[{"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-16":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},2323584,4545,"Chapter 16: Enough, Enough","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>Blood blossomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing flicked his wrist, shaking the blood from the blade, then sheathed his sword with effortless grace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, a sword ought to be carefully wiped after drawing blood, but the sword in Gu Qing’s hand was no different from those sold on the market—broken, discarded; he felt no regret using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nimoxing, Xiao Xiangzi, Yin Kexi—these three, along with the Golden Wheel Lama, were Mongolia’s supreme experts, each stronger than any of the Quanzhen disciples. Facing such an opponent, Gu Qing tested his own martial arts and gained fresh insights into the Nine Yin Manual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing still grants experience!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad it doesn’t drop secret manuals…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing briefly examined Nimoxing’s corpse, feeling a hint of disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nimoxing was born in India; his internal energy was linked to the three channels and seven wheels, akin to the Blood Saber Scripture from the City of Blood. This martial art differed radically from orthodox internal cultivation, yet it aided in breaking through blockages in orthodox internal energy, accelerating progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Yun, while cultivating the Divine Healing Scripture, would have needed another twenty or thirty years to achieve mastery—yet by also practicing the Blood Saber Scripture, he broke through at a young age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impressive, Stone Daxia.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Er approached, praising Gu Qing and calling him “Stone Daxia” to remind Yang Guo and Lu Wushuang: “This man was a famed Mongol expert sent specifically to hunt you. Now that he’s dead, you’re safe in Shaanxi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nimoxing was already among Mongolia’s top four experts. With him dead, Mongolia will need to send at least two experts of that caliber together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with its vast territory, Mongolia cannot produce many such experts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most likely outcome is that they’ll temporarily set aside “Shi Hao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stone Daxia.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Qi bowed to Gu Qing and said: “Are you the Stone Hao who killed Yegehu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Qi was the second son of Mongol Chancellor Yelu Chucai. Now, with the Empress regent reshaping court politics and distancing herself from Yelu Chucai, he fled the capital with his second son Yelu Qi and daughter Yelu Yan to avoid danger. Yelu Qi had heard of Yegehu’s death under the Khasar faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Yelu family now estranged from court, Yelu Qi treated such news as mere entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m no hero.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said: “In my view, only Guo Jing deserves the title of hero in this age.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing humbly praised Guo Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu, who had drawn near, heard this, smiled faintly, stepped before Gu Qing, her beauty radiant, bowed to thank him, then thanked Yelu Qi and Yang Guo in turn. When she reached Yang Guo, she paused, startled, studying him closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing had sent Yang Guo to Zhongnan Mountain years ago; Guo Fu had grown unfamiliar with him. Yet now, Yang Guo’s appearance was neat, his features handsome, and as she gazed, she felt a strange sense of recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I ask your name, young master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu’s starlit eyes sparkled with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve naturally forgotten me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guo recalled his childhood—his many clashes with Guo Fu and the Wu brothers on Peach Blossom Island. He knew she was noble-born: father a hero, mother the Beggar Sect’s leader, maternal grandfather a Grandmaster. Such a family forgetting him was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this stirred a pang of inferiority in Yang Guo’s sensitive heart. Thinking of his aunt’s sudden disappearance, he felt like a child no one wanted—and his eyes grew damp as he turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is Yang Guo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing clapped Yang Guo on the shoulder, defending him: “Guo Daxia himself sent him to Zhongnan Mountain to train. You don’t recognize him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing “Yang Guo,” Guo Fu’s mind cleared. She smiled warmly and greeted him. Their old quarrels on Peach Blossom Island now carried a touch of nostalgia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guo was stubborn when pushed—but when Guo Fu showed kindness, he softened his resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Quanzhen Sect truly lives up to its reputation as the world’s pinnacle. Your martial arts are already so advanced.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu smiled as she praised Yang Guo: “My father often thinks of you. He wanted to visit the Quanzhen Sect to inquire about you, but feared the Daoists might take offense, so he never went.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu had heard these words from Guo Jing. Now, speaking gently, each phrase warmed Yang Guo’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m an orphan with no father or mother. Thank you for your father’s concern.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen, seeing Guo Fu speak with Yang Guo, felt their anxiety surge. Since childhood, they had never matched Yang Guo; even after years of training under Guo Jing, they still fell short. Now they feared Yang Guo and Guo Fu might grow close. Wu Xiuwen spoke up: “Yang Guo, you train at Quanzhen—why do you act so effeminate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xiuwen referred to Yang Guo’s fusion of the Nüyu Swordplay with Yelu Qi’s Quanzhen Sword Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did the Quanzhen Daoists mistreat you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Dunru feigned concern, but his words carried hidden intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a white shadow flashed. All heard two sharp slaps—Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen each received a blow, their faces swelling instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing shook his hand. He had always despised Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen. Hearing their remarks about Quanzhen, he slapped them both, cursing: “I’ll beat these ungrateful bastards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two slaps earned silent approval from Yelu Qi and Yang Guo; only Guo Fu was bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t Guo Daxia teach you to repay kindness?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing asked: “Can’t you match him in martial arts? Now you can’t even match him in character?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen, faces flushed, glared at Gu Qing: “Who the hell are you to lecture us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Born into nobility, they were always fawned over in the Jianghu—never before had anyone confronted them so directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, we’d rather die at an enemy’s hands than be saved by a man who acts like a woman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xiuwen snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In The Return of the Condor Heroes, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu saved Huang Rong’s group. That night, Wu Xiuwen raged that Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu were shameless lovers—prompting Xiaolongnu to flee to the Valley of Absolute Emotion. The Wu brothers were incapable of gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing pointed at them, smiling as he said to Yang Guo: “This base nature is inherited from his father…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Wu brothers had no shame, Gu Qing struck at their very roots: “Their father once lusted after his adopted daughter. On her wedding day, he disrupted the ceremony, then dug up her grave. That’s how these two became orphans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wu brothers’ faces collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1103,"2026-06-20T17:04:26.501Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","63a87e915165bc5cb23f5a554b8363336a544f99d214acdf2294760151017aa5","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-17","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-15",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]