greatest dream was to become a figure like Emperor Qin Shi Huang, but as he grew old, he realized that throughout the history of the Human Race, there were only a few who could measure up to such prodigious figures, let alone surpass them.

Too dazzling, beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Liu Bang knew he was just an ordinary man, and even if he exhausted his whole life, he could never see Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s silhouette.

After Emperor Qin Shi Huang, there has not been, nor is it likely there will ever be another who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Liu Bang always comforted himself with this thought; it wasn’t because he didn’t try hard enough that he couldn’t match Emperor Qin Shi Huang or catch up to his pace, it was because Emperor Qin was simply too strong, and the people of later generations could not compare to him.

In his later years, Liu Bang constantly consoled himself in this way to justify his unfulfilled desires. This self-comfort was quite effective, until, unexpectedly, Jiang Chen burst onto the scene.

What Liu Bang thought impossible, Jiang Chen achieved; this youth, even younger than him, had, in just a few centuries, become a presence equal to and even surpassing Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

In terms of achievements, Emperor Qin Shi Huang fell short of Jiang Chen.

It was already upsetting enough for Liu Bang that someone shattered his illusions and became a figure comparable to Emperor Qin Shi Huang, but it turned out this person was someone he knew, the same youth he once dismissed as a prodigal son.

Now, Liu Bang was even more perturbed. It’s not that he feared others living well, he feared those around him living better. Knowing the person or not makes the feelings completely different.

Seeing some great figure, strangers might exclaim, "Holy shit, this person is incredible."

While someone familiar would say, "How could he be so incredible, that doesn’t make sense..."

Liu Bang’s feelings were just like this; he couldn’t accept it, he was jealous, he couldn’t understand how Jiang Chen could be so much better than him when they were both human.

The intense jealousy allowed the long-deceased Liu Bang’s obsessions to coalesce and manifest before Jiang Chen.

"You’re just jealous of me!"

"Emperor Qin once said, ’An emperor’s deeds surpass the Three Sovereigns, and his virtue exceeds the Five Emperors.’"

"Looking at it now, this phrase seems tailor-made for me. In this world today, aside from me, who dares to claim their deeds surpass the Three Sovereigns and their virtue exceeds the Five Emperors?"

Jiang Chen could divine the affairs of the world with just a thought; Liu Bang’s thoughts naturally couldn’t be concealed from him, but he did not prevent Liu Bang from speaking. He did it deliberately, deliberately using Liu Bang’s words to broadcast his achievements in front of the world.

The Cultivators all knew what he had done these years and naturally understood why he had the right to become the Human King. But Mortals knew nothing of his achievements, they were utterly unaware.

This was not good; how could a Human King whose deeds are unknown to the world unite the hearts of the people? Yet, it wasn’t fitting for Jiang Chen to promote these achievements himself, lest it appeared self-aggrandizing.

And that’s when Liu Bang’s arrival suited Jiang Chen just fine.

Liu Bang, the founder of the Great Han, was also Jiang Chen’s foe. To have him proclaim his achievements was strikingly effective. What praise could be greater than that from an enemy?

Indeed, as Liu Bang recounted Jiang Chen’s actions, the expressions of everyone present changed, most in disbelief, with only a few revealing looks of admiration.

Why not believe it? Mainly because of Jiang Chen’s age, too young. Before this, many thought that Jiang Chen must have been a giant of the Human Race from the Ancient Times or the Distant Ancient Era.

But now, after hearing Liu Bang’s words, the crowd was astonished to discover that Jiang Chen was even younger than Liu Bang. At just three to four hundred years old, he had become the king who held sway over the rise and fall of the Human Race.

If it were just that, it might be acceptable. Young is just young, one could interpret it as the reincarnation of a great being.

However, what Jiang Chen said next was even more shocking - his achievements surpassed those of the Three Sovereigns, his virtue was greater than the Five Emperors; compared to Emperor Qin Shi Huang, he was more deserving of the title emperor.