[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet-":3,"chapter-i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-745":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Just Maxed Out, and You Want Me to Be a Puppet Emperor?",{"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},2337184,4569,"Chapter 745","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-745",745,"\u003Cp>Outside the barrier, Li Chen found the energy node with almost no effort, and he even found it dull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he had overestimated the strength of the Whisperer family’s barrier, or perhaps his own power vastly surpassed theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his finger, a faint, almost imperceptible stream of chaotic energy swirling around his fingertip, and gently touched the weakest point of the pale green barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No light flashed, no energy exploded, not even a ripple stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier parted as if gently divided by an invisible force, silently opening a gap just wide enough for one person to pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen’s figure flickered, and he was already inside the barrier; the gap behind him sealed soundlessly the instant he entered, as if it had never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the moment his feet touched the soft grass inside the castle, he unexpectedly realized that the spot where he breached the barrier lay right beside a dense cluster of glowing moonflowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beside the flowers crouched a figure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a young girl dressed in a thin white silk gown, her figure clearly that of a maiden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to be searching for a lost item among the flowers, now frozen in a half-crouched posture, head tilted up, eyes wide with shock as she stared at Li Chen, who had suddenly appeared as if a ghost from outside the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the hazy moonlight and the faint glow of the flowers, Li Chen’s downward gaze could see the girl clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had silver hair, woven like moonlight, loosely cascading over her shoulders, her skin pale and nearly translucent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pointed ears protruded from her hair, revealing her half-elf lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her features were exquisitely carved, as if shaped by the finest artist; her large eyes now brimmed with terror, her long lashes trembling slightly with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin silk gown outlined her delicate, budding figure, and under the moonlight she resembled a startled, tightly closed orchid—beautiful beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s name was Xie Ergai; when she saw the simple, clean, dark bishop’s robe on Li Chen’s body—the emblem of the Church—her face turned instantly as white as paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Li Chen’s gaze grew cold, considering whether to instantly subdue or eliminate her to prevent future trouble—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pūtōng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ergai made the most correct and wisest decision of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, she dropped to her knees on the cold grass, clasped her hands together before her chest, and pleaded in a voice trembling with suppressed sobs: “Holy Vessel! Spare me! I shouldn’t be here at night! I saw nothing! Please, don’t kill me! I won’t say a word!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint energy Ningju  at Li Chen’s fingertip dissipated quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had indeed intended to eliminate her, but her overly submissive—no, overly decisive—surrender stance stirred a flicker of curiosity in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at Xie Ergai, curled up in fear on the ground, and spoke with interest, his voice muffled yet deep and mysterious beneath his hood: “Oh? Why are you so afraid of me? Look up.”\u003C\u002Fp>",503,"2026-06-20T21:59:20.546Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","20120e4e02eb4fb2af71575397050e94d7796bdfa41c6904dae623f1307a99e1","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-746","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-744",766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--cover.jpg"]