[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle":3,"chapter-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-209":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dimension Park: I Am the Summoning Apostle",{"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},2279226,4458,"Chapter 209: Free Will, the Origin of the Holy Empress Dowager","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-209",209,"\u003Cp>“Mr. Zhong, this is my personal matter—please step aside.” Chu Danqing gave Da Bao a glance, signaling him to take Zhong Ting away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was naturally to avoid triggering the mandatory return punishment for leaking Paradise-related information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current penalty for leaks, though harsher than before, is merely a -1 reduction to all attributes—trivial compared to one’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting sensed the aura of pressure emanating from Da Bao, so he nodded and moved aside to avoid suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhong Ting left, the apostle was dragged over by Yue Lan Wu Ying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took two more punches, and his deformation slowly receded as his body suffered severe damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Buddy, yeah, I did take advantage of your oversight, but you’re really—” Chu Danqing paused suddenly: “Wait, who are you? Do we have a grudge?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing had assumed the apostle who attacked him was the one who had scavenged the Divine Spirit Foundation technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the fellow had boasted he’d locked onto him with a tool—his sudden attack made perfect sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the apostle reverted to his true form, it wasn’t him—it was someone else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like you’ve made quite a few enemies,” the apostle chuckled. “Want to know why I came to kill you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s sign a notarized agreement. I tell you, and you let me go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then forget it—I’d rather just kill you.” Chu Danqing naturally refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the apostle’s tone, he was certain of one thing: this wasn’t a crime of opportunity—it was premeditated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, Yue Lan Wu Ying moved to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait—I’m from Free Will. I bear a Vengeance Mark.” The apostle immediately said. “Kill me, and you’ll be hunted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing sneered. “So that’s it. I must’ve killed some high-ranking apostle’s pet under Free Will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vengeance Mark wasn’t a nuclear weapon. Chu Danqing didn’t want to provoke major factions—but to cower because of it? That would be laughable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct.” The apostle exhaled in relief, thinking his threat had worked. “You killed a seedling nurtured by one of our management-level apostles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He spent enormous resources to get Paradise’s approval, moving this seedling from a dangerous high-fantasy world into a stable low-level martial world to develop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just as he was about to break through to Rank 3 for harvest, you killed him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now all his efforts are wasted. This won’t end here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But brother, don’t worry—if you spare me, I won’t oppose you in this trial. We can notarize that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His tool can only be used once. Paradise won’t allow him to repeatedly suppress a low-rank apostle with malicious intent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he insists, not only will Paradise punish him, but Free Will will suffer collateral damage too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if you kill me, the Vengeance Mark will last at least three trials.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you kill the next pursuer, the timer resets again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Endless trouble—like shit you never want to step in.” The apostle laid out the stakes, pleading not to be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing fell silent—not because he hesitated to kill, but because he hadn’t expected the Holy Empress Dowager to be a dimension apostle deliberately planted in the previous trial world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the setting felt so out of place. Now he saw: his Tieflin gene seed, Succubus bloodline, Blood Mage class, and Ninefold Hell Meditation weren’t original.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They belonged to this management-level apostle of Free Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this act didn’t seem to be endorsed by Paradise—even after he paid a heavy price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t impossible. After all, Paradise doesn’t encourage profiting from low-rank apostles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you dominate your own rank, even if you’re ruthless, Paradise will ignore it—as long as it’s legal. That’s your skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Profiting from low-rank apostles might seem to harm negligible interests, but it cripples their growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paradise’s foundation is apostles. How could it let you undermine them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How does your Free Will Vengeance Mark compare to the Dragon-Tiger Alliance or the Tiance Prefecture?” Chu Danqing smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apostle’s pupils shrank. He knew exactly what Chu Danqing meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put: Chu Danqing had killed people from both those factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Free Will couldn’t possibly dare to pick a fight with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll pay a ransom for my life. Let’s notarize it.” He realized his Vengeance Mark threat had failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vengeance Mark wasn’t invincible. Many factions had been wiped out entirely by powerful individuals because of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-ranks can’t interfere with low-ranks. Once a powerhouse grows strong, they just slaughter through—forget revenge, they’ll take you down too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paradise’s atmosphere isn’t brutally harsh, but with its vast numbers and endless opportunities, powerful individuals occasionally emerge from unknown corners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there are many lone wolves like Chu Danqing—strong, obscure, focused solely on self-improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time you try to approach them, they’ve already advanced in rank—and you can’t even find