[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-law-of-primordial-origin":3,"chapter-law-of-primordial-origin-law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Primeval Law",{"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},2216044,3936,"Chapter 22","law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>The immortal radiance drifted out from the ancient-style buildings at the stern along with the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, blocked by courtyard walls over ten fathoms high, one could only see the overlapping tops of those ancient buildings, with red gold glaze for tiles and glowing divine wood for beams. There were pavilions, halls, ancient towers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the courtyard walls, which were as imposing as city walls, and the nine-story ship building, was an empty deck area a hundred meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jin no longer had his previous arrogance and insolence; he sat on the first stone step of the bronze-cast gate, holding a steel pipe, looking toward the ship building passage from time to time in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had clearly become a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone steps behind him numbered several dozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the top of the stone steps was the bronze-cast gate leading into the courtyard, about three fathoms high, very grand and imposing. The left door was embossed with the lights of ten thousand homes, while the right door featured a starry sky scene like a river of the underworld; one didn't know where in the universe it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doctor Qi, how is the situation now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qi Shanshan walk out of the passage, Xie Jin grabbed onto her like a straw, his spirits slightly lifted as he hurried forward to ask nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan brought good news: \"Don't worry, Li Youyi and those people from Laboratory 705 have both suffered heavy losses; for the time being, no one can spare the energy to deal with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s great!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jin’s mind became active: \"Let’s plan it out. You poison the food, and I’ll launch a sneak attack. We’ll take care of that murderous thug Li Youyi and the people from Laboratory 705 together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, I have the same intention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan took out a bag of food and handed it over: \"You haven't eaten all day, have you? I see you’re almost too hungry to have any strength left, and it’s gotten a bit cold. You should eat something first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jin was indeed so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back. As he wolfed it down, he said with a muffled voice: \"Li Youyi must have swallowed the sarira, which is why he became so powerful. But no matter how powerful, he’s still flesh and blood. Using poison, deadly poison, we can definitely kill him... When the time comes... ah... you... the food you gave me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jin felt a twisting pain in his abdomen, as if his stomach were filled with razor blades. He couldn't even stand straight, staring at Qi Shanshan in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan took three steps back, hands in her pockets, her eyes indifferent: \"You said it yourself, poison the food, deadly poison, the poison made from the black dragon’s corpse blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bitch! We lost so miserably... it must be because of you; you and that pretty boy were in cahoots all along... pfft...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Jin rushed toward Qi Shanshan, but after only three steps, he collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While convulsing, he spat out bloody foam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Visible to the naked eye, his skin began to turn black and fester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan walked over and kicked Xie Jin lightly, confirming he was dead, before saying with a look of contempt: \"You were only half right. I wasn't in cahoots with him before; I was truly helping you. But now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan allying with Xie Tianshu and the others was the only option for survival she could see at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she looked down on the character and ability of Xie Tianshu and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after learning of Liu Ying’s encounter, she was even more glad for the appearance of Li Youyi, the perfect partner. He had strength, he had looks, he was loyal, he was sharp and decisive, and he could sympathize with the weak but was never soft-hearted toward enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't want to just be Li Youyi’s partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to remove the word \"partner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she also knew she had missed the best opportunity to win Li Youyi over. If she could have foreseen today, she would have snatched that bowl of fish soup from Cai Yutong’s hands no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer immersed in regret, Qi Shanshan dragged Xie Jin’s corpse toward the ship’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she cleaned up the traces here and didn't let Li Youyi discover any clues, she would completely cut off the past. In the future, there would be plenty of ways to win him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how outstanding he was, he was still just a hot-blooded young boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xie Jin probably never dreamed that the most terrifying person on this ship isn't me, but you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she had arduously dragged Xie Jin’s corpse to the ship’s side, Li Youyi’s voice sounded in her ear. Even as calm as Qi Shanshan was, she was badly frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the short time it took her to stand up and tidy her messy hair, she already had a response ready. She asked calmly: \"How long have you been here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Xie Jin fell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi’s tone was calm; he stood in the ship building passage, his figure tall and heroic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were more than twenty meters apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, you just watched from there? Watched me, like a penguin, clumsily and arduously dragging a corpse?