[{"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-126":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},2315176,4527,"Chapter 126","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-126",126,"\u003Cp>In Zhongdu Daxing Prefecture, nightfall descended like a soft silk veil. The city’s inhabitants, as if drawn by an invisible force, gradually returned to their respective havens. As the third watch bell rang, the city seemed to have been muted—even the faint rustle of wind through tree branches became distinctly audible, let alone the occasional whisper of footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet beneath this seemingly tranquil silence lay a chilling danger—a beast lurking in the shadows, ready to open its bloodied jaws and devour the once-prosperous, bustling city whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li residence was the mansion of Li Xier, brother of Emperor’s favorite concubine Li Shier. Li Xier had once been a bandit, but due to his sister’s favor, he and his brother Li Tiege were elevated to high, intimate positions of power, dominating the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They became magnets for those chasing fame and fortune. Those tied to their lineage also benefited; even Xu Chiguo rose to the position of Chancellor by clinging to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Wanyan Honglie’s failed bid for the throne, the once-bustling mansion fell into utter decline. Yet tonight, many visitors had come to the Li residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the main hall, the guests, unable to contain their anxiety, paced restlessly like ants on a hot pan. All eyes were fixed on Li Shier and Li Tiege, the two central figures, awaiting their guidance. But even they, like the others, were helpless before the crisis—brow furrowed, utterly at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the oppressive silence was shattered by a sharp voice. Someone could no longer bear the tension and stepped forward, shouting: “Your Highness summoned us here to discuss matters of great importance—yet it is already the third watch, and he has not appeared! Why?” This question, like a stone cast into a still lake, sent ripples through the crowd, deepening their turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the hall descend into chaos, the two brothers panicked, their hearts racing like ants on a hot pan, glancing wildly in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two had risen to power solely through their sister’s favor; they possessed no real talent or ability. Now, the situation in the hall had spiraled completely out of control, like a runaway steed beyond command—they were powerless to restore order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the invited guests began to leave, the two could not help but blame their nephew Wanyan Honglie: Wasn’t it he who secretly summoned these people to discuss matters of life and death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that you’ve gathered them all, why aren’t you here, the main actor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they were fools, they knew full well that if they did not stand firmly with Wanyan Honglie, once Wanyan Hongxi ascended the throne, they would be exterminated along with their entire families—after all, Wanyan Hongxi had already done exactly that to Wanyan Honglie’s followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as half the guests were departing, Wanyan Honglie arrived. Seeing him, Li Xier hurried forward anxiously: “Nephew, why are you so late? Half our guests have already left!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Honglie smiled: “Secrets succeed; speech brings ruin. If they cannot wait even a single day, then clearly they lack the resolve to oppose Wanyan Hongxi. Those who remain, however, are surely prepared to fight Wanyan Hongxi and the Revolutionaries to the death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Wanyan Honglie calmly surveyed those still in the hall. Indeed, every face bore traces of venom and hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else could they do? The Revolutionaries had seized their land, denounced their landlords, and erased generations of family wealth. Their own kin were publicly humiliated by peasants—how could they not hate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness,” a minister stepped forward, voice trembling with righteous fury, “now that you’ve arrived, let us speak plainly: Wanyan Hongxi has gone too far. He allows a rabble of mud-stained peasants to trample upon our heads, seize our estates—we can endure no more. Your Highness, restore order, purge the corrupt sycophants surrounding the Emperor, and bring back clarity to the world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two months ago, his hometown sent word: his father had been denounced, and all family land and wealth confiscated by the Revolutionaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he dared not report it, for Wanyan Hongxi despised Han officials like him and relied entirely on the Revolutionaries. Any accusation would brand him as Wanyan Honglie’s ally—and result in immediate extermination and confiscation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This horror had won the support of every member of the Wanyan clan, for they fundamentally looked down upon the Han. To these Jurchen nobles, Han officials were nothing but servants managing their estates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for Wanyan Honglie to raise another man’s son—whose very life might one day make him Emperor of the Great Jin—was an unforgivable disgrace. It was as if a master toiled endlessly to build his fortune, only to find his wife had taken his servant as a lover, and his lifelong heir was now the servant’s child, poised to inherit everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not bear it. And the prolonged disappearance of Bao Xiruo and her son had driven them mad. Then the Revolutionaries offered an explanation: Wanyan Honglie, once all-powerful, had secretly protected the mother and child all along—otherwise, how could they have vanished?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This explanation sent the Wanyan clan into a frenzy. Better to kill three thousand by mistake than let one escape. Even Jurchen nobles who had once been close to Wanyan Honglie were expelled from the clan and executed. What hope did Han officials, with their flimsy ties, have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wanyan clan had gone berserk. If the Revolutionaries forged even a shred of evidence, they killed without a second glance—along with confiscating property and exterminating entire families. Even a careless word that aroused suspicion was enough to trigger their wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Revolutionaries needed public justification to execute gentry—publishing crimes to appease the people; in truth, they killed few. But the Jurchens cared nothing for such pretense. If they suspected you were Wanyan Honglie’s ally, they struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Prince Zhao of the Great Jin, Wanyan Honglie had once commanded countless followers. In this period, the bloodshed had been rivers of crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jin gentry had long suffered under Jin rule. Even if Wanyan Honglie had not summoned them, they would have organized themselves under the banner of expelling the Tartars and driving the Jin out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the gentry’s eyes, filled with hatred, Wanyan Honglie felt a surge of satisfaction. He spoke solemnly: “All of you who have come here tonight to stand with me in this great cause must do so because Wanyan Hongxi has turned against Heaven, slaughtering scholars and officials, while our father has been bewitched by him. In this hour of peril, it falls to us to cleanse the court.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1090,"2026-06-20T13:48:22.834Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9a7d49acbaebc480f1d65d0610e58070038fb56d0895b7fa13da6d2c9827caf2","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-127","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-125",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]