[{"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-202":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},2323770,4545,"Chapter 202: What Worries Old Duan Even More","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-202",202,"\u003Cp>Duan Yu, deeply grateful to Gu Qing, felt no sense of lost opportunity, carrying Zhong Ling’s embroidered shoe snugly in his arms as he set off, fresh and lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing surveyed the cavern within Wuliang Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In bygone days, Wu Yashu and Li Qiushui had secluded themselves in Wuliang Mountain, harmonious as husband and wife, enjoying life’s utmost bliss, leaving countless traces within this cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My life is finite, yet knowledge is boundless…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When autumn waters arrive, hundreds of rivers pour into the river…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning of Li Qiushui’s nature, Gu Qing stared at “Hundreds of Rivers Pour into the River” for a long while, wondering just how far Li Qiushui had been flooded by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Written by Wu Yashu for my sister Qiushui: In this cave, days and months fade away; this is the greatest joy in human life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan murmured the words softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan knew nothing of past events and had always called Ding Chunqiu “Grandfather”; now, seeing the words “Wu Yashu” and “Qiushui sister,” she was deeply puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qiushui sister is your grandmother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Gu Qing stepped beside Wang Yuyan and said: “Wu Yashu is your grandfather; Ding Chunqiu is your grandfather’s disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan’s eyes widened in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In those days, your grandfather and grandmother were truly a divine couple, living here in great happiness…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing briefly recounted the events of those days to Wang Yuyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yashu and Li Qiushui indeed enjoyed a fine period together, until Wu Yashu brought back a statue and spent every day staring at it blankly; Li Qiushui then gathered handsome young men, flirted with them before Wu Yashu’s eyes, and in a rage, he left this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only a few people in the cavern; as Gu Qing spoke, Dao Baifeng, Mu Wanqing, and Madam Wang all turned to look. Since this concerned Wang Yuyan’s family affairs, Gu Qing simply used Whispered Transmission to clearly explain the past to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, your grandmother took up with Ding Chunqiu, Wu Yashu’s disciple. After their affair was exposed, they struck first, hurling your grandfather off the cliff; afterward, your grandmother and Ding Chunqiu moved all the scrolls here to the Manuo Mountain Villa in Suzhou.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But your grandmother could not bear Ding Chunqiu and wished to avenge your grandfather.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Qing spoke, Wang Yuyan found herself growing more and more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My grandmother and Ding Chunqiu threw my grandfather off the cliff, and then my grandmother wanted to kill Ding Chunqiu to avenge him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing pointed to the jade statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the embroidered shoe on the jade statue were inscribed the words: “Kneel a thousand times, and serve me faithfully,” and “Obey my command, and face a hundred deaths without regret.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan leaned close to the shoe, studying the tiny script: the shoe was lake-green, the sixteen characters stitched in spring-green thread; given the cavern’s dim light, the words were invisible unless one drew near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the secret manual your grandmother left to kill Ding Chunqiu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing introduced it to Wang Yuyan, then casually tore open the cushion before him and pulled out a small silk-wrapped bundle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you have knelt a thousand times, you must serve me faithfully, without regret for life. This scroll contains the essence of the Xiaoyao Sect’s martial arts; every day at Mao, Wu, and You hours, you must diligently practice…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the divine art is perfected, you may enter the Langhuan Paradise and peruse all scriptures; all martial arts of every sect under heaven are gathered here, and thus become yours to wield…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once you have mastered it and descend the mountain, kill every Xiaoyao Sect disciple. If even one remains alive, I shall forever harbor bitter resentment from heaven to earth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan read the words and had no further doubt about what Gu Qing had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I never knelt, so I don’t have to obey your grandmother’s orders.” Gu Qing didn’t care about such things; he opened the silk bundle, revealing a scroll whose first line read: “Xiaoyao Sect’s Northern Darkness Divine Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Yong’s martial arts contained many divine techniques, but the Xiaoyao Sect’s arts truly deserved the word “miraculous”: Northern Darkness Divine Art could absorb others’ internal energy for one’s own use; Xiao Xianggong could replicate any martial technique under heaven; the Celestial Longevity and Evergreen Art could even reverse aging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing had previously studied Xiao Xianggong, but its many coded phrases had deterred him from deep exploration; however, Northern Darkness Divine Art was precisely what Li Qiushui had prepared to use against Ding Chunqiu—its internal energy instructions were detailed and straightforward, requiring only strict adherence to the steps to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, internal and external arts across the world varied in nature and often clashed; but when Gu Qing first cultivated, he had grounded himself in the Primordial Qi Art; after reaching the state of Yin-Yang harmony, his internal force had merged into one; later, in the Lu Xiaofeng world, he transformed it entirely through the Hunyuan Qi Art, then fully tamed it by switching to the Wedding Garment Divine Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Gu Qing’s internal force could be both hard and soft, yin and yang—even capable of activating the Mingyu Art; under such conditions, studying the Xiaoyao secrets might bring his internal energy a new transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing slowly unrolled the scroll; Wang Yuyan saw a nude woman within, her face identical to her own, every curve displayed in the illustration—she felt dizzy, as if her clothes had been stripped off by Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t look, don’t look…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuyan quickly reached out to block his view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will look! I will look!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the talk Gu Qing had with Wang Yuyan was just to get her to look at this scroll with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He meant to shame her thoroughly with this scroll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Darkness Divine Art had thirty-six illustrations, some showing the front, others the back; each figure bore different expressions—faint anger, subtle delight, sorrow, or joy; their allure utterly overwhelmed Wang Yuyan, who knew nothing of romance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Wang Yuyan stared at the illustrations, the redder her face grew; as the depictions grew increasingly explicit, she felt the world spin and fainted outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing caught her with one hand, smirking inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Wanqing took Wang Yuyan from him, displeased: “When are you going to find my master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raised in the wilds, Mu Wanqing had little sense of propriety; even after learning Duan Yu was her brother, she still wished to make him her husband. Since meeting Gu Qing, though she had taken him as her master, she never regarded him as Qin Hongmian—a figure to revere and love. Thus, seeing Gu Qing holding Wang Yuyan, she felt displeased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find Qin Hongmian quickly, and give Old Duan a big surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath Wuliang Mountain, the waters and mountains were serene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu held the box, seeing a group of horses galloping in the distance, waved frantically and called: “Father! Father!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first rider galloping forward was none other than Duan Zhengchun, Prince of Nanzhao of Dali, his square face radiating royal dignity; upon seeing Duan Yu, he dismounted at once, scolding him for his disheveled state while demanding an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu quickly recounted all he had endured to Duan Zhengchun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhong Ling’s matter can wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Zhengchun did not immediately open the box, but fixed his gaze on Duan Yu and asked: “That man named Gu Qing saved you—and is he protecting your mother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Zhengchun had already received Madam Wang’s letter; among his many women, he considered Li Qingluo the most troublesome—constantly demanding he kill his wife and live in the Manuo Mountain Villa. Now that Dao Baifeng had fallen into Madam Wang’s hands, Duan Zhengchun was deeply worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now hearing that Gu Qing had saved Duan Yu and protected Dao Baifeng, becoming her implicit support, Duan Zhengchun felt utterly unsettled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Madam Wang’s forced marriage, Dao Baifeng’s reliance on outsiders troubled him far more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1353,"2026-06-20T17:04:27.745Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ffad8740491267ee563d1bed03b9bf1174c7be32c0e881a36cb5ef97971c34ce","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-203","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-201",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]