\" Qi Shanshan pouted resentfully, as if she didn't realize the anger in Li Youyi’s heart at this moment, nor could she see the disappointment and heartache on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi frowned; he had no intention of \"flirting\" with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a matter that could be handled with a few witty remarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked into the deck area shrouded in immortal radiance. On the ground were the corpses of four other expedition members, along with various chemical devices and drugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner was the massive corpse of a bear-like creature; the wound on its abdomen was rotting, emitting a pungent, foul odor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, it had died from its severe wounds on the day they fell onto the bronze ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Yellow Dragon Sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wounds opened by the Yellow Dragon Sword wouldn't heal even if it were an extraordinary creature; instead, the wounds would accelerate in rotting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses of the four expedition members each had their own miserable state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had skin that had burst, leaving only flesh and bones; some had scales growing on half their bodies, while the other half festered; some had tentacles growing on their heads, but their skulls were shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi said: \"So, the four expedition members who were rumored to have gone to investigate the stern and never returned were actually used by you for live experiments! Releasing this news, while deliberately getting the bear-like creature’s blood near the ship building, was to scare people so that no expedition members would dare come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That day, by the ship building, you must have been afraid that Gao Huan and I would come to the stern and discover your secret, which is why you drove us away, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xie Tianshu dared to drink the dragon blood also because he had already obtained the definitive experimental results from you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason everyone fainted after eating breakfast was also because you provided the drugs to Kong Fan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi stared intently into Qi Shanshan’s eyes: \"You are so terrifying, you disguised yourself so well, there were no flaws to be found when you lied; I was almost deceived by you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan’s eyes turned red, feeling extremely wronged, her voice sobbing: \"I... I had no choice. You saw Liu Ying’s fate. If I didn't take the initiative to do something, the one who jumped down today would have been me. Only when a person has value can they live and have a voice and status.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi said: \"Doctor Qi, how many people died because of you? If you hadn't provided them with drugs, they might not have succeeded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears streamed down Qi Shanshan’s face: \"I am not you; I don't have your powerful strength. I can't control my own destiny; I can only choose to compromise. When Xie Jin held a knife to my throat, I either died or helped him. You tell me, how should I choose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi no longer knew whether he should believe her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan had helped him and saved him more than once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was too smart, too good at lying, and too good at making up stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every expression of hers, every word, seemingly spoken with intense emotion, was surely carefully considered. Even Xie Tianshu, Kong Fan, and the others were likely just her pawns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she must have had a way to kill them, just like she killed Xie Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You saved me, so this time, I won't kill you. But there will definitely be someone who will hold you accountable for what you’ve done.\" Li Youyi made it very clear; he was just not killing her this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan’s eyes were sorrowful: \"Did you only save me once?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Li Youyi deeply realized the truth that one must never owe favors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan’s eyes were tearful as she added: \"Yes, I deserve to die, but I saved Yutong and I saved you. Even when the whole world says I deserve to die, you absolutely have no right to say that word. If you go tell them now, they will kill me immediately, and the ending will be just like those two security members thrown into the soul sea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You won't kill me, but I will die because of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi could choose not to pursue the life or death of others to the end; after all, he wasn't some righteous judge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his Senior Brother becoming the way he was now, Qi Shanshan was at least partly responsible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi said: \"You are still useful, so I can give you a chance. You help me heal my Senior Brother, and then he will decide how to deal with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if my Senior Brother doesn't make it through this, if something happens to him, everyone will have to pay with their lives. Even the Heavens won't be spared!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi carefully searched Qi Shanshan’s entire body, confirming there were no dangerous items, and asked: \"Where is Senior Sister Cai?