[{"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-66":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},596439,846,"Chapter 66: A Blade of Grass, Cutting Through the Sun, Moon, and Stars Li Mo: \"What Has She Comprehended Now\"","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-66",66,"\u003Cp>Just as the \"Ice Block\" (Ying Bing) was utterly confident of her invincibility...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room, $2i Mo finished refining the notes he had just transcribed, adding his own conclusions to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the paper, four words echoed in his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Skill Approaching the Dao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For others, this might be a dead-end path with no finish line.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night breeze was gentle, making the candlelight flicker in Li Mo's pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having spent so much time with Princess Jiang Chulong and the \"Ice Block,\" he knew deeply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those blessed by destiny possessed peerless talent, walking paths far from ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ordinary path was far too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his martial insights, he could rocket down this ordinary path at breakneck speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From now on, any spare martial insights will go into swordsmanship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoughts surged in Li Mo's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hammer techniques would naturally remain his primary focus—no question there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that came movement techniques, mental cultivation, and body tempering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after mastering these to the peak of his current realm would he consider swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the two destiny-blessed women around him were both once-in-an-era prodigies in swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not learning from them would be a waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, if he remained a novice in swordsmanship, it’d be awkward to interact with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of martial insights... how much do I have now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo checked his reserves:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial Insights: 71 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For hammer techniques—plenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For swordsmanship—far too little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bittersweet realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some deliberation, Li Mo decided: \"Time to cash in rewards first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Investing in Princess Jiang Chulong and his earlier debate with Ying Bing had both yielded returns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t a swordsmanship genius—just a middleman for truth, skimming a tiny profit along the way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations, Host!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[For engaging in a debate with 'Ying Bing' and summarizing her swordsmanship theories.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Investment Reward: 60 Years of Martial Insights.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations, Host!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[For aiding 'Jiang Chulong' in recovering her health and mending her foundation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Investment Reward: A Bottle of 10,000-Year Earth Vein Spirit Milk.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[10,000-Year Earth Vein Spirit Milk]:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A single drop can extend an ordinary person’s lifespan by 20 years, grant immunity to all poisons and ailments, and drastically enhance physical strength. A key ingredient for longevity elixirs and a supreme treasure for refining qi and blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Ice Block\" lived up to her name—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dropping a full 60 years of martial insights in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, many commoners didn’t even live to see sixty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Jiang Chulong didn’t disappoint either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 10,000-Year Earth Vein Spirit Milk was something Li Mo had never heard of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it had appeared in the Eastern Wasteland Domain before, but such treasures rarely made it into public knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, anything that extended life was usually hoarded by its discoverers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which of the two was more valuable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo figured the system rated them similarly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Bing’s destiny rank was higher, but their debate had only marginally helped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the elixir he’d invested in had restored Jiang Chulong’s health and foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"10,000-Year Earth Vein Spirit Milk...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what I needed—my meridian refinement has been slowing to a crawl lately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary Earth Vein Spirit Milk barely affected him now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo hadn’t expected that after opening 24 meridians, refining new ones would become hellishly difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even maintaining a state of Heavenly-Man Unity around the clock made progress snail-like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Mystic Feminine Immortal Body appeared on anyone else, it’d be a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just reaching the Qi-Blood Realm would take ages.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He uncorked the jade vial, and the pure essence of earth veins wafted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid wrecking his room, $2e slipped out under cover of darkness, heading to the waterfall near Autumn Water Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After digging a small pool and filling it with water, he added a single drop of the spirit milk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he raised the bottle again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Took a tiny sip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System rewards were always top-tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>99.9% pure, ultra-rare goods~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combining external and internal use—the effects hit him instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope my future achievements in the Internal Breath Realm justify this struggle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo stepped into the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Next Day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the World Seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dao of Swordsmanship can be divided into three realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first is the realm of sword techniques and skills...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Heavenly Lord was lecturing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong still wore her tattered clothes, now cleaned, her small face free of dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat primly at the table, hands folded, her gray-white eyes sparkling with fascination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Lord’s teaching style was vivid—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just words, but full sensory immersion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The second realm is: No sword in hand, yet a sword in heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sword energy in your chest and sword intent in your mind, borrowing the momentum of heaven and earth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single blade of grass can sever the sun, moon, and stars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice resonated with awe-inspiring authority, $2alm yet brimming with boundless dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A blade of grass... severing the sun, moon, and stars?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong’s lips parted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Historical records stated that of the three suns in the sky, two were incarnations of the Yu Dynasty’s ancestral emperors, including its founding Martial Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were peerless warriors who dominated their eras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they... could be annihilated by a mere blade of grass?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was... beyond her wildest imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teacher seemed to notice her doubt and chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual motion, he plucked a leaf from nowhere, pinching it between his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle flick—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infinite sword energy split the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World-shattering sword intent tore through the galaxy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every wisp of it could obliterate all existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword energy, intent, and momentum burned into Jiang Chulong’s gray-white eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to even Li Mo, $2omething in her heart was growing wildly, like untamed weeds...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the third realm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An incense stick’s time later, $2he Heavenly Lord’s swordsmanship class concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With your comprehension, I trust you understood everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm! Teacher is amazing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong clapped enthusiastically, her grubby face alight with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The things she’d vaguely sensed before now had names—sword energy, sword momentum, sword intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... grass severing stars?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d never imagined such a possibility!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet if the teacher said it was possible, then it must be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just too weak now, her understanding too shallow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ziyang Prefecture City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mud Corner Alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A blade of grass severing the sun, moon, and stars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words, brimming with quiet supremacy, lingered in her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong awoke slowly, the phantom sword intent still swirling in her vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smeared mud back onto her face and wrapped tattered cloth around her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Picking up a withered branch, she began practicing alone in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would grow stronger—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To not disappoint her teacher...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her frail arm wielded the gnarled branch with utmost seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To an outsider, she might look like a little beggar playing pretend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weeds and leaves in the derelict yard began trembling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a single gust of wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyuan Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo gazed at the martial arts rewards freshly deposited by the system, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emmmmmm.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What epiphany has she had this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I ask her directly, wouldn’t that make me, the Primordial Heavenly Lord, seem a bit... lacking in dignity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, next time I’ll just say it’s a test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, Li Mo applauded his own cleverness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being the middleman wasn’t easy, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, Princess Jiang Chulong had another question... three whole pages of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Mo scanned the courtyard for any sign of the ice block (Ying Bing), $2 woman peeked over the wall of Qiushui Pavilion, cautiously surveying the scene inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who else could it be but Shang Wu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My precious disciple, you’re back? Lucky you ran into me first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Staying here? Are you trying to get yourself killed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Wu’s voice was hushed, her almond-shaped eyes sharp with vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo was utterly confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No time to explain! Little Bing’er has recently become obsessed with cooking!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me, now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Wu’s tone was deadly serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mo: \"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Care to guess when I got back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder I haven’t seen Master these past couple of days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, there’s always someone who can rein in another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even our fearless, unruly master has her moments of caution.\u003C\u002Fp>",1382,"2026-05-30T17:19:00.269Z","2026-06-01T04:31:46.286Z",1,"novelbin.me","28b188b71b2c49be784afa102faf6621ee4328f6191acd911d856387b77851c5","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-67","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-65",737,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finvesting-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-cover.jpg"]