[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year":3,"chapter-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-1385":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Facing an Ancient God for a Year",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},969561,1268,"Chapter 1383: 1381 The Missing Essence","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-1385",1385,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1383: Chapter 1381 The Missing Essence\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time is tight, so I drew it casually.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the witch did not indulge in the hope that Fu Qian would forget the location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After realizing that her masterpiece had already been admired, she still maintained a tone of authority and explained nonchalantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Casually… I must say, I did indeed grasp the theme from the painting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Knight of the Pontiff, Fu Qian was quite cooperative, seriously echoing her, and even went to the trouble of nodding his irregularly shaped head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I made some additions later on, care to take a look?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it sounded like she was seeking an opinion, the witch had already stood up as she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Insect Knight, unable to move independently, undoubtedly agreed with his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can indeed feel that the elements have become much richer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path from the hall to the studio wasn’t far, and the steps of the Pontiff and the Knight seemed slow yet swift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sprinting up the stairs, the dark colors fluttered, and soon the two core members of the Dark Moon Sect arrived at the dark room behind the small stained glass window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the founding place of the Dark Moon Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant easel was still there, and the witch’s steps slowed down, leaning against the only chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Temple Knight, who she held in front of her, earnestly looked up and down, acknowledging the additions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an upright knight, this was by no means a compromise to authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was the same Leytin he had seen before, the content was obviously much richer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the detail of the mist outside the city had a bit of addition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must admit, it was extraordinary. After escaping, the witch should have returned here for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these were all details. The most important was this new work by the Pontiff, which remained quite challenging to appreciate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And it has a strong personal style.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the Temple Knight was far from ordinary, not even panting, as he gave another two acknowledgements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although things are bizarre, one must admit the reenactment of ancient times is truly a miracle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Pontiff had his grace, not being overly demanding, nodding subtly while leading the topic to the profound meaning behind the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, but it still feels somewhat lacking; on one hand, the time is short, on the other, the reenactment doesn’t seem very complete.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this regard, the Temple Knight had obviously given more thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Incomplete, why do you say that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The witch showed clear interest in this statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I was practicing medicine in Leytin, I encountered a special case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian’s tone was so natural, recalling his experience of abandoning medicine for the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As an ordinary person, after offering his blood for the Bloodline Clan to taste, he received the law’s gift as a return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet even with the guidance of a self-proclaimed Godson vampire, some inevitable distortion occurred.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Fu Qian was talking about, of course, was Miss Winslow’s two-dimensional beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To some extent, it can be explained as the law forcibly interpreting everything, just like the Awakeners in Leytin’s shadows.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But when I discussed this issue with the Bloodline Clan, using the method of elimination, we came to a hypothesis that hasn’t been disproved, which is that the law itself is distorted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The final result is that aside from the ancient blessed ones returning to the world, all those newly blessed have various anomalies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The former can maintain because the decree they grasp is inherently part of ‘reality.’ I’m more inclined to this judgment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While speaking, Fu Qian shook his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But here lies a problem. Earlier in that place, I did not feel any obvious distortion… Nobility, order, majesty, the reenacted law appeared quite perfect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So as someone with closer contact, what are your feelings about this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The situation you described does indeed exist; in fact, I’ve made similar judgments.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with Fu Qian sharing his findings from night visits to vampires, the witch quickly approved his statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Including the fact that, upon close contact, the law does not seem to distort.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Until this awakening, when I reviewed the entire process, I finally discovered some special circumstances.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must admit, the word ‘missing’ is quite precise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The issue isn’t with the structure of the law, but with its essence, it remains supreme, yet has lost its foundation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s quite difficult to describe accurately, but I’ve always had this feeling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The witch pointed at her own face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if my power can withstand consumption, if it keeps burning as fuel, given enough time, it will still distort.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essence, not the structure, was the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The witch’s description was somewhat obscure, but for Fu Qian, who had been pondering the issue, it wasn’t that difficult to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s like, one would still be struck by Lei for stealing, but not because it’s defined as illegal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s merely that such actions lead to such results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lacking this essence, so when mapped to new members, transformations occurred more easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the emphasis repeatedly stressed when dealing with Fran and the others was—experience is important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t for experiencing it through the witch, and her being a high-ranking figure herself, this subtle conceptual difference might be hard to detect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So compared to the ancient glory, is this reenacted law essentially just a facade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It does align with the nature of a dying flash… but now here’s the question, who caused this dying flash?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who applied this stimulus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Currently, there’s no clue whatsoever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if knowing what he was thinking, the witch shook her head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I can confirm that there’s no particular will within the law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps it truly requires what you mentioned, if this anomaly draws any attention, then clues might be deduced from it—what is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice suddenly halted, with unmistakable surprise in the witch’s tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant golden light was seeping from Fu Qian, who was admiring the artwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The power form is quite similar, it’s hard to say there’s a fundamental difference. Where did you get it from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching herself turn golden like a freshly cooked Insect Knight, the witch undoubtedly grasped the key point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party wanted her to compare the differences between the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A tree that constantly rots while desperately wanting others to notice it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having achieved his goal, Fu Qian immediately closed the Decree Residue, recalling his first experience as a Night Watchman consultant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had complete trust in the witch’s judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly fascinating how two worlds, in the truest sense, had such closely similar existences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it’s time to find a moment to visit his old acquaintance, Xi Yuan’s Huang Family.\u003C\u002Fp>",1129,"2026-06-03T07:51:05.781Z","2026-06-03T07:51:09.336Z",1,"novelbin.me","9715d4f9b0243fcd81fc656f7794174e005092a028b6a083976ffc2d6dc30ce5","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-1386","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-1384",2389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffacing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-cover.jpg"]