[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-law-of-primordial-origin":3,"chapter-law-of-primordial-origin-law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-40":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},2216062,3936,"Chapter 40","law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>\"Shouldn't... I have tested you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling no longer had the coldness and chill she had when killing the Earth Wolf King Army soldiers in Burial Immortal Town, and added, \"To join the Cang Li tribe, one must have a clean identity and upright character. Don't be angry, okay? You have so many magical artifacts, and I didn't touch them, right? If I had attacked while pretending to faint earlier, you probably wouldn't have had much defense, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, for a friend who has shared life and death, my character is also okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, why did you save me just now and drag me ashore? Do you like me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi was speechless and walked away quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always felt there was something wrong with Li Ling, a sense of familiarity he couldn't describe, but her cultivation was too high, so he couldn't investigate and just wanted to keep his distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't go; you haven't answered me yet! The Passing Spirit Mist Domain can only be safely traversed if led by someone with the Li people's bloodline. It's very dangerous for you to go deep inside,\" Li Ling said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi had heard Zhao Zhizhuo talk about it, but he had a reason to return to the Blood Sea, so he had to go no matter how dangerous it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn't go back, everyone on the bronze ship would just be waiting to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling trotted to catch up with him: \"I have to tell you the truth. After being hit by the Stone Monkey Flying Needle, rushing into the dilapidated house where you were hiding, I did have the intention of dragging you onto the pirate ship. But what I analyzed in Burial Immortal Town wasn't wrong, right? In that situation, we two would live together if we joined forces, and die together if we split up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn't matter anymore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi deliberately exposed his back to her, testing whether she was really not interested in the magical artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't launch a sneak attack, which left Li Youyi in deep doubt; he couldn't guess at all what her purpose was in catching up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling, with her bare jade feet stepping on gravel and thorns, followed closely on Li Youyi's right side: \"In Burial Immortal Town, you should know that anyone falling into the dangerous situation I was in would have made the same choice. What's more, I only saw you as a little thief who was deceiving my brother and plotting something bad at the time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's different now; you're really not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shall we be friends? I'll cover for you in the Cang Li tribe in the future. If we encounter the same situation again, I'll let you go first, and I'll stay behind to cover the retreat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi stopped and stared at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling blinked her lively eyes, her eyelashes trembling, and said: \"You dragged me ashore and saved the Cang Li tribe... your character is absolutely fine. With your current five-spring cultivation, I can help you find a decent job in Nine Li City and marry you a wife with outstanding looks. I have a cousin who will be sixteen in eight days; come see her with me during her coming-of-age ceremony and see if you like each other. Entering the Cang Li clan school is also fine, but the Nine Li Dao Academy is a bit difficult!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Li, please stop following me; I have already felt your kindness. I still like your cold appearance; why don't you revert to that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi really couldn't tell how much of her words were true and how much were false, and secretly decided that after receiving his senior brother and the others, he must not go to the Cang Li tribe. Thinking of the look Li Ling gave him on the eaves, thinking of her killing people like cutting vegetables, she felt very unreal to Li Youyi at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Gao Huan...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a pure immortal body; the Cang Li tribe shouldn't treat him badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling said: \"Are you planning to go to the Blood Sea Coffin Dock? Are your companions all over there? Those magical artifacts of yours—they weren't all obtained by opening blind coffins, were they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi mobilized his magic power and rushed out at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Getting impatient?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling's feet were flowing with blue mist light traces, and she chased after him at an even faster speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chasing and fleeing, they rushed out dozens of miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi slowed down, discovering that the surroundings were gradually becoming strange. Many motionless humanoid figures appeared in the forest, standing in the mist, all turning their heads to stare at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no vitality; some were by the river, some standing in the bushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too creepy, and Li Youyi's back felt a bit cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop wandering around; if you go any further, I'm not sure I can bring you back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling reached out and grabbed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi was puzzled: \"Didn't you go to the Blood Sea to fish for coffins along the Sui River?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Li Youyi was finally willing to talk to her calmly after hitting a wall, Li Ling couldn't help but smile: \"It's not that simple! Don't look at the Passing Spirit Mist Domain as only two hundred miles wide; it is one of the few forbidden areas in the entire Lingxiao Living Realm. The internal space is very chaotic and is constantly changing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Following the Sui River won't get you to the Blood Sea; it will only lead to the even more dangerous Dead Man's Nether Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Nine Li Tribe, only the disciples of the nine priests, totaling no more than one hundred Underworld Lamp Guides, can find the path to traverse the Passing Spirit Mist Domain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You?