[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ascending-to-the-jade-palace":3,"chapter-ascending-to-the-jade-palace-ascending-to-the-jade-palace-chapter-158":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ascending to the Jade Palace",{"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},2320620,4538,"Chapter 158: The Path to the Great Dao Is Narrow; Yulou Must Push Forward Hard (1.13W)","ascending-to-the-jade-palace-chapter-158",158,"\u003Cp>The life of a cultivator is not entirely dramatic; though dramatic events sound heroic, they often come with risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the turmoil at the Dropwater Heavenly Hall, Wang Yulou’s cultivation in Dropwater Cave stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No fools came to bother him, no malicious enemies launched covert attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even under Hongli’s threat, Yuan Daoshen occasionally sent Wang Yaohai to Hewan Fishing Port to check on Yulou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than a planet, it was more like a mobile space fortress, a colossal vessel gleaming like the full moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though named a Daoist temple, her arrival drew countless dashing young men—some reciting poetry within its halls, others sparring with martial heroes—making the temple busier than a brothel district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drove hard to the 45-degree rib area, stopped abruptly, faked a shot, sidestepped Bennett, then used a step-up to shift his position and sank a bank shot for two points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sequence had the feel of Olajuwon’s moves, and the soft hook shot landed cleanly for two points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Yi said the fewer times they met, the better—meaning he hoped incidents of supernatural loss of control would occur as rarely as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After flying out of the South City Gate using lightness skill, Guo Yitian immediately summoned the Azure Dragon and rode its back at top speed toward the Li family compound in Suzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greg Smith tried again to grab the offensive rebound, but Li Liang held him firmly behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Gu Henghai’s back, Gu Tian’en squinted slightly—some matters truly needed careful handling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the connection to the energy core severed, Yuan Shi’s body collapsed like a puppet with cut strings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Naturally—the True Cultivation Alliance never accepts outsiders. This rupture must have a reason, yet joining the Alliance isn’t out of the question,” said Chengtian Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Wu Shaobai looked frail enough to collapse at any moment, his tone was utterly unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yu said the same words three times; this time, the Evil Lord’s side fell silent for a long while, then erupted in roaring laughter that shook the nine heavens and obliterated the four directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zhiran looked over and saw indeed a long-haired man in a tank top and dress pants walking toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Yuan Ying-era old monster Xiao Yaozi as escort, Chengtian and Xu Changde felt far more at ease—they traveled with laughter and conversation, recounting the full story of this affair to Xiao Yaozi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade’s radiance instantly sliced through space, severing his leg as it stepped out of the rift; black mist surged, black blood gushed forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Ice Palace, warmth lingered like spring, fire trees and silver flowers shimmered in dazzling splendor, like a legendary utopia, filling the heart with joy and clarity. As they advanced, houses lined the path, residents labored outdoors, and the palace’s silhouette, veiled in mist, gradually grew clear—sacred, elegant, grand and majestic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yurou and Zhong Yuwei sat together; she still held a kite, chattering away to Zhong Yuwei, while Bai Shu gazed at the kite and sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far beyond ordinary mortals, he showed no sign of fatigue; at that moment, Xuan Bing’s spiritual sense withdrew from within the Bingpo Sword’s inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ning and Zhu Yan both bowed in assent, stepped forward to greet Zhou Yu, called him brother, and invited him to stroll outside the hall; Han Yi remained inside with Zhou Shang, discussing his governance since becoming Governor of Lujiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the key point was—he was currently locked in a struggle with the Dragon Qi; if the swordlight delayed him, he’d have to face the Dragon Qi head-on. Dragon Qi was the king of all energies, backed by the power of an entire nation, exalted beyond measure—even divine spirits retreated before it, let alone the Dragon Qi in full eruption, which was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Xudanzi emerged several times from the stone pillar; seeing Tianlong’s state, he nodded in satisfaction, made no disturbance, and after a moment of concentration, slipped back into the pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>",662,"2026-06-20T15:48:26.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f8010267c487f31b701865cd6d268830bfb375f0d900dbc5d1605b1c3a70c3ef","ascending-to-the-jade-palace-chapter-159","ascending-to-the-jade-palace-chapter-157",243,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fascending-to-the-jade-palace-cover.jpg"]