[{"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-406":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},1715759,2193,"Chapter 406 - 406 393 Spirit","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-406",406,"\u003Cp>406: Chapter 393: Spirit 406: Chapter 393: Spirit Li Jiujiu had believed that such an assertion would bring forth the fascinating sight of the young man’s painful struggle and awkward distress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human hearts are unpredictable; only in the face of death can one see the true darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ning Feiyan loved to dig out such darkness with her own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An slowly raised his distinctly black and white brows, no longer the profound coldness of earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were incredibly clear; at a glance, all one could see was simplicity in the contrast of black and white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t speak, but the answer was already written in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, the human heart isn’t that complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is only wanting or not wanting, willing or unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone as scheming as Ning Feiyan couldn’t help but be slightly startled and moved for a moment before she laughed and said, “If you can trust this concubine, then let Hong Zhuang go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can show you a clear path, allowing you to find the great serpent in the shortest time, and I will tell you what the serpent’s weakness is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An stated bluntly, “I don’t trust you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Feiyan paused again, then helplessly shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark breath entwined around Hong Zhuang was vaguely grasped by Baili An’s five claws, and she, who was half-kneeling on the ground due to excessive blood loss, was suddenly pulled over by a strong force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Feiyan did not stop him, her gaze faintly watching as Hong Zhuang fell into Baili An’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhuang knew that following him would mean facing a terrifying creature like the great serpent; if she were taken along, she would likely be on the verge of death, yet she did not call out to Ning Feiyan to rescue her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Su Jing, in light of the two times I have saved you, may I ask you for a favor?” Baili An restrained assassin Hong Zhuang and looked at Su Jing as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jing frowned slightly, seemingly displeased by the request made under the pretense of repaying a favor, but since she had indeed been saved by him, after a long pause, she slowly relaxed her expression and said indifferently, “Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An smiled bitterly, “I haven’t even said what it is yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jing didn’t speak, merely glancing briefly at Li Jiujiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An sincerely said, “Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingertips, shining with a cold light, gently twisted the dangling thread on the snow-white cuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, the lonely phoenix’s cry grew fainter, as the embroidered hidden thread got pulled from the cuff, the white crane pattern completely disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tapped her sleek cuff; there were no more threads to fiddle with during her tedious and vexing moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tilted her head, her voice as crisp and smooth as pearls on jade: “The great serpent has no weakness; Ning Feiyan was deceiving you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An was startled, then felt a slight warmth in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought that Miss Jing wasn’t as cold and distant as she was rumored to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words seemed to be advising him not to go to a place of certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her with sincere eyes and earnestly said, “Thank you, Miss Su Jing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankful words of the same nature, but carrying less formality and more an unspeakable warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jing’s expression became slightly downcast; her voice was gentle yet cold: “Don’t thank me, I have done nothing worth your gratitude.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jiujiu was entrusted to Su Jing by Baili An.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, who should have been clamoring to accompany them on the quest for death, suddenly became surprisingly quiet and obedient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the sudden calamity had taught Li Jiujiu many lessons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Baili An’s slowly retreating figure vanish into the Second Realm, Li Jiujiu’s features seemed to grow incredibly haggard and yet much more resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unnoticed by the crowd, the girl who claimed to be a Ghost Immortal had quietly disappeared as well, leaving no trace behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Feiyan did not notice either; she opened the Jade Bone Fan, and a Demon Butterfly immediately fluttered out from the fan’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its wings transformed into fire and soared towards the heavens, becoming a beam of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, Xing Wu appeared in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Feiyan said, “The great serpent has already quieted down; the door is only open for a limited time, we must hurry and rescue the Demon Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Wu looked at her, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into a twisted smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Feiyan’s expression grew serious, and she suddenly felt an unprecedented unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dense forest of the Second Realm, the night grew even more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few inches of moonlight occasionally fell through the hazy darkness, illuminating the monstrous severed limbs and bloodshed strewn across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if, in the blackness that had descended not long ago, something hidden within the dark had gluttonously feasted here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint yet steady footsteps echoed in the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I advise you to kill me,” the restrained Hong Zhuang coldly said while in Baili An’s grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An looked down at her; he noticed that the wound on her severed arm had stopped bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they traveled, faint traces of blood in the darkness behind them slowly merged into her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her incomplete arm was gradually growing back, but the color of the new limb was transparent, like an ethereal Spiritual Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An brushed her hair from her forehead to behind her ear, gazing intently at her sharply pointed ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhuang seemed unaccustomed, even detesting, such touch, especially on her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her scar-riddled face to glare at him fiercely: “Don’t touch me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An’s gaze grew deep and inscrutable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An Enchanting Demon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhuang thought he was mocking her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman, steeped in baleful energy and murderous intent, did something inexplicable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She started to frantically pull at her cloak and hair, as though preparing to cover her half-tragic face; but with her right arm crippled and her Spiritual Body hand unable to grasp anything, she failed to touch, to cover anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An’s gaze deepened for an instant, then he withdrew his gaze from her face and calmly said, “Don’t cry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Hong Zhuang realize that her cheeks were cool and wet, and a sense of indescribable shame surged in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she just shown such weakness in front of a human?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhuang felt that the finger resting on her ear was so humiliating, leaving her breathless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook with anger, turned her head, and broke free from his palm, biting viciously into his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were filled with a blaze of hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am an Enchanting Demon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So you can laugh all you want now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Enchanting Demons are renowned for their beauty and grace, yet I was born an ugly monster like this, something no one would ever imagine that I, too, could be an Enchanting Demon, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An withdrew his finger, looking at the pale tooth marks on it, then pulled down her hood to cover her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re noisy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her muffled voice came from beneath the hood: “What kind of Enchanting Demon am I, worthy only of living in the dark, with a life that can only bloom on the edge of a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Feiyan…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she is the true Enchanting Demon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Baili An reached the edge of the Abyss by the Bronze Gate, he dropped Hong Zhuang on the ground; the dark breath entwined around her, and she had no escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the hood, Hong Zhuang saw Baili An’s clear and cold eyes and heard him say, “You’ve chosen the wrong person to play the pitiful card with.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was gentle, but it didn’t mean he had no limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Geyu was his limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhuang coldly said, “Assassins never beg for pity from others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An spared no face: “Then wipe your tears away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope that when we meet the great serpent, you won’t be in this weeping state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are my hostage, my bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you are too weak and useless, I will kill you myself beforehand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhuang said, “I’d welcome that.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1374,"2026-06-06T15:16:24.480Z",1,"novelbin.me","bb7a002a87944dce9541817cd4b4bbcf5c2309c1025943f6cbae73b6f8dc1c14","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-407","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-405",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]