[{"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-757":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},2337196,4569,"Chapter 757","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-757",757,"\u003Cp>Lothema’s purpose was clear: he wanted to use Li Chen’s eyes and methods as an “ancient great being” to cultivate a few top-tier talents for his family, while also further demonstrating his loyalty to Li Chen and seeing if he could secure some favors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was exactly what Li Chen had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen stopped walking, his gaze coolly sweeping over the young faces on the training ground. After a moment’s pause, he spoke as if granting a mere favor: “Very well, since I have nothing better to do, go and summon every young descendant in your clan—no matter direct or collateral line—to the central square. Let me take a look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lothema was overjoyed and immediately bowed deeply: “As Your Majesty commands!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately issued orders for all family members within the castle who met the age requirement—whether direct or collateral—to gather at the central square at once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Li Chen sat atop a temporary jade throne, placed on a luxurious velvet carpet in the center of the Whisperer family’s central square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below him, rows of young faces knelt in perfect formation—from teenagers to young men in their early twenties—numbering several hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one trembled with excitement and fear, daring not to breathe, awaiting the inspection of the “Ancient Spirit King.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen’s gaze slowly swept across the crowd, his brow barely twitching in faint displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the chieftain’s son, the legitimate grandsons of several elders, and many young elites dressed in fine attire with strong spiritual presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he saw no sign of Sylph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, her status in this family was so low that she didn’t even have the qualification to attend such a collective inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen sneered inwardly, yet his expression subtly shifted to clear displeasure and disappointment. He let out a soft “tch,” the sound faint but crystal-clear to every ear present:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A family this large—and these are all the young bloodlines you have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words fell like ice water, sending the kneeling youths into panic. Each lowered their heads further, drowning in fear and shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even these, the family’s finest, were unworthy of His Majesty’s notice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lothema, standing beside Li Chen, was instantly drenched in cold sweat—his back soaked through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned inwardly: ‘Of course—an ancient supreme being! His standards are impossibly high! These are the family’s most gifted, most heavily cultivated talents! And still he rejects them!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Chen lose interest and prepare to rise, Lothema gritted his teeth and, desperate, bowed urgently: “Forgive me, Your Majesty! It was my oversight! There are still collateral-line descendants and young ones assigned to duties elsewhere—I’ll summon them all immediately! Not a single one shall be left out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lothema planned to summon every collateral-line member and menial servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he now desired was for even one family member to catch His Majesty’s eye—even a casual comment would be a supreme honor for the clan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen sat back down, giving a noncommittal “hmm,” granting silent approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lothema felt as if released from death row. He personally dispatched his most trusted aides to swiftly gather every collateral-line descendant and menial servant—those long ignored, even forgotten in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chen sat upon the jade throne, leisurely sipping the tea offered by the Whisperer family—said to be brewed from a thousand-year snow-capped spiritual tea—occasionally picking up a small piece of delicate spirit-honey cake with a silver fork, as if this entire “selection” were merely a tedious pastime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid Lothema’s anxious wait, another group of young descendants arrived in haste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group was no smaller, but their clothing was plainly worn, some still bearing traces of labor, their expressions far more fearful and uneasy—starkly contrasting the gilded, polished direct-line youths before them.\u003C\u002Fp>",617,"2026-06-20T21:59:20.546Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2f0972deb700320ea124850b209f67161cec65495515549861d2f3d35b1ef896","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-758","i-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--chapter-756",766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-just-maxed-out-and-you-want-me-to-be-a-puppet--cover.jpg"]