[{"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-227":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},1550742,2014,"Chapter 227 - 227 – Bibi Dong’s All-Devouring Ambition! A Youth’s Oath to Guard His Homeland, Even Unto Death, Without Regret","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-227",227,"\u003Cp>Bibi Dong propped her delicate hand beneath her cheek, her expression devoid of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five years ago, Li Zhexian had killed her once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that time, she had already exhausted her strength after a life-and-death battle against several Titled Douluo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that sword strike of Li Zhexian's...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a technique of mutual destruction —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>burning everything within himself, transcending his limits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to unleash a world-shattering, fatal blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of true combat power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>five years ago Li Zhexian had merely been able to rival a weaker Spirit Sage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Spirit Ancestor capable of matching a Soul Sage—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>such talent was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong's phoenix eyes flickered open and shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the corner of her eyes, wisps of black-purple Spirit Power drifted out like coils of poisonous mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to admit —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this youth disturbed her peace of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the throne,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after a long silence, a trembling voice called out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to Your Holiness, the Pope!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Salas led the Heaven Dou branch — a total of forty-two Spirit Masters — into battle against Li Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The result…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The messenger's whole body shook like a leaf, his voice breaking apart. With a thud, he collapsed to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong's cold eyes narrowed slightly. Her lips parted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I–Including Lord Salas… all forty-three Spirit Masters… perished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Salas' remains… could not be found.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhexian… with the cultivation of a Spirit King… slew a Spirit Douluo–level expert.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Heaven Dou Branch Hall… is gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the shadows that veiled the Pope's throne—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two sharp beams of purple light tore through the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grand hall of the Pope's Palace trembled and rang like a struck bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Holiness, please calm your anger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Holiness!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officials below prostrated themselves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their foreheads striking the marble floor with resounding bangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of indescribable, crushing power swept out —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blasting the messenger clear from the hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his fate unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Spirit King…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who can slay a Spirit Douluo…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong rose slowly, stepping out from the shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her amethyst eyes gleamed with eerie, shifting light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radiant golden robe that adorned her —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from her shoulders downward —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was gradually dyed in hues of black and purple,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the darkness spreading down to the hem like the night devouring the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That boy's growth… is too terrifying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the entire history of the Douluo Continent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>never has such a monster appeared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the right side of the hall came the sound of heavy footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Holiness…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering figure strode into view—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>over two and a half meters tall, with crimson hair like hardened blood. His muscles coiled like the roots of an ancient tree, a mountain of flesh and violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Allow me, the Demon Bear, to go to Heaven Dou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will bring you Li Zhexian's head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong fell silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhexian's importance… now rivals that of an entire Upper Three Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the opportunity presents itself, I shall strike him down myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he is now within Heaven Dou territory —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surely protected by Titled Douluo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused briefly, then continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The grand plan of Spirit Hall cannot afford a single mistake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan are destroyed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>two of the Titled Douluo who are closest to him will be gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When that time comes… taking his life will be as easy as turning a hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Demon Bear, Ghost Leopard—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Holiness!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside the Demon Bear Douluo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>three more figures appeared abruptly within the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost Douluo's body flickered like smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Guan held the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, his appearance genderless and beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Ghost Leopard Douluo—gaunt, black-clad, his face masked, eyes emotionless—stood like a shadow given form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secretly mobilize ten thousand Spirit Masters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commence the Spirit Hunting Operation ahead of schedule.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One month from now…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let not a single soul remain alive —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>among the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile C;an and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" ×4\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night's banquet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one ever knew what Li Zhexian had said to the four Titled Douluo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that was known was that, when they left,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the faces of those four men — heroes famed across the continent —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were heavy with mingled joy and sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the days that followed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian still spent his days with the friends who shared his ideals and passions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this gathering —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was no longer the carefree play of their younger years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the youths sparred with one another, exchanging blows and