[{"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-313":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},2323881,4545,"Chapter 313: The Heavenly Book","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-313",313,"\u003Cp>Kongzang Mountain was desolate and eerie, steep and towering, utterly devoid of human presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi arrived here at midnight, watching bats swarm like clouds, circling and swirling in the air; when the two attempted to climb the mountain, the bats suddenly sensed living qi and slashed toward them with a “pīpāpā” sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A waning moon hung high, its light falling to earth, but as the bats flew in, darkness stretched endlessly in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing slightly turned his head and saw Lu Xueqi’s face pale as death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be afraid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing whispered words of reassurance and made a light gesture—around him and Lu Xueqi appeared a dark azure Taiji qi shield, enveloping them both; he gestured again, and the Zhanlong Sword leapt from its sheath, spiraling upward into the sky, instantly blooming ten thousand sword blossoms, dazzling and surreal. Lu Xueqi looked up and saw the night sky illuminated as if by fireworks, while bats rained down in a steady rustling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bats’ filthy blood and corpses instantly recoiled upon touching the dark azure qi shield; Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi ascended the mountain step by step, not a single drop of blood staining their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your sword has grown sharper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi stared at Gu Qing’s sword path, lost in thought—she never imagined a flying sword could be wielded to this extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I built my foundation on the sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his time in the Zhuxian world lengthened, many of Gu Qing’s techniques gradually merged together—the sword path being just one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi looked deeply at Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid this flying-sword triumph, Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi ascended swiftly, closing in on the Ten Thousand Bats Cave; as they neared the entrance, they turned back and saw another group below, using various magical artifacts, already approaching the mountain’s base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Wan Renwang’s people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi’s expression changed slightly upon seeing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since leaving Zhushan City, Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi had traveled by night, hiding by day, heading straight for Kongzang Mountain; Wan Renwang’s followers had remained nearby all along, and Lu Xueqi, watching from afar, knew they were likely members of the Demon Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wan Renwang has considerable influence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled cheerfully: “Good thing I told him I was Ye Fan—after I shook him off, he couldn’t find me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi was unusually speechless, speaking calmly: “In the cultivation world, people recognize others by their artifacts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing held the Zhanlong Sword; as long as they focused on its murderous aura, they’d know who he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said indifferently: “I won’t use this Zhanlong Sword much longer—I’ll pass it on to Lin Jingyu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what sword will you use?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi asked, startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhuxian!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said matter-of-factly: “I don’t believe they’d dare hunt down the Zhuxian Sword’s master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you obtained the Zhuxian Sword, you should’ve hunted them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi was about to speak when she felt warmth in her hand—Gu Qing seized it and pulled her into the Ten Thousand Bats Cave. The cavern was narrow and twisting, with endless forks; darkness rendered vision impossible. Yet Gu Qing, relying on the glow of his sword to sweep away bats and his spiritual light to see, dragged Lu Xueqi through the cave at high speed. The Demon Cult’s experts arrived moments later, entered the cave, saw the blood-smeared ground and utter blackness, and dared not pursue further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Qinglong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl in green stepped forward, seeing the leader halt, her voice clear: “Why not go in after them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinglong was a top expert of the Ghost King Sect; now he stood with arms crossed, staring at the cave: “After the Sect Master was wounded, he said that ‘Ye Fan’ wielded a demonic artifact capable of absorbing essence and blood—our Sect Master was caught off guard and ambushed. He suspects it’s the Bloodsucking Pearl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green-clad girl, knowing full well what the Bloodsucking Pearl was, exclaimed: “So that man and woman entered the cave to find the Blooddrop Cave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight hundred years ago, the Blood Refining Hall unified the Demon Cult, and Kongzang Mountain was its foundation. Rumors persisted in the Demon Cult that the Blooddrop Cave within Kongzang Mountain was the Hall’s true core; countless cultists had searched for it over eight centuries, yet none found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If ‘Ye Fan’ truly controls the Bloodsucking Pearl, the Blooddrop Cave may truly emerge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinglong said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation world indeed held mysterious, unfathomable fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what do we—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We