[{"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-2297":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},971312,1268,"Chapter 2295 - 2290: Doomsday Ashes","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2297",2297,"\u003Cp>So, Lady Nepheli, was one of the ignorants once appointed by the warehouse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although having some knowledge of the whole process, Fu Qian couldn’t help but sigh at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because Nepheli’s statement remarkably matched a certain task summary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorn Blood, the mission target upon first arriving in Shangjing, a forbidden entity growing within the Night Watchman’s sealed zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even stained his Emissary’s Mask now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can be confirmed that the Native Council used that thing to help Chen Xing ascend, since he later was able to extract it from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, \"Pollution and error highly condensed, mistaken by the ignorant for an advanced form of life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evaluation of the mission at that time, Nepheli’s words almost fit the description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So Chen Xing still followed the path of his family’s cultivation technique, just supplemented with a potion to bridge the gap in bloodline?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet seeking similarities and differences, especially with emotionally charged evaluations, Fu Qian did not intend to convince Nepheli but directly confirmed the core of the operational plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, after all the preparations were completed, I left early and handed over the last step to Deng Feizhou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nepheli affirmed his statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that should be why, after Deng Feizhou’s incident, Ariel, a Second Phase, directly came to investigate afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the project was originally related to his driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Fu Qian gained a more logical understanding of the series of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deng Feizhou actually did well... Does the efficacy of Thorn Blood relate to the tests you did on Ye Island?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not erase the achievements of the operator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Chen Xing indeed became a Demigod, Deng Feizhou did not neglect his duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strictly speaking, not much relation, even before obtaining enlightenment on Thorn Blood from Rom, I had suspicions about certain things, only later having the opportunity to verify them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experience on Ye Island was clearly not pleasant for Nepheli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she did not dodge and candidly explained the sequence of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Kagetsu Kana is already a Transcendent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding slightly, Fu Qian reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you trying to say that Kagetsu Kana’s situation is similar to Chen Xing’s? Both belong to completing a Talent... Thinking this way isn’t necessarily wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clear words in the open, the Magic Potion plan she knew quite a bit about, and her relationship with the Ruyue sisters was quite close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief contemplation, Nepheli agreed with Fu Qian’s statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, let’s leave this topic here. I think I’ve shown enough sincerity. You can now ask the question you originally intended, though I don’t promise to be able to answer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, ultimately a bit preoccupied, in the midst of hot discussions, Nepheli decisively stopped and indicated the beginning of the next phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was even clear she discussed the issue at length partly due to lacking confidence in Fu Qian’s real question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No harm in showing sincerity first, leaving some leeway for subsequent matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very reasonable thinking, and expressing it so plainly had a bit of a forthright character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Fu Qian felt a bit disappointed, he didn’t press for more, even smiled while offering guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, it’s actually also your area of expertise... How much do you know about Doomsday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Ah Kai of the Benevolence Institute once introduced that Doomsday had always been a buzzword in miracle research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a top figure in the miracle field, and as a winning lottery holder, Lady Nepheli’s understanding of this aspect had Fu Qian feeling quite expectant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after last time, with the help of the Jade Soul Master, he saw another academy and even another Nepheli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was forced to confront the world of the Mother of the Gospel, as if experiencing a Doomsday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even inferring from familiar faces’ ages, that Doomsday seemed not too far away now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doomsday...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally thought to be just small talk, yet Fu Qian’s new question clearly had Nepheli dazed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her reaction wasn’t hard to understand; given such a rare opportunity, it seemed imperative to confirm more Native Council secrets instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she hinted at some sincerity earlier, the other party seriously discussing this issue remained somewhat surprising—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nineteen years and three months ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the next moment, Nepheli directly gave a time, and it even sounded quite precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such fresh and refined a reaction, how could Fu Qian not be satisfied? He cooperated immediately with a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The time of Doomsday, and also when I left the academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nepheli’s expression was more peaceful and calm than ever, speaking with no emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just knowing Doomsday, but even knowing the precise date?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This claim became extraordinarily interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Fu Qian felt it wasn’t a waste of his travel time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, as a former Benevolence Institute dean, the reason for her quiet disappearance was unknown; he previously only speculated she might have seen something based on a miracle effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now listening, it seemed directly related to some nonexistent \"Doomsday\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had also witnessed a Doomsday before, triggered by a miracle, started with a dark fire, at the academy, the first descended named the Mother of the Gospel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Nepheli’s claim could entirely incite inexplicable astonishment, Fu Qian didn’t respond with such dismissiveness, instead directly sharing his past experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene the Jade Soul Master displayed to utilize the Mother of the Gospel against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The miracle was called Melia’s Resurrection, and the releaser was you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the next moment, the crime of causing Doomsday was imputed to Nepheli without flinching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it’s me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amazingly, the person involved didn’t intend to refute, directly accepting the accusation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or rather, the real me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone remained peaceful, but at that moment, Nepheli’s gaze was notably unique despite many interactions, her words turning abstract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of this place, it is indeed quite suited for discussing this, and I must thank you for choosing this topic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, she surveyed the surroundings, even gestured for Fu Qian to sit nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The real you? Could it be that the current you is fake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian didn’t decline, sitting down while curiously probing about her earlier statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why wouldn’t it be? Do you think you are real?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nepheli even revealed a smile, raising a hand and slowly splaying out her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I first witnessed that Doomsday, I naively considered it a kind of fallacy, until I saw more fallacies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you ever entertained the possibility that we see reality by chance, while all this before us is just Doomsday Ashes resurfacing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1092,"2026-06-03T07:51:37.809Z","2026-06-03T07:51:40.755Z",1,"novelbin.me","27ff75ecf1b6f3be9d9fbe564818c1b9b487f5215d258f9780cae2fa7a3cd99e","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2298","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2296",2389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffacing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-cover.jpg"]