[{"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-353":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},1550568,2014,"Chapter 353: Who Asked You to Be a Hero? I Only Want You To Live! — The Fulfillment of a Glimpse of the Future","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-353",353,"\u003Cp>The anguished plea of the Skydream Ice Worm echoed in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood still flowed from Li Zhexian's lips, yet when he heard it, there was not the slightest wavering in those pitch-black eyes of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bloodstained white robes and black hair whipped violently in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I… will not…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two words fell—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound like shattering glass rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Domains that had reached the limit of their stalemate collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The destructive energy that had been compressed to the extreme lost all restraint, bursting forth like a breached galaxy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elemental catastrophes swept across everything in their path—light was stripped away, space twisted, and all living things were annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth was torn apart as if a sandbox struck by a colossal wave, layer after layer scraped away. Mountain ranges melted like ice under a blazing sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic crater more than ten kilometers wide formed instantly at the collision point. At its depths lay vitrified, searing earth, exhaling an aura of pure destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three figures shot toward the distant horizon like falling meteors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong smashed violently into the cliff face of a mountain peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain shuddered, boulders cascading downward, as wisps of black qi seeped out from the towering dust cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Slaughter King crashed through the summit of another mountain, filthy crimson blood-qi flickering amid the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's fall was the most devastating of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His white robes soaked in blood, he plummeted helplessly from the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struck the ground first, the remaining force dragging him more than a thousand meters before his body finally came to a halt against the rocky base of a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buried beneath shattered stone, his presence had become barely perceptible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Feng Bailong, and the others had eyes splitting with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those already hot-tempered became completely unhinged—after blasting their opponents back with a single strike, they charged straight toward Li Zhexian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the very next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six Hall Elders attacked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword light and a sweeping serpent tail forced Golden Crocodile and Azure Luan to retreat several steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Crocodile transmitted solemnly to Chen Xin, Feng Bailong, and the others:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a battle on the level of the Limit Douluo—you cannot interfere!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If something happens to you, it will only distract Li Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not... let Li Zhexian's painstaking efforts... be in vain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Feng Bailong, Gu Rong, and Yu Yuanzhen all trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they not understand…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why Li Zhexian fought to the death without retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking back to the battle at the Pope's Palace years ago—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had protected the boy, then still a fledgling eagle, behind their backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, that former fledgling had grown into a roc soaring the heavens—yet was willing to sacrifice his life and future in exchange for their slim chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears streamed down the old men's faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven Dou soldiers and Spirit Empire Spirit Masters stopped fighting almost simultaneously, staring blankly at the towering smoke pillars raised by the fall of the three Limit Douluo powerhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield fell into an eerie silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of thousands of Heaven Dou soldiers stood wordless, an incomparably heavy grief spreading in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could see it clearly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian was the most gravely injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to fight two Limit Douluo alone and push the battle this far—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No words were needed to prove his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian had truly done everything he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the body of a youth, he had shed the very last drop of blood for Heaven Dou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhexian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, Xiao Wu, and Huo Wu—all deathly pale—rushed desperately toward the place where Li Zhexian had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Tianheng, Feng Buyu, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, Oscar, and the others followed closely behind, panic written across their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their minds…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scenes from the past flickered involuntarily…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's occasional melancholy, and how the one who loved lively gatherings the most had fallen into unusual silence when the \"one-year promise\" was set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did he… already foresee this day…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowing it was a dead end…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet still doing this for us… for Heaven Dou…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the thought of it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hearts broke completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who asked you to be a hero… I only want you to live…\" Huo Wu's former brightness was gone as she screamed hoarsely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, mountains split apart as dust and smoke shot skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The places where Bibi Dong and the Slaughter King had been buried exploded outward. Two figures rose once more into the heavens, wreathed in surging demonic flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies were covered in wounds, yet their auras were even more terrifying than before. Spirit Power like interwoven blood-red and black flames surged above their heads, as though demon gods had descended upon the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha… hahahaha…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong covered her face with her remaining right hand, laughing madly as she trembled. Through her fingers, her gaze was venomous as blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhexian… I told you… today you would surely die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But death is far too cheap for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want you to watch with your own eyes as the people you fought to protect die one by one before you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her words fell—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand and clenched it in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Rakshasa Scythe, wrapped in sinister purple evil qi, condensed in her grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scythe transformed into a deathly arc of light that tore through the sky, slashing toward the charging Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan… Yu Tianheng, and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they possibly withstand a strike from a Limit Douluou?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the scythe even arrived—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The annihilating killing intent alone crushed down on them, chilling their bodies to the bone and freezing them in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the critical moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bloodstained sword light suddenly stretched across in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the sword light shattered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth staggered to the ground, his white robes completely soaked in red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, he still forced himself to swing the Qinglian Sword True Body, hundreds of meters long, and managed to slash the demon scythe flying back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd cried out in shock, wild joy surging into their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go… go quickly…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's voice was hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaotic currents of time and space swirled wildly around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to rewind his injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he had clashed Domains with Bibi Dong and the Slaughter King—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time in that area had already fallen into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if that segment of the river of spacetime had turned muddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer rewind to an earlier moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only barely stabilize his wounds, yet his shattered body was still on the verge of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhexian… don't worry about us… you can definitely escape on your own…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't try to persuade me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Bibi Dong and the Slaughter King, whose auras pierced the heavens—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian turned his head, sweeping his gaze over his friends. A smile rose on his blood-soaked, deathly pale face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The one-year promise…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will definitely keep it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Zhu Zhuqing, who neither cried nor shouted, her beautiful face as still as eternal night. A trace of tenderness and pain flickered in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhuqing, don't do anything foolish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was as light as the wind, yet every word weighed heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Believe me… one year from now… I will definitely return.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pass my words… on to Xue'er.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhuqing nodded, speaking slowly and firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll wait for you for one year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone present understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Zhexian did not return after one year, she would not live on alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian clenched his hand tightly within his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer looked at those familiar faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sweep of his sleeve—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle yet overwhelming force surged out like a tide, sending everyone a thousand meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bibi Dong and the Slaughter King had already arrived, carrying overwhelming killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet not a trace of fear appeared on Li Zhexian's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth Spirit Ring beneath his feet lit up with a cold, pale-platinum glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifth Spirit Ability— Vengeful Retribution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the battle at the Pope's Palace, he had never been injured so severely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All pain transformed into the fuel of vengeance, feeding back into his Spirit Ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Li Zhexian—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal blood-red Yazi, sword clenched in its jaws, stepped forth, blotting out the sky…\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>",1448,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.445Z",1,"novelbin.me","28221251317b35de8bfbb3debdcc6046ed2c8fc04274ccc8cc557cd3d89f7f06","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-354","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-352",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]