[{"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-162":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},2323730,4545,"Chapter 162: Gave It All and Finally Triumphed","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-162",162,"\u003Cp>“I’d like to see just how good your Wrong Soul Hand really is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu sneered at Gu Qing’s confident expression, raised her hand, and launched a fierce assault—her palm movements were elusive, instantly closing the distance to Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing stepped back and said, “Miss Murong, think carefully. I dare not use this art lightly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu changed her palm into a claw, aiming to seize Gu Qing’s joints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within this narrow space, Gu Qing’s hands shifted rapidly, then lightly brushed her wrist before pulling away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu should now understand the mystery of the Wrong Soul Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu remained cold and expressionless, merely shook her hand, and looked at Gu Qing: “That’s it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu was now at the third level of the Fossil Divine Art—she had sufficient foundation. Gu Qing’s light Wrong Soul Hand strike had no real effect on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stirred Gu Qing’s competitive spirit. He immediately countered, his hands shifting swiftly until he locked both of Murong Jiu’s wrists, then struck her with a fifty-percent-power Wrong Soul Hand. Murong Jiu’s face turned pale, her arms went limp, and she lunged headfirst into Gu Qing’s chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thud!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s body was shielded by thick internal energy. Though Murong Jiu’s Fossil Divine Art enhanced her defense daily, slamming into Gu Qing’s chest left her dizzy and disoriented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this headlong charge proved that even a fifty-percent-power Wrong Soul Hand had little effect on Murong Jiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fossil Divine Art had indeed granted Murong Jiu extraordinary resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing looked at Murong Jiu and said, “Miss Murong, I’m going to be serious now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since mastering the Wrong Soul Hand, Gu Qing had tested it on Blue Scorpion and Sun Xiaohong. Based on that experience, his first encounter with Blue Scorpion was utterly reliable. The fact that his current force had little effect on Murong Jiu could only mean her resistance was exceptionally high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this time, Gu Qing unleashed the Wrong Soul Hand at full tenfold power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu trembled from the strike but refused to fall, glaring stubbornly at Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing tightened his grip, altered his internal energy, and a faint “zzz” sound spread around him, creeping toward Murong Jiu’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During his duel with Li Xunhuan, Gu Qing had caught the Little Li Flying Dagger—and been struck by lightning. In that instant, he used Good Deed Memory to record the lightning’s waveform. In the Condor Universe, he had encountered the Condor and trained his internal energy by the sea, learning how to transform it into wave-like motion. Now, he refined that technique, making his internal energy ripple like electric current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his current energy frequency was far below actual electricity, even this slight simulation had extraordinary effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu finally collapsed into a crouching slump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing loosened his grip slightly, feeling for the first time that his Wrong Soul Hand still needed refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing Murong Jiu had settled, Gu Qing prepared to release her—when she suddenly reached out, hooked his hand, and pulled it back, her face flushed with shy anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu had trained the Fossil Divine Art since childhood, spending years seated in the ice chamber, her heart sealed in cement, never having experienced such desire. Everything now was entirely new to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing lunged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the ice chamber, time passed unnoticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until, at some moment, Murong Jiu pulled her robe over herself, concealing her soft jade and cherry lips, sat up, and began arranging her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing also sat up, watching as Murong Jiu’s heavenly beauty gradually grew cold—yet the springwater in her eyes remained undimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Fossil Divine Art can indeed be further refined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu’s voice was icy, yet carried lingering warmth, lingering long before fading: “You truly can pull me back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fossil Divine Art can only be cultivated by a virgin’s Yin essence. After all this, Murong Jiu remained a virgin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, we can study the Fossil Divine Art together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu said to Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Encountering the Fossil Divine Art, he gave his all and finally triumphed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing shook his hand, feeling this was a pyrrhic victory. Since reaching the seventh level of the Dragon and Elephant Divine Power, he had relied on the Yoga Secret Scripture and rarely met an equal—he had believed himself invincible in this regard. But Murong Jiu’s resistance was too great; he now feared that even at full power, he might still fail to break her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We really should study it thoroughly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing nodded. Murong Jiu was only at the third level of the Fossil Divine Art—what if she reached the ninth? How much resistance would she accumulate then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing needed to push himself harder in this area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Gu Qing’s understanding, martial arts were merely different pathways of meridians and acupoints. If all meridians flowed with internal energy and all acupoints became fully connected, the result would be a primordial, unified qi. At that level, Gu Qing could transform his internal energy into any form he desired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That state was called Universal Mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s Primordial Qi Art was already approaching this—but he could not transform martial arts like the Fossil Divine Art, which required a virgin’s Yin essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So by helping Murong Jiu perfect the Fossil Divine Art, Gu Qing could also contemplate adapting it into a male version and integrating it into his own internal energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing and Murong Jiu emerged from the ice chamber, removed the needles from Yan Nantian, stepped outside the gate, and found night had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yuer, Xiao Xiannü, Tie Xinlan had all returned to their rooms to rest. Gu Renyu still waited by the garden gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing walked over and patted Gu Renyu on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Renyu spoke with a hint of shyness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the novel, Gu Renyu’s canonical partner was Xiao Xiannü, not Murong Jiu. Murong Jiu was sent here by his family, and Gu Renyu believed he ought to marry her—but between them, there was no affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yan Nantian’s condition has improved somewhat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing chatted casually with Gu Renyu: “But he can’t travel yet. I plan to stay longer at Jiuxiu Manor. Could your family deliver a letter to Zhang Sanniang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing with Murong Jiu, Gu Qing decided to have Zhang Sanniang come to retrieve Yan Nantian—because Murong Jiu needed to cultivate the Fossil Divine Art; until she broke through the fourth level, she had to train daily in the ice chamber at fixed times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s no problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Renyu agreed at once, though he wondered why Gu Qing had specifically asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Murong family was powerful enough to send a letter easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled at Gu Renyu: “We both bear the surname Gu. Your family has a divine fist style—I’ve created my own. Let’s spar during this time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing held a favorable impression of Gu Renyu and, in his spare moments, could offer some guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Renyu smiled shyly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1170,"2026-06-20T17:04:26.501Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","96092e27939743e493d60d84e7c69504bd1c51f7e06a71eeb349341e1d852e2d","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-163","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-161",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]