[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-at-the-summit-of-the-old-gods":3,"chapter-at-the-summit-of-the-old-gods-at-the-summit-of-the-old-gods-chapter-972":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","At the Summit of the Old Gods",{"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},2363100,4618,"Chapter 972: Where Did the Boastful Arrogance Go?","at-the-summit-of-the-old-gods-chapter-972",972,"\u003Cp>“Who are you people?” Fang Lingfeng shouted sharply. “Do you dare oppose Mount Jingting?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, her grip on the Heaven-Piercing Halberd trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not from fear—but from rage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Sacred Spirit Mountain Realm, Mount Jingting was unquestionably a great sect, a top-tier power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>East Ting  disciples were accustomed to bullying others; even when facing first-rank divine believers, the other side would usually grant Mount Jingting at least a third of its respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet today, here in the Thousand Boats Alliance, they’d encountered a few reckless fools?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did they brazenly interfere, they outright killed a Jiangjing East Ting  disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do these cloaked figures have no sense of self-preservation?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah.” Deng Yuxiang’s lips curled in a mocking smile. “These Sword Lotus believers are mine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Lingfeng’s phoenix eyes narrowed: !!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Island Master and the rest of the Sword Lotus disciples, upon hearing this, froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the tiger’s den, into the wolf’s mouth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d thought today, divine intervention had arrived—two mysterious cloaked figures stepping in to right a wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they too came to claim slaves?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The several Sword Lotus believers still kneeling on the ground trembled violently inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cruelest thing in the world is to give someone hope, then violently shatter it, leaving them with deeper despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, this was the Sacred Spirit Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangers with no ties—why should anyone lift a finger to help you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sea Realm adepts, beings who held dominion over others’ lives—why would they descend from their divine thrones to kneel and speak as equals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the Sword Lotus sect wasn’t weak at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fourth-Rank Divine Entity, Sword Lotus, granted its disciples a remarkably comprehensive set of techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sect’s believers could attack, defend, control, and support; in the mortal realm, Sword Lotus followers were the backbone of the Great Xia Defense Corps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Fifteenth Night of the mortal world was always humans versus demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Sword Lotus believers’ opponents shifted to other human believers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their so-called comprehensiveness seemed to devolve into mediocrity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good! Good! Very good!” Fang Lingfeng laughed bitterly with fury, suddenly raising her halberd toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere, striking the Heaven-Piercing Halberd with perfect precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, purple currents crawled like countless tiny snakes across Fang Lingfeng’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>East Ting  Divine Art: Thunderclap Form!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her flesh was massively activated by the purple lightning, her entire range of attributes surging!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Yuxiang stood unmoved, holding her broken blade, pointing it steadily at her opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huu~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two women locked gazes, a gust of dust suddenly rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a sandstorm whipped through the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West Desert Divine Art: Drifting Sands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Lingfeng’s face darkened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—there was still a Sea Realm West Desert believer to the north!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>East Ting ’s divine art list was extremely valuable; anyone who saw it would envy it bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this sect had absolutely no perception techniques!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Burning Gate strikes right at your weakness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can’t see? Can’t lock onto your enemy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can lock onto them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yunyan could sense all things within the sand; Deng Yuxiang could pinpoint positions by sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran and Yan Shuangzi, those two vicious hounds, could slaughter freely even in sandstorms, thick fog, or darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Burning Gate,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>specializes in “seeing the world with closed eyes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sandstorm erupted, the forest terrain shifted, transforming into a churning, flowing river of quicksand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quicksand river rose and fell, trees toppled, people and horses tumbled over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fu’s Divine Art: QuickSand Talisman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!” East Ting  disciples staggered, struggling to keep their footing; to avoid being swallowed by the quicksand, they scrambled to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?” Deep in the forest, Yan Shuangzi lifted her head slightly, listening intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her figure flickered abruptly, and she slashed her blade sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Weapon—Evil Moon Crescent—swept before her, leaving behind a dark, suspended slash in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssss~ sss~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An East Ting  disciple, his legs wrapped in lightning, fled in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already blinded by the sandstorm, the undulating quicksand river severely restricted his escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, this was only an East Ting  disciple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he stumbled and occasionally fell, the East Ting  believer still managed to move across the quicksand river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any other believer would’ve already been swallowed whole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the chaotic battlefield, this East Ting  disciple failed to sense the danger approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He charged forward blindly—and walked straight into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!” The East Ting  disciple’s pupils shrank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid thick dust, his body passed through a suspended, crescent-shaped slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body did pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was severed at the waist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fixed, suspended dark slash, elegant as a crescent moon, was no trivial trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the real, tangible Divine Weapon Domain—Evil Moon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severed corpse’s cut surface was stained with strange black energy, flesh and blood rapidly rotting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Shuangzi had already vanished via instantaneous teleportation, hunting her next target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come to me!” From the moment the quicksand river appeared, Pei Island Master had already shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Sea Realm Sword Lotus believer immediately summoned a massive lotus blossom, its petals rapidly closing to shield all nearby Sword Lotus disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Island Master’s heart pounded, yet he soon realized the situation differed from his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed this QuickSand Talisman came from another Sea Realm Yu Fu disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, both cloaked figures had emerged from the Vast Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the surging quicksand river wasn’t nearly as terrifying as imagined—it couldn’t break through the lotus bud’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this massive lotus bud was now entangled by fine sand threads, dragged violently downward into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sandstorm, Jiang Ruyi couldn’t see the battlefield clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She naturally “delegated” her divine art, letting the sand threads piercing from the river autonomously engage enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield wasn’t just the quicksand river swallowing people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West Desert Divine Art: West Desert Sand Sea was also devouring lives!