[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night":3,"chapter-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1187":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Journey to the End of the Night",{"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},1716540,2193,"Chapter 1187: 787: Forging the Yang Fire, Enduring the Tribulation of the Flesh (Part 3)","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1187",1187,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1187: Chapter 787: Forging the Yang Fire, Enduring the Tribulation of the Flesh (Part 3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the fire spiritual root from the same source can preserve his life, preventing the dissolution of his cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think that my Spirit Root is still intact, never sacrificed? Now, the Spirit Root beneath his chest, whose should it be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An’s furrowed brows almost twisted into a knot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Master Yu is a peerless genius in Sword Dao; his Spirit Root possesses the fire element and contains pure Sword Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To match him, none other than the Princess in all the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she did not sacrifice her Spirit Root, how did Sword Master Yu turn peril into safety and retain his cultivation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An couldn’t understand this logic, yet facing the obscure gaze of the Princess, a chill abruptly rose within his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Princess apparently had no intention of engaging in idle talk, her face suddenly unfurling into a smile neither cold nor warm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Years ago, the one who rescued him from the battlefield was none other than the Middle Ghost Empress, Lady Ying Ji!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An’s mind exploded with chaos; he instinctively straightened his back, staring fixedly into the Princess’s dark eyes, fearing to miss any change in her facial expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean the Middle Ghost Empress saved him? Speak clearly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is absolutely preposterous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply refuses to believe it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Ji, as the Middle Ghost Empress, is in communion with the Guardian King of the Peaceful Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cannot be considered a true human; the Spirit Core cultivated within her is utterly incompatible with Sword Master Yu’s sword fire Spiritual Root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone else’s Spirit Root can temporarily sustain Sword Master Yu’s life, but for one born of the You Dynasty, such a feat is absolutely impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Princess observed Baili An’s face, now pale and almost devoid of color; she spoke blandly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does it seem absurd and irrational? Yet that woman achieved it despite the odds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I cannot fathom how she did it; a dignified Empress, willing to give up her Spirit Core and cultivation to save a human being.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This cannot be…she couldn’t have done it.” Baili An’s spirit was in uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By common sense, indeed impossible. Compared to my own obsession, Ying Ji was even more blindly reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Middle Ghost Empress, neither human nor ghost, is one of all Heavenly Dao’s beings, born with three fires of Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To transform her Spirit Core into a Spiritual Root compatible with Baili Yu, she exhausted her three fires of Yang, akin to enduring the eighteen Purgatory tortures to painfully extract her Spirit Root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This act was hundreds of times more agonizing than ordinary Spirit Root extraction and caused thousands of times more suffering.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh…” The Princess chuckled lightly, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes; instead, they held more anger at the senseless pity and sorrow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The fifteenth full moon for those who lost their Spirit Root is a calamity hard to pass, but for her, it is far more than just that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of water surged!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An abruptly surfaced, his expression dark and menacing as he grasped the Princess’s slender and elegant neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His crimson eyes bore limitless icy killing intent, his palm trembling slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’ve stolen her identity! Usurped her Spirit Root! Taking for granted the tenderness and sympathy of that person, enjoying the world’s pathetic empathy and pity, is that right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…who will pity her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who will sympathize with the one who lost her Spirit Core to save her beloved, yet must suffer cold abandonment, forgetfulness, suspicion, and disdain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, her name from Sword Master’s mouth has become an unmentionable taboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An omen of doom, eternally bound with death, in the minds of all.\u003C\u002Fp>",632,"2026-06-06T15:16:58.710Z",1,"novelbin.me","059b6a5707df586217c0464ca9466be5f8b6e3f5b08daa201fa371434f749730","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1188","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1186",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]