[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imperial-cultivation":3,"chapter-imperial-cultivation-imperial-cultivation-chapter-390":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Imperial Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1054549,1365,"Chapter 390 - 387: Showcase","imperial-cultivation-chapter-390",390,"\u003Cp>```html\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up and paced in the small pavilion with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leftover food had been cleared away, along with the dossiers on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small pavilion was restored to its tidy state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao stared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan said, \"Since no one in his generation can master the Wentian Secret Technique, it’s apparent he’s the next Cliff Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Jiuqu was the most talented disciple of this generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was gentle and somewhat pedantic, his talent was indeed the strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key to the true legacy of Wentian Cliff is cultivation, especially the practice of the Wentian Secret Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The requirements for aptitude are extremely stringent, and those who can master this technique are as rare as morning stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the vast Wentian Cliff, perhaps only Gao Jiuqu has truly mastered the Wentian Secret Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he is not the Cliff Master, then who?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cliff Master of Wentian Cliff need not resort to deceit, for by arranging in advance based on glimpses of the future, one can manipulate others without them noticing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using open schemes for manipulation, this is the power of the Wentian Secret Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Cliff Master, if one does not conduct oneself rightly, it will instead affect the reputation, thereby undermining the disciples’ allegiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Chu Zhiyuan nodded: \"Gao Jiuqu is indeed the best choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes gleamed with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao smiled and said, \"Are you thinking of killing him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, \"How could I have such a thought?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s impossible to want to kill him,\" Li Hongzhao snorted, \"Why did Mo Chunyu come over? Do you think it’s to protect the Eighteenth Prince?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan said, \"What would be the consequences of killing Gao Jiuqu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The retaliation of Wentian Cliff,\" Li Hongzhao said, \"They will definitely find ways to kill the murderer, even if the murderer is you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, \"Do they dare to kill me? Then they will be wiped out by the Emperor’s Sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao said, \"The Imperial Family of Da Zhen is their protector and will never allow the Emperor’s Sword to extinguish Wentian Cliff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan slowly said, \"Wentian Cliff... truly cannot be underestimated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Evil Sects cannot be eradicated because of the support of Outer Heaven Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Sects do not have such protection, only following the rules of the Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wentian Cliff is different, they certainly have other trump cards akin to Outer Heaven Power, perhaps even more than one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had the Wentian Secret Technique, able to see important glimpses of the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have long used this Wentian Secret Technique to intercept some fortuitous encounters, strengthening myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of secret manual inheritance, spirit pills and elixirs, or divine weapons, I could obtain many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the heritage of Wentian Cliff must be deeper than imagined, with exceptional individuals and unimaginable extraordinary skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao said, \"Wentian Cliff is very troublesome, surely you have been calculated against earlier, even continuously suppressed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily so,\" Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, \"Perhaps Wentian Cliff is not so envious of the competent, and wants to get along with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe...\" Li Hongzhao immediately giggled, swaying with laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled faintly, continuing to ponder, mulling over the Wentian Cliff news he just saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He eventually stood up and said, \"It’s getting late, let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Another round of swordsmanship?\" Li Hongzhao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to feed her with swordsmanship, not wanting to help her improve her swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stingy!\" Li Hongzhao snorted, \"You haven’t practiced Mr. Su’s Sword Technique, have you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t practice it?\" Chu Zhiyuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Void-cutting Saber Technique is a quick mastery method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key is to comprehend the concept of reality and illusion, a gate of Iron Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the concept of reality and illusion is understood, practice progresses by leaps and bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the concept of reality and illusion is not understood, no matter how much one practices, one will not even reach the initial stage, possibly even getting confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao said, \"I once practiced it and almost went astray.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, \"You even practiced sword technique? How peculiar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s so peculiar about that,\" Li Hongzhao snorted, \"With such a sword technique, everyone wants to try it, ending up almost driven crazy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan suddenly laughed, scrutinizing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao felt baffled by his gaze, rolling her eyes at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, \"I see it now, you have ill intentions, provoking me to practice this sword technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao rolled her eyes at him: \"Can’t recognize good intentions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan chuckled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was well aware that Li Hongzhao wished for nothing more than his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved his hand, turned and walked out of the small pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao watched his back with a smile, a look of triumph crossed her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy will definitely practice that Void-cutting Saber Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Su said not to let him practice it, and she also said not to let him practice it, which would instead arouse his rebelliousness, curiosity, or even pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that what she and Mr. Su couldn’t accomplish, he would be able to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Void-cutting Saber Technique is harmful, practicing it could easily lead to going astray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not be immune!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan was well aware of her expression, shaking his head secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flying knife \"hissed\" out from his sleeve, flying towards Li Hongzhao’s brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao reacted swiftly, drawing her sword to strike, a faint red sword light like lightning, striking the flying knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just breathed a sigh of relief, only to find the flying knife suddenly transformed into an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword tip slashed through unimpeded, cutting nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blurred knife shadow continued approaching, suddenly becoming solid, instantly arriving at her brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to dodge but it was too late, she could only desperately lean back and glide steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\" She crashed solidly into the small pavilion’s railing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knife point brushed past her beautiful face, skimming her eyebrow, cutting off a lock of her shiny black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strand of hair gently floated down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chilling air on the knife point seemed to penetrate her skin, burrowing into her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flying knife made a turn in the air, heading back towards Chu Zhiyuan, slipping back into his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan’s voice came, \"This is the Void-cutting Saber Technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—!\" Li Hongzhao glared with anger, pointing at him to curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no words could come out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe...\" Chu Zhiyuan’s laughter leisurely drifted over: \"The Void-cutting Saber Technique is truly exquisite, a true superior, convey my thanks to Mr. Su for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" Li Hongzhao pointed at his back, saying resentfully, \"I won’t tell you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha...\" Amidst Chu Zhiyuan’s laughter, his back disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you laughing at?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao stomped a foot in resentment, sword light slashed across the stone table, instantly splitting it in two, then another flash and the two halves became four, another slash, and another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of sword lights cut the stone table into small pieces, scattering them across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the heap of rubble, Li Hongzhao finally vented her frustration, sheathing her sword angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiuyan suddenly appeared in the pavilion, smiling: \"The princely heir has left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That guy, so hateful!\" Li Hongzhao said, \"He mastered the Void-cutting Saber Technique!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiuyan raised her eyebrows in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao said, \"That knife just now was the Void-cutting Saber Technique, it’s indeed infuriating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time he advances a realm, he must come here to show off and annoy me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most frustrating part is that he truly mastered the Void-cutting Saber Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something I painstakingly researched for years but failed to master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he learned it effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t master it, nor could Mr. Su.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that I’m dull; rather, Chu Zhiyuan’s insight is too extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the most frustrating part of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To think he mastered the Void-cutting Saber Technique...\" Su Qiuyan sighed, \"As expected of the Fourth Prince, his insight is beyond exceptional.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao complained, \"Mr. Su, you shouldn’t have given him the Void-cutting Saber Technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiuyan laughed, \"Your Highness, that’s not what you said back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, when offering this set of sword techniques, she was clapping her hands in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she was changing her tune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao said embarrassedly, \"Who would have thought it would help him instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>```\u003C\u002Fp>",1417,"2026-06-03T09:57:58.105Z","2026-06-03T09:58:02.813Z",1,"novelbin.me","d5f063b96506b9307edcef44b75cd93ddfeb79737123c19fb8406dcddd52b2bc","imperial-cultivation-chapter-391","imperial-cultivation-chapter-389",1378,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimperial-cultivation-cover.jpg"]