[{"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-329":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},1550467,2014,"Chapter 329 - 329 — Is There a Power Beyond the Sword Intent of Time? The Spirit Empire Presses on Blazing Fire City","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-329",329,"\u003Cp>One stick of incense later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The billowing clouds and mist were shredded entirely by sword light—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing a vast, brilliant sky of pure blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground below,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and Li Zhexian clash once more in mid-air, forming a triangle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then each retreated to a separate point and exchanged respectful salutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword light faded and fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three descended gracefully back into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply returned to their seats around the sandalwood table\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and lifted their teacups, drinking the still-warm tea in quiet ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and the others stepped forward, unable to hide their curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swordsmanship realm of these three was now far too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even probing lightly with Spiritual Power would be shredded instantly by that razor-sharp sword intent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone actually perceiving the exchange that had taken place in the sky, where sword light had crossed beyond mortal sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those on the ground had been utterly unable to see who held the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Bailong slowly lowered his teacup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the silk cloth covering his eyes, his gaze shifted slightly toward Ning Fengzhi and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin's lips curved with a faint smile, and he was just about to speak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that very moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian lightly flicked his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several freshly brewed cups of tea slid forward in a smooth arc, drifting toward Ning Fengzhi and the others without spilling a single drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This exchange of swordsmanship benefited me greatly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was like tasting three cups of Snow-Crowned Emerald Spring…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first awakens the mind, the second leaves sweetness on the tongue, the third reveals one's nature. Seniors, why must you ask the depth of the tea within these cups?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo were stunned for a brief moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then exchanged glances and laughed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems we were too attached to the result.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, everyone gradually took their leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls helped tidy the courtyard with care before reluctantly departing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starlight filtered through the branches of the four-season plum tree, falling upon the youth reclining lazily on a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian, your talent in the sword… Even among humans—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no, even the divine beasts who rule over slaughter, like Yazi, can't compare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his spiritual sea—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Skydream Ice Worm said earnestly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you turned down inheriting a godhood, I thought the heavens themselves were collapsing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To forge your own godhood is no empty dream!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Great Vertebrae Spirit Bone already shows signs of divinity. Once you comprehend all twelve sword forms, reaching the Spirit Platform—becoming a god will be inevitable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian opened his eyes slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thread of starlight fell into them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his sleeve, his hand quietly clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Skydream Ice Worm had lived for a million years, it ultimately knew nothing of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To create twelve original sword forms…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Myriad Forms Sword Dao had already reached a bottleneck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword dao leading directly to the Spirit Platform—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every sword must surpass the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ninth Form, A Thousand Autumns Depart, was already an unfathomable sword intent of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And tell him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What power in this world could surpass time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if such a power existed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could it be grasped so easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eighth Form, Purifying Glaze, carried the intent of cleansing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and required help from the kind-hearted Pope Bibi Dong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ninth Form, A Thousand Autumns Depart, used time sword intent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>derived by analyzing the temporal power of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Tenth Form…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no longer any path, any opportunity, any external reference to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This exchange with Chen Xin and Feng Bailong—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond simple sparring, the two had worked together with him to deduce the Tenth Form of the Qinglian Sword Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the combined power of the three greatest swordsmen of the age could not deduce it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin dissected the Seven Kill Sword intent down to its essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Zhexian's killing sword intent, Blood Pagoda, also carried the divine resonance of Seven Kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Bailong explained in full the path of wind swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Zhexian's wind sword intent, Formless Wind, was itself a complete Great Dao of the wind sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The good news:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Myriad Forms Sword Dao was truly all-encompassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bad news:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road really had reached its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian stared through the plum branches at the star-strewn heavens, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he seemed to remember something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Tian Meng, weren't you always curious how the spirit-soul system could replace the Spirit Ring system?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?! Brother Zhexian—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you're finally willing to tell me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle breeze drifted across the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian gathered his spiritual power, bringing the plum fragrance together and shaping it into the phantom of an ice worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time is truly unfathomable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When that kid Huo Yuhao mentioned spirit souls back then, your brother was right there—yet everything was spinning and I couldn't understand a word!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian chuckled lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter. Let me explain it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nestled comfortably in the recliner, he laid out the principles of the spirit soul system in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Skydream Ice Worm grew increasingly astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something like this is even possible?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A soul actually has a form?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Separating a spirit beast's soul and signing an equal contract with a Spirit Master—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>allowing the beast to exist in the world as a conscious spiritual body?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The one who invented this method must be an utterly terrifying figure who deeply comprehends the Dao of Death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Spirit Soul System… it's full of potential—truly full of potential!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a million-year soul beast—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It instantly grasped the advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Becoming a spirit soul allows one to retain memories! For those savage beasts nearing the hundred-thousand-year limit, they could even use this to evade the heavenly tribulation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dying beasts or those facing tribulation can voluntarily become spirit sousl!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This may not completely remove the conflict between humans and soul beasts—but it will ease it greatly. That alone is precious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian, since you are the first to advocate this system in this world, you should set an example.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you decided which Spirit Beast you'll contract with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does Brother Tian Meng think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The higher the age of the Spirit Beast, the more rings and the stronger the power of the spirit soul!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, the Skydream Ice Worm declared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our goal is to become a god!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So naturally, the older the better!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your brother knows that in the Star Dou Forest—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It suddenly cut itself off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its small eyes swiveled, and it corrected:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian, don't you have a good relationship with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not invite them to become your spirit souls?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you ascend to godhood, we'll follow you to the heavens!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian glanced at Tian Meng's eager expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Snow Empress is far too proud—do you truly not know this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the auspicious beast protecting the Extreme North now, unless something extraordinary happens, she has a very real chance of surviving the 700,000-year tribulation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In such a situation, why would she ever agree to become my spirit soul?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ice Empress is the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since discovering the spirit soul method—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been pondering how to integrate it with his Wine Martial Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Support-type Martial Souls indeed best fit the spirit soul system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But which Spirit Beast should he contract with—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was something he still could not decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skydream Ice Worm fell silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you reach level 80, go to the Extreme North!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll talk to the Ice Empress!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With me… she still gives a bit of face!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can definitely persuade her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian easily saw through its guilty conscience—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but did not expose it, instead smiling and nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Spirit Empire suffered major defeat at Bianhong City, the continent enjoyed a rare period of calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian was urgently summoned to the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ning Fengzhi, Feng Bailong, and Yu Yuanzhen already present, he immediately knew the situation was grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Emperor Xue Ye's low voice caused his expression to subtly change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urgent report from the front…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Spirit Empire has marched into Heaven Dou territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has already been several days. No doubt cities have already fallen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on their invasion route, they should now be approaching…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blazing Fire City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blazing Fire City—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the location of the Blazing Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drop some POWERSTONES to push the story forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Read Advance Chapters at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fc\u002FReadJin\u003C\u002Fp>",1433,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.446Z",1,"novelbin.me","576e4e76b93b73afa8e5785b089f090f2c128ce7f0f478b39ecee30df289d9e5","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-124","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-123",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]