[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-101":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","From Special Forces to the Multiverse",{"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},2315151,4527,"Chapter 101: The Imprisoned Wanyan Honglie","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-101",101,"\u003Cp>“How about it, convinced yet? If you don’t believe me, I can spoil you some more—like how Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng came to the desert and practiced their arts using human skull bones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the future, the Great Song will be destroyed by the Mongols; the Jin state will fall before the Great Song; after the Great Song’s fall, the Mongols will rule it for over ninety years; after those ninety years, Zhu Yuanzhang, a commoner from Huaiyou, will expel the barbarians and restore China; over two hundred years later, the divine land will sink again, as Nurhachi from the northeast establishes Later Jin, and his son Hong Taiji establishes the Qing dynasty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally, the Ming dynasty falls to peasant uprisings; the Qing takes advantage and enters the pass; the peasant rebels are defeated, and China is ruled by the Qing for another two hundred years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over two hundred years later, Father of the Nation Sun Yat-sen cried out ‘Expel the barbarians, restore China,’ overthrew the Qing dynasty, then the Beiyang warlords plunged into chaos, the Northern Expedition began, Chang Kai-shek stole the revolution and seized power, then Comrade Mao ignited a prairie fire and established a nation where the people are masters of their own destiny.” After Nie Huaishang spoke at length, he looked at the seven stunned men and asked, “Well, now do you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven had no idea what to say; Nie Huaishang’s few sentences had overwhelmed their minds. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng’s story had already stirred Ke Zhen’e to great agitation, but after Nie Huaishang finished speaking, Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng were already forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fall of the Great Song, the rise of the Mongols, the Ming expelling the barbarians, the Qing entering the Central Plains, the Father of the Nation ending feudal rule, Chang Kai-shek stealing the fruits, and the final great leader establishing a nation where everyone is master of their own destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this nation where everyone is master of their own destiny like? Is it even better than the regimes you’ve built?” Ke Zhen’e asked, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could our regime compare to the new China of the future? Let me tell you—in that future, whether Mongol, Han, or Jurchen, all live together in harmony on this land, all calling themselves Chinese.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Back then, people ate their fill every day—sweet, fragrant rice, not millet. There were airplanes in the sky, cars and trains and high-speed rail on the ground, and they even sent spaceships to the moon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Their armies didn’t burn, kill, and loot like today’s. When floods threatened people’s homes, they used their own flesh and blood to hold back the water. They traveled thousands of miles to rescue victims of earthquakes—we called them the People’s Zidibing .”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven listened, entranced; they simply could not imagine how happy people must have been living in that era, or how extraordinary the men must have been who built it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We came here to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors and build a nation where the people are masters of their own destiny—no exploitation, no oppression, where the people may live happily and freely on this land according to their own will, no slave masters, no emperors, no scholar-gentry landlords.” As Nie Huaishang spoke these words, he rose abruptly, his expression alight with passion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven exchanged glances; finally, Ke Zhen’e stepped forward and asked, “Then why don’t you organize the Han commoners to establish a regime here instead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over in the Jin state, Zhang Chu’an and Zhang Xiaofan are already building revolutionary bases—and their progress is far smoother than ours,” Nie Huaishang explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Zhang Chu’an and Zhang Xiaofan’s progress in the Jin state was smooth—the Jin was already in its final decline, its bureaucracy rotten. Because Zhang Chu’an and Zhang Xiaofan adopted the strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside, they never attacked the county seats; the county magistrates, seeing no rebel assault, simply didn’t report it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They figured they’d just hand the mess off to their successors once their term ended, which led to the absurd situation where the revolutionary base and the county seat coexisted in peaceful coexistence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Jin state still had men of insight—like Prince Wanyan Honglie of the Great Jin, who personally visited the revolutionary base. He found its cohesion far surpassed earlier rebel armies, its discipline even better than Yue Fei’s famed army, and its combat power and will far exceeding that of the current Jin army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add to that their strange, unpredictable firearms, and even a full-scale Jin military campaign might not succeed. If they weren’t crushed soon, the Great Jin would be overthrown by these people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was preparing to submit a memorial to his father urging the suppression of these revolutionary bases, his brother Wanyan Hongxi exposed what had happened in Niujia Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In court, Wanyan Hongxi brought Duan Tiande before the entire assembly and made him recount the events of several years ago in vivid, detailed detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Duan Tiande claimed that six years ago, Bao Xiruo had already been pregnant—this sent the entire court into shock; the emperor’s most beloved prince had a son who wasn’t his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father, the emperor of the Great Jin, was now beside himself with rage. That his most cherished son had murdered to seize a married woman was already a scandal—but now his only son wasn’t even his biological child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This son, whom he had once intended to name heir—what was he thinking? Was he trying to hand the Jin throne to a stranger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a fit of fury, the Jin emperor ordered Wanyan Honglie imprisoned and dispatched troops to Zhao Wangfu  to kill Bao Xiruo and Yang Kang. At the critical moment, Qiu Chuji intervened and rescued them in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Chuji arranged for the mother and son to stay at the Quanzhen Sect’s residence before leaving. Meanwhile, the Third Prince’s mansion was lit up with lanterns and decorations; Wanyan Hongxi hosted a hundred banquets, repeatedly toasting a young boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two months ago, when his brother Wanyan Honglie went on inspection in Shandong, this boy came to his mansion claiming he could help him ascend to the position of crown prince. Wanyan Hongxi didn’t believe the brat—but being a man who respected the elderly and cared for the young, he kept him at his mansion, and it had nothing to do with a knife at his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew the boy would bring down the favored Wanyan Honglie and have him imprisoned? Wanyan Hongxi was truly the Son of Heaven—when danger struck, heroes always appeared to aid him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy accepted not a single toast from Wanyan Hongxi, but Wanyan Hongxi didn’t mind; great talents must have some temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness still has a long way to go before ascending the throne. Celebrating so early is premature,” the boy said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? I humbly beg your guidance,” Wanyan Hongxi feigned humility, though inwardly he dismissed it—his only real rival, Wanyan Honglie, was already imprisoned; the rest, like Nasi’er, didn’t even register with the emperor—how could they compete?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty surely knows of Emperor Taizong of Tang’s Xuanwu Gate Incident. Wanyan Honglie has enjoyed favor for years; his faction spreads throughout court and provinces, with men in every military unit. Many young officers in the court are his loyalists. What if he now emulates Emperor Taizong?” The boy stopped speaking there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the boy’s words, Wanyan Hongxi lost all taste for wine and beauty. His face darkened, murder flashing in his eyes as he asked the boy, “Master Zhang, how should I purge Wanyan Honglie’s faction?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1276,"2026-06-20T13:48:22.834Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7e7260351a904bf9da9236ac60b3c252f5efdab0fa13c1d9644c25aa65312ba3","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-102","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-100",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]