[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t":3,"chapter-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Invincible, and You Tell Me This Is Journey to the West?",{"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},2360522,4615,"Chapter 21: Severing Mortal Ties, Establishing the Dao Path","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>Without realizing it, Su Chen had been home for three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these three months, Mianshui County remained calm and peaceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Su family’s business was thriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Su Chen’s guidance and the aid of Peiyuan Pills, Su Wen and Su Yue had made solid progress in practicing the “True Scripture of Asking the Dao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still young, their physical strength far surpassed that of ordinary children their age, and they had become little tyrants among the neighborhood kids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was developing exactly as Su Chen had hoped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, on a crisp autumn morning, Su Chen gathered all his family in the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere inside the hall was heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuanshan and Li Shi sat in the main seats, their eyes red-rimmed, lips tightly pressed, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Feng and his wife stood to the side, their expressions gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two children seemed to sense something was wrong; they no longer played as they usually did, only quietly tugging at their mother’s sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, Mother, Elder Brother, Sister-in-law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen first bowed deeply three times before his parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am unworthy—I cannot remain by your side to care for you. Today, as we part, I do not know when we shall meet again. I beg you, Father and Mother, to take care of your health and not grieve too deeply.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shi could no longer hold back her tears; they fell like broken beads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped forward, lifted Su Chen up, and trembled as she brushed her fingers across his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen’er, be careful out there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuanshan patted his wife’s shoulder, looked at Su Chen, his eyes filled with pride and worry, and finally sighed deeply: “Go. You have your path to the heavens. Our Su family must not hold you back. Just remember—this place will always be your home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen nodded, then took two jade vials and nine sealed talismans from his chest and handed them to Su Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Brother, these vials contain Peiyuan Pills. Father and Mother are elderly; they may take one every three years to remain free of illness and live to a hundred. You, your wife, and Wen and Yue may each take one per year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These nine talismans were forged with my blood and spirit. Keep them safe. If the family ever faces annihilation, if death is imminent, take one, call my name, and activate it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Feng understood the weight of these items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were his younger brother’s safeguard for the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Younger brother…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Brother, take care,” Su Chen interrupted, embracing his brother tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he knelt down and looked at his nephew and niece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wen, Yue, Uncle is leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, where are you going? When will you come back?” Su Yue pouted, tears welling in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle is going to a very, very far place, to do something very, very important,” Su Chen smiled, wiping the tears from her eyes. “You must listen to your parents and train hard. When you grow up, perhaps we’ll meet again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood, casting one final glance at all his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned resolutely and walked toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn light was faint; on the long street, Su Chen’s shadow stretched long beneath the rising sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step, he walked out of the sight of his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the city, Su Chen turned back, gazing one last time at the small county.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps I’ll never return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen whispered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not heartlessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already stepped onto the Immortal Path—immortals and mortals were worlds apart. If he lingered in the mortal realm, it would harm both his family and himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had returned precisely to sever his mortal karmic ties; now that the ties were cut, his Dao heart grew even clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror’s prompt appeared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Detected: Host has severed mortal karmic ties, Dao heart now lucid—significant impact on personal destiny…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Obtained: Heaven’s Mechanism Points +100】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current Heaven’s Mechanism Points: 350】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The autumn wind howled, swirling dead leaves along the road, spinning them toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on a small hill outside the city, Su Chen felt something heavy peel away from his soul as he severed ties with his mortal kin—he became lighter, more transparent, as if ready to ride the wind and vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not instability in his Dao heart, but a primal human emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not suppress it; he simply let himself feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeking immortality and the Dao is a journey of constant letting go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long moments passed before he exhaled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind returned to stillness, leaving only a clear, pure Dao heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen rode the wind to a deep mountain and began contemplating his future cultivation path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat in stillness for days, meditating deeply on the “True Explanation of the Primordial Golden Core,” until he finally determined his future path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cultivated the “True Explanation of the Primordial Golden Core,” walking the Golden Core path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the “True Explanation of the Primordial Golden Core” was not merely a technique—it was a cultivation path, and each cultivator’s understanding differed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the great calamity approaching, he refused to follow his ancestor’s warning to hide and delay cultivation, trading time for power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After meditating on the “True Explanation of the Primordial Golden Core” and his ancestor’s insights and experience, he found a path to rapidly increase his cultivation base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That path: refining his Golden Core with Five Elements and Yin-Yang treasures to swiftly accumulate its foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his vision, when his Golden Core achieved perfect Five Elements balance, he would become a Jin Xian; when Yin and Yang converged, he would attain Tai Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as the great calamity of the Three Realms neared, many powerful beings had already retreated to avoid it. Under the veil of calamity energy, heavenly patterns were chaotic—even if treasures appeared, those terrifying entities could no longer divine their locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the help of the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror, he had a chance to find some exceptionally high-quality treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Su Chen summoned the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, the ancient mirror, visible only to him, slowly materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current Heaven’s Mechanism Points: 350】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred fifty points—not many, but enough to ask one crucial question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His goals were clear: first, to find Five Elements and Yin-Yang treasures to accelerate his cultivation; second, to find a top-tier protective divine art for the coming calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Su Chen made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation base is the root; divine arts are the leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the root is shallow, even the fullest leaves are water without a source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The urgent task was to find treasures that would help him become immortal quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror, consume Heaven’s Mechanism Points to reveal the location of an unowned wood-element spiritual object I can obtain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He phrased the question with extreme precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, it must be obtainable at his current level; second, unowned, to avoid conflict; third, wood-element, the first step in his Five Elements plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror’s glow flickered faintly; its inscriptions began to race across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Heaven’s Mechanism Calculating…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Consumed Heaven’s Mechanism Points: 300】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It nearly drained all his accumulated points, proving the immense karmic weight—and the treasure’s extraordinary value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glow faded; a line of ancient seal script appeared on the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【West Ox Continent, Wanshou Mountain, behind Wuzhuang Temple. Once, Yang Mei established his Dao; a hollow willow held heaven and earth.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mei? Hollow Willow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Chen’s pupils shrank sharply; his spirit trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his transmigration, he had read countless novels and knew some ancient Honghuang secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mei the Immortal—was a primordial demon god from the same era as Hongjun, his true form the first hollow willow of chaos, his space manipulation arts peerless; legend said even Hongjun had suffered losses at his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a legendary supreme being had once left a Dao seat in Wanshou Mountain?\u003C\u002Fp>",1318,"2026-06-21T05:42:07.836Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","66196c49935607559784fb85737499cb6a5a68d4b8360b07cbd669cab2d9900b","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-22","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-20",470,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-cover.jpg"]