[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dark-and-dawn-light-years":3,"chapter-dark-and-dawn-light-years-dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-186":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dark and Dawn Light-Years",{"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},2264786,4420,"Chapter 186: Heavenly Thunder Displays Its Might","dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-186",186,"\u003Cp>A sharp piece of iron pierced his shoulder, mixed with bits of wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fresh blood soaked through his cotton armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Donglai clutched his shoulder and staggered backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear had already entered his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin was still forming the hand seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new spiritual current had been drawn in; the heavenly thunder was about to form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a young man suddenly charged forward and knocked him aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavenly thunder struck the young man, and after a deafening explosion, his body shattered into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hot blood, carrying a charred, burnt smell, splattered all over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scalding blood, charged with lightning, instantly blistered his exposed skin—face, hands—raising angry welts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he ignored his own pain, staring at the head that had been blasted far away, screaming in anguish: “Little brother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that same moment, Qin Donglai felt the spiritual current continue to churn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up at the purple heavenly thunder already formed, and laughed bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never held much respect for Spirit Hunters, though he himself was one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he never imagined a Spirit Hunter who truly mastered the arts could be so formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t even withstand a single heavenly thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, several Spirit Hunters from Yulin County broke through to the altar and, acting in unison, shattered the crimson altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar bore special inscriptions that bound the ghost's behavior, ensuring their \"rationality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the ghost's \"restraining tool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the altar, the Lizard True Lord’s eyes flared crimson, and he immediately broke free from the Tree Immortal Lady’s illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body instantly moved above Qin Donglai, raising his left claw to block the purple heavenly thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then the Lizard True Lord let out a cry of agony, filled with fury and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the heavenly thunder had simply vaporized his massive left arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard True Lord instinctively stared at the charred stump of his left arm, then his eyes grew redder and redder; he struggled to look down at Qin Donglai below: “Run… quickly…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard True Lord’s voice was now clearly fragmented, slipping toward madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the chance, several Spirit Hunters rushed forward; Bai Zhiwei, Ding Yingqiu, and others unleashed their signature arts—multiple colored beams struck the Lizard True Lord, leaving wounds of varying sizes across his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Donglai stared at Li Lin before him, his eyes filled with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared: “Retreat! Leave a hundred men to hold the rear!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a hundred gaunt Southern Barbarian soldiers charged forward, trading their lives to force the village militia into temporary retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the chaos, Qin Donglai led the remaining two hundred men and turned to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a moment’s hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Qin Donglai leave, the Lizard True Lord seemed to shed a great burden, and his eyes turned fully red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady drifted above Li Lin’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long serpent tail coiled around him in midair, forming a protective cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin stood within… staring at the serpent tail so close, he couldn’t help but reach out and lightly touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smooth, and slightly cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady’s tail trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression remained icy, but her eyes held a flicker of embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard True Lord opened his mouth, ready to absorb the corpses around him… but at that moment, a purple heavenly thunder struck his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green scales exploded in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard True Lord howled in pain, reeling backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhiwei roared, hurling both his short knives at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knives embedded in the Lizard True Lord’s neck; Bai Zhiwei swiftly formed hand seals and threw a yellow talisman, sticking it to the Lizard True Lord’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the talisman burst into blue flames, blazing fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Yingqiu, being the descendant of a Seeking Immortal clan, pulled out a long chain from her person and hurled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chain lengthened upon contact with yin energy, then bound the Lizard True Lord tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bu Fan, Zhao Xiaohu, and other Spirit Hunters rushed forward, their weapons turning blood-red—the effect of infusing them with yin energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These blood-red weapons rained down relentlessly on the Lizard True Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard True Lord screamed continuously, unable to struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already been weakened within the Tree Immortal Lady’s illusion, then struck by Li Lin’s spirit-powered Thunder Strike, leaving him severely injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the other Spirit Hunters' yin-energy arts were specifically designed to suppress ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus… the Lizard True Lord could only surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was not a particularly powerful ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the Lizard True Lord’s body shattered, dissolving into countless fragments of transparent glass that fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were yin-energy stones… formed only by powerful ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Su Bei and other captains organized the village militia to exterminate the Southern Barbarian soldiers who had chosen death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the last Southern Barbarian soldier fell, the battlefield fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady’s figure gradually faded, returning to the True Lord Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captains, immediately tend to the wounded, collect the bodies of our fallen, and return to the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village militia sprang into action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhiwei walked over, his eyes filled with disbelief: “We killed a True Lord? Am I dreaming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was not a single seventh-rank Spirit Hunter in Yulin County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huafang once had the ability, but he had left; Bai Zhiwei himself was still far from seventh rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four eighth-rank Spirit Hunters, accompanied by two novices, had slain a True Lord. If this report reached the imperial court, it would surely be dismissed as absurd and returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin smiled: “It was mainly the Tree Immortal Lady’s power. Without her controlling and weakening the True Lord, we never could have won.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes, the Tree Immortal Lady is powerful,” Bai Zhiwei said, gazing at Li Lin with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Spirit Hunter in Yulin County longed to form a bond with the Tree Immortal Lady—but none had ever succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady preferred to forgo blood offerings and accept only the incense of two or three hundred villagers rather than bind herself to any other Spirit Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Lin’s arrival was an accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half a year ago, when Li Lin became a Spirit Hunter, he pointed to the Tree Immortal Lady inside the True Lord Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, Su Huafang and Bai Zhiwei were both present; they had simply been waiting to laugh at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They assumed Li Lin would be rejected, like everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… the Tree Immortal Lady nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Bai Zhiwei thought the Tree Immortal Lady had been charmed by Li Lin’s handsome face—but now, seeing Li Lin’s purple heavenly thunder, radiant with divine might, he realized how shallow he had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady must have seen Li Lin’s potential and talent, which is why she formed a bond with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin took a deep breath and called out again: “After we return, everyone get a good night’s rest—then we’ll reward merit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield fell silent for a moment, then erupted into cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1178,"2026-06-19T19:39:18.782Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bffa09858d16b41ba384e12b5e2c36564c2f73270e60d58ea7903fe20afe54a3","dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-187","dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-185",221,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdark-and-dawn-light-years-cover.jpg"]