[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star":3,"chapter-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-97":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After Fifteen Years of Secret Cultivation, I Start as a Top-Grade Ultimate Peak!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2282205,4464,"Chapter 97: Seizing the Qilin Blood","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-97",97,"\u003Cp>“You… how is this possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Shi’an stared at Li Muxian before him, feeling the vast amount of heavenly qi he had just absorbed vanish completely, his cloudy eyes filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the originally wild and powerful hidden blood qi had sunk into dormancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized that, despite his Tianren realm cultivation, he had now lost all control over heavenly qi and could no longer draw any qi from the surrounding environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if in an instant, he had been cast down from a Tianren martial master to an ordinary man with not a trace of martial qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Sheng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Tu Yao barked sharply, as if trying to rouse the frozen Sheng Shi’an.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arm muscles bulged, his fist intent shaking the void like a dragon’s low roar; he launched a punch, filling the sky with dark shadowy fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each fist shadow weighed like a thousand-pound hammer, the terrifying rush of air exploding in thunderous crashes; a hundred fist shadows piled atop one another, like overlapping waves gathering unimaginable power before crashing down upon Li Muxian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Muxian turned his head, raising an eyebrow, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This fist technique isn’t bad, but it’s nowhere near mine—and even if I stood still and let you hit me, it wouldn’t do a thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he reached out and seized the piled fist shadows, which vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Tu Yao, not far away, suddenly felt a chill in his spirit, his face twisting in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt himself bound by an irresistible force; even the martial qi within his meridians and dantian had turned to stagnant water, utterly immobile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, his entire body lost control and flew toward Li Muxian, arriving before him in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Tu Yao saw Li Muxian flick his fingers, sending two talisman lights flying into himself and Sheng Shi’an.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hand over the Qilin blood, and you’ll suffer less.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Muxian spoke slowly, and at once, the Life-Death Talismans within Sheng Shi’an and Tu Yao activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A searing, bone-deep itching and pain, like ten thousand ants gnawing their flesh, ravaged their bodies; the two men, who hadn’t felt such agony since reaching Tianren, convulsed violently, screaming like beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, what demonic art have you cultivated? It’s terrifying!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuanling watched the two once-formidable Tianren masters reduced to such a state in Li Muxian’s hands, shrank back, and glanced at him with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she was still gripping her collar, unable to escape even if she wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Li Muxian shook the girl in his hand, her pale face trembling, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t talk nonsense—how is this demonic art?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he added, threateningly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And don’t go spreading today’s events around—I’ve got plenty of little admirers out there. Don’t tarnish my reputation for no reason.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Yuanling bit her lip and muttered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But quickly, she nodded vigorously, hurriedly saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it, got it! Don’t shake me anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, even masters like Sheng Shi’an and Tu Yao could not resist the torment of the Life-Death Talismans and confessed everything about the Qilin blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining the information he needed, Li Muxian’s gaze flickered, and he turned to gaze into the depths of the cave, squinting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like I need to hurry—can’t let that city lord eat all the Qilin blood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he spoke, Li Yuanling beside him suddenly felt the scenery before her rush away once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her vision, she clearly saw the gray-robed elder Sheng Shi’an and Tu Yao both with a finger-sized hole appearing between their brows, falling backward from midair, silently plummeting toward the underground palace below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces, even in death, wore expressions of terror and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the final agony of the Life-Death Talismans, they could never believe that such a young man as Li Muxian possessed overwhelming martial power that crushed them utterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, after he struck, they had not even a fraction of strength left to resist—helpless, they were slaughtered, their deepest ambitions ending only in death and dissolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Li Muxian carried Li Yuanling through several dark rock caves and arrived before a half-open heavy stone gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could someone have beaten us here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuanling, dangling in midair, spoke; along the way, she had seen only the corpses of guards—clearly, they were too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Muxian said nothing. Consuming Qilin blood was already extremely difficult; now that someone had interrupted the city lord, it wasn’t necessarily bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he carried Li Yuanling through the stone gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After advancing dozens of zhang, they reached a narrow rock cliff, beneath which lay a natural underground cold pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pool was deep, its calm surface continuously rising wisps of cold vapor; the extreme chill coated the surrounding rocks in thick frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet on the other side of the pool, brilliant flames blazed, rolling waves of heat surging outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, four figures clashed rapidly across the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old woman in white robes moved like the wind, her body a blur of white, her swordlight sharp and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two were Han Meiyan and Zhang He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Meiyan’s eyes glowed as she struck with palm strikes, using powerful palm winds to swirl crimson-pink mist that slammed into a man whose skin was charred and smoldering with crimson embers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang He clung tightly to the man, biting into his back, his own flesh torn and bloody, legs broken in several places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite the man’s punches and kicks, Zhang He refused to let go, instead tearing off and swallowing mouthfuls of the man’s flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s aura seemed strong, yet unstable; a powerful force within his body relentlessly tore him apart from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, facing Han Meiyan and the other two, he could only desperately fend them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You deserve to die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Zhangqing roared, his appearance as if scorched by fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his hair had been burned away; his skin and face held not a single unblemished patch, only charred, rotting flesh—horrifying to behold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Han Meiyan’s poison made him periodically dazed, while the Immortal of the Soaring Waves’ sword qi worsened his wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhang He, clinging to him like a leech, gnawed at him relentlessly, driving him into uncontrollable rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1048,"2026-06-20T01:43:38.503Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4f0d19bcb87f7fb5a8d05843895cdc23b5101418c4050233918918ccf68ed737","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-98","after-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-chapter-96",259,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-fifteen-years-of-secret-cultivation-i-star-cover.jpg"]