[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-begins-with-slaying-demons":3,"chapter-immortality-begins-with-slaying-demons-immortality-begins-with-slaying-demons-chapter-53":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Begins with Slaying Demons",{"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},2317941,4533,"Chapter 53: Cut Vein, Capture Dragon","immortality-begins-with-slaying-demons-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>After clearing the table, Shen Yi saw the old woman about to bring up introducing him to a girl again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly made an excuse and turned back to his room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a saying: marry first, then build a career—but he hadn’t even stabilized his footing yet, and his job was one where life and death were uncertain; how could he have the leisure for such thoughts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shut the door and sat down beside the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi swallowed three Kai Mai Dan pills; their intense bitterness instantly spread across his tongue, like biting into a piece of coptis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he had once swallowed foul-smelling beast cores, so this wasn’t much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi’s gaze remained calm as he summoned his interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Jade Fluid. Cut Vein, Capture Dragon (Unlearned)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Remaining Demon Lifespan: Three Hundred Years】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These years of lifespan were originally reserved for emergencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he exhausted them all and encountered a powerful demon, his current foundation would only allow him to unleash the Heavenly Gang  Blood Chaos once before collapsing from exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, now that he had joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, his path to breaking through the Jade Fluid realm’s internal art was secured; once he grew slightly more familiar with the environment, acquiring more should not be difficult—surely this place was also a major consumer of lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, holding three hundred years of demon lifespan now felt almost insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi shook his head, cast aside distractions, and began pouring the demon lifespan into Cut Vein, Capture Dragon in batches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, every bit of progress meant greater chances of survival in danger—first survive, then talk of anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year One, you thoroughly studied the text and simultaneously refined the medicinal power within your body; having never tasted a treasure pill before, you were extremely frugal, wasting not a single trace of medicinal energy】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Three, you swallowed your second pill; your meridians and acupoints expanded again; you had long memorized every word of the text, and countless details about meridians surged into your mind—your eyes held a clarity untouched by knowledge】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Nine, you fully absorbed the effects of your final pill; your major acupoints expanded by a full tenfold; you felt a faint satisfaction, though you still didn’t fully understand what meridians were, you continued diligently observing all things】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the Regional Commander only taught each disciple one ultimate technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Fourfold True Qi Gang  was about breath control, Cut Vein, Capture Dragon was the ultimate art of the physical body—two entirely unrelated domains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each required vast years of immersion; mastering even one was already extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mastering one technique could dominate peers of the same realm, because those who could learn it were inherently extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone of average talent, they might spend their entire life without grasping its true essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want them all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi took out decades of demon lifespan and poured it in again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Twenty-Six, you reached out your palm and gently stroked the rough bark; your fingertips danced across the trunk, and as you pressed your ear close, you seemed to hear the tree’s “heartbeat”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Forty-Eight, you lifted a massive boulder; it felt like a stone egg, brimming with life; a mad grin spread across your face! Ei! You’ve understood!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Sixty-Nine, you slumped to the ground in despair; you understood nothing—you were just insane. You pushed yourself up and struck the weather-worn boulder in a fit of rage; moments later, you stared blankly, murmuring: “This stone… seems dead.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Cut Vein, Capture Dragon: Entered】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Seventy-One, your mastery of fist and palm techniques took effect; your palm strikes grew increasingly fluent; Cut Vein, Capture Dragon reached Minor Completion】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Seventy-Three, once you finally understood what “the meridians of all things” meant, all that remained was mastering the timing of your strikes; Cut Vein, Capture Dragon reached Major Completion】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Year Seventy-Five, Cut Vein, Capture Dragon reached Perfection】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment of enlightenment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden surge of progress made Shen Yi suddenly recall he had once been a genius in fist and palm arts; the years he had spent on Cloud-Pushing Fist hadn’t been entirely wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In five years, he had advanced a Jade Fluid realm fist and palm technique from entry to perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the experience of exceptional talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, as long as it didn’t involve the mysterious concept of comprehension, he still possessed considerable strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed the interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi closed his eyes and savored his gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most obvious sensation was the overwhelming surge of qi filling his major acupoints—far beyond what it had been moments ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For others, such an increase might merely mean doubled physical strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Shen Yi, he could now unleash a far more potent Heavenly Gang  Blood Chaos, no longer the “low-power” version forced by insufficient foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, his qi refinement speed had doubled, and he still needed only five years of demon lifespan to replenish his depletion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut Vein, Capture Dragon is, in essence, a method of imposing restrictions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi spread open his pale, finely-boned palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without breaking the skin, his palm became a blade, severing the meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sealing the acupoints, cutting off vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled how Lin Baiwei had once been struck by a similar demonic art; she was at the peak of Jade Fluid realm, yet the demon that reduced her to such a state was likely Golden Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Jade Fluid realm martial art could already touch upon higher-level techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These seventy-five years were well spent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The days that followed were relatively comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Baiyun County, one must always be wary of demons snatching one’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But within this quiet courtyard, one could enjoy moments of peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, beyond the walls lay the Demon Suppression Bureau’s compound, spanning twenty-eight hundred mu; everyone wore black robes with cloud patterns, and countless qi signatures converged like blades piercing the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the safest place in all of Qingzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Shen Yi couldn’t help but relax for a few days, giving his tightly wound nerves a rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already obtained the martial art; his agreement with Lin Baiwei was fulfilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the old woman’s pickled cabbage was exceptional—paired with rice porridge, it wasn’t filling, yet incredibly appetizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she didn’t mind, Shen Yi was willing to stay a few more days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it would be better if Fang Heng didn’t always wear a faint sneer on his face when demonstrating Cut Vein, Capture Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi didn’t know where he had offended the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor did he have the time to dwell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was neither skilled nor interested in flattery; otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up as he did in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me your insights.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Heng finished his stance, his eyes coldly fixed on the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yi stood to his side and behind, thinking: “Very good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Heng’s Cut Vein, Capture Dragon was barely into Minor Completion; his fist and palm movements already showed some mastery. Considering Fang Heng’s age, and comparing it to Shen Yi’s own seventy years of deduction to grasp its essence…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still somewhat crude, it was truly impressive—Shen Yi admitted he was far inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the hollow, evasive reply, Fang Heng’s lips curled into a barely perceptible sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing, merely dressed himself and turned back toward the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a flurry of footsteps echoed outside the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Shen, come out quick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiujie poked his head through the gate, whispering: “Hurry up and get ready—we’ve got work to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, give me a moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Shen Yi rubbed his wrists; he had rested enough—he couldn’t let his inner edge wear away completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how peaceful this place was, it had nothing to do with him; it couldn’t protect him forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped back into his room to retrieve his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the sturdy figure slowly turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Heng regarded him coldly, raising an eyebrow, his voice calm but edged with chill: “Who gave you permission to accept?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, Shen Yi’s body froze slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to meet Fang Heng’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, a faint smile curled on Shen Yi’s handsome face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint aura of danger surged in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1384,"2026-06-20T15:00:36.117Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","44da0bf8c0ef079c461136615c04f2a5484f1891a4e660eee0e4987a3ba76d4e","immortality-begins-with-slaying-demons-chapter-54","immortality-begins-with-slaying-demons-chapter-52",840,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-with-slaying-demons-cover.jpg"]