[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness":3,"chapter-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1704":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1124206,1453,"Chapter 1704: Chapter 1405 Elder, my life is not worth mourning, please take over the Western Astronomical Academy","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1704",1704,"\u003Cp>Watching the three approaching, Jiang Hao's eyebrows slightly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally wanting to take a step forward, he hesitated, unsure how to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these three openly calling him 'senior,' what would others think of him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if these three were recognized? Then he, as their senior, to compete with a younger one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would it amount to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, challenger, come to the stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice from the platform rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jing Dajiang and the two others had already reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should he go up or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to go up, after all, rare were competitions, and he hadn't sparred in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a powerful cultivator, battling beyond one's level was his long-cherished dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cross-level sparring or sparring with a prodigy was even rarer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going up would also allow him to gain enough experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he could say that he had competed with a prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he lost, his effort in battling beyond his level was honorable nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Dajiang had already appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, you also came to watch the grand competition?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the man before him, Jiang Hao gave up on moving forward and responded indifferently, \"Yes, just watching.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Note Sect covered her mouth, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt unusually uplifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she stood right next to Jiang Hao, visible to everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people recognized someone was there, but they knew nothing else about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rogue cultivator Jiang Hao is requested to come to the challenging platform,\" the judge on the platform spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao and Heavenly Note Sect just watched as Jing Dajiang curiously asked, \"Why doesn't this rogue cultivator go up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It might be some affair delaying him,\" Jiang Hao casually said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's a pity, we heard on our way here that this man's opponent is a Heavenly Faction prodigy. We wanted to see the other's strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now without an opponent, we couldn't witness it,\" Jing Dajiang said with some regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao too expressed it was a pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But missed is missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't anything important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, another person on the stage won directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Note Sect looked at Jiang Hao and said, \"Losing like this seems somewhat humiliating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can you talk about losing when you didn't step onto the field?\" Jiang Hao replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he headed into the city, wanting to see Han Ming's opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, what do you plan to do?\" Jing Dajiang earnestly asked following him, \"Senior, do you know about the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao stopped and turned to Jing Dajiang, wondering if it was an illusion, as if the other side was eager to push this matter onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are the three seniors talking about? I don't understand,\" Jiang Hao resumed his steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Dajiang continued to follow, saying, \"Senior, the heavens and earth are tilting; we need the senior to single-handedly support them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Supporting the heavens single-handedly?\" Jiang Hao seriously looked at the three and said, \"You three seniors jest. I am but a nobody, while you are illustrious figures in the West, naturally needed to take charge of the world's major affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Jiang Hao was bound to search for the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone, being targeted by these three was hardly good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Western Astronomical Academy had been kind to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he ascended, they greatly supported him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Dajiang had disregarded all worldly attachments to endorse him back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such people were tough to shake off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academy had repeatedly stood up for him, impossible to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, why don't you first listen to what the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone is?\" Jing Dajiang pondered then continued, \"That way, senior can also understand the North a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rumors of the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone are rare, but most of them originate from pages of an ancient book,\" Jing Dajiang spoke on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Hao originally wanted to stop him, but paused upon hearing about the pages of the ancient book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pages of the ancient book actually had such rumors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never heard of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor had Heavenly Note Sect mentioned them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our Astronomical Academy has always been collecting pages of ancient books, especially some old folks; their obsession with such things surpasses everything,\" Jing Dajiang thought for a long time and said, \"Initially, they detected a special situation from the pages of ancient books. Since they did not get the academy's support, they took some belongings and left the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They established their own sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over long distances, recently, there are three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, two of them have disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The third one had established Heavenly Tower overseas; wherever pages of ancient books appear, he'd be there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what did they detect?\" Jiang Hao curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the previous Shan Qinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, maybe it's unspeakable,\" Jing Dajiang helplessly shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But they have transcriptions of the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" Jiang Hao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Note Sect was also quite curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone when activated can annihilate all living beings, but its inherent function is intimidation,\" Jing Dajiang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intimidation?\" Jiang Hao was a bit curious, \"Intimidating whom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, according to some fragmented records, the best conditions to activate the Yin-Yang Millstone should be in the hands of someone daring enough to activate it,\" Jing Dajiang earnestly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even there are rumors that the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone was completely activated once, but they say a complete activation would level everything, including the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone, so it's likely false.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, Jiang Hao's eyebrows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also had such rumors, and he always felt there was some truth to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was not of much concern to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he could control the current Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, he wouldn't inexplicably be erased, and he could sleep peacefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, if this thing really emerges, it will definitely shock the heavens and earth,\" Jing Dajiang earnestly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It cannot be in the hands of us ordinary mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let us three help the senior acquire the Ancient Yin-Yang Millstone, and let it fall into the senior's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>",1018,"2026-06-03T11:46:40.596Z","2026-06-03T11:46:43.503Z",1,"novelbin.me","4159b9bb4bbbc5bec7a3e3271e37d9bed98b7b372feac11b8bc0f59012c0f49d","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1705","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1703",2139,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cover.jpg"]