[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign":3,"chapter-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-83":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},2270091,4432,"Chapter 83: Already Tall and Canopy-Like","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>“Old Man Li, Jiangdong’s Sword Immortal truly has an extraordinary aura—Elder Jiang slew the Mother of Ten Thousand Ghosts, and her corpse is hung on the walls of Anning Prefecture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tu spat wildly as he spoke with great enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Lin the Immortal slew the Mother of Ten Thousand Ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Ming  Cult in Qinghe scattered like birds and beasts; there’s no longer any need to fear attacks from Ghost Ming  Cult members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s strange—the Mother of Ten Thousand Ghosts’s three top disciples, Chi Lian Nü, reportedly vanished without a trace, and the Ghost Ming  Cult is searching everywhere for her. Isn’t that peculiar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui glanced at the soil beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Lian Nü?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grass on Chi Lian Nü’s grave is already a foot tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder martial artists are precious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as fertilizer they’re useful—late autumn, and the old willow trees are sprouting new buds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ought to thank Jiang Lin the Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Lian Nü’s affair might fool others, but it could never deceive Ghost Ming  Cult members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mother of Ten Thousand Ghosts is dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the Ghost Ming  Cult is preoccupied with its own survival; they likely have no time to care about Chi Lian Nü’s matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the young disciple who knew Chi Lian Nü had come to his home has already been sent away—he’s probably left Anning Prefecture by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Best if it becomes an unsolved case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone investigates, it’s nearly impossible to trace it back to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten li outside Qinghe City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the official road, among the trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost-Faced Knife Huyan Zhuo regarded a thin, pale-faced man with wary eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t kill the Mother—why are you blocking my path?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Mother dead, the Ghost-Faced Cult members in Qinghe were leaderless; Huyan Zhuo had no intention of staying in this place of turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped his knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had no confidence he could kill the man before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name “Green Snake Spear” was enough to make him cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man standing opposite Huyan Zhuo was none other than Gongyang Han, one of the Mother of Ten Thousand Ghosts’s three top disciples—the Green Snake Spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Chi Lian Nü Su Xuan, Gongyang Han became the Mother’s disciple through sheer martial prowess—he was a genuine Seventh Rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Foolish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han looked down at Huyan Zhuo with disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo’s temple veins bulged—no one had ever spoken to him like this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han, as if oblivious to Huyan Zhuo’s fury, continued speaking calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you truly believe the Mother is dead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo was startled, his eyes narrowing slightly: “What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Mother long ago attained an immortal body. Jiang Xing merely severed one of her forms—the Mother will not die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo’s pupils shrank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled a forbidden technique circulating within the Ghost Ming  Cult, and asked in disbelief: “Did the Mother truly master it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han still wore his condescending air: “How could mortals comprehend the Mother’s realm? I advise you to stay in Qinghe—or bear the consequences yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gongyang Han spoke true, he truly dared not leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, with the Mother’s methods, he would not survive her retribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han’s thin lips curled slightly: “Enough. I have another matter to ask you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did Su Xuan go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve asked many people; all say you were the last one to see her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han’s gaze burned as he stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pressuring Huyan Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo snorted: “I’m not her father—how would I know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then tell me what you do know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo had wanted to rage, but remembering the Mother, he held it back: “After she killed the Zhu family, she returned to Qinghe, saying she wanted revenge against Tang Sheng and the Heaven-Earth Alliance. Beyond that, I know nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that woman killed someone from the Zhu family, she returned to Qinghe County, saying she wanted to seek revenge against Tang Sheng and the Heaven and Earth Alliance; I don’t know anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han’s thin lips curled upward, appearing even more cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huyan Zhuo muttered: “Didn’t realize people like you still had brother-sister affection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Yanzhu muttered, “I never would’ve guessed people like you still have brother-sister bonds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han nearly burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He longed to kill Su Xuan, that revolting woman, with his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His search for Su Xuan was not out of sentiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was for the Immortal Treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes—the Mother of Ten Thousand Ghosts, after acquiring the Immortal Treasure, foresaw today’s situation and split it into four parts: seven-tenths remained with herself, the remaining three-tenths were given to her three disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Correct—the death of the Mother was all part of her scheme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She faked her death on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xu Hua was deliberately manipulated by her to defect to the Ghost Ming  Cult, solely to draw Jiang Lin’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mother knew she could never hoard the entire Immortal Treasure; three-tenths was more than enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongyang Han cared nothing for Su Xuan—he only wanted to retrieve the Immortal Treasure from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He merely wished to fulfill the Mother’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A month passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui had never enjoyed such luxurious living.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could consume one spirit pill every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Gu’s reputation as the number one under heaven stemmed from its overwhelming superiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it could not make someone ascend to heaven overnight, it allowed one to outpace others in every aspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take spirit pills, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary martial artists could manage at most one pill per week—after all, medicine carries poison, and spirit pills were no exception; the more one consumed, the weaker the effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True martial masters were indeed pill addicts, but they were not built solely from pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Wu Gu could suppress the toxicity of pills to the bare minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s realm surged rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Tianyi Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, what martial art are you practicing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang He stared at Li Rui in bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s movements had grown slower, sometimes taking half a day to shift a single step—appearing utterly devoid of offensive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s movements had grown slower and slower, taking half a day to shift a single step, appearing utterly devoid of any threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang He racked his brains but could not fathom it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master is practicing a brand-new martial art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of unconditional trust in his master, Liang He thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how strange the matter, every time, Master had proven right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui clasped his hands in a circle before his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is slow overcoming fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang He was even more bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In martial arts, speed is invincible—this was nearly universally accepted in the Jianghu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter the weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one was fast enough, one was strong enough; countless martial artists pursued speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Li Rui did the exact opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pursued slowness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible to understand—utterly incomprehensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang He felt his insight was far too poor, inferior to Master Li by a thousandfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui offered no further explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such matters can only be understood through personal insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you understand, you understand; no one else can help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finished cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already the hour of Hai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui returned to his room and carefully took out an elixir from a small jade vial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely the seventh-rank spiritual elixir he had obtained from Chi Lian Nü.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui could already feel he was but one step away from completing Bronze Bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the perfect moment to take the elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seventh-rank spiritual elixir slid down his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of heat surged upward; every pore in his body opened at once, and within a single breath, his back was drenched in sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Break!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1315,"2026-06-19T22:01:09.077Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f006dbd450079ffbec40774c2540d4bc0e77ab1af12ea629b52b2bcaec601d9a","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-84","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-82",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-green-immortal-sovereign-cover.jpg"]