[{"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-187":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},1550652,2014,"Chapter 187 - 187 — Li Zhexian Meets the Storyteller Again, Journey to the Slaughter City","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-187",187,"\u003Cp>Inside the Snow Bear Mercenary Group's camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian lifted the tent flap,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>letting the frigid wind of the Extreme North rush in,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stirring the fire in the brazier into flickering flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Bing'er and the other six were all Spirit Masters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>each cultivating the power of ice;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>such chill troubled them not in the least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, come!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian strode quickly to the table at the center of the ice-fort, smiling as he called:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the tenderest Icebone Lamb — the marrow's fragrance is the richest. Taste it while it's hot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his urging, the seven girls reached out slender hands,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>each lifting a piece of lamb stewed to a creamy-white broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven pairs of delicate hands raised chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the meat touched their lips—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their eyes lit up at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skywater Academy stood in the northern lands;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had tasted countless northern delicacies before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet somehow, this Icebone Lamb seemed incomparably delicious tonight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>perhaps because within the simmering broth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was also the warmth of reunion after long separation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yue'er puffed her cheeks, mumbling through a mouthful, a glimmer of oil shining on her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian chuckled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his palm, and a Clear Spring Wine Gourd appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amber liquid poured into their cups,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sending tendrils of misty warmth rising even amid the freezing air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragrance of wine mingled with the rich aroma of lamb,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>filling the ice fortress with a fleeting illusion of spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire crackled and bubbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its warmth drove away the snowstorm outside—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and quietly melted the faint awkwardness of friends meeting again after years apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yue'er suddenly slammed the table, her cheeks flushed from drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You saw us in the tavern and pretended not to know us—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>did you take us for strangers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… you're such a bad friend!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian sighed helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The tavern was full of prying eyes,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I'd greeted you then, the Spirit Hall would've been at the door before we finished our drinks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yue'er blinked, then flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh—right! I forgot! Sorry, sorry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian was just about to respond—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when Shui Bing'er, who had been silent all this time, lifted her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was fainter than the wind outside the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's something else…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you first came to the North, you sent us wine—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>why did you avoid meeting us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile at Li Zhexian's lips froze for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bubbling of the stew suddenly sounded very clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six other girls held their breath, secretly peeking at Shui Bing'er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's gotten into her? they wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't she the one who once said \"Li Zhexian carries guilt in his heart\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why bring it up again now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Bing'er's sapphire eyes were calm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her frost-pure face betraying no emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Zhexian sighed softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You had your reasons. I won't press.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But today we meet again, sharing wine and laughter—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and yet you still wear a mask before us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't you think that's… a bit lacking in respect toward friends?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the others widened their eyes in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, so this was what their sister had been waiting to say!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six young women immediately chimed in together:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, Li Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You meet us wearing a mask—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>don't you treat us as friends?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's smile deepened, free and unhesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers touched the edge of his jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It isn't deliberate disguise,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've simply worn it too long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a faint click—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the mask came away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black hair spilled loosely,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a few strands falling to his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind swept through the tent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lifting his fringe and revealing the face beneath—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword-like brows, eyes dark as ink,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and that faint, familiar smile at the corner of his lips—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the same smile from those days in Heaven Dou City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when he had been a carefree youth calling friends to drink beneath the lanterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian raised his cup and stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian greets his old friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Bing'er clinked her cup against his,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her lips curling into a faint smile — cold and elegant, yet warm in its quiet way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian seemed once again like the young man he had once been in Heaven Dou —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spirited, bright, unburdened by the years of snow that had pressed down upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow and wind had weighed upon him for years;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet he still smiled — letting the snow brush softly across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Snowbear Mercenary Group tallied their losses\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and arranged the burials of the fallen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian prepared to leave the Extreme North.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the night before his departure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Snow Bear Mercenaries held a farewell feast in his honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the group had been gravely wounded by the battles,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with the other three major Mercenary Groups in the North now destroyed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Snowbear Mercenary Corps' future looked brighter than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was no Li Zhexian, only Li Ji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Bear said that the greatest genius on the continent should drink the finest wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Ji insisted on drinking the strongest burning liquor instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few surviving brothers of the Snow Bear Mercenary Group soon collapsed one by one, drunk beyond sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oscar threw his arm around Li Ji's neck, laughing and crying all at once:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Ji… You'll always be my Brother Ji…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Bing'er and the other six quietly turned away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watching the bare-chested young man drinking under the wavering firelight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next time they met would be five years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The following day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian left the Extreme North.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse, he carried a small handful of northern snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His destination was clear — the Slaughter City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Chasing Wind Horse shattered wind and rain beneath its hooves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crossing Frost Leaf Town on the border of the North,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then the Scarlet-Mist Marsh that marked the frontier of the Star Luo Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The landscape gradually shifted from silver frost to shades of green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the wine in his gourd changed with the lands he passed through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A month later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on the post road outside a dusk-colored frontier town,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there rode a black-cloaked traveler astride a Chasing Wind Horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquor at his hip was no longer the North's burning spirits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but this region's mellow plum wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian could already smell it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that faint trace of blood carried by the evening wind from the desolate plains ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His destination was near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no plans to delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to head straight into the Slaughter City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he heard travelers on the roadside murmuring:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hear? A new storyteller's come to Twilight Town…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Angel Temple,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Renxue knelt upon the nine hundred and ninety-seventh step of the divine stair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gold-streaked scarlet blood seeped from her cracking skin,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>scorching the white jade beneath her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just… two more steps…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body trembled; she was on the verge of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lifting her pale, exquisitely beautiful face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>golden blood dripped from her lips as she stared upward\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at the final two steps that seemed both within reach and impossibly far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised one foot—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and took a staggering step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pressure vast as mountains and seas\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crashed down upon her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long golden hair whipped wildly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her frail body buckling beneath the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her bones cracked under the strain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and behind her, the radiant feathers of her Angel Wings fell away one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the divine stair,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>six Worshiper exchanged looks of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xue'er…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xue'er has gone mad!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that boy Li Zhexian really worth all this?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Worship… this is too cruel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under their trembling gazes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Renxue crawled onto the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal Angel Statue, towering over a hundred meters high,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>suddenly spread its pure wings wide,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and gently gathered the dying Qian Renxue into its glowing palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An endless divine radiance\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>flooded the entire temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath that light,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a hazy, ethereal figure\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>slowly unclenched its fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A day later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Renxue turned into a streak of divine brilliance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>rising from the Angel Temple\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and streaking toward the Slaughter City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind over the Twilight Wasteland was coarse and dry,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>scraping against the skin like sandpaper —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>utterly unlike the bitter cold of the North.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian led his Chasing Wind Horse\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>through the gates of the border town known as Twilight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The town was small,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its yellow-clay walls cracked by years of sandstorms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few people walked the streets;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those who did wore headscarves and hurried along, eyes down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he asked along the way,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he turned into a narrow, shadowed alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the street corner came the rhythmic clack of wooden blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now then,\" a raspy old voice recited,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"that day, in the Spirit City, the boy in white…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sound of that voice, so achingly familiar—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's steps came to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>",1505,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.445Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef8d0463738188aa5315184a3f17d13d7a0889f2096660a97c58bf15741e6090","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-188","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-186",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]