wait outside, like a hunter by a tree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinglong said: “And meanwhile, gather the remaining Blood Refining Hall remnants here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Blood Refining Hall’s foundation; though desolate for eight centuries, Demon Cult members had secretly operated here all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinglong lifted his head slightly, a faint sorrow on his face: “I’ve been out of the cultivation world for so long—perhaps the world has forgotten Qinglong, the Holy Envoy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Kongzang Mountain, within the Ten Thousand Bats Cave, Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi pressed forward, then leapt into the endless abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spiritless Abyss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless abyss, endless chill, endless yin spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled by the yin spirits, Lu Xueqi drew closer to Gu Qing; around her, faces of men, women, and elders materialized, each filled with longing yet fearful of Gu Qing’s aura, too terrified to approach. She looked at Gu Qing and saw the Soul-Sucking Rod already in his hand—he formed a hand seal, triggering the deepest resonance with the Bloodsucking Pearl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodsucking Pearl was an artifact of the Black-Hearted Elder from eight hundred years ago; after Gu Qing obtained it, he blood-refined it, forging a bond between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original novel, Zhang Xiaofan, upon seeing the Black-Hearted Elder’s corpse, had triggered resonance; Gu Qing, having cultivated the Dao Heart Seed Demon Art to profound depths, now manipulated the Bloodsucking Pearl, using its resonance to head straight toward the Blooddrop Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swordlight pierced the Spiritless Abyss, cut through the Heartless Sea, disturbing the Black Water Xuan Snake dwelling within—but it also carried Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi directly to the entrance of the Blooddrop Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave here was tiny; as Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi entered, the Black Water Xuan Snake lashed its tail, shaking the mountain and causing rocks to fall, sealing the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi thought of the Black Water Xuan Snake and the sealed entrance—her heart panicked; glancing at Gu Qing through swordlight, she saw his expression calm, as if this were no dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just some rocks. When I want out, I’ll dig through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s body had been refined by the most yin and yang immortal qi, strengthened by good deeds, and constantly fortified by the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art—he had long transcended mortal limits. In the Twin Heroes world, he could dig through mountains; now, it was effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi, reassured by his words, followed him to the cave’s end and saw a waterfall curtain, above which hung seven crimson stones, water dripping down like blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blooddrop Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true core of the Blood Refining Hall, the place countless Demon Cult members had sought for eight centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the pool reflected the shadows of the seven stones; Gu Qing pinpointed the correct spot, pressed lightly—and a stone chamber burst open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you know the Demon Cult’s mechanisms?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s secrets were too many—he had become inscrutable even to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It came from the Bloodsucking Pearl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing pulled Lu Xueqi forward: “It seems this place relates to the Black-Hearted Elder’s death.” As he spoke, he led her into the stone chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the left wall of the chamber stood two stone statues: one male, fierce and monstrous, with a black face and demon horns; one female, gentle and benevolent, smiling as she stood. These two deities were the You Ming Shengmu and the Tian Sha Ming Wang worshipped by the Demon Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing studied the two statues; in Demon Cult legend, Tian Sha Ming Wang created heaven and earth, while You Ming Shengmu nurtured all life; in orthodox sects’ tales, Pan Gu created heaven and earth, and Nu Wa nurtured all life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing passed over the statues, leading Lu Xueqi deeper into the cave; soon they reached a spacious chamber, where above them was carved: 【Heaven and Earth have no mercy—they treat all things as straw dogs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each character was four feet square, strokes ancient and crude, forceful and vigorous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing, upon seeing it, recalled the War God’s Atlas he had never seen in the Tang Dynasty world—legend said that in the Divine Crane Palace’s War God Hall, before the forty-nine War God Atlas carvings, the same phrase was inscribed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This feels like a kind of redemption for a long-held regret.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing and Lu Xueqi entered the tunnel; at its end, they found the Heavenly Book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【When heaven and earth first formed, chaos was undifferentiated…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi stared intently at the Heavenly Book. She had been taught the Great Brahma Sutra and the Beyond Shore Sword Art; though she cultivated both Buddhist and Daoist paths, she had long felt stagnation and conflict between them—only the Great Brahma Sutra’s profound meridian enhancement had kept her persisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon seeing the first scroll of the Heavenly Book, all conflict vanished. This Demon Cult scripture revealed that Buddhist and Daoist paths ultimately converged—every contradiction between them could be harmonized by the Heavenly Book; even many obstacles in her cultivation of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao seemed resolved by its teachings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi glanced at Gu Qing—he turned his gaze to meet hers and nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I once heard a legend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said: “It’s said all cultivation methods under heaven originated from the Heavenly Book. There are five scrolls, but different people perceive them differently—hence the divergence in cultivation paths.