[{"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-1331":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},1716684,2193,"Chapter 1331 - 855: Awaiting Dawn","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1331",1331,"\u003Cp>His neck swelled red with anger, suppressing his emotions, but ultimately he shouted hoarsely: \"You saw through everything! How can I continue pretending? Keep pretending! Wouldn’t I be the most ridiculous fool then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if releasing pent-up frustration from his chest, the taut string in Meng Zifei’s heart completely snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed broken, collapsing onto the ground, his gaze empty and bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured: \"Don’t you have any questions to ask?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An quietly watched Meng Zifei, who sat in the snow in a sorry state, his gaze deep and serene. He pressed his lips together and slowly spoke: \"Young Master Meng, when we met on the street, was it by chance or intent?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei chuckled self-deprecatingly, looking earnestly at Baili An: \"I truly wanted to befriend you, Brother Baili, but later...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze suddenly scattered, then focused like light, as he clutched his chest painfully and struggled: \"Later, the Young Master of the Ghost Sect actively sought me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An nodded and said: \"There are no coincidences in this world. Zheng Siyan is not a fervent demon hunter. His approach to the Meng Family likely aimed at me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued, his gaze steady and complex as he looked at Meng Zifei: \"He collaborated with you likely because he saw your ambition in martial cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei smiled bitterly: \"You’ve indeed seen through everything. Brother Baili, you’re truly terrifying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An sighed: \"I’m not terrifying; the human heart is. Zheng Siyan promised you spirit roots if you cooperated to lure me to the Meng Mansion, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei’s lips moved bitterly, lowering his head gloomily: \"I didn’t realize the cost of obtaining spirit roots would be so great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Baili An slowly shook his head, as delicate snowflakes brushed his cheeks, black strands of hair capturing the snow, making him seem as if from another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze remained calm, devoid of disappointment or anger. Understanding the truth, he could still peacefully recount the facts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From the start, you knew this would be the outcome. Instead of Zheng Siyan enticing you, it was more a joint plan between you and him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, you wouldn’t have uttered such words to Miss Shang in what seemed an unconfessional confession on your deathbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With your understanding of her, it wouldn’t be difficult to imagine her desperate madness wanting to hear a complete confession while she held your cold corpse. In a heightened emotional state, any extreme action is unimaginable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have known that behind such devoted, deep-rooted childhood love lay so much calculation and conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Meng Zifei not love Shang Ying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn’t be in such painful torment now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just... loved walking alone on the path to immortality even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such feelings are the most hurtful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Meng Zifei’s eyes, his beliefs seemed to collapse under Baili An’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared to have led a carefree life, yet loved only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed transparent and open, but was full of lies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To obtain what he wanted, he could be ruthless, hurting and calculating his loved ones, let alone Baili An, whom he only met by chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is ruthless, to himself, and even more so to those he loves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he could fully trust that Baili An didn’t use ghost control to kill, was because he knew the truth all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow, Su Guanhai, the sect master of Taixuan Sect, will come here.\" Baili An said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei’s body trembled, then he smiled bitterly: \"Zheng Siyan wants you to be disgraced, to be loathed by everyone. In the end, is it me who will be despised?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he knows Baili An understands the whole truth with no evidence, to outsiders, it all seems like his personal conjecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he denies, the one suspected by the masses can only be Baili An.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he doesn’t believe that such a mind as Baili An, would confront him without any foolproof plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said right from the start that he would give an account to Shang Ying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a calm yet confident person, even in the deepest and most dangerous trap, could remain composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei said in defeat: \"Brother Baili hopes I will explain everything to everyone tomorrow, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t imagine, facing Shang Ying after she knows the truth, what expression he should wear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who knows...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no need.\" Baili An said this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei looked astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow kept falling, Baili An raised his head to brush the snow from his hair, though repeatedly plotted against, he showed little emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth’s tone remained gentle: \"Although this wasn’t orchestrated entirely by me, ultimately, Zheng Siyan came because of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said before, I’d give Miss Shang an explanation. She hopes you’ll be okay, so take her spirit root and walk the path you’ve chosen well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She hopes I’ll be okay...\" Meng Zifei mumbled blankly, repeating those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a seemingly simple sentence buried a deeper meaning, Meng Zifei’s shrewd mind grasped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scattered gaze suddenly shrank sharply, springing up from the ground with alarm, his face twisted as if imagining a terrifying possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head in disbelief, his voice hoarse, laughing like he was losing his mind: \"Impossible, impossible... in this world, there can’t be such a foolish woman...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she knows... if she knows...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he knows everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouldn’t she be disappointed, feel betrayed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she willingly fall into the trap, sacrificing everything for such a worthless person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mindset did she have to smile at him so gently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth is like poisonous poison, corroding his bones, nearly making him unable to stand, unable to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet such a foolish person exists, right before you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An watched him frantically grab his hair, despite the calm tone, it carried an unknown severity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei paused, his pupils fluctuating in chaotic emotion, expanding and contracting intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the emotion in his eyes seemed forcibly hollowed out, his whole being sunk, shoulders slumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered, soulless: \"Yes... she’s the one who knows me best in this world, the only one who knows what I desire most. Even with my perfect acting, what Brother Baili can see through, how could she not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s waiting for an answer.\" Baili An looked at him with a gaze of pity: \"An answer you awaken to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zifei’s entire expression turned numb: \"I like you... these four words, I’ve said them a million times in my heart, but never uttered them aloud to her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In waking moments, he believed he performed his role perfectly, deceiving everyone perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a pitiful stance, he received from his beloved what he desired most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to him, the so-called path to immortality wasn’t what she wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wanted, she gave him freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what she truly wanted, he missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lifetime... could never give.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shall we get married?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were his words then, no love, no affection, instead like making amends after wrongdoing out of responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he could imagine, how devastated and mournful Shang Ying felt hearing those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The schemer is ultimately ensnared by his own nets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a prison he can never escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cage he set with his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An extended his hand to brush snow from his shoulders, leaving with the wind and snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What needed to be said, has been entirely spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just awaiting tomorrow, dawn’s break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1234,"2026-06-06T15:17:02.287Z",1,"novelbin.me","ce0acf6633e9ae4113f5d30fc6a0df8c82ad711e2b8c5e6b0a7c09e34f1244d0","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1332","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1330",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]