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>East Ting  disciples, restricted by the quicksand river, still had a chance to escape if they exerted all their strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the Sand Sea knocked them down, they had zero chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outcome was only one: buried alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instigator, Gao Yunyan, unleashed the West Desert Sand Sea with full force, her feet treading waves of yellow sand as she roamed freely atop the churning quicksand river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were also “foolish” fine sand threads in the quicksand river, trying to drag Gao Yunyan underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Yan General’s strength was astonishing—who could pull her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was like a defiant prisoner, bound by chain after chain, yet utterly unrestricted, still raging wildly, swinging her axe to slay enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many things happened simultaneously on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the sandstorm rose, a figure clad in white robes had already charged in, hammer in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huu~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran’s body blazed with flame, one hand gripping a phantom warhammer, appearing instantly above and behind Fang Lingfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It proved true: the Burning Gate’s Third Sword Technique—Shuo Star—also applied to hammer arts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiery Sky Champion—the technique for killing across ranks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Fire power—maximize it fully!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic Divine Art: Fiery Sky Hammer—comes with a shattering effect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s take advantage of the chaos and slaughter the sea today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran gathered all his strength and swung the Lie Tian Hammer down with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just explode already!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!!” That was the sound of Fang Lingfeng’s divine technique—Thunderclap Armor—and her water armor shattering together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!!” That was the Lie Tian Hammer crashing hard into the ground, blasting a massive crater into the Liushahe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Lingfeng, wreathed in lightning, shot away in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Lu Ran swung his hammer and the moment Fang Lingfeng sprinted forward occurred almost simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hammer didn’t strike solidly; it merely scraped her back, then slid along the slope of her forward-leaning body, grazing her hips before finally slamming into the earth with full force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran acknowledged the East Thunder Sect’s speed in movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But could their reaction speed be this fast too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran had already swung his hammer before activating his flash-step—but Fang Lingfeng…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, it wasn’t that Fang Lingfeng reacted quickly at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very instant the dust rose, Lu Ran chose to attack—and Fang Lingfeng chose to strike suddenly too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Sea Realm cultivator is no wooden post!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when she shot away did her pupils contract sharply, her heart nearly leaping from her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who just attacked me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unintentionally, Fang Lingfeng had escaped death—and instantly changed her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t even turn her head, forcing down her terror as she desperately weaved through the churning Liushahe, fleeing in haste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Lu Ran was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Fang Lingfeng had fled far away, vanishing from the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The East Thunder Sect… where’s the arrogance you’re supposed to have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ve bullied you this badly—you could at least swing two spears at us, just to vent some anger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And… you just ran?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re not even ashamed, how am I supposed to kill you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t chase!” Deng Yuxiang cried out urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept her eyes tightly shut, brows knotted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Deng Yuxiang had activated her Night Phantom Evil Technique—Night Wind Assault—summoning a terrifying gale to block Fang Lingfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Fang Lingfeng scrambled on all fours, rolling and crawling, using the side wind to adjust her direction and escape even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a Sea Realm East Thunder disciple sheds all dignity and focuses solely on fleeing, it’s extremely hard to stop them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only someone capable of teleportation might have a chance to intercept them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lu Ran and Yan Shuangzi were both River Realm—they’d shatter if so much as touched by this East Thunder girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Yuxiang absolutely couldn’t let them risk it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spare… mmm!!” Screams never ceased as the Night Phantom Blade darted back and forth, swallowing enemies whole and burying them alive in the sandy sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liushahe failed to stop Sea Realm Fang Lingfeng, but it severely restricted the River Realm East Thunder disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph.” Lu Ran snorted coldly, ignoring the cries for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering a few souls wasn’t a bad trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The East Thunder Sect truly lives up to its reputation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Sea Realm elders are truly troublesome, hard to kill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning, I must study tactics again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But overall, the Ruan Sect’s combat strategy was sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind and sand blinded the eyes; flowing sand restricted the legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran, wielding the Lie Tian Hammer, struck the decisive blow amid the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next time, will you still be this lucky?” Lu Ran muttered darkly to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1764,"2026-06-21T06:13:01.220Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","feb98be4f31dc4e8af9f72081f4a766d06fce9e798f2bf528e217d361734330b","at-the-summit-of-the-old-gods-chapter-973","at-the-summit-of-the-old-gods-chapter-971",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fat-the-summit-of-the-old-gods-cover.jpg"]