insights, their Spirit Abilites colliding in bursts of dazzling light —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or sat together in deep discussion, voices rising with heated debate over the tides of war and the fate of the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were only a group of young men and women just beginning to show their brilliance —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet behind each of them stood a powerful faction, a name that carried weight across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a tranquil garden in Heaven Dou City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>inside a long pavilion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the youths gathered, faces grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blazing, Skywater, Godwind, Thunderclap—each is rooted in Heaven Dou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xiaotian's eye was still bruised from a recent fight, but his voice carried a steel edge as he looked over the glittering cityscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Spirit Hall bares its fangs and war ignites…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we, the disciples of these academies, must rise with blood and courage —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and stand where the weak cannot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it should be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Tianheng's lips curved faintly as he said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I often hear the students of the Literary Academy shouting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If war comes, we'll trade our pens for swords —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>better to die wrapped in a horsehide shroud than live in shame.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I used to despise those bookish idealists…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I must admit — they're right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, a true man should be like that —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet never forget, women can stand shoulder to shoulder with men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shui Bing'er's icy-blue skirts fluttered softly in the breeze, her bearing calm and ethereal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though Skywater Academy is a women's academy,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If our homeland faces peril, we will not stand idle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if the northern front is distant and the flames of war do not reach us,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>our hearts burn no less for our nation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well said!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er's eyes sparkled as they raised their voices together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Buyu, Huo Wushuang, Oscar, and the rest raised their thumbs in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's gaze swept across each youthful, determined face in the pavilion, finally landing on the bright, peaceful sprawl of Heaven Dou City beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was calm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet every word rang clear in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the sake of home and nation—for the calling of our Spirit Power—what you've said is true. This is the backbone of all Spirit Masters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, his tone suddenly growing distant and solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if war truly comes, what we fight for is not glory, but protection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To protect the smoke rising from these streets, the echo of lessons in the academies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To protect the snowfield in Bing'er's eyes, the honor that lives within Tianheng's heart, the lamplight Buyu gazes upon tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To protect this very moment—our laughter, our youth, our courage to speak of the world beneath the open sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his cup,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his gaze sweeping across the circle of dear friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if we die — we will never regret it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of emotion swept through the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, they lifted their cups and clashed them together with fierce energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if we die — we will never regret it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wine burned their throats,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and their resolve burned brighter still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way…\" Yu Tianheng turned toward the white-robed youth whose smile remained warm and calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We've been so carefree lately, I almost forgot something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian — my younger brother Tianxin has been confined at home by our grandfather. He couldn't make it to this five-year reunion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He asked me to convey his greetings to his master — and to beg you to save him a cup of wine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian couldn't help but smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That unruly boy still remembered his so-called master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That reminds me too,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Wushuang said suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have any of you seen Brother Huyan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the Elephant Armor Academy didn't make it into the finals,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was afraid he might not know about the reunion, so I sent him a letter myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he hasn't shown up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone exchanged puzzled looks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then hesitantly shook their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all remembered that towering youth over two meters tall —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whose Martial Soul was the Diamond Mammoth —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the seven brothers beside him, all famed for their brute strength and heroic spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Wushuang, Feng Buyu, and Feng Xiaotian each had vivid memories of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian finished the last of the wine in his cup. He turned and looked at the green forest swaying in the wind, murmuring softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Elephant Armored Academy has withdrawn from the Elemental Academies' alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Elephant Armored Clan has moved its entire clan away from Heaven Dou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell over the pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood what that meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every power would choose to stand with Heaven Dou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian drank in silence, one sip after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the shadowed depths of his downcast eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a trace of sorrow flickered — hard to name, but heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to see once more that burly figure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stumbling yet stubbornly forcing strong wine into his cup,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his booming laughter still echoing in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Huyan…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If one day we meet again upon the battlefield—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll meet as enemies, blade to blade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1610,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.446Z",1,"novelbin.me","c57b394511ae22ae031d52e6aaffca971a05d9aa9f2ed7738c38fdc964103f4f","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-228","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-226",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]