[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi":3,"chapter-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-125":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Douluo: The Exiled Immortal Descends, Sword and Wine Slay the Gods",{"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},1550470,2014,"Chapter 125 - 125 – End of the Preliminaries, Tang Hao’s Assassination, Li Zhexian Already Prepared","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-125",125,"\u003Cp>The Shrek Seven Monters returned to the backstage of the Great Spirit Arena\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xiaogang and Flender had been waiting anxiously for some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they saw the seven's figures—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hurried forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xiaogang's eyes caught the bloodstains across Tang San's face, and his heart trembled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao San, you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm fine.\" Tang San raised his hand. He forcefully wiped his cheek with his thumb, removing that glare of crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Sword Wine…\" Yu Xiaogang's voice was filled with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said, I'm fine.\" Tang San abruptly cut him off. His tone was so flat it was almost cold, seeping with a chill that brooked no argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That second \"I'm fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was more like an invisible barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forcibly sealing off any further words about Sword Wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single sword from Li Zhexian had shattered the Purple Demon Eye's mustard-seed realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of painstaking cultivation—destroyed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dai Mubai and Oscar looked at Tang San's expression, their throats bobbed twice, but in the end, they said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Wu gazed at Tang San's profile, her worry deep and tender, yet she too fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the only one untouched by this heavy atmosphere was Zhu Zhuqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her head, staring at the short blade strapped to her leg, silently musing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why can't my blade be as powerful as Li Zhexian's sword? Next time we meet, I'll ask him to teach me…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Rongrong's thoughts were elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful eyes flicked now and then toward Zhu Zhuqing, while within her sleeve her slender hand clenched tight, nails nearly piercing her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps…\" A thought spun endlessly in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I should go alone to see Brother Zhexian…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…and ask him not to hate me so much anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Shrek had won their first battle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the air was heavy with suffocating tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xiaogang sighed inwardly without sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood Tang San.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That pride in Tang San's bones had suffered an unprecedented blow in that brief yet utterly one-sided clash with Sword Wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This silence now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was merely a mask for what he could not accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only hope…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…that he can turn this hatred into strength to press forward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first day of the preliminaries thus ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since each team had battles on the following day, none gathered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Feng Buyu, idle as ever, dragged Li Zhexian and a few others to a wine table, pouring out his grievances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had already called people over, I was ready to rush into the field, but those Spirit Masters maintaining order blocked me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Buyu raked back the black silk headband over his brow in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time we get the chance, let's ambush Shrek in private!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian, just give the word—I'll be the first to strike!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian wasn't displeased—on the contrary, he was amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yu Tianheng and the others also chiming in, as they pushed their cups back and forth, they even started talking about \"where to bury the Shrek people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling poured for Li Zhexian as they listened, brows arched in amusement, unable to suppress their laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next twenty-seven days of preliminaries—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>passed with surprising calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the tournament, which was in full swing, various geniuses revealed their sharp edges, and the atmosphere in Heaven Dou City rose step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of twenty-eight teams—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five emerged victorious:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Skywater Team, the Godwind Team, the Blazing Team, the Thunderclap Team, and… the Shrek Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Five Elemental Academies, restrained by their attributes countering each other, the four advancing teams each had two or three defeats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what spectators spoke of most—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was Shrek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether out of tactics or genuine weakness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when facing the other four advancing strong teams, Shrek chose to surrender without exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But against all other opponents—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>including the Elephant Armor Team—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they struck with ruthless force, clean and decisive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Tang San, who at last revealed his twin Martial Souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That colossal hammer wrapped in violent thunder crashed down, even hurling Hu Yanli, bearer of the Diamond Mammoth, flat on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>though Shrek qualified in the final spot by the narrowest of margins,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many spectators believed they had been holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That perhaps they were lying low,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>waiting for the right time to take revenge on the Imperial Battle Team and Sword Wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five advancing teams, plus the directly-seeded Imperial Battle Team First Team—six teams in all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they would set out for Spirit City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To join the twenty-seven other teams from across the continent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and contend for the ultimate crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right, you go pack first. Tonight, see you at Xiangfang Pavilion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The preliminaries had ended that morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian had intended to drink with Feng Xiaotian and the rest straight through till dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since each had to prepare their baggage,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the banquet was postponed to the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhexian!\" Huo Wu's crisp voice chased him from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember to pick two plums from your courtyard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I love them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian tilted his head slightly, raised two fingers to his brow in a playful salute, and accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, unhurried, he drifted away from the bustling arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Xue Qinghe was occupied with wrapping up the preliminaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had gone home to pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian was left to wander alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately took a detour and came to the Jinxi Bridge. He bought the largest sugar figurine from the old craftsman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news that Li Zhexian was Sword Wine had already spread throughout Heaven Dou City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man, carrying a bamboo basket with his babbling grandson inside, refused to take payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Sword Wine has brought honor to our Heaven Dou City!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This old man has no other skill, but one sugar figurine I can still afford!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian, unable to refuse further, smiled and accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking ten paces on—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single gold coin fell silently into the old man's basket beside the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To take a shortcut, Li Zhexian turned into a secluded alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rainwater from the other day had moistened the bluestone slabs, and slippery moss spread through the cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held the sugar figurine in his teeth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>humming tunelessly as he strolled to the midpoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunlight was too stingy to reach this deep alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the dim light abruptly dimmed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering figure blocked the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man wore a coarse hemp cloak, hood pulled low to conceal most of his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a stubbled, hard jawline was visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instant this man appeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was as if all sound had been stolen from the alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clamour of carts and horses, the bustle of the city—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suffocating silence pressed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was it you who destroyed the Strength Clan… and humiliated my son?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man's voice was hoarse and gravelly, laden with the crushing weight of a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian understood his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes narrowed, grave expression surfacing, though no trace of panic showed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The same thing—I will not allow it to happen twice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said this, Li Zhexian lightly tapped the tip of his foot and slid back half a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pssh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wisp of dark-green poisonous mist spread out in front of Li Zhexian's right side, condensing into a slender, cold-faced old man in a gray robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, an arc of brilliant blue lightning erupted to his left side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An heroic-looking old man in a blue battle garb, with his beard and hair standing up like halberds, stepped out from it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1277,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.445Z",1,"novelbin.me","dfec5c00707b47cd465e574e0dbc9cee2ce637c38431ef53aea992b2a3c64e06","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-331","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-330",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]