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan never imagined that Li Youyi, who had been so sunny, kind, and humble in front of her in the past, would have such terrifying eyes when mentioning his Senior Brother just now, with a coldness that seemed to penetrate her bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she truly felt how terrifying it was to offend Li Youyi on matters of principle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the two or three things she had done right before, she would surely be a dead person by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan led Li Youyi toward the second floor of the nine-story ship building: \"No one dares to come up here; it’s very safe. I hid her here so that this turmoil wouldn't affect her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passage on the second floor of the ship building was still filled with stone figurines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through these stone figurines, they finally saw Cai Yutong lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only drugged her; there’s nothing seriously wrong... eh, why hasn't she woken up after so long?\" Qi Shanshan realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister... Senior Sister Cai...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi squatted down to check Cai Yutong’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So hot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his hand touched Cai Yutong’s forehead, Li Youyi was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body temperature was terrifyingly hot, not at all like a human’s body temperature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Qi Shanshan checked the temperature on Cai Yutong’s face, she immediately went to take off her clothes, but thinking of something, she looked at Li Youyi to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he channeled the scorching Qi from the soles of his feet to his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After opening her clothes, Qi Shanshan saw that under the skin on Cai Yutong’s chest, a large number of golden meridians had appeared, as if growing from her heart, extending to her whole body, with strands of golden light like flame filaments flowing through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't you say that a human body could withstand a one-tenth concentration of Golden Crow blood? Why did such a disaster happen suddenly?\" Qi Shanshan stared at the unconscious Cai Yutong, speaking as if to herself, her tone full of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister drank Golden Crow blood?\" When Li Youyi turned around, Cai Yutong’s clothes had already been covered back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanshan nodded: \"She believed that if the Golden Crow blood were diluted, the human body could withstand it, so she used herself for the experiment. But her body temperature now has exceeded sixty degrees, and it’s still rising rapidly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of something, Qi Shanshan immediately took out the cross pendant and put it around Cai Yutong’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This immortal object, the cross pendant, was originally the first thing Cai Yutong had obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Qi Shanshan who had taken it from her after drugging her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt that the cross pendant might be able to suppress the destructive power of the Golden Crow blood, because when Cai Yutong wore it, she hadn't shown such changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the dragon-like mutation required wearing the dragon-patterned ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking the cross pendant away, the power of the Golden Crow blood was released, thus beginning to endanger Cai Yutong’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the Golden Crow blood was diluted and released slowly. Otherwise, by the time she and Li Youyi arrived here, Cai Yutong might have already burned into a pile of ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After putting on the cross pendant, Cai Yutong’s body temperature climbed even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, she was completely wrapped in golden flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi and Qi Shanshan didn't dare to get close at all and retreated far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So eerie! The temperature of these golden flames is not low, but her body is actually completely unharmed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden flames were very dazzling, but Li Youyi could see that Cai Yutong’s body outline inside the flames was very complete, without damage, which was too inconceivable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she was just a mortal with a flesh-and-blood body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden flames suddenly roared; amidst the sparks, a pair of gorgeous, several-meter-long wing light shadows appeared, as magical as a pupa breaking its cocoon to become a butterfly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two retreated even further, holding their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames burned for about a quarter of an hour before showing signs of receding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light was no longer so dazzling, and Cai Yutong’s body lying on the ground gradually appeared, with a layer of mortal shell on the surface cracking and falling off, revealing skin underneath that was dazzlingly white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... why don't you go down first?\" Qi Shanshan said cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi naturally saw that something was wrong; although Cai Yutong hadn't turned into ashes, the fabric of her clothes had turned into ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that Qi Shanshan shouldn't be harmful to Cai Yutong, Li Youyi then walked down the stairs and returned to the first-floor deck area. The image of Cai Yutong feeding him fish soup appeared in his mind; his heart warmed, but he was also secretly worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whispers from the two women came from the second floor of the ship building; Qi Shanshan was explaining something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi’s heart relaxed, and the corners of his mouth lifted unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't go up to the ship building, waiting quietly below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his mood relaxed, his gaze suddenly saw the three-fathom-high bronze-cast gate above the dozens of stone steps in the distance. Curious, he walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2627,"2026-06-17T10:49:26.844Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","864fa98fd757a846dfe667ac7f42e17326a6044131e284332ec21d04c12c2c03","law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-23","law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-21",333,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-primeval-law-cover.jpg"]