[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t":3,"chapter-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-126":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Living Among All Heavens, Achieving Immortality Through Merit",{"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},2323694,4545,"Chapter 126: If We Fight On, Someone Will Die","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-126",126,"\u003Cp>“Western Jade Rakshasa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing looked at the blurred figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Qing, I am grateful for what happened today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa’s voice was hollow: “These three—Solitary Pine, Withered Bamboo, Cold Plum—are all traitors of my sect. You’ve eliminated them, and I am grateful. But the Jade of the West endures forever in heaven and earth; nothing of the Demon Cult is yours to covet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa’s voice carried certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strike! Strike!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing drew his sword—pulled it from Solitary Pine’s abdomen and Withered Bamboo’s chest—spread both hands, twin blades in grip, and slashed toward the Jade Rakshasa like lightning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything at the Silver Hook Gambling Den was the Jade Rakshasa’s setup; through this scheme, he eliminated all threats. But the Jade Rakshasa met Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two met, no need for empty words—only swords could speak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa’s figure drifted, flicking his fingers repeatedly, striking Gu Qing’s blades with bare flesh, even commenting: “The Long Song Flying Rainbow Sword, passed down by Auntie Gongsun, has sixty-four techniques. You wield longsword moves with shortsword precision—truly, you’ve reached the State of No Sword. Length no longer matters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Jade Rakshasa retreated swiftly, he suddenly thrust out one palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palm seemed aimed at Gu Qing, yet Gu Qing felt everything around the Jade Rakshasa was collapsing inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the anomaly caused by inner energy reaching the “Retreat” realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient martial circles, emitting inner energy was one realm; retracting it was another. Drawing back emitted energy could create many strange effects—this collapse was merely one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Gu Qing ignored the Jade Rakshasa’s anomaly, concentrated both blades, and charged straight at him with unstoppable force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s blade halted three inches from the Jade Rakshasa’s palm—as if striking a wall of bronze and iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the peak of inner energy cultivation, one naturally gains a protective aura—like Zhuo Bufen stabbing Xuzhu in the Eightfold Dragon, where Xuzhu made no move, his true qi became an unyielding wall that deflected Zhuo’s blade. Now, the Jade Rakshasa wielded this with his bare hand—his true qi was even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squeak…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa’s fingers tightened, his true qi collapsed inward, crushing Gu Qing’s twin blades under his single hand’s control—then his other hand exploded forward, slamming toward Gu Qing’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strike!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing lifted one hand—his blade instantly broke free from the Jade Rakshasa’s grip—and sliced straight at the Jade Rakshasa’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This simple move flowed like clouds and water, yet in that instant, the Jade Rakshasa’s eyes froze—he stared, analyzing every detail, and suddenly realized: Gu Qing had used single-hand true qi to clash with his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, this blade’s inner force was heavy, plain, natural, vast—perfectly embodying the supreme martial principles of weight, clumsiness, and grandeur!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa shifted his hand to block—“Clang!”—his true qi coalesced to resist the strike. Gu Qing’s blade spun in a flourish, effortlessly shearing off the Jade Rakshasa’s sleeve hem, then both blades converged toward the hand holding the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial is the Origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After acquiring the Primordial Qi Art, Gu Qing trained diligently. Already accomplished in inner energy, he had amassed the Qi of Primordial Gong, Nine Yin Scripture, Nine Yang Scripture, Muscle-Marrow Change, Yoga Secret Transmission, Dragon and Elephant Power—like a lake spanning ten thousand acres. The Primordial Qi Art was a new channel he dug: once connected to his existing energies, all flowed seamlessly, harmonizing every true qi into orderly unity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, this vast inner energy surged through both blades, relentless in slashing at the Jade Rakshasa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa leapt away. After several exchanges, he knew Gu Qing’s inner energy was too profound to manipulate—he could no longer rely on pure qi to outmatch him. With such devastating swordplay added, the Jade Rakshasa could not stand against him head-on. He broke from the open ground and darted among pavilions and corridors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such confined spaces, Gu Qing’s long blades were hindered—while the Jade Rakshasa gained advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoosh! Whoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing drew and released his blades in a single thought. Seeing the space restricted, he planted both blades into the pavilion’s pillars, then charged after the Jade Rakshasa with the Shatter-Steel Claw and Hundred Flowers Misstep Fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa turned, dividing his mind—this was a demon sect’s ultimate technique. Like Gu Qing, he wielded two martial arts simultaneously. In the space of a tea’s steeping, they exhausted every possible variation, each move driven to its utmost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom! Boom! Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inner energy clashed—debris flew, pillars toppled, the pavilion tilted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa could emit and retract inner energy with minimal cost. Gu Qing, after mastering the Primordial Qi Art, could now recover a small amount of true qi—but his natural recovery was already blazing fast, enhanced by Dragon and Elephant Power and his strengthened heart—he feared no prolonged battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, they exchanged hundreds of moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this man made of oxen…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa was elderly; sweat already glistened on his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he been thirty years younger, he would have fought Gu Qing to the death for victory. But now, old and worn, crushed under Gu Qing’s relentless assault, his arms ached and went numb. He looked at Gu Qing—sweat coated his own brow too, yet his eyes burned bright, growing sharper with every strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom! Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa blocked two punches, using their force to leap clear, putting distance between them: “Enough! If we fight on, someone will die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa’s shadowy form dissolved, revealing his true face to all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was an old man, radiating the aura of one nearing death. Only in his twilight years had he staged his own death, to tidy up the Demon Cult’s affairs and ensure its legacy could continue in peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing looked at the Jade Rakshasa—fight on, and the Jade Rakshasa would risk his life. Someone would die, but it would not be Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading life for life, injury for injury—this was one of Gu Qing’s tactics since gaining his system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Gu Qing could kill the Jade Rakshasa, it depended on the Jade Rakshasa willing to fight to the death. If the Jade Rakshasa chose to flee, Gu Qing could not stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you from that lineage?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa stared at Gu Qing—he recognized the Primordial Qi Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the old man’s signature masterpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa frowned: “I’ve never crossed paths with him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you just did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said indifferently—he had the old man backing him. What if he caused trouble? So what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing loved trouble. He feared none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Rakshasa’s expression froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1111,"2026-06-20T17:04:26.501Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e397aa2b72317bc63bc7c44b6b9ee259700c9986d772f3210ff4b16b81dd84ae","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-127","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-125",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]