[{"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-1377":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},1716924,2193,"Chapter 1377 - 879: Ninefold Burning","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1377",1377,"\u003Cp>Crack!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force was deep, the methods ruthless, the gaze fierce, enough to make one’s heart tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black talisman sword pierced through the brow, penetrating the skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu, with his cold and blood-red eyes wide open, stared intensely at Baili An, speaking with resentment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if my life is a lie and my identity is false, my defiance and pride over these two hundred years are real. It’s not your place to convict me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he fiercely withdrew the talisman sword, and soul fire mixed with blood gushed continuously from his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu, looking like an Evil Ghost, his gaze laden with deep-seated resentment, seemed to contain a curse, glaring at Baili An with mad hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would rather destroy his soul than suffer the humiliation of the Soul Stripping Punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu staggered a couple of steps on the blood-stained ground, the fire of despair and indignation burning in his ears as he stumbled about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of his path, looking at the millennia-old majestic palaces, all he saw was a landscape of dazzling madness and twisted colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around, only the sound of his deranged soul’s cries and howls could be heard, his intense will to survive born within this puppet body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as he willingly dissolved his soul to seek death, that innate will to survive screamed wildly from the depths of his soul, tormenting every nerve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu let out a sorrowful laugh, suddenly realizing that everything he pursued in life had become a burden and imprisonment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chasing after that distant and illusory mirage, he hadn’t even experienced a moment of indulgence and joy upon reflection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the fading consciousness of his nearing dissolution, Ying Xiu could no longer distinguish the border between the Mortal World and the Nine Nethers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>False homeland, trapped soul, he was like a puddle of filthy blood, lingering in the Mortal World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, in his hazy vision, he turned his head, seemingly noticing a sliver of the dawn breaking through the darkness from the east, with its clear radiance illuminating the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind gently stirred, and the scent of green grass followed like a shadow. In a deeply tender scene, he saw a hint of a red figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu let out a sorrowful laugh, as the blood between his brows gushed increasingly, while the fragile light of his soul grew ever weaker, on the brink of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu, gathering strength from who knows where, shouted Baili An’s name with unclear fury before bursting into mad laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Onlookers believed this false Crown Prince had been driven mad to the brink of desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Baili An, amidst his maniacal smile, detected a strange emotion, which inexplicably tightened his heart. He fixed his gaze on Ying Xiu, silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ying Xiu finished laughing, his expression returned to a deathly indifference, devoid of emotion: \"Today, I have lost, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve won.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An squinted, seemingly understanding something, his expression icy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu’s body began to turn into talisman paper, the runic marks on the tattered yellow paper climbing up his cheeks and cracking. Looking down at his body with a mocking gaze, he smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three years ago, you and I went through a great calamity together. Mohe’s conspiracy of burying Zangxin had been schemed for hundreds of years at the Xijian Sect, yet it was completely overturned, resulting in a complete defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I was fully prepared today, destined to seize the Central Netherworld, I never considered I might end up like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing impending demise, Ying Xiu’s face suddenly bore an unprecedented release and ease, he said calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t kill you, or even touch anyone in the Central Netherworld. To you, it’s as if you’ve become the hero who saves the day like the protagonist in a story, while I am the reviled villain, to be swiftly executed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can stand in that lofty position, like a King, deciding my fate with a single thought...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Ying Xiu smiled slightly, saying: \"But why should I let you win so easily? As the antagonist, I should cause some trouble to save you from being too lonely as a hero.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To you, I may be just a clown, but I, Ying Xiu, hold you in high regard, considering you my lifelong enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I don’t cause you some significant trouble, it would be a waste of my existence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed deeply, an inexplicable sense of release on his face: \"I’m about to die; I should take one or two down with me. Ying Ji, I may be unable to move now, but there’s a woman in this world who loves you to the bone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since I can’t have you, I’ll just take her with me to the Netherworld. In that chaotic world...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu smiled, with unspeakable malicious intent: \"I don’t mind borrowing this body once more, to be her lover... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An would not give him the time to finish his sentence. Suddenly, a fierce wind arose within the hall, blowing all the people inside backward onto their backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Xiu’s neck was clutched by a cold hand, the long fingers, with distinct joints, faintly tense with bluish veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercingly cold aura surged in, causing Ying Xiu’s soul dissolution, at the brink of release, to abruptly freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last spark of life was forcefully retained within, the shattered soul like shattered needles piercing him deeply with unendurable pain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of chill and fear finally tainted his indifferent brows and eyes, and in such close proximity was Baili An’s exceptionally handsome face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this moment, his face darkened, the deep black eyes burning with intense fury, surging tumultuously like molten iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An’s cold eyes scrutinized him, his gaze resembling ice as he meticulously examined Ying Xiu, his voice chilling like frost pounding onto Ying Xiu, unspeakably clear and biting:\u003C\u002Fp>",987,"2026-06-06T15:17:03.408Z",1,"novelbin.me","0140b5649d0f623a9616162f0cfe7fe72b414348fe1862bdfe305062de589ca8","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1378","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-1376",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]