[{"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-421":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},2323989,4545,"Chapter 421: Go Back, Xuan Xiao","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-421",421,"\u003Cp>“Hundreds of years later...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Gu Qing’s words, Su Yu’s gaze held bitterness as she said, “I always believed life and death lie in my hands, change stems from my heart—earth cannot bury me, heaven cannot extinguish me; this is my fate, not heaven’s. But hearing you speak, it seems all was already decided—then is this world nothing but a vast, empty dream?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing calmly told Su Yu of events from hundreds of years in the future, and Su Yu was deeply shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu had foreseen leaving Qionghua, but the fact that Qionghua’s disciples were cast into the Eastern Sea by the Nine Heavens Immortal Maiden, and that her son had blasted open the sect’s mountain gate—leaving Qionghua’s future in ruin—made her truly feel all things return to emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All effort and perseverance became futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Life and death lie in my hands, change stems from my heart—I very much agree with your view.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing held the child close to Su Yu and said, “My fate is mine, not heaven’s. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—never look down on Qionghua’s poverty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu glanced sideways at Gu Qing... Was that what I meant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Qing’s interruption made Su Yu feel somewhat better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I met Yun Tianhe on the Qingluan Peak in Huangshan. His eyes were blind; he guarded the tiny grave of his wife for hundreds of years, and the child I hold in my arms is one of Yun Tianhe’s closest friends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing told Su Yu about Yun Tianhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu had never been a mother, but hearing of her son’s adventures and Yun Tianhe’s lack of social experience—how he used his bow and Wangshu Sword to kill wild boars—her gaze slowly glistened as she looked at the tiny Liu Mengli in Gu Qing’s arms, now with a touch of warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xuan Xiao actually swore brotherhood with Tianhe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile touched Su Yu’s face, then her brows furrowed as she asked, “Did I really marry Yun Tianqing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Tianqing was pure and kind, unbound by rigid etiquette—Su Yu found him agreeable, but the thought of marrying him made her reluctant, especially with Gu Qing standing right here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought so too at first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said, “Until I reached the Wheel Mirror Altar and heard Yun’s words, I realized it wasn’t so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu’s eyes widened slightly at this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The one you’re meant to marry... is me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing suddenly locked eyes with Su Yu and said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu stared in shock at Gu Qing, then heard him list his “evidence”—how Yun Tianqing had waited hundreds of years in vain, how the two of them resonated the moment they touched. As he spoke, Gu Qing pulled Su Yu into his arms. As the master of Wangshu Sword, her Dao heart was unshakable—yet at this moment, she could not summon resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu pressed one hand against her belt—this was too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time is short, the task urgent—I must make you conceive Tianhe, then arrange everything properly...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Qing spoke, black smoke spread around him, fully enveloping both himself and Su Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trust me—we will meet again hundreds of years from now...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark yin ghost energy of this smoke had been refined countless times by Gu Qing into true yin qi. As it filled the air, Su Yu offered no resistance, yet felt everything move impossibly fast—she had just met Gu Qing, yet already trusted him completely, believed every word he said, and here, among the phoenix blossoms, she was about to surrender herself to him in bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing whispered to Xuan Xiao, “Su Yu was never meant to be with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao stood amid the phoenix blossoms, staring at the swirling black smoke, fists clenched tight. He would rather Su Yu had left Qionghua first, then slowly developed feelings for Gu Qing—than have her give everything away now, swayed by a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Su Yu was still Xuan Xiao’s lover—they hadn’t even parted yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao returned to Qionghua, hollow and lost, watching the sect still blindly dig for demonic ore. He drew a deep breath and shrank into the shadows—he wished he had traveled back through the Soul-Returning Dream, so his “heart knot” would be untied, and he could return to the future to settle accounts with Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of settling accounts, Xuan Xiao remembered he couldn’t beat Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heaven has betrayed me—I’d rather become a demon...” Xuan Xiao clenched his fists, vowing to crush Gu Qing once he became a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Su Yu, now a married woman, took the Wangshu Sword and left Qionghua. Xuan Xiao stood in the shadows, watching Yun Tianqing follow behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Xuan Xiao believed Su Yu died from Wangshu Sword’s backlash—but now that he knew she left with Gu Qing, he was certain she would never suffer such backlash... after all, Gu Qing was also a master of Xihe Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original Xuan Xiao left behind in Qionghua, after the Wangshu Sword’s master departed, gradually succumbed to demonic energy and began to go mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this from hiding, Xuan Xiao felt like a fool—utterly ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But another person was equally ridiculous...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao turned toward Yun Tianqing’s direction. The man he had hated for centuries now seemed strangely sympathetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The days ahead were unclear to Xuan Xiao—he never followed Gu Qing or Su Yu, but remained in Qionghua, watching himself frozen in ice, watching Su Yao rise to power, watching the broken Qionghua set out once more—until suddenly, a year had passed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time turned, stars shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao awoke at the Mist Soul Spring, his body thick with demonic energy. He looked around—he saw Zi Xuan, saw Xue Jian, saw Jing Tian, saw Long Kui—but saw no trace of Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s Gu Qing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Xuan, Long Kui, Xue Jian—all turned toward the Mist Soul Spring. Only then did Gu Qing emerge from the spring, pausing briefly to say, “We’ve only just left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the timeline of Immortal Sages IV, a year had passed for Gu Qing—but in the timeline of Immortal Sages III, he had only just departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Gu Qing grabbed the Mist Soul Spring guardian and said, “Open a path to the Chunzi Spring now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Springs are connected; through the springs, Gu Qing could step directly to Xi Yao’s location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What Chunzi Spring? What ‘just left’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao interrupted, “A year! A year! Do you know what I endured in Qionghua for a year?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he didn’t know the truth, Xuan Xiao hated Yun Tianqing. Now that he knew everything, his hatred was fully directed at Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of thing is this?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A year!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing looked at Xuan Xiao and smiled, “Do you know what I endured this year?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao shook his head—he didn’t know, but he guessed most of it. Enough. He fixed his gaze on Gu Qing and said, “The Nine Heavens Immortal Maiden’s token—you’ve lost it, haven’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path to the Divine Realm requires the Nine Heavens Immortal Maiden’s token. One day in heaven equals a thousand years on earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by sending Su Yu to the Divine Realm could she reunite with Gu Qing hundreds of years later—and luckily, Gu Qing possessed the Nine Heavens Immortal Maiden’s token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuan Xiao said calmly, “After all, you two were meant to reunite centuries later—and she bore you a child...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having traveled through time and learned the true mastermind behind the events, Xuan Xiao had seen enough. Now he would gather strength and strike back with full vengeance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned to Gu Qing, unsure what had changed during this journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Qing smiled, standing beside Zi Xuan, whispering softly, “Zi Xuan, now our statuses are equal—you have a child, and so do I...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1321,"2026-06-20T17:04:28.193Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2af19bed56b6125b06f40686a256b69cffb7029919b8c0ed85ebebbd503cf45e","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-422","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-420",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]