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi looked again at the wall, where the vast, flowing stone inscriptions held the greatest cultivation secret of all ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Gu Qing silently closed his eyes. Long ago, he had bought a physical copy of the Zhuxian novel; on one page, it recorded that the Zhuxian world’s Heavenly Book had ten scrolls, supposedly passed down by Nu Wa, and even mentioned the Yellow Emperor. It also noted that the incense valley and Miaojiang sects’ methods originated from the Heavenly Book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But over time, as the physical book was borrowed repeatedly, it was lost. Later, when Gu Qing searched online, nearly all versions listed only five scrolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing set aside the ten-scroll information and, relying on the first scroll of the Zhuxian world’s cultivation summary, began rethinking all his martial arts and techniques, adjusting them toward Zhuxian-world methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this trance, he pondered for three days and three nights; when he returned to awareness, he heard a bell ringing beside him—he looked and saw Lu Xueqi holding a bell, examining it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehuan Bell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing exclaimed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi turned to him, her brow relaxing: “I found it in the cave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing stepped forward, snatched the Hehuan Bell, and said: “This thing is inauspicious—give it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing knew his own nature—he would inevitably attract trouble, and he had no interest in letting others cast a Love Curse upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi watched him take it decisively, frowned slightly, then said: “This cave seems to have no exit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past two days, Lu Xueqi had searched every corner of the cave and found no exit; Gu Qing was in deep contemplation, so she hadn’t disturbed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing looked down at their food pouch—several dried fish had vanished, clearly because Lu Xueqi, trapped in peril, dared not eat much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing took the dried food from the pouch and handed it to Lu Xueqi: “Let’s eat first. After we’re full, we’ll prepare to leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dried food inside the pouch was made according to Lu Miaozǐ’s recipes—though dried, the taste was extraordinary. Seeing Gu Qing’s confidence, Lu Xueqi finally relaxed and bit into two pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you have any unresolved issues in your cultivation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing asked suddenly as he chewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi shook her head, glancing aside: “Originally, breaking through the ninth level of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao required more time to adjust—but after seeing this scroll, the ninth level is within reach.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that—her Great Brahma Sutra could also advance rapidly. Now, all she needed was accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled: “At least you didn’t come here for nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi lifted her eyes slightly, then lowered them, burying her head in her food, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled, swiftly traversing the entire cave, using the Dao Heart Seed Demon Art’s insight to search for any overlooked details, confirming nothing remained—then he memorized the Love Curse and led Lu Xueqi before the statues of Tian Sha Ming Wang and You Ming Shengmu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To get out, we must pass through these two statues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing pointed to the missing weapons in the statues; \"the mechanism to open the cave shrine is right here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The demonic sect’s wrathful deities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi rarely looked at the two statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If all cultivation methods in the world are fully compatible, then has there been a divergence in how the world recognizes its deities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said: \"For instance, we revere Pangu the Great God and Wang Yuyan, while the demonic sect calls them Tian Sha Ming Wang and You Ming Sheng Mu...\" As he spoke, Gu Qing took up the axe of Tian Sha Ming Wang and said to Lu Xueqi: \"Look, the weapons are identical.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The axe of Tian Sha Ming Wang is also called the Opening Heaven Axe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xueqi gazed deeply at Gu Qing, sensing his unusual tolerance toward the demonic sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though it might be a bit inappropriate...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing looked at Lu Xueqi and said: \"But good and evil depend on the heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2322,"2026-06-20T17:04:27.745Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","36dcd764f9d2cd3cee741d1d4a040d218974b1983d57d69c1fc5109123d7d2ad","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-314","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-312",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]