[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals":3,"chapter-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-955":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cluster Artillery: Shattering the Immortals",{"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},2342966,4578,"Chapter 955","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-955",955,"\u003Cp>A blood-ice flame and a blue-gold flying sword clashed fiercely, stirring the hearts of all on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike of the Taiqing Flying Sword shattered countless layers of space and countless shards of ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the surrounding space had been frozen solid, every slight movement of the sword faced immense resistance, as if fighting an entire world of ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the demonic core refined by the Ice Plain True Lord over ten thousand years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flame of this demonic core was utterly icy, radiating rings of transparent ripples that froze the surrounding space, clinging like a malignant sore to the Taiqing Flying Sword and steadily eroding its sharpness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taiqing Flying Sword continued to slash, its edge unstoppable, yet its speed grew ever slower, its aura beginning to fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a soft chime, the Taiqing Flying Sword reversed and returned to Jiang Ding’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sun Annihilation Sword Intent and the Ten Thousand Transformations Magnetic Force cleansed the sword’s body, crushing a thin layer of ice upon it, restoring the sword to its peak state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ice Plain friend, you’re impressive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s expression finally grew serious as he acknowledged: “Your demonic core has begun to resemble the barest edge of the Fifth Stage of Sword Dao—Sword Realm—its attacks imbued with the meaning of life and death within a realm, unyielding and eternal; every strike carries the full force of an entire magical realm, relentless and unbroken.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though still far from a true Sword Realm, it has indeed taken on a semblance of one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems the demonic bloodlines still hold genuine power—do not underestimate them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord muttered, offering no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had entered a state of burning her essence-blood, leaving no time to delay; she once again summoned the blood-ice flame-shaped demonic core to attack, determined to fight to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bai Zu! Xi Ping’an!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The two of you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord cried sharply: “If you persist in holding back, then die—see whether I perish first, or you do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Ice Phoenix clan, in terms of escape, fear nothing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Ping’an said nothing, raising his golden greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began burning his incense-god core, burning his hundreds of thousands of divine guards, everything he possessed, transforming it all into a raging tide of incense-blood flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens and earth blazed with golden radiance, saturated with potent godly incense energy, nearly liquefying into droplets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless shouts and murmurs arose from millions of Donghai worshippers across millennia, collectively calling out to their god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zu True Lord hesitated, lacking decisiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no clan, no descendants; apart from his own life and his own Dao path, he had nothing in this world worth clinging to—making it extremely difficult to ask him to risk his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ice Phoenix clan’s escape ability?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding heard the Ice Plain True Lord’s words and saw Xi Ping’an’s decisive resolve, yet paid no mind; he chuckled softly: “Ice Plain friend, are you referring to something like the Phoenix’s rebirth—reviving elsewhere, then sealing yourself deep within space?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord froze in shock, her steps of burning essence-blood and demonic core faltering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I how would I know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding finished her unspoken words for her, smiling: “Demonic beasts with Phoenix bloodline always use the same tricks—how would I not know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t something you need to guess blindfolded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or are you an unparalleled genius of the Ice Phoenix clan, having broken free from bloodline constraints, shattered shackles far harder than those faced by humans, and forged your own path?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regrettably, in my view, your talent has not reached such heights—so your methods are not hard to predict.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for these escape techniques, don’t expect them to save you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding said gently: “I guarantee you—if you lose this battle, escape is absolutely impossible. The Phoenix’s rebirth may indeed be a supreme divine art, but with your mixed blood, you lack the power to achieve it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Back then, you could deceive Shuoyang True Lord and flee from him—but you won’t do the same before me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Laughable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord’s heart sank; she sneered, showing no belief whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding nodded, not angered: “I have one more thing to say—do you believe it or not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed his hand on the sword hilt, his gaze sweeping the surroundings, resting on the three True Lords; finally, a feral grin spread across his face as he laughed loudly, magnificently bold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ice Plain friend!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This sword of mine—will kill you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clear, resonant sword cry echoed across all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible, terrifying pressure suddenly filled heaven and earth, causing everything around to freeze, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Ice Plain True Lord, burning her essence-blood and commanding her demonic core, experienced an extremely subtle pause—nearly imperceptible to spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord cried out in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boundless fear, uncontrollable, surged into their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s expression remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were filled with crimson; he looked back upon heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, land and sky, white clouds, ice flames, spirit insects… everything vanished, leaving only a network of crimson scars crisscrossing everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some scars were faint, mere threads;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>others twisted into intricate webs, dazzling and constantly shifting, the blood-traces and blood-nets ever-changing, impossibly complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most obvious were three clusters of blood-nets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them, a blood-net exuding icy aura, spewed forth a more brilliant blood-net flame, its crimson threads flowing and transforming—sometimes vanishing, sometimes blazing deep red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This blood-net flame, radiating overwhelming killing intent, flew toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-web flame, brimming with murderous intent, flew toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword was fully drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth plunged into sudden darkness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the absence of light—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the forced stripping of spiritual perception from all living beings, plunging them into absolute darkness: nothing seen, nothing heard, all five senses dulled, chaos reigns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were terrified, they were panicked—but they could do nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this moment was far too brief!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So brief that even to a Soul Transformation cultivator, it was but an instant—gone in a blink, let alone any chance to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too brief—even for a Soul Transformation cultivator—to register as more than a blink, let alone react or adjust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[80] This path, though seemingly complex, was in fact the shortest and most efficient, slicing through the weakest points in the cultivator’s demonic energy shield and magical techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taiqing Flying Sword descended, falling like light, arriving in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invisible blade-light followed the crimson scar’s path at the Ice Plain True Lord’s location, slicing through like a master butcher dissecting an ox, tracing the crooked, uneven lines of the blood-traces and blood-nets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What seemed intricate was in fact the shortest, most efficient path—passing through the weakest points in the cultivator’s demonic energy shields and divine techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This appears complex, but is in fact the shortest and most efficient sword path, passing through the weakest points and gaps in the cultivator’s demonic energy shield and magical techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pierced through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This… was the prototype of the Annihilating Gold Sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding opened his eyes, revealing a weary gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding opened his eyes, revealing a gaze weakened by exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord had been bloodthirsty and frenzied, burning her essence-blood, fighting to the death with her demonic core—but now, terror flooded her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She ignored everything, lost all reason, turned and fled without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as she took her first step—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her body froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin crimson scar appeared on the Ice Plain True Lord’s forehead, tracing the centerline—from her exquisite phoenix crown, down her icy beak, to her graceful neck, then to her abdomen, chest feathers, body—splitting straight down the absolute center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin red line appeared at the Ice Primordial Lord’s brow, tracing the central axis—from the exquisite phoenix crown, down the icy beak, along the graceful neck, then straight through the abdomen, chest feathers, and body, splitting perfectly down the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I regret not heeding Xi’s words!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Plain True Lord shrieked in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were her final words in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the brilliant phoenix eyes lost their light; her soul within the skull shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her massive, mountain-sized ice-phoenix body split evenly down the middle, blood and organs cascading like a waterfall, crashing onto the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light vanished, and the soul within the skull shattered; the colossal ice phoenix body split evenly at its center, blood and internal organs cascading down like a waterfall, crashing onto the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1436,"2026-06-20T23:34:28.016Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1b9e1c5d09ade9b13ee2c842fe8da0416f85da823a11cbee37d47122c33d4bb5","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-956","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-954",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]