[{"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-153":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},596676,846,"Chapter 153: The Alternation of Sun and Moon, Enlightenment","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-153",153,"\u003Cp>Strokes of ink swirled and diffused with an unparalleled divine charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The painting of the Phoenix Heaven Empress ascending to immortality and transforming into the Dao was extraordinarily intricate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to emerge was a full moon, vast enough to blot out the heavens. Coincidentally, just as this image was sketched, the sky outside darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A solar eclipse had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moon, which should have already descended beyond the horizon, seemed reluctant to fade, its radiance intensifying instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens shifted, the moon replaced the sun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo: \"!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He too witnessed the spectacle outside the window, his gaze frozen in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were these celestial anomalies caused by the unfinished painting before him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the painting, $2 figure of transcendent grace materialized before the luminous moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her presence suffused the air with profound mysteries, resonating with heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed the sovereign of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the sole existence in the cosmos, before whom all else paled into insignificance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the one and only.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo focused his gaze, only to find the icy beauty on the canvas unchanged from the day before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time appeared meaningless to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who by the riverside first beheld this moon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When did the moon over the river first shine upon mankind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was gazing back at him... through the painting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes held unfathomable complexity, as if brimming with unspoken words, all condensed into a soft sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her vermilion lips parted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sound reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For at that moment, the sky outside erupted into chaos once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three divine rays pierced the darkness, the scorching sunlight churning the firmament like an apocalyptic omen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the three great suns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the unseen depths, $2ven the heavens seemed to roar in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancestral Hall of Qingyuan's Main Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing, who had been meditating before a fragment of the Bronze Divine Tree, visualizing the forms of a hundred birds, suddenly pursed her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An inexplicable surge of emotion gripped her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having embarked on the Path of Divine Observation, her intuition had grown razor-sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as though...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something momentous was unfolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very instant, $2he Bronze Divine Tree fragment radiated an enigmatic glow, enveloping the entire hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless avian forms, imprinted upon it by the wills of Great Shang's mighty cultivators, retreated warily onto the tree's branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's happening outside?\" Shangguan Wencang asked with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Bufan, who had just returned, wore a grave expression:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A solar eclipse has occurred inexplicably. All three suns have been eclipsed by the moon's dominance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A solar eclipse...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shangguan Wencang took a deep drag from his pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He too was at a loss, turning his questioning gaze toward the elderly man dozing at the hall's entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man murmured, half-asleep:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's been millennia since the last eclipse. How strange...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the Bronze Divine Tree to react like this, it must be no ordinary event.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Bing'er won't be able to train today, it seems.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her dual Profound Pills aren't yet perfected—it's too early for her anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were just hoping she'd reach Divine Observation sooner, to bring glory to our sect at the Hengyun Sword City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elders debated fervently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a disciple from Ruyi Peak rushed in, panic etched across his face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The traitor Yin Huaxuan has escaped! He shed his shell like a cicada, taking advantage of the celestial disturbance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elders shot to their feet, faces aghast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allowing an Inner Landscape Realm traitor to flee spelled endless trouble—this was no small matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The celestial anomalies were beyond their concern; let the mighty deal with the heavens' wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yin Huaxuan's escape...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's still gravely injured. He can't have gone far,\" Shangguan Wencang declared, rapping his pipe sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send all Divine Observation disciples to hunt in pairs. Tear the earth apart if you must, but bring him back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>........\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yantian Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the towering Star-Gazing Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chaos... utter chaos...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Woman, who had sat motionless as a statue, muttered under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She retrieved her mystical jade compass once more, sliding its pieces in intricate divination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The movements grew increasingly arcane, faster and faster, $2ntil even a glance at its patterns induced nausea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Old Woman couldn't withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if beholding something unspeakable, her spirit quaked violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trickle of golden blood escaped the corner of her lips, silently dripping onto the jade disk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Girl with her hair tied in a Daoist knot, who had dared not interrupt, now rushed to support the ashen-faced elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She produced a small vial containing a luminous, jade-like liquid—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full bottle of Divine Nectar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, what did you see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Woman shook her head, whispering only:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It concerns the Hidden Dragon Ranking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... must go to Yunzhou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Autumn Water Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo's mind reeled, thoughts blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after a long moment did clarity return, and he recalled the events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had refined the painting of the icy beauty into the Phoenix Heaven Empress's Ascension, a Divine Form of the Great Dao—and the heavens had responded with anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... is undoubtedly tied to that painting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo turned to search for it again, $2nly to find the Divine Form painting had vanished from the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where's my painting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he noticed something amiss in his inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its place, a luminous moon hung in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with both sun and moon, his inner world had day and night—the flow of time itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also meant he now possessed dual Profound Pills—one of the sun, one of the moon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did I gain an extra Profound Pill out of nowhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I'm not mistaken,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That moon is the very one from the painting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the Divine Form imprinted itself upon his inner world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing his thoughts, $2he painting unfurled before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it wasn't quite the same as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Mo felt, in some inexplicable way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The transcendent, timeless aura washed over him again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could now use the Divine Form within his inner world for Divine Observation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo felt like a speck of dust, a lone boat adrift on the river of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his daze, $2e glimpsed countless figures lining the riverbanks—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans, beasts, some ordinary, others towering like abysses, some vivid, others blurred—an endless multitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All living beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he understood the true boon of his immortal physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any existence not of this world...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could bear them all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this realization dawned, $2 single aperture within his soul began to shed its impurities, transforming into crystalline jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had unlocked an aperture.\u003C\u002Fp>",1122,"2026-05-30T17:19:00.270Z","2026-06-01T04:31:46.286Z",1,"novelbin.me","86372baf2b868c640601cfe4672a39561de45604cc3f30dab5335f07d976bb24","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-154","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-152",737,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finvesting-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-cover.jpg"]