[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner":3,"chapter-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-204":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Not Crazy—This Is the Emperor's Banner",{"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},2291544,4480,"Chapter 204: Initial Probe","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-204",204,"\u003Cp>The demonic god stood upright, its massive body still exerting a crushing pressure despite being thousands of meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan held the Meta-Magnetic Divine Sword, its five-element radiance flickering as he prepared for battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he suddenly heard Dou Dou whisper behind him: “Strange—he’s a boy, yet he’s wearing flowers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan nearly lost his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dou Dou said this because the towering figure wore a circle of fiery red Ancestor Flowers on his head, visible from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her words received no response from Shen Baiteng beside her, for immediately afterward came the sound of a door closing—Shen Baiteng had entered the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Dingguo heard this and replied coldly: “To break this formation, we don’t need five hundred Tiger Unit brothers—three hundred will suffice! Commander Yun, rest assured, Huangfu will return shortly!” With that, he spurred his divine steed, gripped the Golden Dragon Divine Spear, and led three hundred Tiger Unit soldiers straight toward the Eight Gates Marvelous Formation in the center of the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well the power of the Sea God’s Handle—no one below the Sovereign level dared touch it lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the county office, he saw an old man sitting by the inner gate, smoking a water pipe and staring out at the entrance. Seeing the Xu family approach, he knew something was amiss and asked who they sought and what they wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could finish speaking, a large hand clamped tightly around my throat, choking off the rest of my words—I could only stare wide-eyed at Shen Baiteng, his expression icy and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jiangqun reached out to catch it, but her hand froze mid-air; after last time’s lesson, she was now jumpy at every shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the collapsed mud monster, Ye Xuan’s lips curled into a faint smile. A soul attack launched with merely Xuan Realm soul power posed little threat to human warriors—but this monster’s soul energy was extremely weak; Ye Xuan’s Xuan Realm soul force could easily crush it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Huiman stared at Leng Feixin’s back, beads of cold sweat forming on her forehead; her nails dug deep into her flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know why Old Man Nan had gone to the back garden with Second Master Mu and, upon returning, had kept staring at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Changming returned home every day exhausted from being bullied, then lay on his bed in silence—no doubt working in a place he despised was an excruciating ordeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty soldiers of the Xinsi Army carried Guan Jinlin from the Great Buddha Hall to the exit of the multi-functional tunnel; only then did Guan Jinlin remember Ouyang Yu was still receiving the telegram—he ordered everyone to wait at the tunnel entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking across at Ji Ningshuang, she had staggered to her feet, and two of her had already dissolved into blue smoke—this meant the Secret Technique of One Qi Transforming into Three had expired, and the three Ji Ningshuang had merged back into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a hundred years ago, the Underworld Continent’s auction sparked a great calamity, leaving mountains of corpses from the Primordial Era; it was during that auction that he acquired the Immortal Metal of Undying and the True Yin Flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those transported to the tribe initially arrived strong and healthy, but after the assimilation ritual, they gradually grew gaunt; some couldn’t even survive a month before becoming food for others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was the one who got beaten—if this were their universe, the Supreme Deity could not participate in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, take it back,” I muttered, tossing the jade piece carelessly to Chu Xiaosheng. Chu Xiaosheng remained calm, but Tie Tou watched the jade with intense anxiety, leaping up to catch it perfectly, then reverently returned it to Chu Xiaosheng as if it were a priceless treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’s it going? Ever been to a cultivator’s gambling den?” Fan Tong winked at Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Spirit is the body of the righteous path, naturally capable of cultivating orthodox methods to reach the Soul Transformation realm—the Seven Kill Divine Art is no longer sufficient; if the Heavenly Mechanism contained a suitable cultivation technique for him, that would be ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can Zhou’s Primordial Spirit Annihilation was too powerful—it locked him in place, immobile. Before the sword even reached him, his holy body had already cracked; his Primordial Spirit froze with icy agony, and in that instant, it felt as if he had plunged into the Nine Heavens of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Cuilian, seeing Yinzi arrive with Guan Jinlin, gave a detailed report of the intelligence she had extracted from the squint-eyed and hook-nosed men.\u003C\u002Fp>",764,"2026-06-20T03:53:09.499Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a94ed777f74f1b21e195e83815505072cf06c2c47258539e000e4046bff3fc15","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-205","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-203",623,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-cover.jpg"]