[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-the-immortal-food":3,"chapter-lord-of-the-immortal-food-lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-33":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lord of the Immortal Food",{"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},2313156,4524,"Chapter 33: Chapter Thirty-Three: Autumn Lotus","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>In the commotion, Pei Ye grabbed Shang Lang’s sleeve: “How powerful is this Official Zhu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Lang turned a face still stunned from the shock: “How powerful is Brother Zhu… Brother Zhu’s surname is Zhu, given name Wu, courtesy name Gaoyang. He is the foremost true disciple of the Sword Line of the Dragon Lord’s Dongting, and just this year entered the Crane List at rank two hundred ninety-six, with the Immortal Platform’s verdict: ‘Sword Hidden in Snow Box.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Gaoyang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Gaoyang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ye opened his mouth but could not speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If in the two years Pei Ye studied the Crane and Duck Register, Yan Feiqing was the absolute protagonist whose advancement was the swiftest, whose dominance the most overwhelming, charging upward unstoppable from below, then Zhu Gaoyang was the elder legend who had long stood atop the peak, casting one final glance at those frantically chasing him before calmly stepping through the Mystic Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has only been in the Master Realm for four years; a normal person at this stage would still be polishing the first jade step, yet he has already ascended the Crane List, clashing with ancient demons who have held the Mystic Gate for ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet this very man has now vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ye now fully understood Shang Lang and Xing Zhi’s panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like two squirrels too afraid to cross the dark thicket teeming with snakes and insects—when suddenly a fine steed came, snatched them onto its back, and strolled calmly across.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two squirrels were blissfully gazing down at the shallow grass below, when suddenly the ground vanished—the steed had been swallowed by the thicket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two squirrels landed with a *pamji*, sitting dazed on the ground, raising their heads to see only grass blades obscuring the sky, while hissing sounds rose from the surrounding darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ye gazed up at the endless mountains beyond the village, his thoughts unsettled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Gaoyang entered Xin Cang Mountain pursuing traces of the Candle World Cult, yet now there is no word—what the Cult’s remnants are plotting within these mountains exceeds everyone’s imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Hunts descend, demon tigers devour men, heretical cults lurk—everything converges in this obscure, mist-shrouded mountain. Pei Ye touched his dantian, wondering what role he played in this vast net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Zhi drew a deep breath, steadied her composure, and said solemnly: “Gather the soldiers! We leave this village immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Ziwang spun around, his tiger-like eyes fixed on her: “Xing Shi, what did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Zhi had already pulled out another letter and was writing furiously, head down: “Jing my lord, you are a Zhechong Commandant—you should be sharper than I am. If Brother Zhu can be caught off guard, this matter is beyond our capacity to resolve.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Ziwang frowned: “Even if this is the same incident, are we to abandon these villagers—who just thought they had a savior?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Zhi did not anger; she spoke calmly: “Jing my lord, protecting your territory and securing your people is your duty; I respect you if you are willing to die for it. But we serve the Northern Ya ’s orders and carry out the Immortal Platform’s mission. If we perish here, the Immortal Platform will have no one left to report the situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah.” Jing Ziwang sneered. “So the Longwu Army and Immortal Platform are just lambs who bolt the moment their leader falls.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Zhi finished writing, looked up at him: “Do you think we’re returning to the county seat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could answer, she turned to the assembled soldiers: “Xu Qing, Zhang Liu, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhang—you four return separately to Fenghuai to report. The rest, ready your swords and halberds—we enter the mountains in half a bell to search for Official Zhu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Ziwang’s face darkened: “If you’re not afraid of death, why not first eliminate this demon tiger for the villagers?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because it would waste time, Jing my lord.” Xing Zhi released her green bird, took the reins, and glanced at him: “I shouldn’t have to teach you this—the lives of some are far more precious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though staying here would clearly improve their odds against the demon tiger and save the entire village, even though their entry into the mountains would likely produce no ripple at all, even though Zhu Gaoyang may already be dead, Xing Zhi still chose to invest in that path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Lang’s face flickered with unease; he swallowed hard: “Xing Zhi-jie… if Brother Zhu were here… he wouldn’t agree with this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let him be here!” Xing Zhi’s brows snapped up. “How many times has he played the hero? Doesn’t he know how many lives depend on him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Lang stammered. Xing Zhi drew a breath and spoke evenly: “I’m in charge now. Go get the horses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The argument on the field did not reach Pei Ye’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a sense of yearning rose from his abdomen—he felt his dantian stirring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the wine cellar, the Dragon Tongue within his belly had once again sent a clear impulse—something was calling, tugging at it, it yearned, it longed to return home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seed… it’s the seed… the dantian seed is nearby!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ye scanned the surroundings, confirming the direction of this feeling—then his gaze sharpened—within the village!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a piercing scream erupted from within the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several turned their heads simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the place where the women gathered to pick and wash vegetables—chickens, fish, and wild game laid out on the ground, meant to prepare a modest feast for the soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now water spilled everywhere; people scattered in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them stood a towering, hunched humanoid, its deep blue-black skin gleaming like scales in the firelight, its clawed upper limbs piercing the necks of women one after another, blood gurgling out, swiftly draining the light from their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flung the corpses to the ground, raised its head, revealing a yaksha-like face, its cold golden pupils fixed on the fleeing crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a leap, it caught another screaming girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its claw rose to strike—then paused. A flicker of human-like struggle and confusion crossed its face, but it vanished quickly, replaced by coldness, and the claw descended again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that pause cost it its chance to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water in the vat seemed to come alive, transforming into countless fine, resilient threads, blooming like a flower, tightly entangling the monstrous form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Dragon Lord Dongting Technique: “Water Autumn Lotus,” recorded in the Jade Dragon Autumn Water Scripture, ranked seventy-second among the Spirit Scriptures in the Immortal Platform’s Compendium of Spirit and Mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene, though less spectacular than the night’s water dragon, was, to those in the know, as vastly superior as heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, though the water’s force was immense, it relied heavily on the storm; Shen Yanping had only practiced using artifacts a few times at the Immortal Platform, his technique barely entered the threshold—seven out of ten of the water’s power was wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, in the hands of a true master, a single vat of water unleashed a continuous, powerful restraint—each thread precisely controlled, intricate and astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The finesse of the technique, the precision of the spell—if applied that night, Wu Zaigu would never have escaped the county office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately following the spell came a heavy halberd flying through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a hiss of displaced air, the halberd pierced its abdomen, its momentum unspent, driving it deep into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xing Zhi retracted her sword finger and her gaze alike, not lingering a moment, turned, and without a word, spurred her horse into the deep mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>",1270,"2026-06-20T13:17:09.438Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a9693fa8a624e863dd668028f23624ec027f3a691920989508e17440d7a46dcc","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-34","lord-of-the-immortal-food-chapter-32",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-the-immortal-food-cover.jpg"]