[{"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-983":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},2342994,4578,"Chapter 983: Successful Infiltration of the Alien Star Domain","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-983",983,"\u003Cp>Jiao Ming Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the realm passage lies a small realm named Mo Shi Small Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, in this realm, a human slave—clothed in tattered rags, plain in appearance, ordinary in status, with no love, hate, emotion, or karmic entanglements—suddenly had a glimmer of wisdom appear in his dull gaze, then swiftly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his soul, a special soul force began to emerge, imbued with the aura of the Great Sun and electromagnetism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mo Shi Small Realm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human slave’s name was Zhu Zi, without a surname, at Qi Refining seventh layer—he was already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not poisoned, nor murdered out of envy by an overseer, nor entangled with any noble lady; he simply died suddenly, utterly ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slave practicing a rapid cultivation method that crushes potential, working daily in the mines with no time for cultivation—sudden death is normal, nothing strange, given his lowly status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, if he had not died and lived a little longer, that too would be nothing unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was utterly ordinary, with not a single detail to arouse suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding maintained the slave’s soul in its dying state, while his own body and soul hid within the slave’s body through the Shadow Abyss secret technique: “Cang Hun Tong Shen Shu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Nine Dao Heirs had silently descended into Jiao Ming Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding did not know where the other Dao Heirs were or where they had gone, nor did he care; he would not allow anyone to know his location, and thus arrived at this remote small city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no plans for the next several decades—observe, observe, observe again, then formulate and execute his own plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The location and intelligence of this small world…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding fell into thought, recalling the intelligence previously transmitted by the Shadow Abyss cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This small world is named Mo Shi Small Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This realm belongs to Yan Shi the Great Emperor, whose name resounds throughout Jiao Ming Domain and has endured for ten thousand ages; it is one of his most prosperous small worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each year, this world produces vast quantities of celestial treasures to support cultivation, and especially once every thousand years, it yields a fifth-rank material called Star Demon Stone, coveted by all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the primary inhabitants of Mo Shi Small Realm are not of the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiao Demon Imperial Clan numbers no more than a hundred million, ruling a vast star domain, with the vast majority residing in Jiao Demon Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the most numerous are human and demon races, as well as the Yan Mo Clan—the ninth-rank, top-tier servitor race in Jiao Ming Domain’s “Nine-Tier Servitor System,” and the personal servants of Yan Shi the Great Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yan Mo Clan has always regarded themselves as loyal servants of Yan Shi the Great Emperor, serving only him and his bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they are servants, in actual status, they rank higher than many true Jiao Demon Imperial Clan cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Higher than the imperial clan cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Privately, many Jiao Demon Imperial Clan cultivators bow humbly before Yan Mo Clan elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yan Mo Clan treats the human and demon races under their rule with even greater disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many human and demon cultivators fear the Yan Mo Clan more than they fear the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the heart of Mo Shi Small Realm lies Huoshi Imperial City, where Yan Shi the Great Emperor maintains a palace; the Yan Mo Clan dwells centered upon it, with all their strongest members stationed here to serve the Emperor and his heirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiating outward from Huoshi Imperial City are countless cities, mountain ranges, and races, all bizarre and varied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred thousand li east of Huoshi Imperial City stands a small mountain city named Zishi City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding is in this region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here live humans, fox clans, and various demon races; no one cares for their names—their sole purpose is to mine and carve a mineral called “Zishi Ore” from the mines surrounding Zishi City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zishi Ore contains demonic intent; time and again, human and demon cultivators collapse and die from its influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These deaths are insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yan Mo Clan demands only that sufficient quantities of Zishi Ore be submitted annually; any race failing to meet the quota is slaughtered, replaced by new ones relocated from elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To protect themselves, the humans and other races here have banded together into a faction, following some obscure custom, calling themselves Zhenshan Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhenshan Sect… very weak…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding extracted the body’s memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zishi City, dozens of races, sects, and clans reside; the human sects rank at the bottom, their strongest being a Foundation Establishment cultivator named Jian Shi True Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Shi True Person enjoys far better treatment than ordinary human cultivators—he and his direct disciples and descendants have time to cultivate, with concubines and servants aplenty, exempt from daily mining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, even the head of a sect must mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because to the Yan Mo Clan and the true rulers, the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan cultivators, a servitor race Foundation Establishment True Person is merely a slightly stronger miner—this is his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhenshan Sect’s strength is at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this cruel society, this is a terrifying prospect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhenshan Sect’s humans must not only fulfill the Yan Mo Clan’s mining and carving quotas but are also forced to complete tasks assigned by nearby powerful clans—or face the terrifying consequence of cultivators, even Foundation Establishment heirs, vanishing without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent years, the number of human cultivators and commoners in Zhenshan Sect has steadily declined; their extinction is all but inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yan Mo Clan does not care—they care only for results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the Yan Mo Clan, Zishi City is merely a field growing ore; unless a massive plague strikes, occasional crop loss is ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, if such a plague does occur, the Yan Mo Clan will crush it with iron blood, slaughtering all—regardless of whether the victims are strong or weak clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, nearby powerful clans also restrain themselves somewhat, wary of provoking the Yan Mo Clan; it is not pure survival of the fittest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhenshan Sect being this weak makes sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans are a race highly dependent on civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without civilization, they are no stronger than the lowest demon races—fragile bodies, mediocre spiritual sense, mere walking ants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What genius, what prodigy, what Dao body—without the accumulation of Immortal civilization, they cannot manifest their potential; at best, they are slightly larger ants, stronger by a few times, utterly useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this small example, if the humans in this region—and indeed this world—fail to develop Immortal civilization by chance, their extinction over time is highly likely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, becoming a servitor of the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan requires capability; they do not take just any fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans face fierce competition, slaughter, and covert struggles among servitor races; if they lose, they perish—no race cares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is not enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I need higher-level intelligence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding murmured, allowing the human slave named Zhu Zi to continue his labor, carving ore, all actions following the memory’s patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a secret technique from the Shadow Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Abyss has indeed developed many outstanding Immortal achievements in this area; under normal circumstances, they would never have released them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Shadow Abyss did not lose out either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Sects were likewise forced to share many Immortal achievements; Shadow Abyss cultivators gained immensely, breaking through realms, upgrading magic treasures, and becoming far stronger than before the Nine Immortal Sects’ exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding sat cross-legged within Zhu Zi’s soul, activating his spiritual sense technique, probing outward into the starry void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spiritual sense technique was jointly developed by the Nine Immortal Sects—a soul-virtual realm technique for secret communication among Dao Heirs beyond the realm, impervious to Void Refinement surveillance.\u003C\u002Fp>",1306,"2026-06-20T23:34:28.016Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6d0b9c9c3d73aee6f0849e1f0b8ca6bbd30a18969cc80072713c9bfc6120eae6","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-984","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-982",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]