[{"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-279":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},1550544,2014,"Chapter 279: Comprehending a New Sword Intent! Using Decay to Grasp the Miraculous","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-279",279,"\u003Cp>Upon the sword's spine—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wisp of black qi coiled like a drifting thread, faint and elusive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his eyesight, he had to hold his breath and focus entirely just to see this wisp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A solemn chill swept across his handsome face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qinglian Sword was the embodiment of extremity—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its sharpness absolute, capable of severing all things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of evil force\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could cling to its edge like maggots on bone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian dared not be careless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately sat cross-legged, eyes closed, the azure blade resting across his knees as he calmed his mind to sense it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Renxue stood beside him, flawless features clouded with worry, her gaze soft as water, never leaving him for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stick of incense later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian suddenly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought two fingers together like a sword and slowly swept them along the sword's spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black qi seemed to be alive—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sliding along the body of the Qinglian Sword, and suddenly flowing into his fingertip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his solemn gaze—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand grew mottled with purple-blue corpse spots at a speed visible to the naked eye, spreading like ink diffusing through water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Renxue's eyes trembled; her pearly teeth bit lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with her heart aching, she did not interrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian always had his measure and his plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This power…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It feels similar to the Sword Intent of Death I comprehended…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian murmured quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His corpse-spotted hand slowly clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four-colored radiance glimmered faintly beneath his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Quadform Spirit Meridian Body not only rendered him immune to absorbing fire, ice, and lightning attributes, but also granted him a Blood Essence physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood surged like a rushing river—able to overcome decay and birth new flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This power is similar to Sword Intent of Death…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I comprehend it completely, it won't greatly advance my sword dao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light of excitement—bordering on madness—flickered in Li Zhexian's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Between bodily decay and rebirth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could I refine a new sword-intent?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Completely possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now a grandmaster of the Sword Dao, no longer the youth of the past who merely harbored dreams of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>did Li Zhexian truly understand why, that day, when Chen Xin heard he wished to walk the path of 'using all phenomena to prove the One Sword,' he sighed immediately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too difficult. Far too difficult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The further the Myriad Forms Sword Dao went,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the harder it became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consider his first sword technique—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaoguang (Starlight).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He merely gazed at the stars, drank a cup of a Yaoguang Wine, and with a clear heart, stole a thread of starlight from the night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from the second to the fourth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He endured countless hardships of tempering the body to glimpse sword intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth sword intent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had practically died once\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to comprehend the Sword Intent of Death— Nether Shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth, the Sword Intent of Slaughter— Blood Pagoda,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was earned by slaughtering three thousand fallen, cutting his way through the Slaughter City to swing that sky-filling scarlet strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seventh, the Spiritual Sword Intent— Boundless Thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>came only after enduring brain-rending agony day and night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It truly grew harder each time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like climbing a mountain ten thousand meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step after halfway became near impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I have never regretted it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I lived again ten thousand times, I, Li Zhexian, would still walk the path of proving the One through all phenomena.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my sword dao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose suddenly, eyes like cold stars cutting through the gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's difficult…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I must never miss a single chance to comprehend the sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this Rakshasa Secret Realm, I will comprehend a new intent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft, warm hand gently closed around his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting a pair of gentle golden eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll stay with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four or five hours passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A waning moon hung upon the dark-purple heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three scythe-bearing shadows drifted to the city gate again and turned once more into statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue left their dwelling, swiftly passing through the ruined streets and arriving at the rooms of the elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only upon confirming everyone's safety did they relax slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yuanzhen stroked his beard and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After last night, I fear less than a third of the powerhouses from the various sects in the city remain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Fengzhi thought for a moment and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian's shout last night revealed the secret of the houses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And those who could enter this place are no mediocrities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some should have deduced the rules.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are many Command Banners in the city. We should collect them and confirm the top-three sect rankings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Xin and the others were about to leave—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian spoke solemnly, relaying Qian Renxue's discovery from yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing such chilling news—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others all changed expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They immediately sat down to sense carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt the erosion of that decaying black qi from within their Spirit Power and Martial Souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took quite some time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they fully purged it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, thanks to young friend Zhexian's companion for telling us, or else… something disastrous might have happened!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bibi Dong is truly vicious. She wants to use this secret realm to corrupt the strong who enter—turning them into her puppets!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I even suspect that if the corruption grew deep, these yellow-mud black-tile houses would become our true 'homes' forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chen Xin and Feng Bailong spoke, chills still crawled down their backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We cannot stay here long!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Fengzhi said sternly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once we gather the Command Banners and confirm the rankings, we must leave immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Li Zhexian remained silent for a moment, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When that time comes, seniors should leave first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin and Feng Bailong frowned immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian— \u002F Young friend Zhexian, you…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still need the Blood of a God, and I must comprehend a new sword intent here. I have to stay longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian had forged his own sword dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Chen Xin and Feng Bailong could not offer advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They understood how important both the sword and the girl were to Li Zhexian—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so they did not try to dissuade him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a quiet moment, they said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, we won't rush out either. We'll stay and safeguard you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian smiled and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no need, seniors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This decaying black qi erodes the body constantly. The longer you remain, the greater the danger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have my own methods of defense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the city's powerhouses are cleared, if the waning moon vanishes, I'll hide in a house. I'll be perfectly safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chen Xin and Feng Bailong still frowning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seniors must return to the outside world quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Bibi Dong has more methods…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will have to keep watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said all he should—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll do as you say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they were about to leave the house to sweep the marshal banners—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Fengzhi suddenly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a light screen outside the secret realm showing our every move…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What we just discussed…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No issue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xue'er told me—once we enter the houses, even the light screen cannot observe us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian guessed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong still wasn't the true Rakshasa God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not fully control the Rakshasa Secret Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Fengzhi and the others finally eased their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Power burst open the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stepped into the light of the waning moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No scythe-bearing phantoms pursued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With five Titled Douluo—and the equally powerful Qian Renxue added—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lineup could walk the ruined city unhindered.\u003C\u002Fp>",1296,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.446Z",1,"novelbin.me","84c88aa1a53b3241d8b1fe80febcffb7922015659b999581cf2148cfd1782c17","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-280","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-278",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]