[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-the-immortals-disappeared":3,"chapter-after-the-immortals-disappeared-after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-26":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After the Immortals Disappeared",{"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},2283910,4468,"Chapter 26: The Number One General in Three Hundred Years","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>\"General Red?\" The father and son of the He family looked at each other in dismay. \"General Red died before Zhong Shengguang?\" \"Zhong Shengguang had a host of fierce generals under his command, but if one were to speak of the number one person on the battlefield, it could only be General Red.\" Mentioning the famous generals of the past, Sun Fu also looked on with longing. \"In the latter twenty years, the iron-willed army of Panlong City was almost entirely built by his own hands. The letters left behind by the people of Panlong City that I obtained mentioned that he was a genius in the art of war, looking down upon the battlefield with disdain, and he took on the brunt of the pressure that would have otherwise fallen on Zhong Shengguang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, do you know that after twelve years of defending the city, Zhong Shengguang was already covered in wounds and illness, making it very difficult for him to carry on? The saying 'a general dies in a hundred battles' is true; having an iron will is far from enough—one must also have an iron body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've heard of this. It is said that General Red once led several dozen men to scout behind enemy lines, only to unexpectedly run head-on into two thousand Xianyou enemy troops. He fought two thousand with only a few dozen. Most of his followers were killed in battle, yet General Red fought more fiercely the more he killed, actually turning the tables and sending the enemy troops scurrying in terror. He created the legendary feat of a few men pursuing two thousand. I wonder if he had entered a state of 'Tyrant Body'...\" At this term, everyone frowned, and He Lingchuan quickly coughed. \"Anyway, reinforcements arrived in the end, and Panlong City won a great victory. There are too many legends about General Red in Heishui City; I could tell you for three days and three nights and still not finish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an exaggeration, but people loved these stories that were both exaggerated and blood-pumping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was the Battle of Black Pine Pass.\" Sun Fu nodded. \"Do you know what year this happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not quite sure.\" He Chunhua thought for a moment. \"Was it after Xiluo and Xianyou's talks collapsed and Panlong City was besieged again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was the autumn of the same year that the Xianyou Kingdom resumed war against Xiluo, the Panlong Wasteland became an enclave again, and Panlong City turned into a lonely city once more!\" Sun Fu said slowly. \"The wording in the letters is also very interesting; they call General Red's appearance 'a bolt from the blue,' resisting the tide of enemies from all sides and stabilizing the morale of the Panlong army!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where he sang, He Lingchuan chimed in, obediently playing the role of a listener: \"Indeed. Such an unparalleled fierce man, the savior of Panlong City—how could he have had no presence at all before, only to 'appear like a bolt from the blue' at this moment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the legends of General Red, he was as familiar with them as the people of Heishui City, but a legend is just a legend. Given the near-total lack of data, who would really go and examine the historical details from over a hundred years ago? Nian Songyu took up the thread: \"The Grand Marshal reviewed historical materials and believes that Zhong Shengguang's offering to the gods came first, and General Red's sudden appearance came later; the two must be connected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Chunhua: \"So, the gods' assistance, apart from the Great Square Pot, was actually manifested in the person of General Red?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To bestow two kinds of aid at once—this god was truly very generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least he was a very important link in it.\" Sun Fu continued, \"The personal guard's letters also mentioned that General Red left Panlong City twice: once to go to Xiluo, and once to reach the Xianyou Kingdom! He regretted not following him; otherwise, he might have had the chance to be stationed in his homeland instead of being buried in the wasteland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The He father and son were greatly surprised: \"General Red actually returned to Xiluo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn't it said that Panlong City was besieged and became a lonely city?\" He Lingchuan clicked his tongue twice. \"He was actually still able to go to Xianyou... Hmm, what did he go to Xianyou for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is unclear.\" Nian Songyu shrugged. \"When he went, when he returned, and what he specifically did—the data we have doesn't mention it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if he is the number one general in three hundred years, his various actions were beyond imagination. Perhaps he himself was an incomparably powerful sorcerer, and he also had the destiny of the entire Panlong Wasteland superimposed upon him.\" Sun Fu let out a long sigh. \"However, I am more inclined to believe that General Red was no longer human, but a demigod!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A demigod?\" He Chunhua gasped. \"You mean, a divine descent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct, it is a divine descent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usually calm and steady Prefect He was both astonished and bewildered at this moment, but he quickly steadied his mind: \"There are only three recorded instances of divine descent in history from ancient times to the present.\" However, General Red's achievements were overly brilliant, so attributing them to a god seemed more acceptable. \"It is said that the requirements for divine descent are extremely harsh; otherwise, there wouldn't be so few examples.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lingchuan immediately searched the original body's memories for the two words \"divine descent,\" but after flipping through them for a long time, he only found a vague impression. It is said that there are gods three feet above one's head, but in reality, gods exist beyond the heavens and cannot directly descend into this realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the deity themselves cannot come, under extremely limited conditions, they can attach themselves to a human body to act through \"divine descent,\" which also counts as indirectly entering the human world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People who accept a \"divine descent\" are also known as demigods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, gods usually do not interfere in human affairs, but there are always exceptions to everything.\" Sun Fu said, \"In the spring of the thirty-second year of defending Panlong City, Xianyou and Baling gathered five vassal states to send troops together, and they also requested six hundred demon troops from the northern demon kingdom, launching an unprecedented attack on Panlong City. It is said that the battle was so intense that it 'leveled the mountains,' and the entire Indou Mountain on the north side was razed to the ground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that battle, all six hundred demon troops and the two great demon generals leading them were killed in action. Of the five great national preceptors sent by the seven kingdoms, three died and one was seriously injured. There is no need to even mention the casualties of the soldiers; it is said that in the five years following this great battle, 'eight or nine out of ten' of the fertile fields in the Xianyou Kingdom were left fallow, as there were not enough young and able-bodied men to till the land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nian Songyu sighed: \"As the winning side of the attack, the Xianyou Kingdom still couldn't withstand such losses. Not many years after the great battle of Panlong City ended, civil strife broke out, and it split into several small countries, with wars continuing to this day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The letters mentioned that General Red fell in this world-shaking battle. Three days after his death, Panlong City was breached, and Zhong Shengguang committed suicide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's how it was.\" He Chunhua couldn't help but sigh. \"What a pity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pity that hundreds of thousands of loyal bones were buried in the Panlong Wasteland, yet they ultimately failed to defy the heavens and change their fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not just a pity, but terrifying.\" He Lingchuan also sighed. \"An army that even seven kingdoms could barely defeat has now become the heroic spirits we have to deal with. By the way, no matter how powerful the Dafeng Army was, it couldn't have been without the credit of the Great Square Pot; yet in the end, Panlong City was still taken. Could it be that the Great Square Pot failed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is unclear.\" Sun Fu spread his hands. \"It is not recorded anywhere. It is already not easy for us to deduce the above content from the limited data; these are all just glimpses of the whole, seeing only a small part. The truth, I fear, will never be known.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nian Songyu stood up and stretched: \"Rest early. From tomorrow on, we might not be able to sleep soundly anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meeting was adjourned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The He father and son stayed in the same small room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was very small, barely able to fit two small beds. When the two grown men lay down, their legs could hardly stretch out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the bedding was unexpectedly dry; He Lingchuan speculated it was because the desert was too arid. There was some sand and dirt on the ground, but none of those annoying little creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1519,"2026-06-20T02:23:30.219Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bbc778e31d9936582d72f2ed7d4c20c625512bad329dacc455cf601f2d184d5e","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-27","after-the-immortals-disappeared-chapter-25",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-the-immortals-disappeared-cover.jpg"]