[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign":3,"chapter-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-183":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Eternal Green Immortal Sovereign",{"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},2270191,4432,"Chapter 183: Slay Demon Ghosts, Rewards Overflowing!","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-183",183,"\u003Cp>First, the first claim is obviously false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just psychological intimidation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, there is no second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui disliked speaking idle words during battle, unless those words served a purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still too young.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In battle, you must always strive to accumulate advantage—sometimes one extra move decides life or death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four-Armed Demon Ghost had a fearsome reputation; over ten seventh-rank experts had died in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even killing a chicken requires a butcher’s knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention facing an opponent like the Four-Armed Demon Ghost—you must be cautious to gain even a slight edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long blade, wreathed in dragon-force, slashed downward with immense power; even several feet away, one could feel the blade’s chilling edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Wu Yun dared not underestimate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tearing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two pairs of arms tore through the fabric of his back, revealing four limbs clearly on either side of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon God Technique?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he was called the Four-Armed Demon Ghost—he had cultivated the Demon God Technique, or rather, half of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yun had not, like the Ten-Thousand Ghosts Mother, transformed himself into a complete monster; he had merely grown two extra arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, two fists cannot fight four hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With four arms, Wu Yun held overwhelming advantage in combat, which was precisely why he had remained stuck at the seventh rank for over a decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding ding ding ding ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A string of sparks exploded from Wu Yun’s black-blue limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yun’s eyes widened; his body trembled involuntarily—he had never imagined this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could he be this strong?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His four arms, tempered by the Demon God Technique, were stronger than seventh-rank divine iron, even surpassing innate Jingang  by several degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew his own combat strength perfectly—he had always been invincible against peers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of this, whenever he faced a peer-level martial master, he never feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet today, this seventy-year-old old man had shattered his defenses with just a few slashes?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the long blade struck his arm, a deep gash, bone-visible, opened upon it; a few more strikes, and the Four-Armed Demon Ghost would become the Armless Demon Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t merely that the blade was sharp—more importantly, Li Rui had cultivated the Dragon Form; the Dragon’s aura inflicted damage with brutal dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon was the ancestor of all beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among divine beasts, it was the supreme existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon Form was of extremely high rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extremely difficult to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the benefit was that once achieved, its power far surpassed ordinary qi-forms—it nearly crushed all other qi-forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yun let out a deafening roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tumors and muscles swelled and writhed across his body; his limbs grew wildly larger and harder, resembling a demonic Yecha crawling from the depths of the Nine Heavens’ Hell—fierce and grotesque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monstrous figure nearly ten feet tall, piled high with muscle, looked utterly deformed—no longer human in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of ghostly shadows flew out from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The full Demon God Technique!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six-foot-tall Li Rui appeared minuscule before the colossal monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yun was forced to reveal his trump card, unleashing his complete form—his four arms clasped together, aiming to trap Li Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crrrak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slender, two-foot-long short blade burst forth from his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden Edge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a violent wind erupted around Li Rui, and the furious sword intent exploded in a single moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Hidden Edge unsheathed, the sword intent nurtured for months reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Draw the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden Edge swept horizontally, its invisible sword intent slicing across the giant monster’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hair-thin bloodline slowly appeared at the junction between upper and lower body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yun’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncertain, he blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His massive body slipped out of alignment—the lower half remained upright, while the upper half slid down and crashed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Am I going to die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought Li Rui was the weakest, so he chose Li Rui first over Tan Hu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unassuming little old man had hidden so deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui stepped forward and crushed Wu Yun’s massive head under his foot; Hidden Edge descended without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plosch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like stabbing into a watermelon, red and white splattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skull split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Li Rui showed no sign of stopping—he kept slashing, again and again, until the monster before him was reduced to unrecognizable pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is he dead now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once witnessed the strange methods of the Decapitated Slave, even ones that could deceive Jiang Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he learned his lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A corpse alone was far from enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was perfect—unless Wu Yun could shrink into cells, he could not possibly survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill someone, you must ensure they are utterly dead; otherwise, it’s all pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then pulled a small jade vial from his robe with his clean hand and sprinkled it on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stench of corrosion rose into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Li Rui smile in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gazed at the mist in his consciousness and exhaled slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally safe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accidentally caught sight of a small stone glowing faintly blue on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hidden Edge had been drawn, its blade qi had severed the string holding the Immortal Trace Stone, causing it to fall to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immortal Trace?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui hadn’t expected an Immortal Trace here. Without hesitation, his eyes fell upon the ground where “Wu Yun” had been completely dissolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui saw a slender thread of blue qi, no longer than a fingernail and as thin as a hair, floating quietly on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though merely a wisp, it radiated an aura of sacred inviolability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A line of small characters appeared before Li Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Congratulations, Host! Achievement Completed: “Becoming Immortal and Founding a Line” — Initial Discovery of Immortal Trace 2.