[{"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-363":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},1550578,2014,"Chapter 363: Li Zhexian Finally Awakens — The Price of Reincarnation, and a Storyteller Comes to Town","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-363",363,"\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's eyelashes trembled slightly. Before he could fully open his eyes, he heard an excited child's voice, accompanied by quick tap-tap-tap footsteps drawing nearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ma! Big brother woke up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to open his eyes, but the sudden flood of sunlight stabbed into them, forcing him to shut them tightly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeating this several times and slowly adjusting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his vision finally became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What entered his sight…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a child with chapped, reddened cheeks, and a woman wearing coarse hemp clothes with a few blades of grass clinging to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where… is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was hoarse and raspy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Family Village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman said, helping him sit up and holding a rough clay cup to his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which family are you from, kid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you end up sleeping out in the fields?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no one like you in Li Family Village…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept muttering as she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but her gaze suddenly paused when it landed on the boy's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if his features were shrouded in a thin veil of mist—no matter how she looked, she couldn't see them clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, she didn't feel surprised at all. Instead, she vaguely sensed that this boy's appearance should be quite good, not something a small village like theirs could raise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Hu, keep an eye on him. Ma's going to light the fire and cook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, Ma!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking the water, Li Zhexian felt much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled at the child who was curiously staring at him, then began to look around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mud-brick house was plain at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the earthen bed beneath him, there was only a wooden table in the corner propped up at one leg, and three old chairs polished smooth by years of use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine cracks ran through the mud walls, where strings of chili peppers and wild vegetables hung drying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was anything in the room that could even be called a \"belonging,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was probably the small wooden sword in the child's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, what's your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the child asked, tilting his head up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian looked at him, stayed silent for a long time, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child's round, dark eyes widened as he stared at him for a few seconds, then he turned and ran outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's over, Ma!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother's a dummy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dusk,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the man of the household returned from work. Seeing that the boy they had picked up had awakened, he showed a simple, honest smile and said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the dinner table,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were five coarse wheat buns and two large bowls of vegetable soup shimmering with oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the woman distributed the buns one by one, she muttered softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought we'd picked up some rich young master and might benefit a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instead, it turns out he's an idiot who doesn't know anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'd just barely started living easier, and now there's another mouth to feed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man tugged at her sleeve beneath the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her brows shot up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the five fist-sized buns, the man took two; the child, Li Zhexian, and she herself each took one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bun had barely landed in her bowl when her brows knit even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She broke off half of her own bun and, without another word, placed it into Li Zhexian's bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the boy looked up at her,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she took a bite of her bun, sat down on a stool stacked from bricks, and said gruffly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're sickly. If you don't eat more, how are you supposed to recover?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, auntie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Xiao Hu pulled Li Zhexian to the doorway of the adjacent room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm yellow light spilled out from behind the lifted cloth curtain, and a faint scent of sandalwood drifted through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhang couple stood with palms pressed together, devoutly kneeling and bowing three times before a small clay figurine set against red cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian noticed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that although this room was just as simple, it was completely spotless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They themselves had eaten coarse, plain food that evening,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet before the figurine were offerings of fresh fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie, uncle—who are you worshipping?\" Li Zhexian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hu stared at him in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, did you really forget everything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a person of Heaven Dou, how could you not know Lord Sword Wine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Sword Wine…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's our great hero of Heaven Dou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child's tender face was full of reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even though Li Family Village is remote, every household worships Lord Sword Wine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ma says that the peaceful days we live now, and being able to eat white flour buns—all of it is thanks to Lord Sword Wine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Sword Wine is the greatest prodigy of all ages!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He wielded the Qinglian Sword and was even stronger than the gods!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the boy raised the wooden sword in his hand and swung it about with whoosh-whoosh sounds,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as though he himself had become the legendary youth who roamed the world with a sword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Hu, come inside,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman called softly from within the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them went in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman handed each of them three sticks of incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hu knelt and bowed with practiced ease, his devotion no less sincere than that of his father and mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian, however, stared at the simple clay figurine before him, its features blurred and indistinct, and fell into a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone in Heaven Dou owes Lord Sword Wine a debt,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman said with a gravity she had never shown before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fact that you could sleep peacefully out in the fields until the sun was already slanting westward is also because Lord Sword Wine defeated the Spirit Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, you'd have been stabbed to death long ago by their Spirit Masters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usually easygoing man also put away his smile and looked at him seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian nodded silently, took the incense, knelt down, and bowed solemnly three times toward the clay statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As thin blue smoke curled upward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the family's gaze toward him softened all the more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, why don't you think about what your name is while watching me chop firewood here,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman said, leading Li Zhexian into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung the axe with both hands. With a few sharp crack sounds, the log split apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you're feeling better, this job will be yours. We're farmers—no one eats for free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wiped the sweat from her brow and continued hacking, breathing heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian's eyes fixed on the cold gleam of the axe blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in his vision,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the arc of the falling axe seemed to slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched as the blade cleaved the air, landed precisely on the wood, its edge flashing—and the log split apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie, you're chopping it wrong,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he said, stepping forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant his right hand wrapped around the axe handle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his mind reeled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless blurred fragments of memory surged through him like a tide, too fast to grasp even a single one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing quickened. He released the axe involuntarily and instead made a casual beckoning motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden sword lying by Xiao Hu's feet suddenly flew up into the air and landed steadily in Li Zhexian's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the wooden sword touched his palm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his entire bearing changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the stunned eyes of the woman and the man who had looked up at the sound,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his wrist flicked lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden sword descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That rough, unpolished edge struck precisely at the weakest point of the log's crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thread of exceedingly subtle sharp intent burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a soft sound,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the firewood separated cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the break,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the surface was smooth as a mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Th-this… this…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple stood dumbstruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hu, meanwhile, had already cheered and rushed over, hugging Li Zhexian's leg and shouting excitedly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother is amazing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teach Xiao Hu how to use a sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teach me, big brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that day on,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the chore of chopping firewood officially fell to Li Zhexian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was glad to shoulder some of the household labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he increasingly felt that something about himself was not quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever he gazed up at the starry sky in the deep of night,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or when a gentle breeze brushed past him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or even when lightning tore across the heavens on a rainy day…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a heavy, indescribable stagnation would surge up in his heart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if something were being deeply suppressed, desperate to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one evening,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the man returned from outside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bringing news that sent the whole family into excitement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A storyteller has come to town! They say he's from a big city—and he specializes in telling the stories of Lord Sword Wine!\"\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>",1478,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.445Z",1,"novelbin.me","afc35730d56b216dbb7c2ad36c7b71a006c792653b4cf473e0784cfba5d1d022","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-364","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-362",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]