[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique":3,"chapter-eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-69":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique",{"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},1649135,2112,"Chapter 69 - 67: Upheaval","eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>Night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Wu Family Collection,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A raging fire illuminated half the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick plumes of smoke billowed toward the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crumbling city walls, collapsing houses, buildings burned to ash—the prosperity of just a few days ago was utterly gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its place,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a battlefield of blood and chaos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On every street and alley,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bodies lay everywhere in pools of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill! Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, I’m about to get rich!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastard, I’ll kill you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding battle cries rose and fell, weaving together with the roar of clashing Magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fierce Tribulation Cultivators charged left and right under the moonlight, plundering everything in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The major merchants in the Workshop could only bolt their doors, activate their Arrays, and let the madmen outside run rampant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle had erupted too quickly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment, the Wu Family Collection was a scene of prosperity, its streets brightly lit under the night sky, bustling with crowds like a flowing river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next, it was suddenly under a coordinated attack by more than twenty Cultivators at the Qi Introduction Late Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them followed dozens, even hundreds, of formidable Tribulation Cultivator groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the span of just a dozen breaths,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the city walls were breached,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the outer defenses were broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tribulation Cultivators drove deep into the city in a frenzy, unleashing a storm of blood and gore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the chaos,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was no time to mount a defense, and the local forces were routed and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaders of the major merchant houses, hunkered down in their residences,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could only gather their people, fall back to their compounds, and continuously strengthen the defensive Arrays around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many looked up toward the Wu Family’s estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hoped the Wu Family would react quickly, crushing and scattering these invaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sliver of worry began to creep into some of their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are these madmen? How dare they attack and plunder the Wu Family Collection? Aren’t they afraid of retaliation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They must be Tribulation Cultivators. I recognize some of them! They’re on the wanted lists issued by Qing City!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re insane, grouping together to cause such a huge ruckus! After this, Qing City will probably launch a massive crackdown!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My fear is that this isn’t just a case of reckless Tribulation Cultivators, but that another power has a hand in this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>people spoke in low, grave voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scene of this scale was a once-in-decades event, even in the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One didn’t have to think hard to sense the strangeness behind it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind this terrifying, earth-shaking incident, a higher-level game was likely being played!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, compared to the few insightful individuals hiding in the shadows, calmly analyzing the situation with confidence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>most people were simply worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even the Wu Family, the local hegemon, couldn’t stop this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then next,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they would probably be finished along with the entire Wu Family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! A tremendous roar echoed through the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt a vast surge of Magical Power from the city’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu Yuanzhi, you... you’ve already broken through to the Soul Emergence Realm?!?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An incredulous cry washed over the entire city at almost the same moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>startling everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the remaining people in the city could even process what it meant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>another series of even more violent, booming collisions followed, sending palpable vibrations through the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle over there seemed to have grown even more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quarter of an hour later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha! Wu Yuanzhi, what a scheme! Truly, what a scheme!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But do you really think you’ve won?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You managed to break through and advance to Soul Emergence without a Soul Emergence Pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suppose the old rumors about your Wu Family possessing a treasure trove of Cyan Essence Water Grass weren’t just rumors after all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha! I’ll be waiting for you in the afterlife!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the city clearly heard his crazed shouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was rushed, however, and his words were fragmented, as if he were facing a desperate siege from another person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His situation seemed dire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his final, maniacal curse faded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an earth-shattering BANG erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city shook violently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a dazzling Fireball rose from its center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man had self-detonated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city, at that moment, fell into a dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is it over?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all just beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>countless pairs of eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Meanwhile.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a certain valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Changchuan and his party had stopped to rest for the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple fence had been erected around their camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the campfire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Changchuan sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes closed in meditation, performing his daily Cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he seemed to sense something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes snapped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ambush! Be careful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a shout,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he leaped up, landing on a high platform. His gaze, sharp as a hawk’s, shot in a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, the Mortal Martial Artist who had been on patrol now lay in a pool of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his place,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stood two figures who had appeared from nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were discovered?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impressive perception. No wonder the He Mountain Four Fierce ultimately fell at your hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burly, one-eyed, bald man slowly emerged from the darkness behind the two figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His remaining eye stared at Shen Changchuan, his gaze filled with a slavering, covetous greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it’s a pity. Today, you will die here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his roar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>figures leaped out from all directions—north, south, east, and west—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and descended upon the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the enemies had already formed an encirclement, completely surrounding the entire camp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re courting death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fools who don’t know their place! Everyone, let’s go! Kill them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alerted by Shen Changchuan’s earlier shout,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other members of the party—Guo Cheng, Patriarch Li, and the four other Patriarchs—had all awoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the enemy attack without a word,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they didn’t waste time on words either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, they charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time they were on the road, they had fled without a fight when attacked by men in black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That incident had left a deep impression on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t even been that long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>facing another ambush,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>although they hadn’t yet grasped the situation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they charged forward without the slightest hesitation, terrified of once again leaving a terrible impression on Eldest Young Master Shen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had Eldest Young Master Shen, who could effortlessly slay a Qi Introduction Sixth Layer Peak expert, as their backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was there to be afraid of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they had to do was charge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG! BANG!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a series of dull thuds,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the men were sent flying back just as fast as they had charged forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no power to resist whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemies opposite them didn’t even use any Magic; within a single breath, they had crushed them and sent them flying back with kicks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but facepalm in exasperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Fucking hell. Every last one of them charged forward looking so menacing, but they’re all just paper tigers relying on someone else’s strength.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps seeing Guo Cheng and the others crushed so easily,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a certain worry in the one-eyed bald man’s heart vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Good,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There’s no bullshit trap.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sinister grin, he leaped out, agile as a cheetah. In an instant, he was in front of Shen Changchuan, his massive hand, the size of a meditation cushion, swatting down at his head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to smash the little brat’s head to pieces with a single palm strike!\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-06T11:55:28.625Z",1,"novelbin.me","299e1568389123941b1da188ef1f323fedb7c4d3c794bbdbf19b1ce7322ba1d2","eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-70","eternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-chapter-68",85,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-from-the-golden-needle-technique-cover.jpg"]