\" Li Youyi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling nodded triumphantly: \"Every year, many people get lost in the Passing Spirit Mist Domain and the Dead Man's Nether Realm. Yesterday, we encountered two female lost travelers, one of whom was a pure immortal body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do they look like?\" Li Youyi asked hurriedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling said: \"A pure immortal body is, of course, as beautiful as a fairy, but like Gao Huan, there are no traces of cultivation. As for the other one, she is dressed in red and has white bone wind chimes tied to her waist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are they?\" Li Youyi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling had been staring at Li Youyi's expression and smiled: \"I guessed that those two demonesses who fascinated my brother were in the same group as you. One test, and it came out! You must have obtained some exotic treasure, right? Otherwise, why would two people in a row undergo a pure immortal body transformation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi suddenly realized and understood her purpose in catching up. He said tentatively: \"You shouldn't be a pure immortal body, right? I can feel that although your skin is flawless and you have an immortal spirit shell, you are fundamentally different from the young clan leader and Gao Huan, but I can't say what the difference is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling was stung by Li Youyi's words and hesitated for a long time before saying bitterly: \"I can only be considered a half-immortal body; I couldn't complete the full transformation. The fundamental difference between a half-immortal body and a pure immortal body lies in the bones—having the skin and flesh, but no immortal bones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi felt that if she drank Golden Crow blood, she would likely be able to transform into a pure immortal body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But did she really see him as a friend after sharing life and death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without seeing through her, Li Youyi couldn't treat her as a friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling said very sincerely: \"I'll take you to the edge of the Blood Sea; without my help, you won't make it! See these passing spirits? They are just the weakest and have almost no aggression. But if you encounter blood-colored fierce souls or evil demons like the Thousand-Headed Dragon Vine, your chances of survival will be slim.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are the conditions?\" Li Youyi asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling said: \"No conditions, I just ask that you no longer have resentment in your heart... well, consider it that this girl owes you for Burial Immortal Town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi was skeptical: \"Okay! If you take me to the Blood Sea, the grievances between us will be wiped out; I, Xie Jin, keep my word. Which direction do we go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling suddenly sat down on a mossy stone, covering the wound on her lower abdomen with her hand: \"I'm too severely injured; I'm afraid I can't walk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi carried Li Ling on his back and moved forward in the mist domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her figure was very slender, but she was unusually heavy, and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You weren't hit by the Stone Monkey Flying Needle at all!\" Li Youyi couldn't feel the stiffness of her body, only softness and elasticity. Whether it was from his hands or his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling held the underworld lamp in one hand and wrapped her arm around Li Youyi's neck with the other, her voice crisp and pleasant, yet lazy and comfortable: \"I was hit! But I carry secret medicine; after taking it, the stone poison was cured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any truth in your mouth?\" Li Youyi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling said: \"Master said that girls alone outside must learn to protect themselves. Tell only seven parts of the truth to people, and give only three parts of your heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Underworld Lamp Guide indeed had real skills; the path taken was very winding, sometimes requiring a long detour. But from beginning to end, they didn't encounter any danger, and just as Li Youyi was about to lose his sense of direction, he faintly heard the sound of waves in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickened his pace, and soon they walked out of the mist forest, and the view before them instantly widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the seaside, a bloody and decaying smell rushed toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the blood-colored ocean, coffins were floating densely, piled up like mountains, large and small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shore was covered with paper money, empty coffins, and broken bones, while in the distance, the gloomy mist was vast, and the boundary between sea and sky could not be seen, naturally nor could the bronze ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several dozen zhang to the right was an ancient and dilapidated ferry landing, with a bluestone-carved dragon archway still standing high. A long and straight stone-paved plank road extended from the ferry landing into the deep sea, disappearing into the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi put Li Ling down, a strong joy surging in his heart; he was about to see his senior brother and the others again. His senior brother could be considered the only remaining relative he had in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, a sense of urgency to become stronger arose; otherwise, after picking up the scientific expedition team members from the ship, how would everyone survive? If he went to the Cang Li tribe, he had a passive feeling of being manipulated by Li Ling, a sense of frustration from living under someone else's roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had the strength of seven springs now, or even broke through the Wind Mansion and Ancestral Field, let alone Li Ling not being able to do