[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-king-of-all-manifestations":3,"chapter-king-of-all-manifestations-king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-978":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","King of All Manifestations",{"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},2288814,4474,"Chapter 978: I Don't Like the Light","king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-978",978,"\u003Cp>The ruined golden palace was in total chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teams from various factions and independent cultivators were fleeing in all directions, still shaken, desperate to escape this hellish place; although the Otherkind had been purged, the shadow of death that had loomed over them left them afraid to linger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, a small number of people were driven by greed, still attempting to scavenge for some treasure. At the same time, mixed in with the fleeing crowds were the Corrupted; they were like mindless, out-of-control walking corpses, running aimlessly in every direction, and as they fled, their bodies were gradually disintegrating, their blood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and flesh sloughing off to reveal stark white bones. Judging by this, now that they had lost the control of the Spirit-Eroding True Demon, these Corrupted would sooner or later vanish from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, no one wanted to touch these filthy things, lest they accidentally become corrupted themselves, which would truly be a regret beyond remedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing’s figure darted agilely over the tops of various courtyards and stone pavilions; her fair, delicate face was devoid of expression, and the light swirling in her almond-shaped eyes was equally cold and indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore an air of \"keep away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some teams originally retreating from the area had wanted to greet her, but upon seeing her icy, cold demeanor, they simply shivered and hurried away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing paid no heed to these people. Following a faint, subtle sensation, she traversed the vast golden palace complex with a blank expression. After a good while, a dark bamboo forest appeared before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing gripped her Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff tightly and walked in slowly. The light inside the bamboo forest was dim, radiating a chilling aura. Li Lingjing’s gaze fixed on the bamboo grove, where she saw the figure of a Corrupted slumped on the ground; at this moment, the Corrupted seemed to have completely lost its vitality, its entire body emitting a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>foul, fishy stench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Lingjing only looked at it coldly, then said faintly, \"What’s the point of playing dead? Didn't you want to eat me? Come on, I’ve delivered myself to your door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after her voice fell, the Corrupted remained completely motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing took a step forward, and then suddenly swung her Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff violently toward her right. Poisonous light swept out, and a faint, eerie fragrance permeated the bamboo forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff shadow, wreathed in poisonous light, fell and actually struck a severed limb that had been shot toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On that severed limb, the flesh and blood seemed to be wriggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing’s resonant power surged, directly blasting the severed limb to pieces, scattering pale flesh, blood, and bone all over the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as the blood and flesh sprayed, a black light, invisible to the naked eye, suddenly shot toward the center of Li Lingjing’s brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black light was extremely fast; even an average Heavenly Pearl Stage expert would not have been able to detect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the black light was still a foot away from Li Lingjing’s brow, a fair, slender jade hand reached out from thin air, and with a sudden clench of five fingers, it caught the black light. Li Lingjing’s cold gaze fixed on her hand, where a bizarre black insect had appeared. The black insect was only an inch long, but where its face should have been, there was a twisted human face, and its insect limbs were formed from\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>white, fleshless human finger bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the bizarre black insect was still struggling violently, erupting with a monstrous negative aura; under such an aura, even a Heavenly Pearl Stage expert would be corrupted and subsequently turned into one of the Corrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Lingjing simply let this corrupting aura wash over her. A look of contempt curled her red lips, and she said softly, \"I have experienced so much despair and madness, yet I have managed to keep my mind clear until now. Do you really think you can erode me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You Spirit-Eroding True Demons are truly disgusting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing stared at the \"bizarre black insect\" in her hand, asking as if to herself, \"You are the No. 2 Otherkind, so has the No. 1 Otherkind also entered the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven?\" The bizarre black insect wriggled, and that twisted human face suddenly let out a weird laugh: \"No. 3, you will definitely be eaten by it! You cannot escape! Only the final Otherkind can become the most perfect form! That is the supreme masterpiece!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blank line]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing was thoughtful and said softly, \"A perfect form?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listening to you, Otherkind eating each other can increase their power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her dark, bright almond eyes stared at the bizarre black insect in her hand, and the smile on her red lips was somewhat eerie: \"Doesn't that mean... I can eat you all too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bizarre black insect seemed to stiffen, and then it began to struggle violently, attempting to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing’s eyes were dark and gloomy. Standing in the dim bamboo forest holding her Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff, she possessed a heart-palpitating sense of darkness; that feeling was as if she were a Rakshasa from the abyss. Finally, Li Lingjing took out a black jade bottle engraved with runes and threw the bizarre black insect inside. At the same time, she used the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff to spray an extremely condensed stream of poisonous light into the bottle, using the poison to continuously dissolve\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the bizarre black insect’s body, preventing it from recovering its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingjing held the jade bottle, her gaze flickering for a moment, then she sighed softly and tucked the bottle away against her person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing this, she walked out of the dim bamboo forest. As she stepped into the bright light, she was clearly somewhat uncomfortable and couldn't help but take a step back, standing in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This habitual reaction made Li Lingjing pause for a moment, then she laughed at herself, murmuring, \"It seems I still prefer the darkness; the light does not suit me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the sound of wind breaking suddenly came from not far ahead. Li Lingjing looked up and saw Li Luo’s figure rapidly approaching from the distance, his face seemingly carrying a look of worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Li Luo, Li Lingjing was silent for a moment, then a bright, charming smile appeared on her pretty face. She stepped out of the shadows and waved at Li Luo from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Lingjing’s figure, Li Luo immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurried down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cousin Lingjing, your injuries are also very serious; why are you running around at a time like this? I have already collected enough Spirit Resonance Golden Dew here; there is no need to keep looking,\" Li Luo complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Li Luo, Zhu Dayu and Zhu Zhu also followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Li Luo’s complaints, Li Lingjing nodded with a smile, then her gaze lingered on him for a moment, and she said with some surprise, \"Your strength seems to have improved a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Luo gave a humble smile and said, \"A small gain, just increased my Fiend Gang by fifteen feet.\" Although the power of the \"Gilded Sacred Fire Talisman\" had brought Li Luo great pain, it had also benefited him greatly; his original seventy-foot Fiend Gang had been greatly enhanced by it, and now it had reached about\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eighty-five feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Luo’s current plan was to reach the Golden Dew Terrace and, with the help of its power, refine the \"Nine-Orifice Fiend-Refining Pill.\" At that point, he might be able to complete this final sprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, stepping to the limit of the Extreme Fiend Stage. At that time, breaking through to the Heavenly Pearl Stage would be a natural progression!\u003C\u002Fp>",1306,"2026-06-20T03:27:27.871Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b4a225f37095468f96a1bad365b68c9ea8a686314a048d91dd15083a7ddfa474","king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-979","king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-977",999,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fking-of-all-manifestations-cover.jpg"]