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【An Immortal’s breath equals a mortal’s century of effort. At age ten, you’ve gained a wisp of Immortal Qi. With this Immortal Trace, your fortune is profound—continue pursuing Immortal traces to prove eternal life.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task “Initial Discovery of Immortal Trace 2” completed. Reward calculation in progress.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task rating: A.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Obtained 40 Achievement Points!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+ Shu _ Ba\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name: Li Rui】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Age: 10】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Martial Bone, Extraordinary Comprehension, Insightful Eyes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cultivation Technique: Long Chun Technique, Dragon Soaring Through Nine Heavens Diagram]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Achievement: 40\u002F100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal qi?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never imagined that the four-armed demon ghost carried even a wisp of immortal qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remarkable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ghost Ming  Sect must conceal great secrets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system never lies—this faint blue mist before him was indeed the legendary immortal qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was when the benefit of reading extensively became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Swallow immortal qi into the belly, and transformation reverses heaven and earth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the texts, inhaling immortal qi into the body could nourish the physique and reverse one’s innate constitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui seized the immortal qi without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth and sucked it in with a swift hiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had he resolved the crisis, but he’d gained an unexpected reward—Li Rui was thoroughly satisfied with today’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished, he leapt away and vanished into the nearby woods, chasing the direction of the sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhongtian’s handsome face now bore a fresh scar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped his blade and scanned the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was in ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this battle, at least seventy of the soldiers under him and Feng Yu had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pyrrhic victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the heaviest loss the Anning Guard had suffered since its founding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Ming  Sect had not come out unscathed either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yu walked up to Ning Zhongtian, gazing at his longtime rival with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Ning Zhongtian had displayed divine might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At great personal risk, he had forcibly shattered the Poisonous Ghost’s poison sac with his blade intent, forcing the creature to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good thing we didn’t push him too far.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yu muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhongtian had concealed his true strength; he always appeared roughly equal to Feng Yu, but in truth, he had already reached the Mid-Stage of Dragon Gate, even half a step into the Late Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only with such a cultivation base could he match the Poisonous Ghost in combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lethal intent in Ning Zhongtian’s eyes had not yet fully faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Commander Feng, I’ll stay behind to clear the battlefield. Please return to the guard post first and report this to Commander Cao and Commander Jiang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Yu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, he would have argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, he had no desire to compete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Externally, he and Ning Zhongtian were both soldiers of the Annan Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In war, internal strife was unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Ming  Sect could return at any moment—they needed reinforcements as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhongtian had no intention of leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the northwestern battlefield, he could accept dying wrapped in horsehide—but this was Qinghe, the Anning Guard’s stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he abandoned his comrades and left their corpses to rot in the wilds,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would never again hold his head high in the Annan Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes to his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Li Rui emerged from the foliage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Rui appear, Ning Zhongtian’s eyes flickered with relief. He stepped forward:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Li, are you well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even ask why Li Rui had left the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that situation, the formation had been shattered—surviving by any means was entirely reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, if he remembered correctly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had seen one of the Twelve Blood Disciples, the four-armed demon ghost Wu Yun, chasing Li Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Rui hadn’t lured Wu Yun away, more Anning Guard soldiers would have died today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Li acted with righteousness—I’ll report your merit to Commander Jiang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he understood: Ning Zhongtian must have assumed he had deliberately drawn the four-armed demon ghost away to protect the Anning Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he’d only done it to conceal his true abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no confidence he could kill Wu Yun using only seven-tenths of his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he’d acted as he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Ge Hong, Wei Ming, and Tan Hu also gathered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing everyone was unharmed, Li Rui laughed heartily: “Good you’re all alive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who had endured such battles could understand the feeling of surviving with comrades still standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Hu, with his large head, asked curiously: “Where did the four arms go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Hu meant the four-armed demon ghost. He smiled lightly: “I used to be a horse handler and often pastured horses here—I know the terrain well. I lost the four-armed demon ghost, then returned here. I figured the Ghost Ming  Sect had already scattered, so I came back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Li Rui possibly have killed the four-armed demon ghost?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four-armed demon ghost could slay seventh-rank cultivators who had condensed qi into form—Li Rui was lucky to survive, let alone reverse the kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his subordinates above seventh rank were unharmed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhongtian’s mood improved somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the wounded Anning Guard soldiers moaning on the ground and sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each of you, tally your losses—I’ll report to Commander Jiang, and not a single copper of compensation will be withheld!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1901,"2026-06-19T22:01:09.077Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4c11fa5a35136e322514b035161e10cf101d394d88e100257ee972f326c6755d","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-184","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-182",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-green-immortal-sovereign-cover.jpg"]