anything to him, even the elders of the Cang Li tribe would probably be recruiting him, treating him like they treated Gao Huan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Youyi rushed toward the ferry landing, boarded the plank road, and headed toward the deep sea at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xie Jin, do you... want to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hurriedly lowered her voice, not daring to speak loudly, and stopped immediately at the edge of the ferry landing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time they came to the Blood Sea to fish for coffins with their clansmen, they had to sprinkle paper money, light incense and candles, and offer tributes; every ritual could not be missing. Most importantly, one could not speak loudly, let alone board the plank road or go deep into the Blood Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elders of the tribe had warned that the alien coffins that could float to the Blood Sea Coffin Dock were either fierce and strange or extraordinary, and the vast majority were not normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slight carelessness would startle out things they couldn't afford to provoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had heard too many stories about the Blood Sea Coffin Dock, and watching Li Youyi disappear into the mist, she didn't dare to chase after him, and asked: \"Senior, are we chasing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling's back was burning hot, blood mist permeated, and a skeleton that had almost turned into jade walked out of her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chan Hai Guan Wu's long hair fluttered in the wind, flesh had already grown on the bones, and she peered at the gloomy and gray coffin sea, sighing: \"Forget it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ling's blood energy was severely lost, her face was pale, and she appeared somewhat weak: \"The junior is very puzzled; just now on his back, such a good opportunity, why didn't the senior make a move?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I hesitated!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chan Hai Guan Wu couldn't explain too much to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forcibly seizing Li Youyi's blood and soul to complete the Marriage-to-Yang ritual would give her the opportunity to be in a dominant position in their relationship in the future. It would be as if Li Youyi were marrying into her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the situation she most wanted to see!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But doing so, once Li Youyi's cultivation surpassed hers in the future, the backlash would also be very terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And letting her lower her status to beg Li Youyi to let him share a large amount of blood and soul to complete the Marriage-to-Yang ritual—she couldn't get past that hurdle in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called \"Marriage-to-Yang\" was a bloodline energy unique to that ancient clan, allowing the deceased to live a second life by marrying back into the Yang world and walking the path of cultivation again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price paid was to become the wife or husband of a descendant of that ancient clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the ritual was completed, the deceased's will was paramount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Chan Hai Guan Wu could choose to forcibly complete the Marriage-to-Yang ritual, but Li Youyi could not. In that tomb on the bronze ship, she had already forcibly injected a soul thought into Li Youyi's brow, but the ritual was only half-completed before Li Youyi broke free and escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, the protective wife or protective husband sought by the children of the ancient clan during infancy could only be based on the will of the protective wife or protective husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the ritual was completed, the children of the ancient clan had a stronger say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, if the child of the ancient clan died, the Marriage-to-Yang partner would definitely die. But if the Marriage-to-Yang partner fell, the child of the ancient clan would be minimally affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, for example, the Marriage-to-Yang partner had to stay within a certain range of the ancient clan child; the distance they could leave increased as their cultivation improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price paid for reversing life and death naturally wouldn't be small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chan Hai Guan Wu had the ambition to reverse life and death and climb to the peak of cultivation again. But being controlled by Li Youyi went against her inner pride and ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I can try to be friends first and see if he is really worth entrusting. When the time is ripe, I'll talk to him properly. Being husband and wife in name, but intimate friends or allies in reality—why isn't that a better way to help?\" Chan Hai Guan Wu thought of a compromise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, Li Youyi's impression of her was not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Li Youyi's mind, she had already been labeled as a skeleton demon, and once that prejudice was formed, it was difficult to get along well. She had to have a new identity, which was one of the reasons she chose Li Ling as a carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Qi Shanshan, Chan Hai Guan Wu had left a soul thought and opened her language wisdom, so there shouldn't be any flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tap! Tap! Tap...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rapid footsteps suddenly came from the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, three figures appeared by the Blood Sea, with Yan Qingqing walking in the lead. It was she who relied on her unparalleled sense of smell to track the path Li Youyi and Li Ling had taken and found them here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Jiuzhai had given a death order, and they had no choice; no matter how dangerous the Passing Spirit Mist Domain was, they had to break in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2792,"2026-06-17T10:49:26.844Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","067498b7dab60d93a065dc20894b1aa0a203af5ab2a89263ca0ab20c5f065d3b","law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-41","law-of-primordial-origin-chapter-39",333,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-primeval-law-cover.jpg"]