[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal":3,"chapter-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-102":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Investing in the Reborn Empress, She Actually Calls Me ‘Husband’",{"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},596862,846,"Chapter 102: Deduction of the \"Wonderful Dharma of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus\": Are There Any Dishes That Can Be Made with Emperors Flowing Nectar","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-102",102,"\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the moonlit hotpot restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... are about to break through again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo quietly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swirling dual-colored inner energy cast an unusual glow over the girl's jade-like face, blending cold elegance with an eerie allure in perfect harmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told, he had sensed it coming these past few days—Ying Bing's inner energy had grown denser day by day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hadn’t expected the breakthrough to arrive so soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing opened her eyes and wordlessly gazed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\" Ying Bing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence lingered between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The icy aura grew increasingly piercing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Li Mo’s perception, his inner energy could no longer maintain balance with Ying Bing’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the \"ice block\" had already begun condensing into liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus on your breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Qiuyang and Xiao Qin were startled by the commotion above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mn. Condensing into liquid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" Zuo Qiuyang’s lips parted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s only sixteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bitter taste rose in Xiao Qin’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only just stabilized his inner energy at the Condensed Qi stage, still far from the threshold of the Jade Liquid stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was despite having a master’s guidance and consuming numerous energy-enhancing elixirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Junior Sister Ying Bing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d barely even seen her train...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disciple, the gap between people can sometimes be wider than that between humans and dogs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The difference between you and the prodigies of Central Divine Province is the same as the difference between those prodigies and her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousand Forms Martial Venerable seemed to have just snapped out of his thoughts, sighing with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin fell silent for a moment before turning his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Li... you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve also reached the peak of Condensed Qi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they cultivated together, their inner energies had to remain in balance—neither could lag too far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had been deliberately holding back, accumulating investments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin: \"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Xiao was feeling a bit crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they first met, Junior Brother Li had only just opened his meridians. Now, he had already surpassed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousand Forms Martial Venerable comforted him in a solemn tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I first stepped onto the martial path, I too was no match for the prodigies of Central Divine Province.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if you can attain the supreme realm of the Thousand Forms Art after reaching the Observation Spirit stage, you may yet catch up to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin shook off the frost gathering on his brows, his gaze firm once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that the Thousand Forms Art his master spoke of was a divine technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every divine technique held the power to seize the workings of heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a familiar energy field enveloped the area, $2ontaining the surging cold tide within the hotpot restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Shang Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her intervention, Zuo Qiuyang and Xiao Qin finally found some relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disturbances from the breakthrough were thus kept from leaking outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least the ingredients in the kitchen are safe now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Qiuyang let out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Qin looked eastward and, after a moment of silence, said, \"We probably won’t need to open tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Qiuyang was puzzled at first, $2ut then, following Li Mo’s pointing finger, he saw fireworks erupting over the city, forming the iconic \"Swallow Before the Hall\"—the emblem of the Drizzle Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Endless Trial had concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomorrow, they would head to Ling River Dock as agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill the Laughing Maitreya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Ying Bing’s breakthrough, their swift assassination plan had gained another layer of assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing the specifics, the three dispersed to rest and make final preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like I won’t be sleeping in my room tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo shook his head and sat cross-legged on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His consciousness sank inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dantian was now filled with crimson inner energy, its destructive aura reaching a critical point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to liquefy his inner energy, just as Ying Bing had done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quarter of an hour later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo’s face flushed as he sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, $2he condensed inner energy had detonated during compression, scattering back into its diffuse state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His inner energy, bearing the purest essence of destruction, refused to coalesce into liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Li fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing’s physique was fundamentally different from his—the path she took might not suit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt that the martial art above divine techniques was anything but ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet ever since obtaining it, he had barely scratched the surface, only making the most rudimentary use of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shouldn’t be the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Twenty years of martial insights successfully injected.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having saved up for a long time, Young Li was now flush with resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could afford to splurge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You recalled the vision the lotus petal had shown you. You pondered the origin of this martial art and finally realized: had it not been for dual cultivation with Ying Bing, you wouldn’t even have reached the peak of Condensed Qi.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Twenty years passed in an instant.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yet the spark of enlightenment remained faint, only allowing you to vaguely discern the art’s name.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Karmic Flame Red Lotus Sublime Art.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty years for just this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His comprehension of mental techniques wasn’t poor—certainly better than his swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet twenty years of effort, poured into this martial art, had only yielded its name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could only mean one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Karmic Flame Red Lotus Sublime Art was far too vast and profound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving up halfway wasn’t an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued channeling martial insights like flowing water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Year 36: You finally understood that within that spark of enlightenment lay the principle of ‘extremity begets decline.’ Without a trace of vitality, how could the Karmic Flame Red Lotus ever take form?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Year 80: You exhausted your mental and physical strength, attempting to use absolute destruction to nurture that sliver of life.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Year 200: You succeeded at last. The lotus seed showed signs of sprouting.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Year 365: Your Karmic Flame Red Lotus Sublime Art reached the Entry level.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo’s remaining martial insights—a pitiful hundred years’ worth—had finally bought him entry into this art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could no longer be called a mere \"martial art.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was, without a doubt, an immortal technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using absolute destruction to birth vitality and nurture the Karmic Flame Red Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder what it’ll be like when it reaches Perfection—or even the Transformed stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Li couldn’t help but feel a flicker of anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reason told him not to push further. Any more insights poured in now would barely make a ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quietly closing his eyes, he began refining the lotus seeds within his thirty-six primary meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wondrous sight of Heaven-Man Unity once again manifested around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his room, Xiao Qin couldn’t help but open his eyes and look outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousand Forms Martial Venerable sighed and said something to him. Xiao Qin took a deep breath and resumed his training with even greater focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fluctuations from the breakthrough gradually subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing seemed both changed and unchanged—still that same ice-jade beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked to the window, and the sight of the young man training entered her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words that surfaced in her heart were the same ones Thousand Forms Martial Venerable had once spoken:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, when Li Mo reached the Inner Landscape, he would be formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who achieved Heaven-Man Unity were all exceptional within the Inner Landscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this also depended on his accumulation during the Observation Spirit stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for her, she walked a path that supplemented the observation of avian forms with the primary observation of the Grand Yin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a path even the elders of Qingyuan Sect—and Shangguan Wencang—hadn’t anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the Nine-Colored Yuan Phoenix Soul to converge the Lunar Phoenix Deity of Grand Yin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this wasn’t a path she could complete before the next rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reclaim the top spot, she would have to rely on her superior cultivation level for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the stage rewards of Emperor's Flowing Nectar, this should be achievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three vials... surely she wouldn’t need that many?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any dish that can be made with Emperor's Elixir...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1381,"2026-05-30T17:19:00.269Z","2026-06-01T04:31:46.889Z",1,"novelbin.me","c690e23c77cf6c6e5be1fdccb46ba739c7120df9c27f8fd6004f99d2c9fd29e2","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-103","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-101",737,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finvesting-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-cover.jpg"]