them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.” Chu Danqing replied calmly. Yue Lan Wu Ying moved instantly, snapping the apostle’s limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t enough—she also destroyed his vocal cords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apostle instantly understood what Chu Danqing intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vengeance Mark only affects apostles—it has no effect on natives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are Vengeance Marks capable of tracing causality directly, but Free Will couldn’t possibly possess such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Free Will had them, he wouldn’t be allowed to use one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroying his vocal cords prevented him from leaking Paradise information and triggering mandatory return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for transmitting via mental will? He’d need to know how to do it first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not enough to just think of a solution—you need the means to execute it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing called Da Bao and Zhong Ting back, explaining his plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting frowned. “Little Brother Chu, you’re asking me to prove my loyalty, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not exactly—he’s just not ordinary.” Chu Danqing didn’t intend that, then added: “Do it, and I’ll give you the Centipede Pearl immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhong Ting knew he had no choice. He drew a dagger and slashed his own throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apostle died with eyes full of resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this man’s background is huge—big enough that Little Brother Chu isn’t afraid I’ll run,” Zhong Ting said, taking the Centipede Pearl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know the full truth, but he wasn’t blind to the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Technically, you’re not wrong,” Chu Danqing replied vaguely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting wasn’t wrong—the Paradise’s origin was indeed immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Yue Lan Wu Ying had already dug a grave and casually tossed the apostle—whose codename they didn’t even know—into it, then buried him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing muttered to himself: How many did this Free Will management-level apostle send? Surely not just this one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The possibility wasn’t small. Paradise is extremely strict about high-ranks interfering with low-ranks or factions suppressing individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending three or five people to hunt a stranger, wasting so many resources—Free Will would be better off keeping them to strengthen themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since this is a personal grudge between Chu Danqing and that management-level apostle—not between Chu Danqing and Free Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that management-level apostle has lost his reason, other management-level apostles will rein him in to prevent further losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting gave Chu Danqing a long, piercing look—he suspected Chu Danqing was a major warlord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why would anyone be hunting him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go. It’s getting late—we shouldn’t delay.” Chu Danqing urged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing one apostle? To Chu Danqing, it was just a minor incident—nothing significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for retaliating against that Free Will management-level apostle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they crossed paths, he’d act. If not, he’d never waste his own resources on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to use them to strengthen himself. Revenge isn’t worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting nodded and led Chu Danqing onward up the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As dusk arrived, the temperature dropped. By night, it would be even colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they stayed outdoors, beasts and cold were secondary concerns—dangerous entities would begin roaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Day is yang; night is yin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the day, these entities fear the sun; at night, they have no such restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans become the prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only in the eerie Cangmang Guling would this happen. Elsewhere, it wouldn’t be this terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the death rate remains high. In this warlord chaos, today you fight me, tomorrow I fight you—commanders change every few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two climbed to the summit and saw the Golden Dragon Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re sure this Golden Dragon Temple has no monks left?” Chu Danqing stared at the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was indeed dilapidated. Transporting materials here for repairs or bringing in craftsmen would be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t look abandoned—just devoid of worshippers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That shouldn’t be,” Zhong Ting didn’t believe his uncle would deceive him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was inherited intelligence—no one knew if future successors would come to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How credible do you think your uncle’s information is?” Chu Danqing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least eighty percent.” Zhong Ting carefully examined the Golden Dragon Temple. “But given its location in Cangmang Guling, it may have undergone some anomaly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing leaned toward Zhong Ting’s theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s go in and test it,” Chu Danqing said directly. “If there are demons or monsters inside, we’ll eliminate them together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they’d come this far, any anomaly was a perfect opportunity for a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting stared at Chu Danqing with a strange expression—your shadow’s monstrous entities count too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they entered the temple, a heavy scent of cosmetics hit them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smell wasn’t like a temple—it was more like a brothel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1542,"2026-06-20T00:54:41.633Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4f2a821d0df33d294c98ed9d80c6392e67052f1d5af9b2fe753811f3f5972ed2","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-210","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-208",305,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-cover.jpg"]